Show I PIONEER 1 WOMAN DEAD f MRS MARY ANN PHICB HYDE r PASSES AWAY I I I Deceased Was the Widow of Apostle I Orson Hyde and Prominent in Church Work Mrs Mary Ann Trice Hyde died In this city yesterday morning She was born Jr Lea Gloucestershire England I In June ISlC Becoming converted to i the Mormon faith In 1S40 she came to I r Americaher first stopping place being at Nauvoo It was there that she f I formed the acquaintance ofApostle Orson I Or-son HYde to whom she was married by Joseph Smith In 1SIU In company ivitli hoi husband she came to Utah in 1552 1 She was a graduate of the Broad Oak academy in Lea and her educational training nbroud served her well here where flic acted mi umancun sls for her husband for a long time and materially assisted him In many ways j with his church work In the early CDs Apostle l Hyde was railed on a mission Ito I-to Sanpctc county and there also the I I work oC Mrs Hyde was greatly appre clatcd She was a factor in the Relief rtff flj 1 1 J ti b1J F L J q 1 J 1 j 11 I l V I r W l l I C4f t < t 1f P1 Mrs Mary Ann Pries Hyde society work of that itake and in 1870 l was made president of the stake organization organ-ization which position she held at the time of her I death When the word I i went forth that the Saints were to gather and store grain so as to have a I supply in the time of need or of famine fam-ine she became an enthusiast on the I subject and it is said that she would go out Into the fields to glean the grain that had been left by the reapers even when such a task was not entirely free from danger at the hands of the Indians In-dians who were inclined to be obstreperous obstrep-erous In Sanpete county at that time Through her efforts in this and other ways many thousands of bushels of wheat were stored up in Sanpete Mrs Hyde had no children She was however how-ever a great favorite of the children of the other wives and all of these while not unmindful of what was coming will deeply mourn the fact that auntie is no more Funeral services will be held at the Second ward meetinghouse today at 130 I oclock and on Monday her body will be taken to Spring City where short services will also be held on that day when the Interment will take place beside the body of her husband who died in 1S7S |