Show funeral services held sunday for ma mary ry sturgeon funeral services characterized by simplicity and genuine human feel too I 1 ing sere ere held tor for airs mr mary star geon in the vernal second ward chapel sunday february 21 1 floal float offerings were numerous and be dutiful tokens of esteem for or a fri fria end who has gone one to the great beyond the services were in charge ot of george E wilkins ot of the second ward mua wa was furnish ed by the ward choir under the direction ot at 0 N olsen the op ov ening song vas was I 1 come come Is 1 saints after which the invocation was offered by george A the choir then gang sang ob oh my fatu fath er mr mrs mary 13 bistry listry 27 was wa the first speaker she represented the relief society and poke spoke of the long record of faithful service services that or received from the deceased mrs henry told ot at the deceased having been a member bace nee ahe the first came to vernal and ot at her bet activities a as beached in the or E peterson Peter Kon was the seconia speaker he lie poke spoke of his with mrs sturgeon la in the parents class of the sunday school of at which he ie is a teacher mrs sturgeon waa was always one of t the most regular members in attendance bald said mr peterson Pc tenon I 1 ahe abe waa was always faithful and sincere in her attitude toward the claa clam and contributed much rauch toward making the work inc the choir then sang 1 I need thee every hour ilour Cli charles arles colton poke spoke of the strong character of at mrs spirgeon Stir sti geon and of at the good life she he baj bad led while in the flesh he lit tet lettney tried to the fact that all the ert nun of at the earth having been praying n en and of the necessity of becoming humble ani and prayerful if it one it Is to receive the blessings of life he ile then poke spoke of the gospel with J uj ai promise prom of a resurrection lon whereby the deceased could once again enjo the nce of at her children and of at the great re to joking which wold come at thai that time the choir eang sang the closing hyma farewell all earthly honor honors I 1 at t ter which benediction wa was D gnoun cee ce by A A dawg the pall bearer bearers wre wore charlee charles hatch robert aye aycock ock E W evans E 11 Bi 14 elcher jospph cook and arid ellla ellis merkley interment was at t the maeser ce the grave wae was dedicated by E 11 belcher mrs mary newton sturgeon wae was born january 1 1858 1859 in salt lake city she was the daughter of at samuel I 1 burgess who bad come to utah from england as a convert to the L D 9 5 church at the age of five ahe she went with her bet parent parents to st geor beorse e utah where she remained until she he became a young woman in 1887 she he married william newton one of this union three children were born while the family was wax living at Mary Marym valo in 1892 ehe she married 11 R still stu geon soon 0 provo mr air and mrs geon came to vernal in 1902 which hae has been the home of mrs sturgeon since that time the recessed rece axed has aa the mother ol 01 fire 11 ye childred er all living william and isaac newton ol 01 vernal and E J newton of salt lake city miss mary sturgeon of california and it R sturgeon ot roosevelt Rooi erelt i |