| Show L H durrant died june 29 in porterville il LORENZO H DURRANT lorenzo heber durrant 94 well known morgan citizen died june ia 28 at 5 pm in porterville at the he home me of 0 a daughter mrs emma porter with whom he had been living for the past six months he had been III for a long time ue ile was born dec 2 1856 in Deans banger north england he came to utah with his parents in 1871 settling in por for ter berville terville ville which community he helped to build holding man many y positions of trust in both church and state he was superintendent of the sunday school tor for 13 years and a member of 0 the ward bishopric for beven seven years he also served in the high council for several years in the morgan stake he had been a life long and an ardent church member having filled two missions to great britain one in hi 1887 to 1889 and in 1908 to 1910 ile he presided over the birmingham conference during the last mission jn afi the presidency of the late chas W penrose ile he had bad always airways been interested in ge and temple work and had a great volume of family records ile he was a member of the school board for several years justice of the peace for two years and assessor tor for morgan county from 1916 to 1918 ris his vocation had been farming and stock raising he married sarah jane norwood june 13 1878 in the old endowment house in salt lake city she died in 1936 in 1937 he married hattie carter durrant widow of his brother she died 1 in 1913 1943 lie he moved from porterville to 0 midvale in 1930 and to salt lake city in 1936 for a time he lived with a son in heber city and since being ill lived some time with another daughter daugh fer mrs E hetrick in salt lake city surviving out of 12 children are three sons and five daughters heber L durrant layton williarm william durrant park city kenneth N durrant heber city mrs airs emma porter and mrs airs ida florence perter terville berville ville mrs elizabeth hetrick salt lake city mrs airs amy henefer He neter and mrs airs dell bingham ogden 47 grandchildren and 81 great grandchildren funeral services were held in the morgan stake tabernacle monday july 2 9 with joseph A first counselor to the bishop of the temple view stake fourth ward of which mr durrant was a maraler mer member aler conducting assisting elder was the second counselor J blythe moyes prayer at the hame bame was spoken by bishop thomas bingham of the Rl Ri verdale ward the prelude and postlude were played by miss aless ada waldron who also played an organ solo beautiful isle of somewhere invocation was offered by james hook ot of salt lake city and the benediction was pronounced by bishop charles kippen the stake quartette comprised ot of ralph carter john johnson Job woodrow giles anil and frank smith with mrs Johi johnson ison as accompanist rendered the opening and closing numbers 1 I walked today where jesus walked and the end of a perfect day mrs airs sue chistensen of salt lake city sang and played her own accompaniment compani ment my faith in thee speakers were pros clarence D X rich bishop elmer porter and jo seph interment was in the porterville cemetery where the grave was dedicated by carter durrant pallbearers Pall bearers were nell bingham keith porter harvey florence jay durrant william durrant jr and clyde hetrick grandsons ot of mr air durrant other grandsons formed a guard ot of honor at the tabernacle and at the flowers were in charge ot of the porterville relief society and carried by granddaughters |
