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Show PIONEER PASSES TO BEYOND Impressive funeral services were held for Christina Gillies Levi, at the Stake building, at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. The deceased died at her home at 12 o'clock Sunday night, after a long lingering Illness. The house was filled with loving friends and relatives, who came to pay their last respects for one they loved very dearly. Wesley" Farrer, of the West ward bishopric had charge oClTie services. Music was furnished by a mixed quartet, who sang several hymns favorites of the deceased. Mrs. Thelma Barton sweetly sang, two solos, "Face to Face" and "A Perfect Day." Robert D. White offered the invocation. invo-cation. The speakers were Bishop George Paice, F. D. Thompson and J. F. Tolton, who told of the early life of the deceased, and her ancestors, and paid great tribute to her life as a Latter Day saint, and her work In the church and' community. The floral offerings were beautiful The benediction was by George Parkinson; the pall bearers were her sons, Fred, Marshall, Karl Levi and Will levi; and Will Levi and nephews ne-phews Devon Levi and Frank Stuart. The body was laid to rest in Mountain Moun-tain View cemetery. Beaver City Press. Mrs. Christina Gillies Levi wab born May 8, 1853, and died February Febru-ary 10, 1924. She was the daughter of Reuben and Jean Gillies, who accepted the faith and joined the L. D. S. church in 1849 at their home In Scotland. While en route to the United States to join their coworkers fct Salt Lake, and while recuperating their funds at New Castle, England, their daughter Christina was born. The family 'arrived In Salt Lake In 1854 and came to Beaver in 1859. She was married to David Levi in 1870. She was the mother of seven boys, four of whom survive her Orson, Or-son, of Littlefield, Arizona; and Fred, Karl and Marshall of Milford. ' |