Show AUNTIE MARY MAkY J i SLACK tIlES DIES AT A ARIPE RIPE AGEd AGEo d b 0 Q 0 e ep p I Ott o 0 I Ii i ii i 1 11 ot 4 ci o o u I O 0 0 a ci 9 c c MRS MARY J SLACK The close Ios of an eventful lif life of oC 81 years cars came cum peacefully peaceful to the original of the above aboe cut at 1215 1216 a TO rn Sun Sunday Sunda Sunday t J day da Auntie Aunte Slack as she was nas known to most of the old residents of I Salt Sal Lake was born at Mansfield ld Eng England England land April Apri 5 1818 In the early earl forties fortes I she joined the Mormon church coming comin to America America In 1858 After fer spending j three years in Boston Boton she started for Utah in iii company with wih her husband husband I Before reaching Teaching Florence Florenc then the starting point of emigrant trains her ber j I husband met a tragic death and she j I Iwas was left heft lef alone aone with one child a a a daugh daughter ter to continue her journey to a new home She arrived In Salt Lake Sept ept 15 1861 and at once took an active though quiet part in the building g up of the city which she had la selected as j home As a a servant in the tho family of Brig Brigham rig ham Young she made many man trips to the then new ien and distant settlements I of the new net territory in company with wih that pioneer pathfinder Her recital of those trips trip together with the ox train journey from Florence to Salt alt Lake was always s interesting Ung to those to whom she chose to tell tel part jart of her life history I During During her life Mrs Slack was a close friend of ot Brigham Young George GeorgeQ Q Cannon and other prominent leaders of the Mormon ormon church She was a of the first editor of The Herald the th late Edward L 1 Sloan Sl n Beside Be a host of friends Auntie Aunte Slack leaves two sisters Mrs Edna EdnaJ J Sloan and Mrs Mis Mi s Ann J Eardley Eardle a L grandson who resides at Mountain MountainView MountainView MountainView View Canada eight dren two nephews and a niece The funeral services wil will be held from the third ward meeting house at 4 Tuesday Interment wi will ill be in inthe inthe inthe the city cit cemetery |