Show MRS MARTHA MAT NY THORPE LAID al REST IN filimore LilORE FI U I 1 DEATH OCCURRED IN SALT LAKE mra mis martha mathony thorpe hose death occurred in salt lako lake early carly in ili tho the week was brought to billmore eill more last Wednes wednesday to bo be burled in fit her old home town beside tit thu graves giaves of her parents and brothers brother s and sisters who have passed before her services were held at tile tho ward chapel wednesday afternoon with is llop robison presiding rho speakers were T dark clark callis er anti F P A robison A number ot 0 musical selections w a ro cd by a double quartet under tile tho leadership of 0 ward Choris chorister tor F P earl stott the speakers speak era recalled tho many good qualities manifest in tho the life of 0 aunt Mar martha as sho she was affectionately known lit in the community her charity anti and big hoat boat edness were shown in ili tile the narration ot of how sho bho helped the unfortunate especially tho the fatherless and motherless these acts began many years aitio ago when sho she took into her homo home the unfortunate indian boy afterwards known as david matheny and gave him tho the home and all the advantages ot of white children later sho she took into lier homo home tile the two orphan children evelyn and gordon roes rees and gave them the most affectionate rare caro possible evelyn was an invalid and died a few years yeara ago gordon was living lit in salt lako lake with ills his aunt martha at tho the time of her death and lie accompanied her body lu IU A fow few years ago she married and took i lito into hor her home mr air thorpe whom she ared for through yeam of his blindness and infirmity until ili his a death a few years ago she sha was born in fit Mis sippi and whoa when a child moved with nor parents to texas loxas there tile tho family soon joined the mormon church and moved to salt lake soon afterward they camo came to fillmore and were among tho the earyl settlers of this place iler her father john A ray was it a prominent factor in ili both religious and civil affairs ile ho was a member of the constitutional convention for utah and held many other civil and church offices she is survived by ono one brother joseph E ray now living at long beach california and two sisters mrs nellit pratt living in salt lake and mrs birs damron living in arizona i |