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Show Funeral Services Held Ved. for Phoebe P. Dowdell Funeral services were conducted con-ducted Wednesday afternoon in the Fifth-Seventh ward chapel, for Mrs. Phoebe Hannah Phillips Phil-lips Dowdell, 85, life-long resident resi-dent of Springville, who died Sunday at the Payson hospital hospi-tal of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Phoebe Phillips Dowdell Bishop Grant Thorn of the Fifth ward was in charge of the services. ser-vices. Burial was in the Evergreen cemetery, under direction of Wheeler Mortuary. Mrs. Dowdell was born Oct. 30, 1871, in Springville, daughter daugh-ter of Jonah and Ann Thomas Phillips. On March 10, 1897, she was married to James Reuben Dowdell in Springville. He died in 1918. Mrs. Dowdell was a member of the LDS Church, being a member of the first Primary organization in Springville, and later served as Primary secretary. secre-tary. She was also active as a Relief Society teacher for 26 years and worked in genealogy. She was a dressmaker from the age of 14 and she continued contin-ued in this work after her husband's hus-band's death. Surviving are two sons and two daughters, Nephi Dowdell, Springville; James Phillip Dowdell Dow-dell Copperton; Mrs. Chauncey Van Patten, Las Vegas; and Mrs. Fay A. Schnoell, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas; four grandchildren, seven greatgrandchildren, great-grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Ada Jesse, Springville; and one brother, Theo Phillips, Roosevelt. |
