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Show i Mrs. Johanna Larson j -? 'I - ." ",""JL" 'U, . ltSpaPiIS MRS. LARSON LAIDTO REST Funeral services for this good woman wo-man were ho'.il In tho Sixth ward chapel on Saturday. Mrs. Johanna Larson, bulovcd wlfo of Ola Larson of tho Logan Sixth ward, wns laid to rest last Saturday. The funeral services woro hold In tho ward chapel, Tho speak,-I speak,-I era spoku ot Mrs. I.arBon in tho highest terms, praising her for hor womanly virtues. Tlia spoalcers wero Walter Harbor, 11. M. Lowls, John. E. Carlisle, John A, Wldlsoo, Andreas .Peterson ntid lllshop OHCur F. Itlco. Tho grave was dedicated by lllshop Hlco. Tho sorvlcos woro opened by prayer by Samuel Hot-brook. Hot-brook. Ilenodlctlon was offored by H. P. llnulahaw. Tha ward choir furnished tho singing. Arthur Olson rendered a solo. Tho floral offerings wore most beautiful. Mrs. Johanna Larson, wiro ot Ola Larson the local florist niid market gardener, was born October 12, 1843 In Svoborg, near HolBlngliorg, Swod-en. Swod-en. Sho died Octobur 28, 19M, (of pneumonia) Logan, Utah. While In her nutlVo land sho married mar-ried Ola Larson, and to them wero born ten children. Her early llfo was filled with hardships, hor parents par-ents bolng very poor. In 1874 with her husband and threo daughters she emigrated to Now Zealand to nsslst In colonlng that country for tho English. Whllo en roulo another daiightor wns born, tho nearest land being Capo ot CJorid It0ie, Africa. Tho JoUrlioJ-" by sea required sixteen weeks and was a very severe trip for hor. Arriving in Now Zealand sho set to work to holp her husband mnko a now homo, working very hard. While thero .ho became acquainted ac-quainted wlthr tho gospel through El-dor El-dor Thomas, SliVlovcs, ot Salt Lake City and embraced tho samp with her husband and family, October 1C, 1878. Sho soon becamo an active worker In tho church, using her lnfluonco with- others until sho added a number num-ber of converts to tho faith. Whllo KIdor William Hromuy was president ot tho Australasian mission ho .appointed .ap-pointed hor as president ot the Tie-llcf Tie-llcf Society of this mission which Included In-cluded Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania Tas-mania and tho South Sea Islands. Tlila position sho hold until sho emigrated emi-grated to America in July 1885. At tho snmo tlmo sho attended to hor household duties faithfully often dressmaking to holp.. tbo Eldors who continually lived. athor homo. This oxtra call upon' her strength told upon her health In after years, causing' caus-ing' her much, suffering and affliction until death came to. hor relief. Four children 'wero born to, hor In Now Zealand, two sons and two daughters and two daughters w.ero born In Utah, She continued to labor In tho Ilellef Society In which organization she worked as a teacher for twenty years in tho Logan First ward. Sho was known for hor gonoroslty, kind-noss kind-noss and hospitality. Sho was never happlor than when sho was giving to thoso In need. A host ot relatives and friends aro loft to mourn her 'loss. Three children preceded her to tho other world and seven romaln behind be-hind with forty grandchlldron nnd two great grandchildren. ') Tho names of tho. living chlldr,, arc as. follows: Mra. Josoph Bcr of Arbon, Cnolda county, . ' Mrs. A. C. Drown of Wood' '." ' |
