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Show Pioneer Woman Is Called to Reward Ellen Christ ensen. a resident "f Gunnison for the past fifty years, and perhaps one of the best and most favorably fa-vorably known characters in sout'n-jern sout'n-jern Utah, suffered a stroke of apo-plery apo-plery at her home here August It. J and twelve hours later she answered the final summons to the Great Bc-yond. Bc-yond. Mrs. Christensen was enjoyiir; .he very best of health and late Saturday Satur-day evening did some shopping preparatory pre-paratory for her Sunday dinner, t'pon her return from the market, she was stricken, and when found by her daughter, Mrs. Ellen Hofheins. was in a semi-conscious state. Medical aid was summoned, but the aged woman was beyond help and just twelve hours alter she . was stricken she passed away. Mrs. Christensen was 72 years old. having celebrated her anniversary on the 15th of July last. She was born in Sheffield, England, and when a very young girl came to the United States with her parents, first settling in Cincinnati, Ohio. At the age of It years she came to Utah, being a member mem-ber of the handcart brigade that crossed the plains in 1S56. She spent practically all of her life in the Gunnison Gun-nison valley, passing through the hardships and trials that were encountered en-countered by the early pioneers during dur-ing the Indian troubles. The deceased, though advanced in years, was always cheerful, and her friends were numbered by the hundreds. hun-dreds. Besides her seven living children, chil-dren, twenty-four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, she leaves a host of warm friends to mourn her death. Impressive funeral services were held at the Presbyterian chapel Tuesday, Tues-day, August 17. Rev. Russell YVolU. pastor M the church, was the principal princi-pal speaker. Austin Kearns assisted in the services. Miss Virginia Peterson Peter-son rendered two solos and a selected choir gave a number of selections. Following the church services the body was taken to the Gunnison cem-'etery cem-'etery for final interment. |