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Show Final Rites Held For Mrs. Clay, Burbank Pioneer r n :sr' 1 V' i,v.r - . r A ? "I- r r - : j m m i i iJHfcin i 1 1 mum ' ii - v Mrs. Margie Burbank Clay Funeral services for Mrs. Margie Burbank Clay, 97, one of the original orig-inal settlers of Snake Valley, and wife of Judge E. W. Clay, were held Friday afternoon at Baker, Nevada. Mrs. Clay died Tuesday in an Ely hospital of causes incident inci-dent to her advanced age. Music for the services was furnished furn-ished by the Garrison quartet, Mrs. Vera Wilson, of Milford gave a beautiful tribute to Mrs. Clay. One of Mrs. Clay's favorite poems, "The House by the Side of the Road," was read by Mrs. Young. The death of Mrs. Clay will be felt deeply by her family and many friends. The Clays are wide-1 ly Known from coast to coast. Their door was never close to friends fri-ends or passersby that needed a helping hand. She was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 15,1853, a daughter of Laura and Moses Burbank. Her family moved to Vermont and her father taught school in the Black River academy, where Mrs. Clay received receiv-ed her early education. After her father's death she went west when she was 15 years old, with her brother, the late Wil-lar Wil-lar Burbank. They took ship to Panama, where they crossed the Isthmus and again by ship went on to San Francisco. They made their home at Austin, Nevada, with their uncle, Dr. W. X. Willard. At the age o'i 16 years Mrs. Clay was a school teacher in the old mining town of Hamilton, Nev. At Hamilton she was married to a Mr. Lake, and was left a widow with an infant son before she was 20 years old. Shortly after this she moved to Snake Valley where her brother had established a cattle ranch. They were joined by their mother and their sister, Miss Lizzie Burbank, and the post-office post-office in the community was named nam-ed for them. On Dec. 31, 1884, at the Cleveland Cleve-land Ranch in Nevada, she was married to E. W. Clay. Their large, hospitable home, built of logs, was the center of the social and civic life of the valley for more than half a century. Earlyday schoolteachers school-teachers boarded there, and for a time Mrs. Clay resumed school-teaching. school-teaching. She helped organize the Union Sunday School for spiritual training for the children, and was active in the organization I'jr years. The Clay home was the scene of Fourth of July and many other celebrations, and Mrs. Clay was a gracious hostess. Her mind was keen and alert, and her nature was friendly. She was called "Margie" by her many friends who felt the deepest affection for her. Her last public appearance was at Beaver County Lehman Cave Day in August, 1949, when she and Judge Clay, last of the original settlers of the valley, were presented pre-sented to Gov. J. Bracken Lee of Utah and Gov. Vail Pittman of Nevada. Surviving besides her husband are two sons; Leslie G. Clay of Milford and Burton G. Clay of Salt Lake City; six grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren. Burial was in the cemetery at Garrison. |