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Show Brain Operation Fails To Save Life Of Mrs. Rhoda R. Prince Mrs. Rhoda R. Prince, 46, resident resi-dent of Hurricane for more than eighteen years died Sunday morning, morn-ing, November 21, at 5 o'clock at the McGregor hospital in St. George, following a brain operation opera-tion performed upon her Wednesday, Wednes-day, November 17 by Dr. Reed Harrow, Utah state specialist on brain surgery. Mrs. Prince's death was the result of an automobile accident which occured in Zion National Park October 2, when the Washington county school teacher's association met for a concluding session to their institute. Mrs. Prince was not considered in a serious condition at the time of the accident, but during the six weeks since, her condition had varied from fair to critical when Dr. Harrow, of Salt Lake City, was called last Tuesday by Dr. D. A. McGregor, and an operation deemed deem-ed imperative. Mrs. Prince was one of the thousand teachers in Utah to subscribe sub-scribe to the Utah State Teachers insurance. She is the first of this group to die. Funeral services were held in the High school auditorium Tuesday, Tues-day, November 23, at 1 p.m. Bp. Ira R. Bradshaw of the Hurricane Continued on page eight) ;Fs!!s To Save Life j Of Mrs. Hhoda R. Prince 1 i Continued from first page) ! South Ward conducted. The large j floor space, galleries, and stage jwere crowded; it was estimated that over one thousand people were in attendance. It was the largest funeral ever held at Hurricane. Hur-ricane. Most of the Washington county teachers were present as well as a number from outside the county. Primary workers from every ward in the stake gathered also. Several hundred school children paid tribute tri-bute to their former teacher. The opening song, "The Teacher's Work Is Done", was rendered by the High school facutly male quartette. The invocation was offered of-fered by stake clerk, Robert P. Woodbury. Lafayette Staheli played play-ed a cornet solo, "A Dream". Bishop Bradshaw paid tribute to Mrs. Prince by commenting upon up-on her fine life and especially her work as teacher of the young people. "She will be sorely missed in all of our ward and stake activities", he said. Ernest Reber of Santa Clara Ward testified to the worthy character of Mrs. Prince. "I knew her as few knew her, she was one of my choice friends," said Mr. Reber. Supt. "Milton E. Moody said that the work of .a teacher is never done. The impressions made upon the souls of men by good teachers are never lost. "Her personality in the class room -was such that she imparted ambition to her students and gave thern faith in themselves. "In the twenty-six years that Mrs. Prince has taught school I roughly estimate that she has had one thousand-fifty students come under un-der her fine influence. She was truly cooperative; her work shows this. This great audience here today to-day is a greater compliment than any of us can pay her", said Mr. Moody. A vocal duet "Call Me", was sung by Mrs. Laverna Graff and Mrs. AUie Wilson. L. B. Bennett, principal of Hurricane Hur-ricane schools, testified to the loyal and whole hearted support Mrs. Prince had always given him. "She has gone to her death when her powers were most efficient and most appreciated. She was a lover of flowers and would have loved this profusion of blossoms which surrounds her. We have lost a true friend. A great teacher has gone to her reward." Glenn E. Snow, former principal princi-pal of Hurricane Schools, spoke of Mrs. Prince as an active enthusiastic en-thusiastic worker who had made a host of friends. "Death", said Mr. Snow, "is not something to fear. It is a great comforter, and develops courage within us. We get satisfaction in teaching when we see as we do today, the influence of our teaching." A tribute from the Stake Primary Pri-mary Board, written by Mrs. Mina Hinton, was read by Mrs. Camilla Judd. Orman Weight of Parowan, former for-mer music teacher here played a violin solo, "Berceuse from Jocelyn", by Godard. Pres. James Judd told of Mrs. Prince's fine work as stake primary pri-mary president. "Sister Thomas of the General Board says she was one of the outstanding leaders in Primary work in the Church". Pres. Claudius Hirschi, the last speaker, said to the relatives and many friends gathered to mourn her death. "You have a right to be sorrowful, but a better right to be proud. We are all proud of her. She will be a tradition in the future to those who are engaged in the work she loved. We may well feel that her spirit is still with us." The closing musical was the duet, "Going Home," sung by Mrs. Mamie Paxman and Karl E. Ford-ham. Ford-ham. Pres. Orval Hafen of St. George Stake pronounced the benediction. The grave was dedicated by Bp. Henry Graff of Santa Clara. Born at Santa Clara, April 7, 1891, the daughter of Fredrick and Mary Frei Reber, the little girl chistened Rhoda Ivy, grew up a lover of flowers and music. . She received her early education in her home town and as a young girl with a talent for singing she came to St. George, where she attended the ninth and tenth grades at the Woodward school. In 1910 she secured a position as school teacher in Emery county, where she met and was married to Bryon Oviatt, and in 1913 her only child, a son, Alton Bryon, was born. Today Alton, who was called in 1935 to fulfill a Swiss and German mission, is in France preparing pre-paring to enter the University at Strausbourg, in Alsace-Lorraine in connection with his L.D.S. missionary mis-sionary work. Mrs. Prince had made all arrangements to join her son this coming spring in France and together they were to have visited most of the European countries. It was her emphatic wish that Alton not be called home from his missionary labors because of her illness. Mrs. Prince returned to her profession as school teacher in 1915 when she taught school at Santa Clara, then four years later she came to Hurricane. Here she has gained the respect and admiration admira-tion of old and young. Having been divorced from Mr. Oviatt she was married to Lawrence Law-rence Prince in 1922. Mrs. Prince was chosen to head the Zion Park Stake Primary association as-sociation in 1930, when Zion Park Stake was first organized. This office she has held with credit to the organization and to herself until the time of her death. Since coming to Hurricane Mrs. Prince has taken an active part in musical musi-cal and literary circles. ' Those who knew Mrs. Prince say she possessed an indescribable charm; she seemed to know just when and how to bestow ' little acts of kindness. She is survived by her aged parents, her son, and two brothers, Leo Reber, of Ivins and Fred Reber of St. George. |