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Show Mrs. Rasmennia Iverson Covington Dies Here Monday, Oct. 16th Death came Monday, Oct. 16th to Mrs. Rasmennia Iverson Covington, Cov-ington, 79, one of the few remaining re-maining weavers of the Dixie Cotton Cot-ton factory. She died at the McGregor Mc-Gregor hospital, St. George, after a prolonged illness from complications. complica-tions. Bom In Denmark Born in Horsen, Denmark, Dec. 14, 1865, she was a daughter of Ramus and Mary Bendick Iverson, early Danish converts of the L.D.S. church. The family came to America when she was seven years old, Stopping over a month in Salt Lake City before coming on to Washington to make their home and help with the cotton industry. in-dustry. She began at once as a weaver, a special bench being made on which she could reach her loom. She continued this work for many years. In 1886 she married James Cooper, by whom she had three children. Three years after his death, she married Robert L. Covington, Cov-ington, in 1893. By him she had a son and daughter, the girl dying in infancy. Funeral services for Mrs. Cov-' Cov-' ington were held in the Washington Wash-ington ward chapel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 4 p. m., with Bishop Alton Jones presiding. Music numbers were furnished by the Washington mixed quartet, Mrs. Clark Nisson, Mrs. Agatha Sproul, W. O. Nisson and Israel Neilson Jr., and included, "Nearer My God To Thee", "End of A Perfect Day", "My Peace I Leave With Thee", and "Jesus, My Shepherd". Speakers were Arthur F. Miles, (Continued on Supplement) Mrs. Covington Death (Continued from first page) who was manager at the factory when Mrs. Covington was employed em-ployed there; Asa Judd, and Victor Vic-tor Iverson. All three told of the faithfulness of Mrs. Covington in rearing her children, of her great contributions to the work of the cotton factory, and to her community com-munity and church. They said she has been a hard worker and always had a good garden and beautiful flowers around her orderly ord-erly kept home. Prayers were by Ormond Wilkins . and Haven Paxman. Burial was in the Washington cemetery, with James Turner Jr., dedicating the grave. Surviving are three sons, E. W. Cooper of Washington; Sherman Cooper of Lynndyl, Utah; and B. L. Covington of St. George; one sister, Mrs. Marcennia Gubler of Carey, Ida.; 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. |