Show ELDER OBSEQUIES weston oneida county ida june 8 1898 the lari largest fest funeral ever witnessed in weston was the one of today the services were held over the remains of elder hyrum D Maun ghan son of john M and maughan and a grandson of peter maughan the pioneer of cache valley hyrum was on a mission to the north central states and died at anderson ind on the morning of june 3 1898 the remains accompanied by elder lewis A kelsch arrived here on the early morning train tuesday morning the ath dinst and were met by a large number of relatives and friends the services were held at 1 p m this afternoon june 8 in the weston meeting house the room had been handsomely decorated with flowers and festooned festoon ed with ww te muslin the stand was also covered with flowers and at the head bead of the hall hung bung a life il fe size and lifelike life like picture of the deceased the corpse was properly dressed and encased in a beautiful casket long before the hour appointed the was packed excepting in ii the room reserved tor for the family and other space mourning friends many had to stand and many more could not obtain ingress aas and had to remain outside ga the be cortege waid waa very large and left the home of elder maughans baughans MaUg hans artents a little before one the body was carried by his six brothers and de dear at friends after arriving at the meeting house casket was profusely profuse jy covered with the wreaths and ia mottoes antwi entwined ned and woven by loving hands I 1 elder ogeorge C parkinson elder lowi lewis a A keisch and other prominent were were on the stand men the services opened by the choir singing the hymn if you could hie dolob the opening prayer was to offered by elder samuel preston the god to thee choir sang nearer roy my remarks bishop in a few opening dark clark spoke of the calling of elder and departure maughan his preparation to ito his bis field of labor elder otto gassman then read the recommend mend of the deceased written by older L A kelsch on june ath this year older elder kelsch was the first speaker he said elder hyrum maughan was a sincere and faithful laborer in the of truth H he made friends wherever cause aa he went ana was a noble representative senta tive of gods chosen elders Wery thing possible was done for maughan that could be done the elder speaker had thought that by faith and way prayers ers they kept him longer than the seemed to rally lord had he and to be out of danger he was advised by some of his friends to return home but he said no the lord had intended he seemed to rally we roe away before I 1 go and so he has called him and he has gone battling for the truth to the last sider elder george C parkinson president of the oneida stake was the next speaker aXer he was followed by bishop jordane of clarkston Clar katon both spoke words ot t comfort domfort to the relatives of the deceased the choir sang the hymn on page and the closing prayer was offered by elder L P most of the people followed the remains to their last resting place after they were lowered into the grave bishop william maughan of wellsville an uncle of the deceased offered the dedicatory prayer hyrum was a good boy and worthy of all the honor shown him by the vast number of his friends today PROF E A BOX acting clerk |