Show I 1 mrs spry I 1 ashes ies buring BaarS Bag visit to T california Calito naia mrs mary al ce spry age 86 widow of the late gover nor william spry of utah died the home of a daughter mrs bo ro land R woolley north hollywood calif 01 nia monday at 6 p in fol lowing a short illness of a heart ailment mrs spry had been visiting in cal forma fornia for the past 2 months mrs spry was born in grantsville Grants ville april 1862 a daughter of james and mary deisham married in logan she was married to mr spry on july 10 1890 in the logan temple church of jesus christ of latter day saints and saw her husband rise from his first elected post that of collector of tooele thoele county in 1894 to the state governorship which office he filled for two terms from 1909 to 1917 As his career developed he ed as state chairman of t the he re publican party president of the state land board and U S mar for the district shortly after the end of his second term as gov arnor he was appointed U S land commissioner and went to wash ington D C where he served un til his death in april 1929 annual visit mrs spry remained in wah wash ington living at the home of a daughter mrs william foss but made yearly visits to the home of her daughter in north hollywood and to mexico city where a son brig gen james W spry serves as military former U S rep F C loof bobrow who served under gov spry as district attorney and district judge recalls that she was not a great mixer but a delight ful person to converse with and one with an exceptionally well ordered mind list of survivors actie active in the eighteenth ward during her residence in salt lake city she is survived besides her children by four ren and two great grandchildren a brother john P pas adena cal seven sisters mrs geneveve orr mrs helen ander son and mrs lucy matthews of grantsville Grants ville mrs elizabeth row berry idaho falls idaho mrs edith medill magna mrs eve flinders and mrs lois packard salt lake city services were conducted by a nephew paul E dent of the grantsville Grants ville stake thursday at 3 45 p m at E south temple salt lake city reuben J dark clark counselor in the first presidency of the church was a speaker burial was in the salt lake cem eatery |