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Show Aged Pioneer Matron Dies In Ivins; Buried At Enterprise ENTERPRISE, Utah Funeral services for Anna Mary Barn-hurst Barn-hurst Alger, 85, were held in the Enterprise ward hall Friday, Jan. 12, at 2 p. m. Mrs. Alger died Wednesday, Jan. 10, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Hunt in Ivins where she has lived for the past six months, after a brief illness. Bishop Arthur Barlocker presided pre-sided at the services. The entire funeral program was provided on request by descendents of Mrs. Alger. The music numbers were a double duet by Cecil Drake, Gwen Thomas, Orpha Robinson and Maribah Holt, accompanied by AJta Truman; vocal solo by Mrs. Rebecca Bundy with accordian accompaniment b y Mrs. Joy Hafen; accordian solo "Oh, My Father" by Mrs. Hafen; original vocal solo by Ivin Holt with organ accompaniment by Mrs. Truman. First speaker was Ivor Clove, a nephew whom Mrs. Alger raised after he was aged ten. Other speakers were Alma Truman and Amos Holt, both relatives by marriage. mar-riage. All three paid tribute to this hard-working, self-secrificing woman who had devoted her entire en-tire life to pioneering, who has reared or helped to rear other children than her own and who, by her own life, has taught the joy of toil and of service. Original tributes in verse were given by Leathera Laub and Alta Truman. Prayers were by Haven Paxman and Raymond F. Laub. The grave in the Enterprise cemetery was dedicated by Mr. Paxman. The flower girls were great-granddaughters and the pallbearers were nephews of Mrs. Alger. Born in Fillmore Anna Mary Barnhurst Alger was born Nov. 18, 1858 in Fillmore Fill-more while her parents, Samuel and Anna Maria Barnhurst, were moving south. They were called to help settle Cedar City and she spent her girlhood there. On April 16, 1876, she became the bride of John Zera Alger and four days later left for Arizona where her husband had been called call-ed as missionary to the Navajo Indians. From that time on their (Continued on page eight) Alger Funeral (Continued from first page) lives were marked by moves from one place to another, as they helped with the colonization of southern Utah and in eastern Nevada. They lived for a few years in Hebron, then in Enterprise Enter-prise and in their later sixties took up a desert homestead, later returning to Enterprise where Mr. Alger died Jan. 16, 1932. She has spent the past six years in St. George with her daughter, Mrs. Hunt, moving to Ivins in the summer of 1944. She has always been active in church organizations and has been 'especially devoted to music. While , in St. George, she was a regular member of the Center ward choir. Surviving are one son, John Z. Alger of Enterprise; four daughters, daugh-ters, Mrs. Frank Hunt of Ivins; Mrs. C. H. Oakden, Sacramento; Mrs. Thomas Truman of Fallon, Nevada and Mrs. Haven Paxman of Washington; two brothers, James Barnhurst of St. George and Joseph Barnhurst of Oregon; 41 grandchildren; 99 great- grandchildren grand-children and one great-great-j grandchild. |
