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Show I BABY BURIED I WITH MOTHER Impressive Services Held for Mrs. Anna McKay and Infant A sorrow I nK community, Including relatives, fneniK church officials and church worker-, filled th- ( iR.icn tabernacle tab-ernacle to overflowing Thnrsda v .iiler-nuon .iiler-nuon to attend obsequies for Bin Anni Olaen McKay, wife of rames LL Giinn McKay, ami their eight-months i HI old baby, James 6unn Mi Kay, h HV conducted by Samuel Q. !e. of the; W i igden stake presidency. The mother H and babe, who lost their jives when in automobile in which they were riding, plunged Into the nien river lasl HH Sunday, were laid in the same casket. I L As the caskei and mourners entered , HH the lain rnacle. the crre.it roiiKrepiitlon LM stood in solemn sllen e W Ith howen j LL leads, while Organist Sara F. whitnk- LL ?r and Bilsfl Mary Fisher, violinist, j rendered Handel's "Largo. The con- HH presr-Hlon remained standing at the conclusion Of the service, a.s tin QSket ; ind mourners passed out. and Organ- HH ist whitaker rendered "The Death of, H , l'eer Gynl Suit FTiOWERfl MASSED OX STAND The pulpit, tand and organ console Was decorated In white and the entire HI length oi 'in- stand was banked with' L beautiful floral tributes. A mass of I red and white roses covered the oas-H'-v Ladles of the Ogden stak- auxll- HH v ary boards acted as flower carriers. The Ogden stake home missionary 80-I 80-I slety ol which Mr McKay Is president, j ! attended in a body. The pall-bearers HH representatives of the Modern stake LM Seventies, were. Arthur Kerrett, Fred , V Chambers,- Ernest Gllgen, Milton LL Purdy, Joseph E Fernn and Parley HH CIdrcdge Interment was In the City cemetery. . where the grave was dedicated bj Patriarch Pat-riarch George W. Larkln, Mrs McKay w is the daughter 'if H Patriarch and Mrs. E. A. plsen H was secretary of the Eondon. Bristol, and Norwich conferences of the Latter Lat-ter Day Saint church in England, during the period of the war, while her husband presided over the con-ferences. con-ferences. She was tho only woman km who has ever held those positions. I CHI Km MEN SPEAK HH Speakers at the services were Apos- tie George F. Kichards, Apostle George Allirt Smith. Junius F Wells, James A. Klrkham and Miss Maude ' West, president of the Ogden stake V L. M. I A. board of which Mrs M. Kay was a member. LLX Musical selections were "Reslgna- HH tion," Mrs Myrtle l: Hlcby; Ee.ol Us, O Lord." male iuartt nrnpeti of William S Wrlcht tiernld Klomp, Hf Joseph Madsen and W illiam Pii kett; '"Twill Not He Long," Nephl J. br..wn. O Rest In the Lord." William Wripht. Invocation was by Bishop Hyrum E Lund of the Fourth ward and benedlC- , LL tion by Bishop Joseph L. Pet rson "i H Huntsvllle. HH Apostle Smith said the large congrc- HH cation bore evidence of the sympathy 1 in the hearts of the community for J those who were called upon to mourn the passing of Mrs McKay and her baby. He said President lieber J. i Grant and the members of the gem ral board of the Y M. M. I. A Ben! their love and sympathy to Mr. McKay. He told of the devotion of Mrs. McKay lo H her duties as a missionary and de- clared that all who ren.1' i u n li e for Hi the cause of Christ as she had done HHT " . re- heirs to celestial plory. i vKHir.D thbi Lm Apostle Richards told of perform- I int the marriazi- ceremonv a' the I redding of Mr. and Mr- McKa) in the Salt Lake temple in March 1915. He became better acquainted with them while op their mission in England Eng-land and he said Mrs McKay was a valiant missionary faithful to her religion re-ligion as well as to her loved ones. He discussed the subject of the resui -rection and declared the resurrection of Christ to be a reality. Junius Wells told of meeting Mr-McKay Mr-McKay and traveling with her when she left for her mission Ln England. He appreciated her friendship and said she was remarkable in her character, char-acter, her personal charrn and dignity He said the family did not grieve as those who hare no understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Mr Kirkharn who was a missionary companion of Mr. and Mrs McKay, said that ln his association with them he had learned what faith Is and the power of faith. He said that Mr. and .Mrs. McKay were beautiful in their lives and he expressed apr7Vec (at Ion f'.r the real companionship he had enjoyed enjoy-ed with them WOMAN sPEAKs Miss West said Mrs McKay was -irong gentle, pure and good The fleers and members of the Mutuals had been thrilled by hor beautiful life She was a living example of tho power and glory of God and was a strength and inspiration to the ,, .icrs of the organisation, Her beau- tiCul character c:tn never be forgot- ' ten. mill her Influence can never be. oVt-rextimaled. MlBfl Weal read a resolution res-olution of sympathy from the V. L.. I M I. A. At a short private service held :ii th home, Apostle David . McKay 9fma the speaker, and Patriarch .lames Wnrd off'-red the prayer |