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Show Community Pays Tribute to Long-Time Resident With Impressive Funeral Rites Funeral services for Mrs. Mary L. Weeks, 80 resident of Pleasant Grove for 64 years, were conducted Tuesday at 2 p. m. in the Second L. D. S. ward chapel. Mrs. Weeks died Sunday at her home of ailments incident to age, following a three months' illness. Bishop C. R. Clark presided at the services, which were carried out as follows: solo, "Going Home," by Roy Fage; invocation, by Thomas Gleason; solo, "My Faith in Thee," by Mrs. Ora Chipman; a brief biographical bio-graphical sketch by Lylo Overlade, a grandson; solo, "In My Father's House are Many Mansions," by Ken-ly Ken-ly Whitelock of Salt Lake City; instrumental duet, "None But the Lonely Heart," by Kenly Whitelock and Arthur Overlade Jr., accompanied accompan-ied by A. R. Overlade; benediction by Vilace Radmall. Musical selections selec-tions were arranged by A. R. Overlade. Over-lade. Speakers were Geeorge Arthur Hurst, a half-brother, former Bish-up Bish-up Burton H. Adams. Ezra Walker, and Bishop Clark. The gravj in the Pleasant Grove City cemetery was dedicated by Joseph H. Adams. Mrs. Weeks is survived by the following sons and daughters: Hy-rum Hy-rum Sanford, Phillip and Reuben George Weeks of Pleasant Grove, Mrs. Robert Crookston of American Fork, Clarence H. and Dr. Frank Weeks of Burley, Idaho; Mrs. A. R. Overlade of Salt Lake City, and Jesse L. Weeks of Oakland, California. Cali-fornia. Surviving also are 21 grandchildren, grand-children, and 25 great-grandchildren; a brother, Walter F. Hurst of Ogden; a sister, Mrs. Elflida Sanderson, San-derson, of Emery county, and several ' half-brothers and sisters. Sketch of Mary Iliu'st Weeks I Mary Luclnda Hurst Weeks was born January 2, 1858, at Springville, ; Utah, the daughter of Philip Hurst , and Luclnda Guymon Hurst-j Hurst-j Her father, Philip HurSj., was I born in Trimly, Surrey County, En-i En-i gland, and came to America with j his parents, after they joined the ( Latter Day Saints church. Her : mother was born in Nauvoo, Illinois. I They settled in Utah In 1848, and ! lived in Springville, moving to Fair-view, Fair-view, Saniete county, when Mary Weeks was seven years old. In Fair-view Fair-view the family endured many hardships hard-ships and privations during the Blackhawk Wars. At one time they moved to Mount Pleasant and stayed there during the summer because be-cause of fear of Indian attacks. Later they moved back to Fairview where they lived inside the fort walls. When Mary was nine years old. her mother died after giving birth to twins. Mary, being the oldest in the family, was left her share of the resxnslbilities in caring for the children that were left. In telling of her early life, Mary said: "After my mother's death my father went back twice to the Missouri Mis-souri river by ox team for emigrants emi-grants and left us in the care of others. The hardships we endured about that time can never be told. I sometimes wonder how we lived through it all but the hrrhd of the Lord must have been over us. for we did not know what it was to be sick." Mary's father married again in a year and a half and they again had a home. One of the first sehoolhouses in which Mary attended school was a long room with a fireplace at each end. Benches were slabs and desks were hinged to the wall- She attended at-tended school at this place for four or five years. Mary met Reuben Weeks when he came to Fairview visiting his relatives. They were married Feb-rupry Feb-rupry 23. 1874, in the old Endowment Endow-ment house in Salt Lake City by-Daniel by-Daniel H. Wells. They made their home in Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, where Mary Weeks resided re-sided for 64 years. She was the mother of 12 children, four of them dying in infancy. She was an ardent L. D. S. church worker and a very firm believer in the gospel and always exercised a great deal of faith. She was a member of the Relief society organization for 45 years, serving as a counselor to Mrs. Stewart Stew-art and also as a teacher for many years. Mary Weeks was interested in temple work. She first worked in the Manti temple at an early date. Since that time she did much in the Salt Lake temple. She had been a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers for over ten years. She came from a line of pioneers. Her grandfather, Noah Thomas Guymon and family were the first to settle in American Amer-ican Fork, huildlng the first log house there. Her husband Reuben Weeks died December 13, 1928. She passed away at her home in Pleasant Grove, Sunday, April 3, 1938 at the age of 80 -years and three months. . o . |