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Show J ' - " r i Mrs. Scorup Death Calls Pioneer, Laura Scorup Laura Wilson Shupe Scorup, 82, whose father built the first house in Monticello, died Oct. 15 in the Gunnison Valley Hospital, of causes incident inci-dent to age. She was born Oct. 30, 1890, in Moab to Nick E. and Phonetta Jane Crouse Wilson, and as an 8-month old baby moved to Monticello with rfer parents, 5 sisters and 2 brothers. As a 12-year old she went to work cooking cook-ing in a Monticello boarding boar-ding house for SI. 25 a week. 50 cents of which she had to pay for getting get-ting her w ashing done. She also tended a baby, for one egg a day. On Jan. 10, 1908, she married Garrison Shupe. He died in Oct. 8, 1908 leaving her with 4 small children, whom she supported sup-ported by taking in washing, wash-ing, and later cooking. It was through this profession pro-fession that she met J. A. Scorup at the Dugout Ranch. Thev were married mar-ried May 27, 1936, the ceremony later solemnized solem-nized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died Oct. 9, 1959. Mrs. Scorup leaves 3 surviving children, Elsie Rasmussen, Salina; Ivan, Iv-an, Salina and Wade, Aurora. Au-rora. There are also 13 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren. One son, Bill, died in 1947. Surviving sisters are Edna Ed-na Allen, Richfield; Lu-cinda Lu-cinda Frost, Monticello; and Nalia Dalton, Moab. She was a lifelong member mem-ber of the LDS Church, and active in all church activities until recent years. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19, Robert Dalton officiating. offic-iating. Viewing will be Thursday evening between be-tween 7 and 9 p.m. at Grand Valley Mortuary, which had been her home in Moab for many years. There will also be viewing view-ing for an hour prior to services. Interment will be in Grand Valley Cemetery. |