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Show SUDDEN DEATH EflCAKOF mm WIFE Wife cf John T. Woodbury, Jr. Passed Away Quietly Sunday Morning; Solemn Services Held Tuesday Mrs. John T. Woodbury, Jr., aged 4 3. died suddenly and quietly at her home early Sunday Sun-day morning from acute dilation of the heart. The previous evening eve-ning she had attended a Dixie College faculty party with her husband, returning home about midnight, when they retried. Between Be-tween 630 and 7 o'clock Sunday morning she arose and after a few minutes returned to bed, covered herself with blankets. Her husband noticed her breaching breach-ing unnaturally and heavily and spoke to her, but was unanswered, unanswer-ed, and within a few minutes she was dead. The sudden passing was a distinct dis-tinct shock to her large family and many friends, as her health had apparently been better, and she seemed happier than for many years. Funeral services were held in the stake tabernacle Tuesday afternoon af-ternoon under the direction of the South ward bishopric, with Bishop Harold S. Snow presiding. presid-ing. The opening musical number was a song by the Dixie College chorus, "Holy Father", directed by Prof. Jos. Wm. McAllister. Prayer, Mathew M. Bentley. The South ward trio, composed compos-ed of W. A. Whitehead, Mrs. Alice Al-ice Cannon and Miss Ruth Allen, Al-len, sang, "Prayer, Supreme." Speakers were W. B. Mathis of the city council; Walter F. Smith, representing the American Ameri-can Legion; H. Val Hafen, superintendent su-perintendent of the South ward Sunday school; President Joa. K. Nicholes of Dixie College. Sentiments in verse were read by Miss Mabel Jarvis, and resolutions reso-lutions from the city council were read by Orval Hafen. Other musical numbers were: Cornet solo, "A Terfect Day", Prof. E. J. Bleak; solo, "I Do Believe", D. M. Snow; quartet, "Lead Me Gently Home", Mrs. Cannon, Miss Allen, Mr. Whitehead White-head and O. P. Miles. The closing clos-ing musical numher was a quartet quar-tet by Misses Effie Bracken, Marie Ma-rie and Irene Cox and Mona Reber. Benediction was by A. K. Hafen Ha-fen and the grave in the city cemetery was dedicated by Geo. W. Worthon. Mrs. Nlmzar Gagosian Woodbury Wood-bury was born January 13, 1890, at Zara, Sivas, Turkey, the eldest eld-est child of Hagop T. and Aurcc Sctian Gagosian. Although the family were Turkish citizens by residence in that nation, their nationality was distinctly Armenian. Armen-ian. The family came In contact with L. D. 'S. missionaries when M!is. Woodbury was a very young child, and joined the church, her father eventually being ordained or-dained president of the branch In that city. In May, 190 5, John T. Woodbury, Wood-bury, Jr., was called by the church to fill a Turkish mlssinn, and during his residence In that nation, lived at the Gagoslan home for about a year. He became be-came acquainted with the young girl, there, and upon his return to the United States In November, Novem-ber, 1909, brought her with him, and was married to her In tli 0 St. George temple on IX?-cember IX?-cember 3, 1909. A year later her parents and younger brothers and ,-Inters followed fol-lowed to this country. In 1910 she suffered with inflammatory in-flammatory rheumatism and the disease affected her heart, but within tli 0 past few years. It was believed she had entirely recovered. Surviving are her husband, one son and eleven daughters as follow: fol-low: Evan. Mrs. Rose Morley, Viiia, Aurec. Zariuan. Esther. Ruth, Elizabeth. Lall. Iris, Knlia, (Continued on last page) SIRS. WOODBURY I (Continued from page 1) j ami Laurel. The youngest child was exiict!y one year o!d on the day of lior mother's death. Other survivors are her parents, and a brother, Ferdinand II., state road supervisor of Carbon Car-bon county, stationed at Price, and two sisters, Mrs. Viola ITo-rorks. ITo-rorks. ITaydcn, l"tah, and Mxa. G. M. Cardarian. Worcester, Mas.-. Her youngest brother is iiving in Turkey. All her near relatives have been victims of the Turkish massacres, mas-sacres, except a brother. A brother bro-ther ol her father made a trip to America a number of years ago and during hi:; absence his entire family was wiped out, and no trace of them has ever been found. As a young girl, Mrs. Woodbury Wood-bury attended the schools of Turkey, learning a little of the languages of the Armenians, the Turks and English. A proverb of that nation is "For every language lan-guage you know, you are one man more." |
