OCR Text |
Show Lewiston Pioneer Dies Following Long Illness Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Eveline Rawlins Leavitt, 80, prominent prom-inent Lewiston church worker for more than half a century, who died Wednesday about 7 a.m. of causes incident to age( will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Lewiston First ward chapel by Dow Lewis, bishop. A daughter of pioneer settlers of Northern Utah, Mrs. Leavitt was active in several LDS and civic organizations. or-ganizations. She was born in Draper on November No-vember 19, 1861 a daughter of Harvey M. and Margaret E. Frost Rawlins. Her parents came to Utah with the 1848 pioneer companies and were among the first settlers of Lewiston and Richmond. Mrs. Leavitt came to Lewiston at the age of 11. She attended the first school classes ever taught there. On May 4, 1882 she was married in the old Salt Lake En- riowment house to Joseph W. Lea- vitt, who died in 1930. j Mrs Leavitt had been a mem-j ber of the Lewiston Relief Society since 1877, a Relief society teacher for 43 years, a member of the ward choir for 13 years, MIA" tea- cher and a member of the Janet Brinkerhoff Leavitt camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Survivors include five of her 10 sons and daughters, Mrs. Eulalie L. Taggart of Hyrum, A. Leavit and Ellden H. Leavitt of Cornish; Mrs. Mildred L. Last of Garland and Mrs. Edith L. Summers of Tremonton; 23 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and the following fol-lowing brothers and sisters: Joseph W Rawlins of Logan ; Mrs. ArmmU R Hogan of Lewiston, Mrs. K. stocks of St. Anthony, Idaho and M. Alma F. Rawlins of Newdale, Friends may call at the family home Saturday until time of services. ser-vices. Burial will be in the Lewis-ton Lewis-ton cemetery, under direction of W Loyal Hall, mortuary. |