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Show Funeral Rites Held For Eva F. Driggs Impressive funeral services for Mrs. Eva Frampton Driggs were conducted Monday in the First ward LDS chapel. With Bishop Ertman Christensen of the First ward in charge, the serviice began at 3 o'clock. The opening number, "Softly and Tenderly ,Jesus Is Calling" was sung by a male quartet, Warren Kirk, Elwood Allen, Al-len, Rulon Brimhall, and Earl A. Beck. They were accompanied by Clyde Sandgreen. Dr. Russell B. Swenson offered the invocation. Warren Kirk, accompanied ac-companied by Rulon Brimhall sang "Farewell" by Schubert. Speakers were former Bishop J. A. West and Charles R. Mabey former governor of Utah. Mr. West recalled early incidents in the life of Mrs. Driggs, her fine work throughout her life as a soloist solo-ist and the kindly helpfulness of the Driggs family. Mr. Mabey told of his years of friendship and intimacy in-timacy with the Driggs family, of his close association as a fellow student of Dr. Driggs at the Utah University and later as a co-instructor at the B. A. C. in Cedar City. After stressing the fine hospitality hos-pitality and the love for cultural things in the life of Mrs. Driggs, he chose for his text "If a Man Die Shall He Live Again." After closing remarks by Bishop Christensen, the male quartet sang "Jesus, Lover of My Soul". Benediction Bene-diction was pronounced by John L. Adams, and the dedicatory prayer pray-er in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery Cem-etery was offered by President Merrill N. Warnick of Timpanogos stake. Earlier services for Mrs. Driggs had been held at 12:15 in the Thirteenth ward chapel in Salt Lake City. Pallbearers were Elmer Green, Clair Christensen, Paul Christensen, Christen-sen, Dr. J. Z. Brown, and David R. Pingree. - Mrs Driggs died at midnight Thursday at her summer home in the Belevedere apartment. She had been ill since she was stricken with a heart attack following the celebration cel-ebration of her golden wedding anniversary Monday. In her younger years, she was prominent as a vocalist in Utah music circles. Since 1919 she has resided in New York City, where Dr. Driggs has been chairman of New York University's Department Depart-ment of English. During 1938-43, Mrs. Driggs was president of the Relief Society in New York Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and for three years was president of the Clio Club, one of New York's leading women's organizations. She also served as president of the faculty women's club of the University's department of English. Mrs. Driggs was born in Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, the daughter of William and Mary Terry Frampton. Her first American forebear on her I father's side, William Frampton, was William Penn's secretary. Her mother's forebears were among the Mayflower pilgrims. Her parents crossed the plains in 1852. A career as a soloist began for Mrs. Driggs, when she was but two years old. For many years she was a leading soprano in the Pleasant Grove Ward Choir and 4she studied music in New York with Margaret Romaine,. Utah-born Utah-born Metropolitan Opera singer. A graduate of the Salt Lake High School, Mrs. Driggs taught grade school classes in Pleasant . Grove, American Fork and Cedar City. Throughout her life Mrs. Driggs has been active in the Church, serving in the Sunday School, Mutual Improvement Association As-sociation and Relief Society. While she presided over New York stake's Relief Society a record of home teaching was made that attracted at-tracted wide attendion. Mrs. Driggs is survivd in addition ad-dition to Dr. Driggs by two sons, Dr. H. Wayne Driggs, director of the Branch Agricultural College ifi Cedar City, and H. Perry Driggs, junior executive with J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency in Chicago; a brother, Otto L. Frampton Framp-ton of Pleasant Grove and six grandchildren. |