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Show Enterprise Matron Succumbs to Cerebral Hemorrhage -) v. I V ' f ' I - A' " ( Mary Estella Adams Holt, 66, mother of 11 children, and pioneer pio-neer of the Old Holt Ranch, died at her home in Enterprise Tuesday Tues-day morning, Mar. 9, of a cerebral cere-bral hemorrhage. Funeral services ser-vices for her will be held Friday Fri-day at 2 p. m. in the Enterprise Ward chapel and burial will take place at the Holt cemetery at the Holt Ranch. Mrs. Holt suffered a severe stroke May 23, 1952, but forced herself to become fairly active with household duties until she had a third stroke on Feb. 2. of this year. Mrs. Holt was born in Pa rowan (Continued to Page 13) MARY HOLT 1 (Continued from Page Two) July 28, 1887, a daughter of Hugh L. and Juliette Bayle Adams, and received her early education here, later attending the Brigham Young Academy. She met Jos. W. Holt, the man whom she later manied, on a train when returning return-ing home for a Christmas vacation. vaca-tion. They were married in the Salt Lake L D S temple Oct. 2, 1907. Old Holt Ranch Their first home was at the Old Holt Ranch seven miles east of Enterprise. There their first child Joseph Adams was born prematurely and died shortly after af-ter birth. Mrs. Holt traveled 60 miles in on old-time buggy to Parowan to be with her mother for the birth of cuch of her next six children. Five later children were born in Enterprise where the family moved in 1915 to put their children chil-dren in school. Until her health failed her in 194G she was always active in chinch and community duties. She was a member of the first Enterprise Recreation Committee of the L D S church, serving on it for many years. Community life during the the early days in Enterprise En-terprise depended much on this recreation group which created much of their amusement. She served as Y W M I A president and as president of the Primary Association for many years, and was a counselor in the first Uva-da Uva-da Stake M I A board. Active During War She served as an officer in the P-TA in Enterprise for a number of years, and for five years during World War II she operated the telephone switchboard switch-board in her home in Enterprise. Survivors include her husband, three sons, Howard, Alma and Woodruff Holt, Enterprise; seven daughters: Nellie Mayle, Beryl; Faye Barlocker, Marian Foster, and Enid Holt, Enterprise; Josephine Jose-phine Angell, Boise, Idaho; La-Verde La-Verde Roberts, Cedar City and Maxine Holt. Salt Lake City, 27 grandchildren, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Puli-ette Puli-ette (Etta) Holt, Enterprise; Anna and Eva Adams, Parowan; LaVerda A. Dodge Susan Ville. Calif; Hugh L and Albert E. Adams, Parowan. |