Springville Herald | 1951-05-03 | Page 1 | Funeral Services Set Today for Mrs. Estella Straw

Mourned . . . .' 1 r'j ........ ' ' 1 I Mrs. Estella Straw Funeral Services Sef Today for Mrs. Estella Straw Funeral services will be conducted con-ducted today, Thursday, at 2 p.m., in the Third-Ninth ward chapel, for Mrs. Laura Estella Straw, 46, who died Monday afternoon, at the Utah Valley hospital, Provo, following- a major operation. The services ser-vices will be under direction of Bishop V. C. Mendenhall. Friends may call at the family residence, 243 North Second West, before the services. Burial will be (Continued on Page Ten) i Funeral Services Set For Mrs. Estella Straw Continued from Page One) in the Evergreen cemetery, directed by A. Y. Wheeler and Son Mortuary. Mort-uary. ' Mrs. Straw, well known church and civic worker, was born Feb-fuary Feb-fuary 12, 1905, at Eureka, Kansas, a daughter of J. E. and Bonnie Jones Craig. She was educated in Kansas schools and came to Utah as a young woman in company with a sister. She was married to Reed Straw, September 26, 1924, in Salt Lake City. They have made their home in Springville since. Mrs. Straw became a member of the LDS church about 14 years ago. She has served as a Relief Society Soc-iety teacher, also a member of the Old Folks committee and as an officer in PTA organizations. Survivors include her husband, also her parents at' Fort Scott, Kan., a son and two daughters, Mrs. Norma Nell Straw Hansen of Spanish Fork; Carol Jean and Reed Craig Straw, Springville; seven brothers and sisters, Mrs. Alice C. Syme of Provo; Mrs. Christine Hatfield, Spring-ville; Mrs. Cecil Nielson, Kansas City, Kan.; . Mrs. Joan Walters, Mrs. Eunice Mason and Elmer Craig of Fort Scott, Kan.; Lee Craig of Vallejo, Calif.