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Show Funeral Services Held In South Ward Chapel For Mrs. Orpha Hunt Bishop Andrew McArthur of the South ward conducted the funeral fun-eral services held in the South ward chapel, Friday, Aug. 11, for Mrs. Orpha Marie Fuller Hunt, 76, widow of George H. Hunt. She died Wednesday, Aug. 9, from complications of age after an extended illness. Her death was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunt in Ivins, where she has been living the past two months. Music At Services Music for the funeral was under the direction of Mrs. Vernon Cannon, Can-non, who presided at the console con-sole of the pipe organ. The numbers num-bers included a vocal duet, "Sunset", "Sun-set", by Mr. and Mrs. Pratt Miles, this being Mrs. Hunt's favorite fav-orite song; solo, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives", Leland Lam-oreaux; Lam-oreaux; violin solo, "Peace, I Leave With Thee", Mrs Edward Christian; vocal solos, "My Task", Mrs. Mack G. Jackson; and "End of A Perfect Day", by Vernon Worthen. Carl L. Moss of the South ward bishopric read, "My Cloak of Laughter", original poem by Mrs. Hunt. First speaker was Martin Bunker, who told of having met Mrs. Hunt as a girl more than 60 years ago, when both attended school in the courthouse at St. George. He praised her for her ability as a student and said she was an inspiration to him in his school work as she was to many others. In later years he has been associated with her when both were working in the St. George Temple. He told of her cheerful way of life, reading several sev-eral proverbs, the "Psalm of Life", Walt Whitman's "The Lilacs", nd (Continued on page four) Orpha Hunt Funeral (Continued from first page) poems by other authors including, "Crossing the Bar". Pres. Snow Pays Tribute Pres. Harold S. Snow said he had known "Aunt Orpha", as she was affectionately called by all of her friends and close associates, as far back as he can remember. When the South ward was created cre-ated in 1925 he became its first bishop and she was the first Relief Re-lief Society president and filled this assignment with dignity and efficiency. She made many people happy with her own handiwork and knitted the beautiful sacrament sacra-ment cloth still used in the South ward services. Before she lost her sight she wrote cheery letters to many soldiers as well as to others, and always as he had known her, "went about doing good", living independently, frugally and happily. hap-pily. Closing remarks were made by Bishop McArthur, who also told of Mrs. Hunt's good work since he' became bishop of the ward; praised Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunt for their efficient and kindly care of her during the past year, and Mr. and Mrs. William Empey, who have been kind and helpful neighbors to her for many years. Prayers were by Lloyd McArthur Mc-Arthur and Milton E. Moody, respectively re-spectively clerk and superintendent superinten-dent of Washington county school district. The grave in the St. George city cemetery was dedicated dedi-cated by George E. Miles, stake Patriarch. |
