Show OBITUARY louisa smith park daughter of william and and mary ann smith waa born england june 24 emigrated from thure with her parents to canada about ihfe ear where ache entered upon ahe pioneer hie which feema to have bean marked out for her following helped her parents to alpar the forest assisted at abe brush and loa burning to effect abe clearing 0 her fathera farm in 1839 she bained john park and soon after embraced the gospel being baptized bv elder john barrowman Barrow maa now of nachi in 1842 left canada in 1846 with ox teams passing through nauvoo visiting the temple there and then on to winter quarters crossed the alaina next year 1847 in john taylors company came to prevo wih the pioneer company through att the vicissitudes of pioneer lifo asif her tv in boys born on abe last day of 1849 in the old fort on provo liver excited great interest and attention among the ute indians who then surrounded them n great numbers passed through t e indian wars of early daya her a remembering the al and oiher prominent indians heads being haug up in abe guard boas horrid trophies of the war sestet park continued on a steady worker never faltering by the ay her faith and zeal for the gospel enduring to the end was president of the teachers of the relief society of the second ward hera at times in the quiet meetings with her sisters would her zeal and strength of faith in the gospel break forth in language and an d utterance of seeh force with iti gospel fire to win the and af tec tiona of the members of her so bety A circumstance occurred eoina lew years back when her br came from canada to visit her at provo smiths aitor strolling around our streets happened t 0 by sister martha ajan harris house the sister of apostle joseph F timith and made enquiries of her for the home of bleir sister it was strange that these smiths should ask a smith for the whereabouts cf audit made the writer of this think bow atran ge VB the incident and wonder if a relationship did not ex aei between sister barna and these men when cne considered that the deceased was born only forty miles in a direct line couth from little villas of essex england the cradle of the josephs family thia may or mav not be but there was a prophetic fir lit up th hart of sister park which found utterance in worda that held her bister listeners liate ners in wrape attention on many occasions the deceased is the mother of twelve children 62 grand chii dien and one great grand child she quietly to her rest departing this life on friday last oct LAID TO the funeral services over the remaina of slater louisa smith park wera held sunday afternoon bat in the second ward assembly room the were conducted by bishop evaa by the choir and brayer by elder S eggertson jr A biographical sketch of the life of our beloved sister was read by alder james hardy the speakers on the occasion elders abraham hallada Hal ladT prea H H cleft eldera S S and amea E danials Dani pros duff dwelt upon the life of sia ter park aad referred to the maicy trials she had endured he dwelt on mhd subject of abe Be in most instructive and interesting asan ner he showed that our sister had fillad a life 0 usefulness and had proved her worthiness hiness tr meet her husband WHO had gone before aal receive the re iund f the he the blessings of the lord abon the family and they donld pattern after her noble example others spoke briefly and endorsed the sentiments uttered testifying to the excellent qualities of our departed sister benediction was pronounced by elder V L halliday numerous floral by the of the da aasel to their love and remember ance A biama con course of citizens followed the i to the cemetery where the dedicatory prayer was offered by bishop |