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Show sral Services Held inesday For Amanda Sorenson "al services were held in the ' 'ard chapel at 2 p.m. Wed-Aug. Wed-Aug. 30, for Mrs. Amanda k Pace Sorenson, 89, widow '' late Andrew Sorenson. i February 18, 1850, in St. '".Mo., she was the youngest St children of James and Gibson Strickland Pace, wer was a body guard of Mormon prophet, Joseph 1 also a member of lj"wus Mormon battalion. ; came to Utah in 1850, f 5 Missouri in June and ' Salt Lake September 23, x being captain of the , y. It was in honor of this ! "J1 Payson, formerly spelled " and originally known as was named. Sorenson was a girl of 11 . w call to Dixie brought f'fy south. They settled , , Nevv Harmony, moving . 10 Washington, living on Np,as first known as the . 'jnn just out of Washing-. Washing-. Amanda and Charlotte ere the first two girls NjJ e operating of the r.,,?e Washington factory ,." wis Work from Ben Pad-. Pad-. "o came from Salt Lake i this trade. rllas alays a sweet singer ued on page four) Amanda Sorenson Death (Continued from first page) and among the favorites remembered remem-bered are "Larina" and "Kathleen", "Kath-leen", which were often requested numbers. She had many interesting interest-ing and exciting experiences in those early days and lived a rich and full life. She married Andres Sorenson in Washington January 4, 1872, and was the mother of 11 children, chil-dren, five of whom are living. These are Mrs. Heber L. Mableby of Monroe, Utah, four sons, Wil-lard Wil-lard Sidney, George Albert, Benjamin Ben-jamin Pace and William Byron Sorenson, all of St. George. She was visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Magleby at the time of her death, Monday, Aug. 28. Funeral Services Funeral services were conducted by Bp. Vernon Worthen with the following program: "I Need Thee Every Hour" and "Out of the Dusk to You" by the Dixie male quartet. D. M. Snow. Vernon Worthen. Otto Fife and Grant Harris with Mrs. Mae A. Pace accompanying; "I'll Take You Back Again Kathleen" by Mrs. Melba Baker and Mrs. Alice Cannon: solo, "Goin: Home", by Mary McGregor, and violin solo. "One Fleeting Hour", Mrs. Ellis Everett. Speakers were George W. Worthen. W. W. McArthur. George F. Whitehead and Bp. Vernon Worthen. High tribute was paid to her splendid life and to her long service in the church and in other capacities. She was a relief society worker for more than 30 years, a member of the St. George stake Old Folks' committee com-mittee for 35 years and a member of the stake primary board for many years besides serving in other organizations from her girlhood. girl-hood. A special tribute in verse was read by Mrs. Hazel Bradshaw in behalf of the eight living members mem-bers of the primary board with whom she labored. Prayers were by B. F. Pendleton Pendle-ton and George F. Whitehead and I the grave in the Washington j cemetery where her husband and six children are ao buried, was I dedicated by her son-in-law. , Heber L. Magleby. |