| Show HANS PIONEER PASSES TO HIS REST AT AGE OF 97 jiang pioneer and the oldest person in fillmore before hla his death died here monday to aday december lie he was born in denmark may 22 1835 brother joined the church of jesus christ of 0 latter day saints in denmark in his early twenties lie he left ills hla native land in his 2 year and came by a sailing ship across the atlantic to new york front from there he traveled by train to omalia omaha where he joined the mormon ox team train and crossed the plains that weary 1000 miles arria ing ine in dillmore Fill rill moro more the summer ot of 1862 the spring of 1863 brother was wai called to drive an ox team back across the plains to return by tho the same trail late that stil summer limer lie crossed the plains three times by ox ot team A few years after his arrival in utah lie was waa married to hannah annall il and later assisted financially in bringing tier her father callior arid family to utah from thoin denmark bore him two children but crossed the bar in it her early life awhile A while after her death mr married her sister sinter soria sona who was the mother of eight children brother n was as known oa as a thrifty liberal and kindly man being behig friends to all in tile the community whether they were church members or noti non members ile he was waa always faithful in lila his chuich chinch duties and grateful grat elul that ile gospel brought him to america lie he was able to attend church and in ill fact to live by himself until lie he was past ninety lie he was ot of a very Iti dependent disposition w working about ills house and lot long after the age when most people would have been under some ones care caie lie ho Is survived by three daughters and two sons sells mrs josephine hatton mrs ella alexander mrs florence wit walton iten willi william Wll liani land frank funeral filix ial services were held in ill the faist waid chapel thursday dee 22 at noon aud and interment was in tho city cemetery the speakers at the services were grover A giles and peter L brunson brimson mr air giles also sang a solo im a pilgrim and other musical numbers luini shed by the ward choir mr frank asen came cadue home hoino as soon as he learned of ilia his fathers death but the two daughters mrs walton ot of salt lake and mrs airs alexander of los angeles were unable to get here |
