Show Fill mores gold star mother dies very beautiful funeral services were held at tile the Fl ilmore ward chapel thursday december 23 at 2 P al tor for mra airs bessie powell antchell wife of 0 heber J mitchell Ml mrs mitchell Ml was Fill morea mores gold star Al maher tAher one son corbett having been killed lu in action bation in france during the world war mrs mitchell Ml was born in fillmore on november 5 1858 to the late john and fannie chamberlain powell she died at her home here early tuesday morning although she had been in ill III health for about eight months she was able to be up and to prepare supper for the family the evening benoie beffi a she died in tact fact she even popped corn tor for her husband and sons as they sat around the fire side after supper bishop lorenzo brunson conducted the se services rices and offered the closing remarks mayor james A kelly was tho the first speaker and told of 0 his hia great friendship tor for the mitchell Ml family and of the wonderful work of this devoted little wife and mother although she sha had lost eight ot of their fifteen children she remained cheerful and companionable to her family mrs ethel P baker paid a most touching tribute to the departed in behalf of the american legion and the she told of her first visit there with state officials of the auxiliary and how sirs airs mitchell Ml told them of the day when her son corbett went away to war after coming coining back a second rime to bid them good byo bye she ended her story by saying its been twenty years now but sometimes it seems only yesterday since I 1 told aim goodbye mra airs mit chelas sou son heber J Al itchell Ml jr was wa s also in the world war so that she suffered the anxiety of loosing him along with the sorrow caused by the tha loss of theone the one oner mrs baker also paid a tribute to mr fr mitchell Ml who thru the fifty nine years of their married life had shared her sorrows and heartaches along with the happiness that came to them she referred to edgar A guests poem it takes a heap of living in a house to make it home and her comment was that there had been a heap of living in that home pros pres T dark clark callister Cal llster was the third speak erand after referring tor for a 2 few minutes to the very fine relation he had enjoyed with the allt chell family in the capacity of neighbor he dwelt at some soine length on the spiritual life which was awaiting so tine fine a character as mrs mitchell Ml tile the singing mothers sang three beautiful songs and miss marilyn brunson mother alother mccree the opening prayer was offered by P F A robison and the benediction was pronounced by peter L brunson the grave was dedicated by bishop brunson members of the fillmore post ot of the american legion carried the colors and marched in a body and aux lary iary members carried the flowers grandsons of 0 the departed acted as pallbearers pall bearers the funeral arrange were under the direction of the mortuary mrs airs Alit eliell la survived by her husband and the following sons and daughters mrs airs jesse holbrook helier heber J jr hyrum S and guy mitchell arid and mrs airs norene warner fillmore cleveland and nolan mitchell delta the fo lowing brothers and sisters mrs airs sadie bartholomew salt lake city mrs airs annie beckwith me ale gill nev mrs airs lilly rogers mrs mae alae fillmore alma powell beaver jesse jcsse powell green river 21 grandchildren and IG great greaf grandchildren |