Show I 1 OBITUARY MORAY the funeral services over the remains of ellen 0 mckay were hil held d in in the second ward meetinghouse meeting house in this city on an saturday december 17 bisbon kobert presiding r e s d ing after sagi singing tin rayer prayer sinking was ofte offered e r d by Lonn Belor goo geo la arkin remarks were madi made by john rule euis i M X I 1 homas james riley eiley ai counselors ins elbis thomas doxey and warren G 0 enild ild bishop roll kob ert erg and president C ri V F middleton these gentlemen had been neighbors of the deceased for nearly thir thirty years and all bore a strong testimony tea of t the e higi hiep es teem in which she was hald and also of the indefatigable fannef manner in which she labored tor for the rood of hat her friends and fellow re ishop bishop i read a short abort sketch of a few incidents of her life which was as follows kuen oman mckay was born august 14 1807 m e scotland embraced the gospel the 3rd ard day of november 1850 lett left her native land for utah in March Marob 1856 crossed the atlantic in the ship thornton Tho 1 commanded by captain cowns collins disappointments point ments in regard ira to means necessitated the fam ilys remaining in new york two years and one year in lowa iowa to obtain sufficient means to se be cure au an outfit to cross the plaint consisting of one old wagon two cows two three year old steers and one old ox joked yoked t to the wate onto draw supplies for the fabi fatality fly which consisted of seven persons namely father mother two sons and three dauck daugh they left florence now council bluffs in april 1859 1959 in captain james S browns company and while making that tedious journey across the plains mother mckay never put her toot foot in the wagon while it was in motion and waded alithe all the fordable rivers and streams from the city of ef iowa to salt lake city which place the family reached september she located in ogden second ward where her honie home has been until her death her last days were spent with her daughter isabella ls abell who has had been separated sip sted from the family since her husband wm win badly was called upon in 1862 to strengthen the southern mission and mathei mckays last words were oh how thankful aul I 1 I 1 am to my heavenly hea only faher for I 1 his kindness aness to me and mine to the last after singing ang benediction wa wag pro b by y henry bailey |