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Show Joseph Booth Macdonald Dies Thursday At Daughter's Home Joseph Booth Macdonald, 84, who died of heart attack at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edward Mickleson of Middleton, at 8:20 a. m., Thursday, Jan. 16, was buried bur-ied in the St. George cemetery, following services held in the Tabernacle Tab-ernacle on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 3 p. m. Mr. Macdonald had been visiting with the Mickelsons since September. Bishop Wilford Schmutz of the East ward conducted the funeral services with Paul Tompson at the organ. Musical numbers included a vocal duet, "In the Garden of Tomorrow", Tomor-row", by Nellie Sutphin and Donna Blake, accompanied by Mr. Thompson; vocal solos, "Teach Me To Pray", Enid Webb, with Laurel Brinkerhoff, pianist; "Perfect Day", by Clive Hartman with Mae A. Pace, accompanying; and vocal quartet, "Just As God Leads", Elva Terry, Ila Lytic, Margaret Stucki and Louie II. Smith, with Mrs. M. A. Bauer, accompanist. Speakers The speakers were James Mc-Arthur Mc-Arthur and Albert E. Miller, both (Continued on page six) Jos. Macdonald Funeral (Continued from first page) of whom were long and intimately acquainted with the deceased and his family. Mr. McArthur referred to the stalwart spirit of Dixie ias typified in the lives of such men as Mr. Macdonald and his parents and brothers; men and women who gave their lives for the building of the Dixie mission; men and women who were skilled land courageous and who helped with such buildings as the Temple and responded to the call of their leaders. Albert E. Miller told of his many associations with the Macdonald Mac-donald family, who were converts from Perth, Scotland; they were physical giants and men of work and worth; men and women to whom the community can well pay tribute. Brief concluding remarks were made by Bishop Schmutz. Prayers were by George F. Whitehead, also a close friend and associate of the deceased and Ferdinand Stucki; the grave in the St. George city cemetery was dedicated by Bishop Arthur Cot-tam. Cot-tam. Born in Springville, Utah, Dec. 25, 1857, Joseph Booth Macdonald was the son of Alex F. and Eliza Graham Macdonald, who were L. D. S. converts. They came to America and on to Utah in 1854, and were called to St. George in the early seventies to assist at the time of the building of the Temple. They had charge of the boarding house in the Erastus Snow home for men working on the Temple. Married In 1879 He married Mary Virginia Ash-by Ash-by in the St. George Temple, Dec. 23, 1879. They were the parents of four children ,all of whom survive, sur-vive, Mrs. Macdonald having died July 31, 1899. These children are N. A. Macdonald, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Arthur Richards, Montpelier, Ida.; Mrs. Harold Williams of Ely, Nev.; and Mrs. John T. Kearne, Portland, Ore. Also surviving is one brother, Wallace Macdonald of Mesa, Ariz.; ten grandchildren and three great-granchildren. He married Ida Mary Dalton Mickleson of Beaver, in the St. George Temple, July 2, 1904. She died Feb. 27, 1921. Her son, Edward Ed-ward Mickleson, nine grandchildren grandchild-ren and one great grandchild, also survive. Since the later part of 1904, Joseph B. Macdonald has lived in Provo, Brigham City and Middle-ton, Middle-ton, and during the past three years in Mesa, Ariz., and in Montpelier, Mont-pelier, Ida. He is remembered for his skill in handling horses, for his great capacity for heavy labor and for his work in freighting, farming and mining. |
