Show A double funeral at one one wednesday afternoon a double f funeral was held at the meeting house in the south ward abel alexander and marion S thorpe were the persons who had passed away apostle J IV taylor E iders elders john alford of salt lake city WW Willey daniel moss and bishop egan were the speakers ABEL ALEXAN ALEXANDER DEIL abel alexander passed away of kidney trouble monday morning ei august at eight after an extended illness of several weeks being bedfast seyen seven weeks he was born at calone wiltshire england ent 0 land and had lie lived until the eighth day of next january lie he would havo have been seventy sev en years of age he grew to manhood in his native town and married sarah alexander a q lady with the same ganje two girls being born to them one only living three years and the other being mrs emma moss who came to this country with her parents 1864 1804 he having pined joined the church previously tho the family settled at bountiful which has haf ever since been their homo home ile he lost his first wife on the third of december twenty two years ago but married mrs airs hannah kilburn a year litter lalor who survia survived cahim him deceased was a faithful member of the tl ie church A v days be before lie died ile ho composed tile following lines which have been rained framed f anif and hung up in in the south bountiful meeting house this is the day clay for saints to meet to pray and lipar ah let us go with cheerful feet to learn ti thy ay iy will Q lord lie hd was a great hand forma for machinery but differed from it a great many P people in that he never went in debt for it ite ird run a self binder or for many years he worked for the same man in england brig ol 01 and for thirty years he leaves a wife one daughter and a sister mrs airs mary cleverly the only sister in utah to mourn lus loss Af S THORPE marion S thorpe passed away last sunday evening after an illness of about four months being bedfast about four weeks some eight 1 years ago she fell and dislocated her right shoulder sli and has never enjoyed good health since deceased was born in denmark in november 1808 and came to utah in 1860 crossing the plains with ux ox teams she was married to christian jenson thorpe in her native country and one son was born to them who died cued at the age of eleven years in the old country her husland husband also came to this country and likewise preceded lier her to the great beyond by nearly five years the deceased boro bore an ext excellent ellent character and all was a good neighbor |