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Show Fletcher Funeral. The funeral over the remains of Mrs. Mary Fletcher, who died aj the home of her daugher-in-law, Mrs. II. K. Sumner, of Pocatello, Idaho, on the eveulng of June 5th, occurred at 3 p. m. Monday at the Presbyterian church. A goodly number of friends were present at the service which was Impressive but short and unpretentious. unpreten-tious. Tho casket was covered with beautiful floral offeilngs. Mrs. Fletcher was born April 1, 1831 at Crowdle, England, and was an old Utah pioneer, coming to Salt Lake with her husband, Mark Fletcher, in 1855. For ten years they lived in the sixteenth ward, when In 1805 they came to Logan, making this their permanent per-manent home. M r. Fletcher died two years ago at the age of seventy-seven, and now his wlfo at seventy-two, follows fol-lows him. Mrs. Fletcher was a woman of great force of character, kindly and gentle In disposition, but Arm and resolute in her convictions of duty. With her husband sho came to Utah in tho fellowship fel-lowship of the Mormon church, but when in 1875 she sent her children to the Episcopal mission school, and was Instructed by the priesthood not to do this, she resolutoly declined to obevcouusel, insisting on her right to send'her children where she pleased. This act. In those times was regarded re-garded as rebellion, and she was warned that she would lose her standing stand-ing by persisting. Sho could not see that sho was wrong, and therefore accepted ac-cepted tho inevitable rather than deprive hor children of what sho considered con-sidered of highest importance to them. Mrs. Fletcher was the mother of twelve children, five having passed to the great beyond before her, those remaining re-maining being Mark, John, Henry, Mary, Elizabeth, Agnes and Edward. There are eleven grandchildren. Tho family extends sincere thanks for many favors conferred. |