Show CUT DOW IN LIFE the unexpected demise of erastas W snow in salt lale city ahe bad intelligence was received in provo tuesday evening of the death of erastue W snowdon Sn owson of apostle erastus snow and head of the firm of snow arcs the furniture dealers of this city the ead event tools place at half past eight tuesday evening at hie mothers home in salt lake city the cause of death being dropsy and heart disease his wife had been staying with him until monday when she cam home to attend to their four children and while hero he breathed his last on wednesday mrs snow in company with levi snow brollier bro flier cathe deceased salt lake icicy the fanneral services were held at noon yesterday in Eighteenth tho V ard meet ing house bishop 0 F presiding the singing was done by the choir of the ward named counselor clobert patrick offered the opening prayer and remarks were made bv alio following speakers elder J F wella president S B young president A M cannon president jacob barton arid bishop 0 F whitney the benediction was pronounced by elder J F wells elder erastus W snow was bom in the old fort sixth ward salt lake city on january in 1861 when his father fhe man who did practically practical lj more than any other to build up southern utah in the later stages of its growth moved bis family to st george the deceased then about twelve years of age accompanied them he assisted his father inthe arduous jabor of redeeming that formerly sterile section of country in 1871 he was called to go on a mission britain he labored most if not adlof the period of his absence on that occasion in the birmingham conference his health became greatly impaired at that time he suffered intensely from an affection of the libart his father reached england on his way to vienna to meet george A smiths tourist party in 1873 lie found his son in a precarious condition di tion in the hope of improving his health he accompanied bis father on a trip to the continent of europe and visited paris berlin vienna and scan the mission to europe lasted about two years and after his return home he accompanied bis father on a preaching trip through the settlements of corthern thern utah it was then that he first met misa margaret A mcbride of eden weber county whom he married in August 1874 in october 1875 he was called on a mission to the eastern states and daring his absence he was seized with such a prostrating pro attack of his old malady that he was compelled to in a few months from massachusetts achu where he bad bean laboring on hia return and recovery he resumed his public labors in the st george stake of zion of whose high council he was a member for many years he also occupied the secular office of assessor and collector of washington county for a considerable period j nearly the of his life from the time of ira reaching manhood was a constant struggle with an obstinate and finally fatal malady the complaint originated when he was 20 yea M of age when he suffered a severe attack cf rheumatic fever alie effects of which were never eradicated from hia heart and lungs la 1884 brother erastus in the hope of hia health moved from st george to provo and soon become one of our most prominent merchants and solid men at the time of his demise bewab a member of the high council of this stake we sympathize witha the bereaved family in their hour of trial |