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Show MRS GAMMELL SERVICES HELD Well attended funeral services were held in the First ward Chanel Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Mary Ann Clements Gammell, who died last Friday at the family residence. resi-dence. Bishop A. G. Peterson was in charge of the services. The speakers, each of whom paid fine tributes to the life and character of Mrs. Gammell, were Peter Nielson and Mrs. Milenda SunBion, the latter president of the First ward Relief Society. Music at the services were given by Elmer Huff who sang a vocal solo; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brown who gave a vocal duet; Virginia and Genevieve Bird, a vocal duet, and Ralph Weight and Will Parry, an instrumental duet. Mr-a. Lola Weight and Mrs. Mary Bird were accompanists. The invocation was by Myron A. Boyer and the benediction bv John Hardy, Patriarch John H. Ma'nwaring. dedicated the grave at the City cemetery. Burial was under un-der the direction of A. Y. Wheeler mortuary. Born in Springville June 4, 1864, Mrs. Gammell had made her home here most of her life. She was a daughter of John M. and Elizabeth Gabbitas Clements. Her death was thought to have resulted from a stroke suffered during the night. She had stayed alone for the first time in several weeks and seemingly seem-ingly was in fairly good health the night before. She was found dead in her bed by a sister, Mrs. Sadie Dalton and a neighbor Mrs. Susan Conover, who had called to extend birthday greetings, it being her seventy third birthday. Her children had gathered to make plans for a birthday social for their mother when news of her death reached them. Mrs. Gammell's husband, Robert Rob-ert Gammell, died in September, 1930. She had taken part in church work, especially in the Relief Re-lief societv organization where she acted as teacher for a number of years. Surviving her are five daughters and one son. Mrs. Clara McKenzie, McKen-zie, Mrs. Charlotte Jensen, Mrs. Melva Gottfredson, Springville; Mrs. Alfred Thorpe, Bistol, Nev.; Mrs. Myrtle Packard of Pocatello, Ida.; Aris Gammell, Spring Creek canyon. She also has 24 grandchildren grand-children and 8 great grandchildren grandchil-dren and the one sister, Mrs. Dalton Dal-ton of Springville. |