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Show 1 Death Takes Delta's Oldest Woman j Resident, Mrs. Ann I. Melville Bishop - v! ' . ' W V, i -"V . I 7 '" . . I - .; . r " if ' ' -: I f I t .,' f ;v - I Mrs. Ann E. Melville Bishop, from a picture taken on her 90 birthday. Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Melville Bishop, Delta's oldest resident, both by years and residence, died Sunday at 3:30 p. m., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wiora Wallace, in Delta. She would have been 93 1 years old on May 20. Mrs. Bishop had lived in Delta since early in 1907, when she and I her husband moved here from American Fork. Their large new home I was the first house built in Delta, and they moved into it for Christ-f Christ-f mas of 1907. As the new town developed, their home was headquarter headquar-ter of construction crews, surveyors and othefs who came to make homes here later. . She was born May 20,1856, in the old Fort at Fillmore, called Provo-under-the-hill, the fifth child in the family of twelve of Alexander Alexand-er and Jane Dutson Melville. As a little girl she had visited west Millard when she came with her ' father and others to what was lat er called Deseret, to plant grain. Her parents were Utah Pioneers,, coming to Filmore in . 1852 from Provo. Mrs. Bishop was married to Nelson Nel-son S. Bishop in 1878, and they lived liv-ed in Fillmore, Ogden, Woodruff, and American Fork before coming to Delta. Mr. Bishop died in 1919. They were the parents of three daughters, Mrs. Eldula Bassett, of Delta, Mrs. Nora Ingersoll, of American Amer-ican Fork, and Mrs. Wiora Wallace, of Delta. For the past many years Mrs. Bishop has made her home with her only surviving daughter, Mrs. Wallace. A lifelong member of the LDS church, Mrs. Bishop had served many years in various church offices. of-fices. She was a charter member of the Retrenchment society, which later became the Y. L. M. I. A. For fifty years she acted as Relief Society teacher and was president of the Fillmore ward relief society. When the Delta ward was organized organ-ized she served as first president of the Relief Society. When Millard stake was divided, she was chosen as board member, and later as counselor, to Mary C. Lyman, president presi-dent of Deseret stake Relief Society The first Delta Camp of DUP is named in her honor. From the wealth of her memories over a long period of years Mrs. Bishop had contributed a number of histor ial articles for the DUP.. Last year when the family met to celebrate her birthday, some recordings were made as Mrs. Bishop told many of these stories. Mrs. Bishop had lived a long, active and useful life. A large circle of friends enjoyed knowing her, and many called her Aunt Annie. Her kindly wisdom and high principles endeared her to all who knew her, and she leaves a rich : legacy of memories to them and : her family. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Wallace, and sixteen grandchildren : and twenty-eight great-grandchild- ren. Also surviving are two brothers Daniel and George Melville, of Fillmore. Fill-more. Funeral services were held Wednesday Wed-nesday at 2 p. m. in Delta 2nd ward by Bishop June W. Black. Burial was in the Delta city cemetery, under direction of L. N. Nickle and sons. |
