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Show Funeral Sevices Held Tuesday for Zella T. Monson Funeral services for Mary Zella Thomas Monson, 84, RFD Pleasant Grove, were held Tuesday .November 4 at 1 p.m. in the Manila Ward Chapel, under un-der the driction of Bishop David C. Harvey. Mrs. Monson died Saturday, November 1, 1969 at a Pleasant Grove Nursing Home of natural causes. . Speakers, who paid a glowing tribute to the deceased as a wife, mother, neighbor and lifelong, life-long, church worker, were President Boyd L. Fugal, and Harvey E. Smith. A life sketch was read by Muriel Elliott and Bishop Harvey closed with appropriate ap-propriate remarks. Susan Haycock and Tim Ekins favored with a vocal duet, "I Know That My Redeember Lives," accompanied by Lucy Haycock, who also played the preslude and postlude. S. Hal Haycock played an organ medley med-ley of familiiar melodies. Family prayer was led by Ivan Monson.' Merrill N. War-nick War-nick asked the invocation and benedication was pronounced by Calvin Whitby. Flowers were cared for and arranged by the Manila Ward Relief Society. . Pallbearers were Wayne and Kevin Clark, Brant, Ross, and Michael Monson and Dennis Swensen.. Burial was in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, where Raymond Ray-mond E. Monson dedicated the grave. Mrs. Monson was bom Dec. 10. 1884 in Provo, the daughter of Chauncey E. and Mary Jane Farrer Thomas. On Dec. 11, 1907 she married George A. Monson in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. He died Jan. 27, 1963. She was a member of the LDS Church, and had served as president and secretary of the Relief Society, president of the YWMIA, and visiting teacher in the Manila Ward. She was also an officer in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She moved to Pleasant Grove when she was 18 years of age and attended Karl G. Maeser school and BYU Academy. Survivors include two sons and two daughters .George El-wood El-wood Monson and Robert T. Monson, both Pleasant Grove; Mrs. Eldon (Helen) Clark, Lehi Mrs. Emery (Maurine) Andrews, An-drews, Alpine; 14 grandchildren; grandchild-ren; 6 great-grandchildren; one brother and 3 sisters, Chauncey E. Thomas, Murray; Mrs. Jennie Jen-nie Lawrence and Edna Thomas, Thom-as, both of Salt Lake City; and Mrs. Emma Cornia, Midvale. |