Show ELIABETH ENCE 0 BY BUTH pi eminent prominent clinch and community worker laid to reza rest thursday funeral services for mr Eli elizabeth rabeth ence who v ho passed aua agaj at her home monday after an illness ss of little more than a week neek were held thursday afternoon in the flait wint ward chapel bishop F at 61 ogdan officiating A pro fusion fu sion of beautiful floral offerings earned carried a mc nie nieace aage age of loe and esteem from the many friends who gathered in the chapel as veil nell as theoze who were mere unable to attend the speakers patriarch jos S horne Pi eident james AT peterson and bishop F AT ogden spoke highly of the deceased one of ric Rich fields oldest remi residents lents anti and offered consolation to the bereaved family mra minnie ne hebeler beler gave a biographical sketch of mra amri ence telling of her ac tiie church work ork musical numbers included sometime well understand by bv the ward choir and my father know by the choir with J W ward as soloist a solo the perfect dav dal by kenneth hood and a solo by mrs air L A william ogden offered the imola imoca tion and president john chasten sen the benediction interment Interi nent was in the cita cemetery where the grave was as dedicated by george georg e ramsey elizabeth janie james ence was born bom october 2 1843 at england in her earl earh childhood she sh shined an interest inter cst in the mormon monnon religion later we wc coni com arted to the gospel gopel and in jua ju a ivr left her home in company wilh her older brother james james and tailed sailed for america leaving leanna behind to ta ta to brothers three and her friench on arriving she started with a compan of salil paints acro s the p plain bv 0 team in july she on lured man hardships hardship incident to pioneer hie at one time while cro croan riz the plains she he ind three of her girl companions started ahead of he compan co pam the thea were tra traelic elin brough wyoming Wi oming it nw maa late in th sa on in a great abose and the weather vas bitter cold captain scott became alarmed at their venture went ahead and found the girla girl behind a large boulder their clothes frozen on them the tha cold ine so intense they were urged to walk to camp to keep from freezing and though immediate assistance was mas ga gai en them one of the girls nar narrowly roily e escaped death from ekpo expo exposure ure the company arned armed in salt lake city october octobers Octo berr 7 v here mrs ence found employment she was mas married to gottlieb ence december ira 16 1 16 their first home in salt lake cit was a dugout dug out the mountain forming a part near the mann aarm spring they had three children when sir air ence was has called to richfield at the time of the indian trouble thel moved to richfield in 1873 where they continued to reside mide and were ere actins V arkers in the community mrs mn ence labored as second counselor bor in the relief society for two bear acamo was ma 3 first counselor for two lears and when the two wards were divided 1111 he wai 11 madi made president of the relief society in the first ward which position she held for eight lears ears she was as a lover of home and her children four children survive her john and alma ence of our city cit mrs frank womack of salt lake cita cit and geo frice ence of delta one brother james lamas jame of cottonwood twenty three grandchildren grand grind children and four great grand children alo al o anle her husband hu and one son william preceded her in death |