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Show Mrs. Bertha Vittwer Dies Suddenly At Home Of Daughter In Logandafe Mrs. Bertha Tobler Wittwer, for the past fifteen years a resident of St. George, died suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Leavitt in Logandale, Nevada, Friday evening, November 2R, at the age of seventy-four. She had been ailing a little for n few weeks but had boon about the house all day Friday and was able to enjoy the evening meal with the family just a short time before she collapsed. Mrs. Wittwer, daughter of Jacob and Barbra Staheli Tobler, was born in Santa Clara January 1, 1Rf!3, her parents having come to America from Switzerland in 1W,1, and were married in Salt Iako City just before roining on south to the Dixie Mission. She received her schooling and early training in Santa Clara and was accustomed accustom-ed early to the hardships and hard woi k of pioneering, developing thereby a calmness of personality under all circumstances, deep sympathy sym-pathy for those in trouble and a willingness always to carry her full share of life's burdens. Where fit hers eritied, she offered a kindly kind-ly thought. She was married November 1. to Samuel Wittwer in tin; t. George Temple and moved to IJunkorville, Nevada, where she rearer a Large and re. p( etui family, eorriing to St. George jn V.i'J'J where she could work in the Temple. It has l,een her habit to spend the summer months vi.'ilirg aloul among her children, while the Temple was closed and he was waiting at 1 his time for the Temple opening. Her hushand died some years ago Of her ten children, Bertha Barbara. Bar-bara. Albert and Ida are rleee.as. Continued on page eight Bertha Wittwer Funeral (Continued from first page) The other seven surviving are Mrs. Hector Bunker, of Bunkerville, Mrs. Thomas Leavitt of Logandale, Mrs. Lillian Leavitt, of Bunkerville; Bunker-ville; Wm. Wittwer, of Las Vegas; Eldon Wittwer, of Akron, Ohio; Melvin Leavitt, of Alamo and Mrs. Vera Hardy, of Glendale, Nevada. Also forty-one grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. Services were held in the St. George Stake Tabernacle Sunday, November 28, at 3 p.m., Bp. Arthur K. Hafen of the East Ward, in which she resided, taking charge. Many friends and relatives from the Santa Clara Ward, also Bunkerville Bun-kerville and other Nevada Wards attended. Burial was in Santa Clara cemetery. Speakers at the funeral were former Bp. Edward W. Frei, of Santa Clara; Edward I. CoJc, of Bunkerville, who was Bishop during dur-ing much of her life in that ward, and by Pres. George F. White head, of the St. George Temple. Brief concluding remarks were by Bp. A. K. Hafen. Opening prayer was by Pres. Willard Jones of the Moapa stake, benediction by Bp. Henry Graff, of Santa Clara and dedication of the grave by Wm. Tobler of Washington Washing-ton ward. The East Ward Quartette rendered ren-dered two musical numbers and Mrs. Josephine Spilsbury sang, "Prayer Perfect." Besides her immediate family, Mrs. Wittwer is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Barbara Staheli, of St. George; Harmon Tobler, of Bunkerville; Bun-kerville; John Tobler, of Overton; George and Ernest Tobler, of Santa Clara. Also the following half brothers and sisters: Wm. Tobler, of Washington; Alfred Tobler, of Mesquite, Nevada; Mrs. Henry Graff, of Santa Clara; Edward Ed-ward and Vernon Tobler and Mrs. Milo Ence, of Ivins. |