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Show Funeral Services Held For Phoebe Prince At Washington, June 12 WASHINGTON, Utah Funeral services were held Thursday, June 14, at 5:30 p.m. in the Washington Washing-ton ward chapel for Phoebe Jane Boggs Prince. 89, who died at her home there Wednesday. June 13, at 4:20 a. m. of illness due to age. At her death, she lacked just five days of being aged 90. Bp. Alton Jones conducted the services. Music numbers included "Oh, My Father," "I Need Thee Every Hbur" and "Sometime We'll Understand," by a mixed quartet; "Whispering Hope" by Mrs. Mildred Nisson and Mrs. Aggie Sproul. Mrs. Irma Iverson was accompanist. Prayers were by Ormon Wilkin, and Victor Iverson. Burial was in the Washington cemetery, the grave being dedicated by Haven Paxman. Born in Salt Lake City on June 18, 1855, Phoebe Jane B. Prince was the daughter of Francis and Evaline Martin Boggs. The family, fam-ily, moved to the Dixie Cotton mission in 1861, settling in Washington, Wash-ington, where she had her meager schooling and has continued to make her home. As a young woman she worked in the cotton factory and was (Continued on page eight) Phoebe B. Prince (Continued from first page) prominent in the religious organizations organi-zations of the Washington ward. On October 8, 1974, she married George Prince by whom she had 15 children. He died May 7, 1936. Since that time she has continued to live at her home, doing all of her own work until recently. Of her 15 children, six daughters daugh-ters and two sons are living. They are Mrs. Evaline Hall, Mrs. Hy-rum Hy-rum Prisbrey, Mrs. Joseph Han-nig, Han-nig, Mrs. Zina Prisbrey, all of Washington; Mrs. Geneva Averett of Baker, Washington; Mrs. Nancy Griffith of Wendell, Idaho; John Prince of Colfax, Washington, and Theodore Prince of Washington; 69 grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. |