Deseret Evening News | 1908-01-09 | Page 5 | The Late John Spencer

I I I I I THE LATE LA JOHN JORN SPENCER died at his hI residence el ee US lS Third East I street Tuesday morning Jan Jun 7 at 1 Ir Hi HII was born hom In Belper Derbyshire England May 1126 become a I member of at the tho Church of Jesus Christ ot 0 llY Saints being baptized in his hl native village Jan Jun 26 Ho Hi was wa wasa waa a devoted for fOl tha faith fulth In Eng England I land lani until when together with his wife he emigrated to Utah passing through tho many hardships Incident to the across the plains In 1872 he returned to England I with hIs hla family tolling up his residence again oguin In hI Helper where ho lived for fot 22 2 years making his second Journey to Utah In 1891 During his second residence in Eng England Englana land lana he h J kept open for the mill mis hundreds hun ot whom ot of othis his hospitality Ho He acted as as presiding elder In Iho Belper branch of ot the Iho Church Ch holding ho that position for many nOli years In 1391 1891 ho he again made c too tho Journey to Utah und m for a 1 hort time lived In Logan later coming to this city which has been his home Ho lIe will bo ho remembered by bJ his numerous friends both hero and In England for his many acts ot of and his unceasing de do devotion to 10 tho causa of or truth Ho Is survived by 1 ono daughter d Mrs Mary K Lonsdale of this city his and two sons having preceded him to the great beyond be Tho funeral service will be hold hald In tho Thirteenth ward Ir chapel Sunday Jan Jun 12 at 1 p 11 m to which the friends aro RIC invited