| Show utah ua A pioneer Fl ulf Ameer of 1872 buri aad hill baesu U mrs susan A ann mcconkie succumbs monday at the home of grand daughter in maeser funeral rites held wednesday MAS susan ami mcconkle McCon lle e a 9 p aneer of utah in 1872 enc anc tor for many 5 ears active in the pioneer life of ward nard succumbed of diseases incident to old age tit at the loine 1 oine of her granddaughter grand daughter mrs verdin R johnson in maesel mo mon n dav susan ann mcconkle mcconkie daughter daugh tei of william aley smith and margaret ann burnside Burnsl de was bom boin june 18 1848 in alabama ifer her parents pui amov eo ec to kansas when mien she N ans lis 15 ars rs of age she met and me 1 lied geo wil allbon 6 on M mcconkie in 1867 T they hey lived on oil a faim at fort scott kansas until they had two children ira in the summer of 1872 they made a trip to utah but re guined to kansas the same fall in 1873 they returned to salt lake where they first heard the gospel cached in the they were soon converted to fie faith and eje baptized in the lath ward by geoage belser they lived in utah for sixteen betus mr mcconkie McCon taught school in 1889 they with other families moved to pachaco cachaco chihuahua mexico in december IP 90 her husband died and the following year she rhe moved moed to meser maeser with lr fa family biily where here het hei oldest r n artus r was living she has r idea here the greater part of the li aie since she is the mother of six sons five living and ba two 0 daugh daughter tei s virtus F P deceased charles W john L geo alma ama jose joseph ph S etta wilford Wil forc W and ida surviving also are 35 grand children and 47 gleat grand children airs mcconkie has been a staunch defender of the gospel having worked work ed faithfully until the last few years when v hen her health has fallad funeral services were held on at I 1 pi nj n at the maser r ward tinder under the direction of bishop lester bingham A special quartets rendered oh my father and I 1 need thee E ery hour 11 the floral ings were ere beautiful the speakers speaker were thomis bingham and archie johnson of the stake presidency Intern interment wilt was made in the mae 1 ser cemetery with ed bodil oed ced l ahng noting the grave i |
