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Show Funeral Is Held Saturday For Sarah J. Iverson In the Manila Ward Chapel on Monday friends and relatives bath- ered to pay respenct to the memory of Mrs. Sarah Jane Iverson and express sympathy for the Iverson family. The services began at 2 o'clock under the direction of the ward bishopric with counsellor Merrill N. Warnick in charge. The opening number was a vocal -duet, "Whispering Hope" sung by Maurine Allen and Jane Brown, accompanied by Mrs. Janette War-nick. War-nick. Invocation was asked by Virgil Mereditch; vocal duet, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives' Maurine Brown and Jane Brown. A sketch of Mrs. Iverson's life was read by a grand daughter Nelda Monson Rawlings. Speakers were President W. W. Wranick and Bishop H. V. Swen-son, Swen-son, with closing remarks by Merrill Mer-rill N. Warnick. Musical numbers interspersing the speakers included a vocal solo, "That's What God Made Mothers For" by Jane Brown accompanied "by Mrs. Warnick, and a vocal solo "O My Father" by Mrs. Maurine Allen. Benediction was pronounced pronoun-ced by Ezra J. Swensen, and the grave in the Pleasant Grove cemetery ceme-tery was dedicated by Samuel Gough. Pall bearers were sons and grandsons of the departed: John and Llyod Iverson, Shyler Smith, Boyd Laycock, Lawrence Rawlings and A. H. Gough. Mrs. Iverson died at her home in Manila Thursday evening of last wek cf causes incident to age. 'Sketch of the Life of Sarah Ann Jane Tuckett Iverson Sarah Ann Jane Tuckett was born June 2 1863, at Springville, "Utah. The oldest of a family of seven, a daughter of John and Sarah Ann Gee Tuckett. Her girlhood was spent in Spring--ville. She also received her early education there, finishing at the Brigham Young Academy. As a girl she was the first Sunday School organist of what is now the Springville First Ward. She also "has worked in other cuhrch organizations, organi-zations, especially the Primary and Relief Society. She taught school a few years "before marriage, at Castle Valley Val-ley and Provo. She was married October 16, 1884 to Alma N. Iverson in the Old Endowment House in Salt Lake City. She spent several years after ber marriage in the canyon. After the children were old enough to go to school, in the winter of 1893, the family moved to Manila Ward -where she has since resided. As her husband's work was in the canyon it left her with the responsibility re-sponsibility of the family most of the time. , Besides raising a family of 10 ' -children, she also cared for three grand children. She is survived by seven children, child-ren, 26 grand children and 10 great grand children, also 2 brothers and 1 sisters. She had one son in the First' World War and two grandsons are in the service now. She had great faith and was pleased to have her children take active part in the church and community. com-munity. She was not earily discouraged, dis-couraged, but her son not returning from the war woried her very much. She was a faithful Latter Day Saint and a worthy wife & mother. She has gone to a well earned rest. She is survidn by seven children: Mrs. Thalia Gough of Murray, Mrs. Eda TTardman of Lindon, Mrs. Nellie Smith of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Reva TTahn, Miss Jesie Iverson, Iver-son, Lloyd and John Ieverson of Pleasant Grove. Her brothers and sisters aw: John Tuckftt of Lake Shore; Charles N. Tuckett of Rex-burg, Rex-burg, Tdaho, Mrs. Josephine Roun-dy Roun-dy of Mapleton and Mrs. Luella Smith of American Fork. |
