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Show Death of Mrs. Marshall. IN the death of Mrs. Sarah Marshall the Catholic church has lost its first land-mark in Salt Lake. In its in- ' fancy when struggling for an existence . 1 she was its pioneer member, and in her home the early missioneer was a welcome wel-come guest. Her first entrance to Salt Lake was the planting of the "mustard seed'' to which Christ likened his , church. On the arrival of Father Kelly in lSf.6 the first Catholic priest who visited vis-ited Salt Lake. Mrs. Marshall was then a resident of the city and the first to greet him. Her name always headed , the list of the half dozen members who - heard mass in the old adobe building J that stood where the present pro-Cath edral stands. In 1SGS Ttishon MahA,,f 1 of Denver, Colo., made his first official visit to Salt Lake. During his stay in this city he was the guest of Judge and Mrs. Marshall, and as there was no church, he' said mass daily in their 1 . house. In May, ism. two sisters of the Holy Cross came from St. Mary's Notre Dame. Indiana, to look over the grounds and see what the prospects were for founding an academy. Before their arrival .Mrs.. Marshall went to Bishop Scanlan. offering h'er home as a residence for them. They accepted the kind invitation and have never tired speaking of her many excellent quali- , , t3f:- chief of which was her constant devotion to her husband. In her home .i they found all the spiritual refinement j to which thev were accustomed in their convent home, and during the two months, in which they shared in her hospitality, they were daily edified at the peace and happiness which encompassed encom-passed the Marshall home. To her home on Fourth East the orphans were in-' in-' vited annually, and a grand banquet was prepared for them. Her happiness seemed complete when surrounded by those young smiling faces, and her delight de-light was to make them happy. Those who have passed from the old St. Ann's into the world still speak of Mrs. Mar-' Mar-' , snail's annual festival and proclaim her eulogy in a few words, "she used to ; - be so good and kind to us, and would J i let us do as we pleased." With every j 1 i 1 " hase of the Catholic church since 1866 I the name of Mrs. Marshall is bo closely ? :' ; , .. ' . ' y-- interwoven that it becomes inseparable from it. Her social life stands as a monument of the personal worth of a true Christian Chris-tian lady, wife .and mother. To know her was to honor her. Gentle in her manner, quiet and unobtrusive, her motto was "live and let live." Her refined re-fined nature shrunk from social or religious re-ligious controversies which caused irritation. irri-tation. In her own home her humility, the highest virtue, was always visible and could not fail to impres-3 her guests with the most favorable idea of the elevation and delicacy of her sentiments. sen-timents. Born in St. Louis she naturally natur-ally inherited that open, frank and independent in-dependent nature of the southern lady, and any reflection on the southern states was painful to her. To those in need she was ever generous, yet her right hand carefully concealed the goods bestowed. All the old members j of St. Mary's church have missed her on Sunday morning from church during the past few years, when through illness ill-ness she was unable to attend. From the lips of all who knew her, gracious words and fervent prayers in her behalf be-half have fallen. She has been truly missed and now that she is gone forever, for-ever, the loss is indeed great. As wife of Judge Thomas Marshall, she added much to his ropularitv In this citv. Their mutual love and affection to the end were edifying and those who witnessed wit-nessed their devotion as manifested in their child like simplicity and innocent amusement, left their home better men and women. In that home the loss is irreparable, and the lntermountain Catholic extends its deepest sympathy to the disconsolate husband and child, who are the real mourners. Her resignation resig-nation and patience during her long illness, ill-ness, together with her virtuous life and many good works have won for her crown that will last for eternity. |
