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Show \ Mrs 1\Irs 1 Irs ' Wethenll WetherIll Vetlierill % DIeslVIrs DiesMrs Dies DiesMrs Mrs lVIrs Louisa Wade Wethenll Wetherell Wetherellwidow WethenllwIdow Wethenllwidow wIdow of the late Tohn John Wetherill Wether WetherIII Wetherill III ill of Kayenta Anz Ariz died dlCd at a ahospital ahospital ahospital hospital in Prescott , , , Are Anz An7 ? la51 last lastweek la51week lastweek week Burial Bunal was made beside besideher besideher besideher her husband who died last December De December December cember Interment was in m thefamily the thefamily thefamily family plot high above the oldWetherell old oldWethenll oldWethenll Wethenll Wetherell home overlooking overlookmg the thevalley thevalley thevalley valley and mountain mountam ranges of ofthe ofthe ofthe the theyhad Navajo country where they had lived for so many ll1any years The yearsThe Wethenlls Wetherills were all10ng among the amongthe all10ngthe well known pioneers of the theNavaJo theNavajo theNavajo NavaJo country Mr Wethenll Wetherell Wethenllwas Wetherellwas Wethenllwas was one of the original ongmal d1scov drscov d1scoverers drscoverers discoverers erers of the famous Mesa Verde Verdechff Verdecliff Verdecliff chff cliff dwellings dwellmgs and Mrs Wetherill Wether WetherIII Wetherill III ill was the author of widely read readbooks readbooks readbooks books on the Indian country countryamong countryamong countryamong among them one describing herexperiences her herexpenences herexperiences expenences experiences as a trader among the amongthe Navajos The Wethenll Wetherell post postat postat postat at Kayenta was visited by many famous manyfamous peopleMrs peopleMrs people peopleMrs Mrs Wethenll Wether1l1 Wetherill was born bornSept bornSept bornSept Sept CityNev 2 1877 at Ward CIty Nev and first made the tnp trip tnpthrough tripthrough tripthrough through Kayenta m rn in a covered coveredwagon with her parents at the theage theage theage age of two years en route to toMancos toMancos toMancos Mancos Colo where she grew grewto grewto grewto to womanhood She returned returnedwith returnedwith returnedwith with her husband to Kayenta m in in1910 1910 Following Followrng her husband husbands husbandsdeath husbandsdeath s sdeath death she sold the trading tradmg postMrs postMrs post postMrs Mrs Wethenll Wetherill was a sister ofJames ofJames of ofJames James L Wade at one time a aresIdent aresident aresident resIdent of Moab | |