Show I ITHE THE PASSING OFA OF OFA A GOOD WOMAN U MRS AIRS CATHERINE JUDD CARPEN CARPENTER TER TAKEN BY DY GRIM REAPER MONDAY AFTERNOON CAN AFTERNOON CAN CANCER IMMEDIATE CAUSE O OP OF DEATH a FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FiELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON LARGE ATTENDANCE OF RELATIVES REL REL- S AND ACQUAINTANCES ACQUAINTANCES ACQUAINTANCES AC AC- IMPRESSIVE TALKS lAND AND SINGING MANY SINGING MANY FLORAL OFFER OFFER- INGS tot M The funeral services for Mrs Catherine C Cath Catherine tb erine Judd Carpenter who died Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day afternoon from cancer were held in the tho tabernacle yesterday at 2 p.m. p.m. p. p m. m Bishop F. F B. B Wood officiating Services were commenced by E E. E M. M M Corry singing Lead Me Gently Home accompanied by the choir Prayer was offered by Elder samuel amuel Leigh The choir then sang Shall we meet Beyond the River after which Bp Wood called John Smith to tu the tho stand who in part said I have been acquainted acquainted ac ac- ac with Sister Carpenter all my life Und can truthfully say ay that she was a good woman she was an ideal home maker and kept her home always in order She was wa a leader in all church activities she ahe used to nurse the sick children and mothers and comforted them greatly She haa has done her lifes life's work well and I am sure will receive a g great eat reward n a nGod's Gods God's By special request of Sister Carpenter Carp Carp- Carpenter enter before her p passing Hazel Granger anger and Helen Foster sang Star of the East Herbert Herb rt Webster was the th next speaker and he said he was very appreciative appreciative ap ap- p- p to have been asked to speak at the funeral of the deceased lIe He said a month ago he visited Sister Slater Carpenter as a 11 ward teacher and she told him at that time that she was ready to pass away at any time Her past life has been of a nature that she is entitled to arise the morning lof of the resurrection I have known her and her husband and they have been fine people and always set ai a a good example to their children Speaker Speak Speak- er read a poem entitled Satisfied which was very typical typical f of f th the de deceased de ceased in her last dayson daYlon earth Wm II H. Manning sang Oh My Father i It Pres E. E n II Hi Sn Snow w o of t t the thet e. e t George G Stake of Zion was the tha concluding speaker and said I surely feel It an honor to say a II afew few I words of tribute for the life and deeds of Sister Carpenter Carp enter A few months ago alto she was down to St. St George Gcorge and when leaving for home asked me to speak k at t her funeral when it should be held held She has haa been prepared for some time fo for this event and had made preparations She lived with my mother and we thought the world of her and will never forget her kindly ministrations ministrations' in our household She gave her life lifo to her church and her home and the memory of this good woman will always be bo one of pleasure asure and h her r passing will be one of keen regret She was full of faith in the ter I feel sure Sister Carpenter has marked out her salvation and I want to say to those of her children and and her brother they have cause to tD be proud of her life and her spirit and personality and this should live in their memories in the future In closing the services Bp Wood saId aid that the large audience present spoke volumes for tho the esteem in which Sister Carpenter was held She left this world confident of ot the hereafter hereafter here here- after and with no fear for the future The closing song by the choir was God be With You Till We Meet A A- gain Benediction was wap pronounced by Elder Kenneth The floral offering was very beautiful ful covering the bier and casket One ne floral piece was waa of Calla Lillies bearing the inscription Mother i Continued on Page 4 J. J 1 t PASSING OF GOOD WOMAN I I i- i Continued from Page 1 1101 I lot BIOGRAPHICAL t L' L lot Katherine Katharine Judd Carpenter Carpenter left England May 1st lat 1864 on the ship Monarch of the Sea a child of nine years ears After Arter traveling five months reached Salt Suit Lake City October 4 1 1861 when with her parents who I were called to help develop the south i they went to St. St George their first home was a out dug and their experiences experiences ex ex- the same as other builders of towns in a rugged countr country isolated ed from civilization She being the tho sixth child of a family of ten her her father dying when she was but hut fourteen four fourr teen it for each to help supply the daily needs hence Katherine Katherine Katherine Kather- Kather ine lived much of the time in the leading families of the community who admiring her willingness and aptitude to serve the home and com com- remained her lasting friends About a year after her fathers father's death nes ne's mother was married married mar mar- ried to John Hiott and Overton Overton Over Over- ton on tho the Muddy later Kate having an opportunity paid the family a visit there one day she with some others was delighted to see sec signs of travelers passing through the little littletown littletown littletown town in the shape of freight teams driving one a mule team one horses and the other oxen the driver of the latter wearing a hat that looked as though it had been well soaked and stretched on a post to its Us full limit One of the group said Girls lets let's choose the one we will have Kate as usual seeing the funny side of things first said Ill take the one with the tall hat Queer as it seemed seemed seemed seem seem- ed then the man was James D. D Carpenter who afterwards became her husband So at sixteen and one-half one years ars she was married and moved to Glen- Glen dale Here the Carpenters lived until until un un- til three babies were welcomed Into the family circle when they moved to Kanab Kanal where they lived two years It was L here tore her daughter Maggie C. C Smith was born then the family moved moved move ed to Pima Arizona shortly afterwards afterwards after after- wards leaving there with the first colonizers to Thatcher Arizona where her ber husband built one of the first four homes Their Their la last t bab baby our townsman Sam Carpenter was the first child born in Thatcher a pioneer baby When the babe was nine months old Sister Carpenter and babe were traveling with friends to visit her peo people le in Glendale when she got the shock of her life To climb Greens Green's Hill Bill the driver Thomas Sawyer had to double teams leaving a trailer at atthe atthe atthe the foot of the hill on returning to get pet It he ha instructed Jimmy Huntsman Huntsman Hunts Hunts- man to watch the wagon carefully where Sister Carpenter and children were as they had been told the Indians Indiana were restless and unfriendly In that vicinity Mr Sawyer had not gone far when sounds as of troupe approaching were heard it was after dark though a bright moon was shin shin- ing They knew it was Indians Mr JJ Huntsman was vas so tio 80 frightened he hid in ID the brushwood leaving SI Sister Carpenter helpless to sit It in the wagon n with her little ones and take whatever what what- ever results might be Their chattering chattering chatter chatter- ing w whoops ops were were hideous her strength her very life seemed to leave her as they took turns in getting on the front of the wagon lifting her head up peering into her face and talking to each other about her in a way she did not understand supposing de loath death th or scalping was J her cr doom However However How How- ever Mr 11 Sawyer came called the supposed guardian to show and they left the spot a safe camping camping camp camp- ing place at three The next morning friends informed them that there had been no need of alarm from the Indians they being on their way to Fort Apache for their regular Government supplies However the shock to Sister Carpenter had donIts' donIts done don its Its' work she was never again able to nurse her babe rabbit broth and other substitutes constituted his diet the tho remainder of f the journey her flesh seemed to leave her bones her people scarcely rec recognized her when she reached Glendale where she was ws nursed for three months Sister Carpenter could not make up her mind to return to Thatcher so after disposing of their belongings her husband again joined h her r at Glendale Glendale Glen Glen- dale where they made a splendid home enjoying it together for many years Afterwards however they went to Emmet Idaho living there seven years on account of failing falling health they then came back to Ced Cedar r City ity Pour Four years ago just two months before belore this noble pair would have celebrated their golden wedding her husband was vas fas promoted from earth life after planning every detail possible for Cor Sister Carpenters Carpenter's ease and comfort comfort com com- fort that thought being his only anxiety for leaving for he was otherwise otherwise oth oth- prepared In every ward where they have been Sister Carpenter Carpen Carpen- ter has filled positions in the church organizations Relief Relied Society Young ladies ladles Mutual Improvement Primary and Sunday School School also worked extensively in two temples nursed the afflicted prepared the dead for burial For fifty years she was a member of the different choirs wherever she lived even occupied the calling of stage manager in the Home Dramatic Association and was frequently frequently fre free leading lady in the drama |