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Show BEAVER MATRON IS TAKEN BY DEATH MRS. WILLIAM COOK PNEUMONIA VICTIM BEAVER CITY, UTAH, Dec. 4 Deep gloom was cast over the community com-munity Saturday morning with the sad tidings that Mrs. William Cook had died Friday night of influenza-pneumonia. influenza-pneumonia. ;To add to the pathetic situation, Mr! Cook was reported as very ill with the disease. This is the first victim of influenza during the present epidemic. Impressive funeral services were held Sunday at one o'clock in the ward chapel, counselor C Edwin Paice of the west ward bishopric, conducting. conduct-ing. A profusion of beautiful flowers covered the casket, bearing silent evidence of the high esteem in which Mrs. Cook was held. Music was furnished by Mesdames Hattie Ashworth, Emma Tolton, Jennie Jen-nie Tanner, Lucile Murdock and Bertha Fernley. The opening song was 'My Father Knows," Miss 11a Tanner at the piano. President T. V,7. Gunn offered the opening prayer. "There's a Beautiful Beauti-ful Land," was sung by the ladies' chorus. As the first speaker, Bishop Geo.j Paice said it was a sad occasion when j a wife and mother is taken, yet, as Latter Day Saints, we do not look upon death as do some people. "I belive that sometimes our loved i ones go to prepare a place for those who follow. We look upon death as a monster yet we believe there is a future life." . i The speaker prayed for the blessings bless-ings and comfort of the Holy Ghost to be with the husband and family to aid them in their great trial. Mrs. Thelma Barton sang, "Lay My Head Beneath a Rose," with ac-! companiment played by Mrs. Mae C. ; White. President J. F. Tolton began his remarks by reading the beautiful lines, "He Knows It All." "That," he said, '"is the concrete consolation in life- To know there is one greater than man, one who knows our sorrows and our tears. He knows it all. He came ! to the house of a friend but they ! knew Him not! They persecuted Him."j "Sometime We'll Understand," was j the closing song and the prayer wa? by counselor Joseph A. Menzione. Elizabeth Annie Cook was born in Payson, Utah, May 19, 1864. Her ! parents were Ephriam W. Ellsworth j ! and Elizabeth Gale Ellsworth. They ! were born in Iowa and came here for the gospel sake. During 1881 the deceased married William Cook and became the mother of two children, a son and a daughter. The daughter died about eleven years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Cook lived for some time at Payson and later at Mercur, where Mr. Cook was in business. busi-ness. Mrs. Cook was an accomplished dress-maker, and while the husband was ill in a hospital, she worked at dress-making to help the family until the father had regained his strength. While not interested in public affairs, af-fairs, the beautiful surroundings at her home, the beds of luxuriant flowers, flow-ers, bespoke for her a nature of high ideal. Surviving, besides the husband, is one son, William Cook, Jr., of Sacramento, Sacra-mento, California; one sister, Mrs. Rose Frazier, Beaver, and many other relatives. |