Show jane simons D dath mth mrs jane simons the well wel known bountiful midwife passed away at her home sunday may aad at p m of pleurisy S sho lie had bad been alling ailing for two or three months monias but took worse a month before her death however was not conf confined ined to her beaher domse demse oc curing curin C while she was sitting C in a chair the night before for e she was able to go about out d doors to take a farewell look at the flowers in the garden of which she was so passionately fond As midwife she assists 1520 children into the world more children than there are people in the east bountiful ward today jane simons was the daughter C of william and sarah meredith and was born juno june 1825 at budford wales was married to george beddo march 20 1845 at victoria wales three children were born to them infix in afif tyone ty one she buried her husband and in afify two started for utah arriving here the fall of the same year it was on board of the ship while crossing the ocean that she was married to edward simons who has preceded her to the great beyond by more than a year and a halt half binef Nine elf children ildren followed this union survived her one being from her first husband d one winter was spent in salt lake and a year in centreville Cen treville when the family moved to bountiful which has ever since been their home funeral services were held at tile the tabernacle on wednesday may ath at I 1 p in The room was nicely draped in white and the casket was literally covered with natural flowers which were arranged into wreaths boquete bo 1 gates ajar etc in addition to which there were a great many flower pots with flowers which people had brought with them from their homes alma hardy i our photographer has photographed the floral offerings it was her wish that her neighbors should speak at the funeral elders smedley david and enoch lewis lawis Th thomas oinas briggs john K crosby samuel bryson henry rampton richard duer den john wood C R jones isaac atkinson joseph corbett amos cook D 0 willey willard call and john barlow addressed the unusually large larg e audience her sons grandsons and sou son in laws served as pall bearers th the e funeral procession consisted of forty four vehicles and extended from tho the cemetery comeger y gate to the county road deceased was baptized into the church of jesus christ of lat tor ter day saints at swansey south wales december 1818 and made a pleasure trip to the old country nineteen years ago last fall fail being absent seven months |