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Show community when her demise becam known the next morning publicly lrj our litple cijty. Many went t the depot Wednesday and extended comfort com-fort to ,the bereaved on their arrlva) with the corpse. Sarah Capspn Sorenson was born afc Spanish Fork, Utah, July 21, 1868, the daughter of Nies and Gustava Cap-son, Cap-son, the parents then, going to Dixie. They later remoyed to punnison. Here she met and married Niels ,C. Sorenson who survives with their issue of five childrep, Yfp, Lucile, Mrs. Linda Jensen wife of Chris N.. Jensen, Kiel, all of this city, and Mrs. Cornelia Lund wife of Prof. A, C. Lund, director of the Salt Lake tabernacle tab-ernacle choir. Mrs. Emma TJ. Met-calf Met-calf of this city, and Mrs. Mary Peterson Pe-terson of Wenachee, Washington, are sisters of the deceased. Many other relatives besides a host of friends mourn the lossof this beloved woman, whose journey in life is a path marked mark-ed with deeds of kindness. Condolence Condo-lence for the bereaved husband and family is heartfelt, but a more soothing sooth-ing balm is humble trust in Him who rules our. incomings and outgoings. MRS.. SARAH C. SORENSON DEAD. Impressive funeral services were held from the R. S. hall yesterday at 2 p. m. for Mrs. Sarah C. Sorenson, wife of Niels C. Sorenson. The ros-. trum was beautifully draped in white crepe and sprigs of green. Every available space in the room was occupied oc-cupied and many thronged the outside, out-side, while as an emblem of further love a surpassing profusion of flowers was offered. Joseph A. Larson officiated under the direction of Bishop Swalberg and paid a high tribute to the worth of decedent. He was followed by Joel E. Ricks, principal of the local high school and a close friend of the family, fam-ily, and by Joseph Christenson who had known Mrs. Sorenson intimately since boyhood. Each spoke in much tenderness of her motherly disposition, disposi-tion, her devotion to education, social so-cial qualities and the many worthy deeds of sacrifice for accomplishment in behalf of her family as well as others. The singing was touchingly rendered by a double quartet, closing with "The Lord Is My Shepherd." Mrs. Emily L. Knighton sang with deep feeling "Resignation." Nephi Anderson offered the opening prayer andJ,H. Mace the benediction. A lengthy cortege followed the remains to the cemetery, where the dedicatory dedica-tory was pronounced by James Ras- musson. The pall-bearers were members mem-bers and relatives of the family, Niel Sorenson, Prof. A. C. Lund, Chris N. Jensen, Ray B. Metcalf, June Metcalf and John E. Metcalf. The death of Mrs. Sorenson came quite unexpectedly late on Monday night at a hospital in Salt Lake City following an operation for which she left Gunnison last Sunday accompanied accompan-ied by D,r. Peck and members of the family. It was a deep shock to the |