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Show EARLY SETTLER PASSES ON TO FINAL REST i Career of John E. Pace Is Characterized by Wide Range of Church Activity; Family Honors Father Sixteen sons and daughters of John E. Pace, together with residents res-idents of entire southern Utah, gathered Friday in St. George for funeral services to pay their last respects to the pioneer who passed away Wednesday evening following a five-day illness with pneumonia. Only one member of his. family of seventeen was unable un-able to be present. A. G. Pace of Vallejo, Ca'lif., was obliged to remain at home on account of illness in his own family. The services were under the direction of the West ward with Bishop Vernon Worthen presiding. presid-ing. The West ward chorus sang "Oh, My Father", and invocation was by A. E. Miller. D. M. Snow sang "Face to Face," Speakers were James McAr-thur, McAr-thur, W. O. Bentley, D,. H. Morris Mor-ris and Bishop Worthen. Other musical numbers were "A Perfect Per-fect Day" by Mrs. Grace Sproul, and a duet, "Going Home", by K. E. Fordham and Mrs. Viola Gentry. Benediction was by Israel Neilson, Jr., and the grave was dedicated by George W. Worthen. John Ezra Pace was born July 12, 1845, at Nauvoo, Illinois, a son of James and Lucinda Strickland Pace. He came to Utah with his parents in 18 50, the family settling in Payson. That town was named for ' the senior Pace. They were called to Dixie in 1S62, and made their home at Washington for a number of years. In that town he was engaged as a clerk in the cotton factory, and in an ecleasiastical capacity was ward clerk and the first president of the Young Men's M'utual Improvement association. He was called to, fill an L. D S. .mission during the civil war period, and spent a year in Scotland and two years in England. Eng-land. Upon his return he was put in charge of the first company com-pany of Mormon emigrants to leave Liverpool, and brought them across the plains in the first train that traveled over the transcontinental raiload. The line at that time was through Ogden and the party made their way throughout the rest of the state in covered wagons.. 'He was married in the endowment endow-ment house in Salt Lake City to Caroline Augustus Ivins on June 29, 1874. At that time polygamy poly-gamy was recognized in Utah and recommended by the church ana ne later iook iwo otner wives. He married Phoebe Ann Covington in the St. George temple tem-ple on the opening day, December Decem-ber 7, 1877, and was united with Julia Anna Ivins in the Salt Lake temple in August, 1888. All have preceded him in death. He held many public offices during his life-time, having been a school trustee and member of the St. George city council. He was a counselor in the West ward bishopric for 3 5 years, serving under four bishops: Thomas Cottam, Thomas Judd, James Andrus and James Mc-Arthur. Mc-Arthur. After his release in 1920, he became watchman at the temple, which position be held for ten years. Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Mrs. George Lytle, John W. Pace, J. I. Pace, I. W. Pace, W. C. Pace and Miss LaPrele Pace, St. George; Dr. R. J. Pace, Los Angeles; Mrs. W. I. Sanders, Santa Barbara; Bar-bara; Mrs. Rulon Dalley and Mrs. Sherman Lamb, Cedar City; Andrew G. Pace, Vallejo, Calif.; W. B. Pace, Mrs. H. E. Peterson, Peter-son, Richfield: Karl I. Pace and Mrs. A. J. Graham, Salt Lake City; Sid W. Pace, Alamo, Nevada, Ne-vada, and Frank Pace, Caliente, Nevada. Also surviving are 63 grandchildren, grand-children, 15 great-grandchildren j ar"t '!x great-great-gandchildren ; n il:-ter, Mrs. Amanda Sorenson, St. Ceorge, and the following half-brothers and sisters: Jeff Pace, Delta; Mrs. Dixie Blackburn. Black-burn. Salt Lake City; Mrs. Louise Lou-ise Morrell, Loa, Utah, and Mrs. Lucinda Redd, Monticello. |