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Show Funeral Services Held Here Saturday for Sarah Ida Foremaster Bishop Wilford Schmutz of the East ward conducted the impressive impres-sive funeral services in the St. George stake Tabernacle Saturday, Satur-day, May 29, at 6:30 p.m., for Sarah Ida Foremaster, 82, widow of the late Albert C. Foremaster, who died at the family home Friday, Fri-day, May 28, at 8 a. m., of complications compli-cations following an extended illness ill-ness of heart disease. Music numbers included a vocal quartet, "Lead Me Gently Home, Father", by Melba Baker, Mary Lou Schmutz, Marion Bowler and Leland Lamoreaux; vocol solos, "Little Mother of the Hills", Vernon Ver-non Worthen and "Prayer Perfect" by Leland Lamoreaux; violin solo, "Calvary", by Irene Everett; and a vocal trio, "Peace I Leave With Thee", Mamie Paxman, Viola Gentry and Melba Baker. Mrs. Bud Seegmiller presided at the Tabernacle organ, and she and Mrs. Mae A. Pace accompanied accom-panied the musical numbers. First Speaker First speaker was Dr. W. J. Reichmann, the family physician, who paid tribute to Mrs. Fore-master Fore-master as a true Samaritan, who extended her kindness to those beyond her immediate neighborhood; neighbor-hood; who gave efficient service to her church and was the essence es-sence of gentleness in her home. He also told of the kindness of her daughters in caring for her during her long illness and of the love that existed with the deceased and all of her children and grandchildren. grand-children. Lorin A. Little spoke in behalf of the former Temple workers with whom the deceased was associated as-sociated as matron for many (Continued on page eight) Foremaster Funeral (Continued from first page) years, telling of their love and respect for her and her beneficient and kindly life. ' George F. Whitehead who was president of the Temple during the long years of her service there paid tribute to Mrs. Foremaster as a queen among women, gracious, gra-cious, humble, considerate of others, and serving her Master in honor and righteousness, which won her the respect of all with whom she came in contact, doing work for thousands of her kindred kin-dred along with her responsibility as Temple matron. Original tributes were read by Mrs. Richard McAllister and Mrs. George W. Worthen, who were also associates of the deceased in connection with her Temple work. Closing remarks were made by Bishop Schmutz. Prayers were by William J. Hopkins Hop-kins and Henry S. Bunker, and the grave in the St. George City cemetery was dedicated by Patriarch Patri-arch George E. Miles. Born In Farmington, Utah Born in Farmington, Utah, Aug. 16, 1860, Sarah Ida Wiltbank Foremaster was the daughter of Spencer Nelson and Annie Sanders Wiltbank. Her parents were New England converts to the L- D. S. church, arriving in Salt Lake City in 1848. They came to St. George in 1862, the grandfather, Ellis M. Sanders, and his family making their homes on one block in the southwest part of the St. George valley. Mrs. Foremaster had little schooling as little was available in those days.' She helped her father with making adobes for the family fam-ily home, picked cotton, helped make molasses and gleaned in the grain fields along with her sisters, selling the . grain to the cotton factory for material for cloth. May 7, 1880, she was married in the St. George Temple to Albert Al-bert C. Foremaster, a boy whose family were close neighbors since their childhood. For ten years they spent all except the coldest winter months at a ranch on Parashaunt, bordering the Grand Canyon, where Mr. Foremaster was employed by the Canaan Cooperative Co-operative Cattle company. Here she had many happy as well as unpleasant experiences in the time of Indian troubles. Later they moved to St. George, where her husband died April 27, 1919, after a long illness. Active In Church Work Since early girlhood, except for the years they were on the ranch, Mrs. Foremaster has been active in church work, serving many years as an officer in the Primary and other years in the Relief Society presidency. She was a St. George Temple worker for 20 years from 1916 to 1936, and for 12 years of that time was Temple matron, a position she filled with dignity and graciousness. Surviving are four of her five daughters, including the Misses Mary and Florence Foremaster, Mrs. Oliver Stratton and Mrs. Albert Al-bert Truman; 18 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; two brothers, Spencer Wiltbank, 93, and George Wiltbank, both of Eagar, Ariz.; and a sister, Mrs. Mina Marble, of Mesa, Ariz. |