Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-07-04 | Page 36 | Centerville Citizen, Handcart Pioneer, Passes from Life

j I Centerville Citizen Handcart Pioneer I I Passes From Life I t v c v t-v- c. c 4 It It nl G. G services for Willard Viard R n Pickering who died lied in Centerville ul July luly 1 at 3 p p. p m. m of ot cancer of or th the stomach will wl bo be held heM at noon today toda Inthe in inthe inthe the Centerville ward chapel nfl all al friends veteran firemen fremen members of the tho tie carpenters carpenters' carpenters carpenters' car car- penters' penters union and arid members of ot the Fraternal Fra Fra- Union of ot America being Invited After the services tho body will wil bi be I brought to Salt Sal Lake Lako to be burled buried be beside be- be side his lila first wife in the City cemetery and mn may be seen een at tho residence in this morning from 10 t to 1130 1130 o'clock Mr Ir Pickering was born In Hull Hul Yorkshire England September 30 30 1863 1853 He lie came caine to the United States In the spring of or 1865 arriving in Portsmouth N N. N II IL I where his father operated a flour flou our mill mi for tor three years preparing for tor th the Journey Journe west west Early in 1866 1865 the fam fanu- Hy thy started for cor Utah arriving In June Jun JuneI of oC that year ear after ater a hard trip across th the plains Mr Ir Pickering PickerIng walked all ni th the tho way to Salt Lake from the Missouri river bringing his sick mother In a handcart Arriving in Salt Sal Lake Lako tho the family I settled In the Twenty first Twenty ward where Mr Ir Pickering lived note more than forty forty- two years removing to onlY five years n ago o Mr Ir Pickering was first firs employed here by the Z K C C. M. M 1 I I. I am and later Inter by the Culmer ner Brothers company compan Still StI later he lie learned th the carpenter carpente trade which he followed tho the greater part Cart of of his life Among tho notable buildings on which he lie worked are the Temple the tho City and Count County building th the Hotel Utah Ufah the Walker Dank Bank building and the residences of or A A. A W. W McCune Thomas Kearns David Keith and Matthew II H. Walker In 1875 ho married Eunice Diana Holbrook b by whom he had cl eight ht sons After ACer her death he ho married marred Elizabeth Elzabeth Bateman who survives him together with the following sons and daughters Mrs Ir Viola P. P Smith of or Garland Ernest ErnestA A A. A Pickering of ot Newcastle Le Ro Roy Pickering ot of Salt Sl Lake Henry HenrY F F. Pickering Pickering Pickering Pick Pick- ering Simeon H H. H Pickering Clyde P. P Melvin P. P Pickering and Pickering Wendell Vendel P 11 Pickering all al of ot Center- Center yule vine via There is also a broth brother rl FranlIn Franklin Frank Franl- lin In II U Pickering of or Salt Sl Lake and three grandchildren