| Show mrs agnes pehrson of bluff passes on by pauline hayes I 1 funeral services sei vices were held in bluff at 4 p in sunday june 3 for mrs agnes pehrson A very large crowd was in atter atten dance many ganv of whom had to stand outside of the building bashop john D rogers presided at the service CO music was furnished by pheband the banding ward A ladies sextet directed by mrs allie adams rendered the li hymns joe hunt and hyrum porter played a beautiful volin violin duet with mrs mamie mamic adams at the piano there were many lovely floral offerings consisting of more than forty bouquets the following am was rendered rendert 1 song by the sextet theres a beautiful land invocation was offered by carisch chris christensen ris sang by sextet I 1 crossing the bar D john rogers of Bi blanding anding was the first sPew speaker ker he gave a brief sketch of mrs pearsons Pehr sons iffe life stressing the fact that she was at all times kind considerate obliging and constantly loyal to truth and t ti what she believed was right in reminiscence he mal made e je reference ference to many enjoyable experiences perien ces of her family and his in them the early days of bluff daniel perkins of monticello was the second speaker ile he mentioned the immortality of the soul and the courage with which ws we must meet the future when bereavement rea comes to us and the source of strength which the lord can be in times of sorrow his talk was followed by another violin duet the perfect day will nix a brother in law of mrs pehrson spoke next he especially ally paid pai d tribute to her kind hospitality and ta U the fact that she was a friend to all bishop rogers gave the closing talk offering words of comfort and encouragement to her family song by sextet 1 I know that my redeemer lives benediction was pronounced by june pehrson the pallbearers pall bearers were members of her family interment was in the bluff cemetery nearer my god to ta thee was sung after which edward lyman dedicated the grave agnes allen alien was born in richfield utah july 13 1871 daughter of pioneer parents john allen alien and jane shaw allen alien the family left richfield and went to the san luis valley in colorado for a while after which they moved to montezuma creek on the sanjuan san juan continued on page four mrs agnes pehrson continued from page 1 river where they were called on a mission by the church to help colonize in 1881 they moved t tc bluff where mrs pehrson has resided since she was married to fred adams in 1891 four children were born to this union two ot of which preceded her in death mr adams passed away in a few years she was again married in 1904 to henry pehrson three children were born after this marriage she was soon left a widow again by the death of mr pehrson and since that time made her livelihood li veli hod by running a hotel in bluff mrs pehrson passed away may 30 in the grand county ho spittal in moab after a comparatively brief illness she is survived by five children allen alien adams of fort for t apache arizona mrs myrtle hunt of bluff mrs clea peacock of fruita colo mrs iva hatch of bluff and john pehrson of shonta arizona she also leaves a sister mrs annie thompson ot of salt lake city and fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild |
