| Show maeser pioneer woman called to great beyond within tour four da day ohp residents ol 01 matter and ast seck attended funeral services ot of two to persons in the same family the funeral of C cart ra pitt who ho was killed by lightning was sas held in the maeser chapel wednesday afternoon and end that of hh his er mrs Cother catherine Lne pitt Satu saturday iday at hernoon the latter passed A may sy at her home thursday august 2 after a lingering illness the chapel prettily draped in white with ith a wealth of beautiful cut flowers aber floral routes rb utes were macre in profus profusion on the casket n and n d rostrum the services were viere under unde r the dire tion of at bishop carl R cabeni those accompanying the remains ns 03 pall bearers were the eld eriv erly ward ard teachers who had enjoyed visiting mrs pitta pitts home in that capacity the chorus sane sister thou was wast t mild and lovely and in oca location tion WM was offered by doseph bodily As a request of mrs pitt her choice song son oh my father was tenderly rendered by mrs lucille calder john N davis spoke of the early life of mrs pitt and her family and affred ff red cd to the faith she had in the gospel A A haws haits spoke of his long with mith the departed and her sterling qualities of character mrs may jorgensen Jorgen sm and mrs vera witbeck ithan than sang the duet one fleeta Flee tn hour president ernest eaton the last speaker referred to the early pioneers and the faithfulness ot of this rood good woman after which the chorus sang we shall meet beyond the river and benediction was pronounced by wella wells ashby A large concourse of relatives and I 1 friends followed the remains to the maeser cemetery where here they atre laid to rest beside her husband moron moroni pitt who sho died eighteen years airo ago the enve was sas dedicated by daniel nelson catherine picton was born january catherine IS isi 18 1813 3 at merthyr tedfil wales the daughter of thomas and mary the a or in picton arl nl was one of five live children in the family when but a very email small child she cam to america with her parents vrho ft ho came tor for the sake of the gospel in 1862 at the age ft ct fourteen she the mix migrated rated with her from illinois Il linol to utah the fol follow loIng in year 1863 she be was married tn 1 ornI pitt in the tle endowment house in salt lake city to this happy lappy union were mere born fifteen children nine of whom survive to mourn their mothers dath d ath after making their home in salt lake city tor for a number of years they moed to kama as where here they tor for some time thirtyfour thirty tour four ear ears ago this rood family came to maeser which has since been their home mis mrs pitt was a verv very devoted wife and mother and reared her far tarasy rilly in the principles of the gopel go pel in which her faith was ery cry firm for par a number of years past mrs pitt suffered very poor health and for the past fifteen weeks seeks was confined to her toed bed through all her suffering and distress she was most patient on thursday august 2 death came to relieve her of her suffering mrs pitt Is survived by the following children moroni pitt jr of maeser blaeser heth beth pitt of kama kamas mrs P A rix grand junction colo mer pitt of maeser lorenzo pitt ot at jensen mrs may jensen vernal melvin pitt upalco lorin pitt and miss lula pitt ct of maeser she Is also survived by fifty eight grandchildren and twenty ilni great erand grand children all her children a ere present at the services except mrs fix of grand junction ft ho was unable to attend on account of III health |
