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Show Maggie Jim Charles, Wife Of Foster Charles, Buried At Reservation A large congregation of friends and relatives assembled at the Shevwit Indian reservation over Monday and Tuesday from Moccasin, Mocca-sin, Ariz., Cedar City and eastern . Nevada, to participate in the Tuesday funeral services honoring Maggie Jim Charles, 67, wife of Foster Charles, who died at the local hospital Monday, Jan. 12, at 8:30 a.m., of heart failure, following fol-lowing chronic nephritis. i Chanting Services The mourners held their chant-i chant-i ing sen-ice through Monday eve- 1 1 ning and Tuesday forenoon, until time for the official service at ' j 1 p. m., which was conducted by i Bishop Andrew McArthur of the i St. George South ward, of which I the reservation is a branch, with j Foster Charles as presiding elder. , Preceding the service, Foster j Charles told the people of his i friendship for them and his appreciation ap-preciation for their sympathy in . ! mourning with him, and stated i that the services were being con-j con-j ducted at his request and in com-' com-' pliance with Maggie's desires, i Musical numbers for the serv-! serv-! (Continued on page five) Maggie Charles Funeral (Continued from first page) ices included congregational singing sing-ing of, "Oh, My Father", and "Count Your Many Blessings". Speakers were Lorin A. Little, David Wilson Woodard and Bishop McArthur, with remarks by Project Proj-ect Supervisor Poulson of Cedar City. All praised the good work and kindly life of the deceased, of her love for little children and her great friendship for all of her people. Prayers were by Mabel Jarvis and Bishop McArthur. Following the services the entire en-tire congregation assembled at the graveside, where all joined in singing, "Nearer My God To Thee", after which Moapa John lead in the funeral chanting, while the many relatives and friends joined in mourning until a late hour, before leaving for their respective res-pective homes. Born In Calient Maggie Charles is a daughter of Nevada Jim and was born in Caliente in 1874. She figured importantly im-portantly in early romance history of that area. She married Foster Charles in 1927 and assisted him in rearing his two sons by a former marriage to Lois George, also of Caliente. The two boys, Kenneth Charles of the Shevwit reservation and Peterson Charles, member of the 37th Company of U. S. Engineers in the U. S. Army and was located at Fort Slocum, N. Y., when last heard from. Also surviving is one sister of the deceased, Maggie Chappo. and one brother, Jim Henry, both ; of Moapa. 1 Maggie Charles has long been 1 known for her fine needlework, more especially with buckskin ' gloves and jackets, and with artistry art-istry in beaded work, which she 1 continued to do until serveral months ago, when she became too ill. It was she who made and beaded the elaborate buckskin jacket and gloves which the Indians In-dians ten years go, presented to ;he late L. D. S. Apostle Anthony W. Ivins, their adopted brother and life-long friend. |