| Show DEATH OF LYSANDER GEL GEE A telephone message menage received by tr eswa from tooele thoele june 28 announced the death at that place oj lysander goo gee an old and reshea respected Ut onlan his illness was of long du dur tion aud and was borne with character characteristic letl fortitude and patience and was caused by a malignant cancer of the throat time and again the surgeons kni knifa was sought bought as a means of relief and ancl j no hope for permanent cure but wa wibb only indifferent su success coen Ora duall and painfully the dread disease 00 tinned its awful ravages until the pa tient became so emaola emaciated ted and red reduced U in strength that he be was compelled give up his bis struggle for a continue continued efi ed earthly existence when the 0 ert 0 me ime as it did at his bis home last eve even I 1 mg lug june at o he be W wa t surrounded by the members of h hi j family and numerous friends wa ditl bowed heads tear dimmed eyes a an 1 sorrowing hearts they had kept fa falto I 1 ful vigil at his bedside and when hi I 1 spirit passed into the unseen wo borte their grief was intense the deceased was in lauy rem respect an interesting character and was widely known perhaps as any of tooele thoele county he has been el do ly identified with that part of t territory for many years and h numerous responsible civil position by profession he was a lawyer and politics a staunch and democrat no rat his funeral will uk take pa p the toodie tooele ward nie meeting eting ho tomorrow afternoon at 2 one who was near and dear to h 1 in life furnishes the following following abc d tonal dional particulars lysander gee OW wl born september 1 1818 in Austin Aust inbur bu Ast babula county ohio he baoan identified with the church of J jest christ of latter day saints in 1882 i the early age of 14 and ever after bo boi faithful testimony to the truth of t th goabel 10 on april eth 1840 at a a gel bial conference in nauvoo he was 0 bained an elder by elders willi wllliam smith and john E page two of ul twelve apostles and in 1845 I 1 nauvoo was set apart as one of ta presidents of the thirty first quorum quork of seventies by president jose jon young on april 2 1894 was ordained a high priest elder gee also did considerable missionary work and raaon was on a mission to iowa when the prophet joseph and his bia brother hyrum were assassinated brother gee came to utah in 1849 sharing baring in the trials treala and harda nips incident to the lives of the pioneer saints he lived six years in salt lake city and afterward removed to tooele thoele city where he be continued to until his hie death he always took an active part in public affairs and arved served in many official capacities he was a devoted worker in the sunday schools where for years he acted as one of the superintendents ten dents even after his bia health which had always been the best beet began to tat fai I 1 his voice was raised in defense of those glorious principles which he prized dearer than life itself while stricken upon his bed of sickness be bowed humbly and patiently without word of complaint to the will of bis bin divine muster master and now the voice that has touched many hearers bearers and brought many to a knowledge of the truth troth to is hushed bushed in silence until the resurrection morn ills hit wife the faithful companion of forty eight years of an eventful career survives him he was the father of 21 co childred ildred 17 of whom are living 70 grandchildren and 21 great grand mildren children |
