| Show early utah pione air P passe asses over divide D ilta we MARY C ROBERTS nO BERTS TO LAST DIBS AFTER IIA AT hoba OP OF DAUGHTER on monday afternoon may 21 at the vernal first ward chapel was hold the funeral of mary C roberts the mother of mrs IF L noel of at 1 ashley ward and mra mris daphne it 1 cooper teacher in the vernal central school I 1 bishop hyrum B caldor calder presided many beautiful flowers told of the 1 esteem in which the departed was held hold by her many mady friends the speakers were patriarch harman So wanie 1 I sander sar or and john N davis the opening prayer was offered by PalA patriarch arch nellion merkley markley and the 0 closing prayer by charles A hardy music was furnished by a special quartet consisting of misses mima and gus davis A B and ira im thomas miss mims davis sans vang a solo interment was made in the vernal cemetery with bishop caldee dedicating the grave mrs ura mary 0 roberts was born april 22 1848 at alchon county her parents howard coduy and martha knowlton coray cam were en an route to bait salt bake lake city with a company of pioneers and had stopped to raise mise a crop of at grain for the oncoming company of 4 pioneers they mored moved on to utah lusA mrs roberts married claira roberta robarts in provo utah in 1868 nine children were born to thera them eight ot of whom are sull living flying they made their home in moca utah until 1880 when they moved to manco mancos colorado from there into new mexico in 1891 then back to red mesa colorado in 1907 in 1912 they moved to san diego california where mi MO roberts died mrs roberts then returned to utah and has since made ber her home with continued on page eight column six 1 V LAN IlO OVER DIVIDE continued from frow page 1 column Co lunin 6 lor children she vae uan alays aa an all attivo worker in every line of public service and hui hut nind mind n ind was filled with rueful in formation up to tho the day of her bar death she was adako to everything that was in the educational and political world even aftel al tui she had been stricken with deith a few hours befaro she breathed bro thed her last th golod for strength to discuss a magarino article with her son she was fe tiling cAling lu in MY good spirits and apparently apparent Jy in as good health adf u 4 usual and had nearly finished a letter to her granddaughter clara noel when she fell froni from her chair she was revived and iel I el life lengthened until her son bon louis D roberts no berts who was at the bonanza shearing corral aad her daughter mrs sirs daphne cooper who had jut bowd mowd MO d into the mountains had time to reach her bedside she iwas was cons conscious clous nearly to the last and 1 passed away saturday may alay 19 at the tile home flome of her daughter mrs may noel she left to mourn her death 0 eight children four sons orvllle orville C frank frunk H don C and louis D roberts all of redmesa Red mosa mesa colorado and four daughters arc hattle hattie R oteele cowley wyo mrs airs jennio jennia R NI nielson olson blanding utah mrs mary diary II 11 noel and mr mrs daphne R cooper of vernal her son frank 11 roberts eriv once a resident of this place living in davis ward and being highly respected by residents of that place she also leaves 55 living grandchildren ch ildren 14 great grandchildren while those who have preceded her besides her ter husband and son howard number 16 grandchildren grand children end and five great arland grandchildren children making a total of 99 souls who owe their existence to her |
