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Show LONG ILLNESS ENDED By DEATHSUNDAY Mrs. B. F. Pendleton, Daughter Daugh-ter of Pioneers, Died After Long Suffering; Funeral Services Held Wednesday Mrs. B. F. Pendleton, 68, died Sunday at her home here following fol-lowing a short illness. Death was a direct result of asthma from whioh she had suffered since a child of five years, and influenza, influ-enza, which she contracted recently. re-cently. Amelia Young Thompson Pendleton Pen-dleton was born April 18, 1864, at St. George, a daughter of William-H. and Matilda Amelia Young Thompson, who were among the earliest pioneers of this region. Her mother died at Washington when Mrs. Pendleton Pendle-ton was a small child, and the hardships of pioneer life were so severe that she became afflicted af-flicted with asthma when very young, and had suffered from it since. On November 26, 1891, which that year was Thanksgiving day, she was married in the St. George ' temple to Benjamin Franklin Pendleton, and to them were born nine children, eight of whom survive. One child died in infancy. Throughout her life she suffered suf-fered from her affliction, but bore her pain with considerable fortitude and courage. She was unable to paticipate in any public pub-lic work, but spent her later years as much as possible working work-ing in the temple, from which she derived comfort and joy. Surviving are her husband and the following sons and daughters: daugh-ters: Mrs. Lula Snow, St. George; B. F., Provo; M'rs. Amelia Am-elia JTaysom, Afton, Wyo. ; Anthony, An-thony, Matilda, Owen W., and Alice, St. George, and Mrs. Agnes Ag-nes Russell, Grafton, twenty-two grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Matilda Smith, St. George. Funeral services were held on Wednesday in the stake tabernacle taber-nacle under the direction of Bishop Vernon Worthen of the West ward. |