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Show DAUGHTER WRITES MOTHER'S OBITUARY (by Lottie E. Murdock) Mrs. Celestia C. Murdock, 73 died at her home here Sunday morning, July 12 after a lingering illness of sixteen months from brights disease and cancer of the abdomen. Mrs. Murdock was born in Ashland, Wabash Co., Indiana, Aug. 8, 1857. While she was only a child her mother died and at the age of twelve she, with her people, moved to Nebraska settling first near Falls City, then years later, moving near McCdk. She married William H. Calvert. Two sons were born to this union. The oldest boy, Hyrum, died in infancy. , Later she married Orrice Francis Murdock and to them were born four sons and three daughters. One year there was a heavy drought in Nebraska Nebras-ka land after their crops were all burned, and everything seemed dark before them but later it proved to be a great blessing in disguise for in 1894 the famliy moved to Utah and settled first on the John M. Murdock farm between Beaver and Greenville. Six years later Mr. Murdock after I having suffered from asthma for many years died and two years later a grown son also died. Mrs. Murdock had a long hard struggle to raise her family until in 1911 when she came to Milford to live where her youngest son, Orrice, who at the age of 15 years had steady employment and for years took over the responsibilities of a father and gave her all of the comforts com-forts of life. In later years when he married and went to Montana to live she has been in care of her son, Jos. F. and daughter Lottie. Two sons and a daughter, Mrs. Geo. R. Williams, preceeded her in death. She is survived by one brother and two sisters and many other relatives in Nebraska, and her sons and daughters, daugh-ters, William H. Calvert, J. Fredrick Murdock and Mrs. Margaret Blackner of Greenville, Jos. F. Murdock and Miss Lottie Murdock of Milford and Orrice F. Murdock of Belgrade, Montana Mon-tana who was unable to be in attendance atten-dance at the funeral; 34 grand children, child-ren, 25 great grand children, a nephew Orrice F. McShane, who she was a mother for many years, of Salt Lake City and many relatives in Idaho and many relative and friends in Beaver County as in other places who will mourn her loss. In her early life Mrs. Murdock was a faithful church worker and was always al-ways ready to help in time of need. She responded to the call of duty during dur-ing the world war when she knitted sixty five pairs of socks and three sweaters. For the past twenty years she has been failing in health. Lovely services were held for her at Greenville Tuesday at 2 o'clock. Speakers were Wm. A. Miller of Beaver, Geo. C. Murdock, Jr., of Beaver, Beav-er, and Frank Williams of Minersville. Miners-ville. Beaver mixed quartette furnished furn-ished the singing. j |