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Show Funeral Services to honor "Aunt Mattie" Booth, noted educator Carolyn and Alene Chamberlain. All musical numbers will be accompanied by Marilyn Prince. C. Forrest Hunter will say the family prayer at the moretuary. The opening prayer will be given by Raydell J. Booth to be followed by remarks by Bishop Weaver and an eulogy by Charles R. Hunter. President Clemont B. Adams and Henry P. Dotson will be the speakers. The closing prayer will be offered by a grandson Craig Kitterman. Interment will be at the Cedar City Cemetary with William Gibson dedicating the grave. t , f " . ;" ! f'K i "Oh MRS. MARTHA (MATT II'-) BOOTH Funeral services for Mrs. Martha (Mattie) Pinnock Hunter Booth will be held today, Thursday, Oct. 2 at 1 p.m. in the Cedar lst-l2th Ward Church. The viewing was Wednesday evening from 7-9 p.m. and one hour prior to the services at the Southern Utah Mortuary. "Aunt Mattie" as she was fondly known by many was born Oct. 31, 1885 in Cedar City to Joseph S. Hunter and Eliza Katherine Pinnock. She married John A. Booth Sept. 17, 1913 in the Salt Lake Temple and they were the parents of three children. Their first born son died in infancy and she is survived by her son Roscoe who now resides in Boise, Idaho. Her daughter Deone Kitterman preceded her mother in death. Mrs. Booth is also survived by her son-in-law, Stanley Kitterman Kit-terman of Pullman, Washington, six grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. "A Teacher of the Whole Student" might best describe Mrs. Booth's teaching career. She graduated from the University of Utah in their Kindergarten Normal School in 1908. Following her graduation she returned to Cedar to teach for two years. She then taught in Nephi one year and Levan one year before returning to Cedar where she taught 1st grade for 34 years. A modest estimate would be that she touched the lives of at least half the families in Cedar. She was concerned not only with their academic lives but also with their physical and emotional well-being. She was known to see that children had clothes and shoes as well as the proper nourishment for them to develop properly. Family members indicate that she kept her tithing receipt from her first pay check as a teacher. She paid $4.50 tithing at the old Bishop's Storehouse. Mrs. Booth never gave up in her desire to help people and especially children. Following her "official" retirement, she continued to teach remedial reading in her home up until about three years ago when her health prevented her from doing so. In essence she never retired from her activity in the Church. Through her love for music and desire to serve she was arranging for special musical numbers in the Cedar Twelfth Ward up until a very short time ago. That responsibility was the culmination of a life-time of service in the Church. She never wanted anyone to know her age because she was afraid they would think she was too old to work. Family was also vitally important im-portant to Mrs. Booth and through her efforts many neices and nephews as well as others have developed an interest and talent in music. In some ways the entire community was her family and as long as her mind was functioning func-tioning she never forgot her students and friends. She was always delighted to visit with and help them even in ther adult life. As a tribute to "Aunt Mattie" a family choir will sing "0 My Father" at her funeral. The funeral, under the direction of Bishop M. Kimball Weaver will also include the musical numbers "In the Garden" Gar-den" sung by Lois M. McConnell and Mamie C. Eck and "Abide With Me" sung by Cindy, |
