Show I u rl 1IdiVl1 Ii GONE lOltBST J I There was n gloom cast Over this I roinniunily when it berutnu known ho parting of tho spirit and body of Nell Gardner had token place on Friday Ihu Jth I of July every OliO spoke in whispers I his sad oviiit IIH ho wnH looked up lo as a Father ill Israel loved and held in high I esteem by all Theie is no death what seems so is hut the transition I transi-tion from this elementary probation proba-tion to a higher and holier grade Coining to Utah when quite a lad I with his father fettling in Mill Creek near Salt Lake Oil came to Spanish Fork at the time of the move in 1857 where ho has lived and labored all through ho incidents < < of a pioneer taking pent ill causing this once wild and barren waslo to become a fruitful garden blooming now as the rose II hard working extensive and pro gresoiyo farmer and stockraiser1 holding several impntiant position of Iniht I among which that of a director of the I Spanish Fork Cooperative Co-operative Institution t till the limo of his departure tins been on min Sinus to Canada and the Southern Suites in the interests of the Lath terday < < work he has been a liberal giver in word and < < 1 notion for the advance of tho cause of revealed truth from the most high gentle Tigildcr riot and unasuming a happy Hill lIc was always on his features sagacious in counsel strictly minding his own business He has left behind him a noble record for his sons and daughters to follow which they I have and are trying lo do to the best of their ability his wHo and several of his childion havo preceded him to tho spirit world His family can say A 111111 lins fi Din our household gone A 1 oiuo wu loved is still Ilio plitto Is vneniit on our hearth Which nonu on comic uia till Tho funeral services were held on Sunday in I the First ward meeting meet-ing i house Bishop It W McKell presiding Prayer was offered by Bishop Ilalosuf the Thiul ward The speakers were us follows Elder Allen Adamson < < an intimate friend < < l of tho deceased Elder Wm Spry a companion to Bro Gardner in tho missionary Held Elder S Bradford a fellow pioneer of 1817 and Bishop McKoll all of which bore a strong and truthful testimony testi-mony to the merits of N oil GurcV ner nerThe The spacious meeting house was I packed with n sympathizing audience audi-ence enceTho The hinging was very appropriate appropri-ate espccnilly the quintet of Iho Fourth ward The closing prayer was by President Presi-dent Lommon one of the Nebo Stake presidency Some of tho pallbearers were 117 pioneers The grave was dedicated by High Counsellor John Hayes Among tho many wreaths tad flowers there was a most beautiful I tine from the Spanish Fork CuoP M B |