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Show Funeral Services Held At Hurricane For Sine Sorenson Englestead HURRICANE, Utah, August 24 Funeral service for Mrs. Sine Sorensen Englestead were held here on August 21, at 4 p.m. Mrs. Englestead died at her home here on Thursday, August 19 at the age of 75 years. Her illness has been due to old age and for the past four months mainly kidney trouble. Services were under the direction direc-tion of Bishop Frank T. Johnson with some fine comments being made regarding her character and life by the following individuals: Quim Roundy, Alton, Utah; Daniel H. Heaton, St. George; Alfred R. Meeks, Orderville; and Patriarch Whitney of Hurricane. Interment was made in the Hurricane cemetery. cemet-ery. Mrs. Englestead was born in Denmark on September 16, 1861, a daughter of Mars and Kjester (Larson) Sorensen. She came to America when she was eleven years old, one year before her parents came. She came directly to Salt Lake City and there she remained re-mained alone for one year as far as relatives were concerned. She worked for her board and clothes and struggled through all kinds of weather for three miles each day to the public schools for a few months. Previous to this she had acquired a quite "learned education" educa-tion" in the school of Denmark. After her parents arrived in America in 1873, they remained in Salt Lake City for one year and in 1874 went to Panquitch where they resided for about two years, later going to Orderville where they joined the "United Order" (Continued on page four) Englestead Funeral (Continued from first page) and remained there until in 1877 when she married Brady Engle-stead Engle-stead in the St. George Temple. After her marriage she and her husband went to Mt. Carmel where they resided until 1920 when they came to Hurricane to make their home and where they have remained ever since. During her entire life, Mrs. Englestead was a progressive, cooperative, co-operative, cheerful member of the church. She was active in church affairs and social gatherings, being the first counselor in the first primary organized in Mt. Carmel. She was also counselor in the relief re-lief society for six years and a relief society teacher. She "frequently "fre-quently furnished musical selections selec-tions at various social gatherings with her accordian and singing voice. She is survived by seven children. child-ren. They are: Alvin, Homer, Ira, Earl Englestead and Maggie Niel-son, Niel-son, all of Hurricane; Marion H. of Panquitch and Clarence M. of New Harmony. |