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Show Former resident services Tuesday Funeral services were held Tuesday in Provo for Martha Elizabeth Bennett Sorenson, 88. former resident of Springville, who died at the Utah Valley Hospital May 17, 1969. Burial was in the Provo City Cemetery Ceme-tery directed by the Olpin Family Mortuary. She was born October 15, 1880 in St. George, a daughter of Samuel and Martha Fuhr-meister Fuhr-meister Bennett. She married Andrew Christian Sorenson, October 9, 1913 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died August 23, 1965. She was an ter moved to Salt Lake City and subsequently returned to provo where she had lived following fol-lowing the death of her husband. hus-band. Survivors include sons, Samuel Sam-uel A. Sorenson, Salt Lake City, Kimball J. Sorenson, Las Altos, California; daughters, Mrs. Vernon M. (Inger) Nuttall of Provo; Mrs. Arvil G. (Daw-na) (Daw-na) Banks, Salt Lake City; 16 grandchildren, one great grandchild. grand-child. Another son and daughter daugh-ter preceded her in death. Brothers and sisters surviving surviv-ing include Samuel Bennett, Holden; Josephine Abbott and Lea Christensen, Delta; John Bennett, Springville; Mrs. Rachel Ra-chel Coon, Magna; Mrs. Artemis Ar-temis Thornton, Provo. active member of the LDS Church and a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Prior to moving to Springville Spring-ville where the Sorensens lived a number of years while their children attended school here, they resided in Holden and la- |