Show MRS COHEN ONCE UTAH OFFICIAL L DUD DEAD Mrs Elizabeth M. M Cohen former commissioner of Indian pensions in Utah and prominent in civic and political affairs died Wednesday in Los Angeles relatives in Salt Lake have been advised dv d. d Mrs Cohen who left Salt Lake five years a ago o for the coast city died of or carcinoma following a three years years' Born Bom in New York March 6 6 1859 1850 a daughter of or James and Annie Cain Sutton Sulton she came to Utah In to 1880 and li lived lid d In Park City until 1892 when she moved to Salt Lake She was recognized as the first woman to 00 attend a a. major national political convention having hs been a delegate to 00 the Democratic national convention in 1900 At that time she seconded the nomination of ot William William Wil WU liam Ham Jennings Br Bryan an and acted as assistant secretary to the convention Her services as commissioner of Indian pensions was during the termo term o of office of the late Governor Simon Bamberger Surviving are her daughters Mrs Charles C. C C Rulon and Mrs L. L H H. H Brockbank Salt Lake and Mrs E. E S S. S I Pratt Menlo Park Cal Cat one son 1 F. F I C C. C Cohen Salt Lake seven grand grand- children two sisters M Mrs Eleanor Sutton and Mrs N. N N. N Young of New York and a nephew R R. R B B. B Young Her husband Jo Joseph ph M. M Cohen died in 1919 1819 The body will be cremated In Los Angeles and the ashes brought to Salt Lake for Cor burial Funeral ervi ser er services ser ser- vi vices s have hae not yet ct b been n announced |