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Show Mother Dies Of Long Illness In Salt Lake City Mrs. Julia Amundsen Stephensen, wife of George P. Stephenson of Delta, died Sunday in Salt Lake City at 10.04 a.m. of a lingering illness. She was taken to a Salt Lake hospital just before Christmas and was at the home of a daughter, daugh-ter, Mrs. Helen Byars in Salt Lake, when she died. ' Mrs. Stephenson was born June 17, 1881 in South Jordan, a daughter daugh-ter of Andrew and Mary Jane Glover Glov-er Amundsen. She had lived there during . her early years, and later studied at Brigham Young University. Univer-sity. She was married to Mr. Stephenson Steph-enson June 5, 1906, in the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They lived in Salt Lake City and vicinity, and moved to Holden in 1917. In 1919 the family came to Delta to make their home, and lived here for the past 30 years. A sincere and active church mem ber, Mrs. Stephenson had served in the Delta First ward Relief Society and with the genealogical committee. commit-tee. She was Interested in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and their program, and served as secretary sec-retary and treasurer of the Helen Mar McCullough camp. Surviving are her husband 'and two children at Delta, Harold Stephenson Ste-phenson and Mrs. Dorothy Bassett; and another daughter in Salt Lake City, Mrs. Helen Byars, and another an-other son, Robert Stephenson, at Fresno, California; four granchild-ren granchild-ren 'and eleven brothers and sisters Rudger, Ardian and Norman Amund sen, and Mrs. Jasmine Sant, Salt Lake City; Royal Barney Amundsen, Amund-sen, Bountiful; Mrs. Jean Nolon Mrs. LaVon Saint, Mrs. Hazel Cas-sidy Cas-sidy and Leo Amundsen, Los Angeles; An-geles; Mario Amundsen, San Francisco, Fran-cisco, 'and Cyurus J. Amundsen, Reno, Nevada. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Delta First ward, by Emerald Moody, bishop of Delta Third ward. Burial was in the Holden cemetery, under direction direc-tion of L. N. Nickle and sons. , Opening the' services the choir sang Rock of Ages. The speakers were E. L. Lyman, T. C. Gronning, and Evan Gardner, who told of the fine qualities that characterized Mrs. Stephenson, and spoke words to comfort the bereaved family. After remarks by Bishop Moody the closing prayer was offered by Orvil JCffery. |
