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Show I Faithful Churchman I Goes To His Reward E Kllsha Peck, .Stricken ltllli l'arnlyhlb B Friday Pusses Ami) Mondiir. B Lnst Friday, Kllsha Peck, Hr hud n K fainting biicII, to which he wjih subject, K - nud foil down the collar stops, striking K on his spinal column Just nbovn the BliouhlorH. When picked up a few BR moments later by one or IiIb children H hu was paralyzed In every limb though K - being perfectly conscious. Hu retained Hfi. t his consciousness iiml power of speech B till within .a few moments of his death, BR which occurred .Monday. IH ' His funeral, which was held in the BR , Tabernacle, Thursday afternoon, was Bj$ largely nttended. Ulshop John. Stoker BH presided. The other speakers were BH , James Clark, Qoorgc Klrklinm and Kd- BB ward Southwlck, Tho following sketch of his life was HI rend: BE ' "In tho death or Kllslm Peck, Sr., I Monday, March 123, 1914, at 11:30 Km o'clock p. m., I.chl lost another of her K$ early settlers and the church has lost Bg a patient and faithful worker. BS i "Ho was born April UG, 1850, at Ncd- (HI X lynch, Wllshlrc, England. At the ngo I Bj or 7 ho and his two sisters wcro left I mm ( orphans. When ho was 12 years of f W& ' ago ho heard the glad messago of jfflg great joy and was baptized May 1, B n ' 18C2, by John Qulnton ami confirmed 3 Bj tho same day by William Drnmhall of SBJ Sprlngvllle. On April 8, 18CG, ho was f jBf ordained nu oldor by C. W. Staner and IHj put In cliurgo of tho Hcdlynch branch if 1 of tho Church of Jesus Christ of Lnt- 9HH tor-Day Saints. Shortly af.tor this ho IjBJ K " was called and set apart to' fill a mis- IKS ' slon In his native- laud, whore ho Inb- Hl , orcd faithfully until honorably rc- KK , leased to go to Zlon. Ho left England fl -v . on tho old sailing vessel Emerald and h " was eight weeks crossing tho ocean. HT? "Sickness broke out among tho com- H pnny on account or bad wator and H thlrty-Hoveii out or tho company re- Brj eclved a watery grave. -'. "On November 7, 1870, ho married BbA Charlotte, tho oldost daughter or Lott BBS and Eliza Russou. ,B, 1 "Ho was ordnlnod n Sovcnty, Dcccm- M, bcr 31, 1871. In 1887 ho left for a mis- mE ' 8lon t0 "10 8uthcrn states, whero ho itf ' ' labored diligently until honorably re- K loasod. For inoro than twonty-flvo afVni ' years ho was secretary for tho I.ehl Mpls ' Sunday school ; also secretary for his mm i priesthood quorum. Juno 7, 1908, ho fij.St . wis ordnlnod Into tho high priest quo- fJ Mb ' rum. li "Ho has hnd pleasure in his duties '1 TO n8 wnn teacher and received lettors il MR t " ot Prn,B0 for nlB untiring efforts. Tho I m ft QotI of Christ was uppermost In his MB mlud, and he tried to seek, first, tho , B kingdom of God and Its righteousness. -jW gj Ho leaves a wire, ten children, twonty- n eight grnndchlldrcn and a host or i 5,1 i friends and relatives to mourn his doll do-ll ' narturo. M "Ono daughter preceded him to th ft . Great Doyond. K ', "The last night during his short ill- H ' ! . noss ho .received a vision of tho glor- HH lous resurroctlon, which lio said was ra beyond dosorlption, and filled his heart M with joy. Ho died as ho had lived n . faithful. Lattor-Uay Snlnt, nnd In his Bj ' last moments asked his loved ones to WS bnve a fow words or prnyor." " i |
