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Show I FB8ERAL SERVICES (I 0! Mary Ann Smith Comer. Friday afternoon from the Lehi Tabernacle tlie funeral scr- " vices over the ruitiuitiH of Mrs. George Coiner were licld. James 1 M. Kirklutm prosidd and read , 'f tho following bkotuli of her life: I skctcIi. j The ' following lines will bo found a short sketch of my life, whieh has been jotted down as J .sat and reflected upon my past lifu. I, Mary Ann Smith Comor, was born the '21st day of September, i J 18M, in .Soincrstshiro, England, ; j and am the daughter of llcorge ' 1 Smith and Mary Kowler Smith, L who 'were honest, bard working ' people, but of tho poorer class. ' At the age ot l.s, 1 was married to George Comor; our marriage i Iwing soloninizcd at tho l'arish j Church, in the County of Mam moth on tho loth day of I ' February, 18512. am tho mother of twelve (12) children, two little girls (Maiy i Ann and Mary Jane) died in i . their infancy, and aro hurried '? upon tho green hillside of Eng land. It was alto in England that my son Lorenzo, and daughter Mary wero born. I . the year 1 Sod, I accepted the Uospol and was bapti.ed into the Church ol Jesus Christ ol Lattor Day Saints by Elder John Golding. j Shortly after accepting tho Gospel, the spirit and dosire of gathering with tho Saints came upon us, and it was with hard I labor and great economy, that wo gathered a small amount and in the month of April', 18IM, 1 bade parents and loved ones, together to-gether with those two little grave W iiioundH ivjunt good-byo, Tuid witK It husband and live children', sol p - "'"Tan-wr-thcr-umi).' fBoii Wood- across tho mighty doop, with faith that God would land us sufo to' ' tho bosom of tho church. On the 2nd of June, 18IM, wo landed on American shores, in Now York, without money or friends. We wero obliged to hunt work to obtain money to continue our journey. We went to Pennsylvania, where we remained ono year. It was here that our daughter Amelia was born. f Then came tho trip long to be remembered, that ot crossing the j plains. Henry Chipman of Am. Fork, Captain, and Alfied Fox I wasteamster. During the tedious 1 trin. 1 ww. verv sick with moun tain fever and we were obliged to walk part of the way, which was a trial, besides caring for children and little baby. Our hearts wero made more than happy when wo arrived in Lohi on the Hith of Soptember, 1800, whore we have struggled to obtain ob-tain our beautiliil home and help 1: to build Zion. In addition to my husband fulfilling two missions, tho Lord has blessed in with means that 1 I have been able to send nuaiey to 1 my agod parents in England. Our (laughter Sarah was born while living in a tent, and during dur-ing a terrific storm. In about the year 1871, I wan called to labor as second counselor to Eliza Smuin in the Primary Association of tho second district; in 18!)0 I was choson as President and Treasurer of thesanieorgiuii-zatiou thesanieorgiuii-zatiou iiud as such 1 labored for twonly years. On account of ill health, I lcsigned as President, but still hold the position of Trcasuier. In tho year 1DU1, I was en lied as one of tho first to labor in tho leligiou class work. This call came from Pros. Wil-ford Wil-ford Woodruff. In 188,5, I was called to labor as a teacher in Relief Society work and as such am still laboring. Written at Lehi, Utah, January loth, 1!)U0. Sister Comer died Sept. 18th, lt)07. Eight children survive her, I sous ami 1 daughters. The speakers were Mrs. IJebecca Slandring, Bishop T. It. Cutler, Pies. A. J. Evans, and Pies. S. L. Chipman. John Y Smith sang a solo. Tho Second Ward Relief Society attended the funeral fun-eral in a body. The lloral oirors were many and' beautiful. Mrs. Comer was well known in Lehi and respected by all win knew her. Many kind words wero said about her, At the cemetery the casket was placed in a vault especially built of brick and ceniont. It is large enough for two and whoa Uio. Comer's timo shall Come ho will bo hurried in the vault with his wife. Tho vault was examined by many who wont to the coino-tery coino-tery before tho masons closed the doors. |