Show death ends long life of service to public ella miller davenport passed from this life early last friday morning at the family residence here from cancer of the liver a malady chih terminated a long life of 0 community service and sacrifice though she was seventy five beals old last april she should have lived many years yet but bin for the attack ot of that insidious toe ioe ot df humanity which battles baffles the wisdom and skill ot of the age though she died without knowl edge ot of her exact condition it has beau known by her family lor for sonic some time that cancer was her ailment and the end was therefore not entirely unexpected she apparently suffer buffer very much or it if site shi dill s she b 0 kept it to herself she is nuri by eight of the he n nine i ne children which were were horn born to birr one daughter hasing hat ins died at I 1 ho he age of three years yc irs and by one brother all ami one sister the surviving children are john alvin thomas themas and horace Diventi ort mis J ax A hyatt aud and mrs john T MI ckel son eon of parowan carowan Pa rowan mrs W N corry of cedar city mrs myron S jones of enoch and mrs liol iol adair of enterprise ter prise utah mrs elzina hittlet 0 of summit Is her one living sister anil and john 11 miller of 0 this place is her only remaining brother funeral service was held for her in the east ward chapel on sunday afternoon at four bishop II if L adams presided and there were five speakers kers as well as several special nu numbers libers the body of the house was tilled filled to capacity with relatives I 1 and friends both from here and all the adjoining communities who by their presence paid their last sorrowful tribute of respect to a departed loved one I 1 the service commenced by tile the i combined choirs of both wards singing aing author of flairty eternal one walter C mitchell offered the opening prayer and then the choir sang abide with me george georee stevens stevena I 1 as the first speaker gave a brief sketch of her life and paid tribute I 1 i t to 0 her life of sacrifice and service will L adams prefaced the reading of 0 sentiments by maude baudo lyman with a few appropriate remarks still and then 0 IT II gurr curr lifelong friend anil and a associate of ill the departed one spoke professor engar played a violin solo with mrs glenna M ward at tho the piano president W R palmer spoke mrs blanch jones smith sang face to face I 1 and david and simon A i matheson Mat hoson were the final speakers f all of those who spoke paid glow glowing ing continued to back page DEATH ENES LONG UFE LIFE vor SERVICE TO PUBLIC continued from front page tribute to mrs davenport for or her 1 life fe of service to the people ot of this locality her death president palmer said marks not only the passing of a good and useful woman but the passing of a type of woman whose service la Is icing being replaced by a commercialized service rendered by our doctors the choir sang rest rest for the weary soul sent and the closing prayer was offered by bishop thomas W jones of paragonah Para gonah nall tire the final resting place of the departed ones earthly remains was dedicated by thomas IT II ro aley her three sons john thomas and horace two sons in law john T and anil ily Myron ron S jones and a grandson grand son freeman W hyatt were the pall bearers front from the remarks reni arka of one of the speakers it was wag gleaned that mrs davenport was born in salt lake city on oil annl api 11 1853 and her parents robert E and elizabeth pat torson torsion miller who came with the original band 0 of pioneers to paro pare wan had returned to salt lake in search of work the family came back to parowan carowan that summer and outside of a year or two spent at paragonah Para gonah while she was still a very small child this has been her home ever since she was married on august 21 1871 to john davenport whose death in october 1902 left her a widow nine children were born to them eight of w whom hom as previously mertio mentioned ned her all of whom whoa deife were at the funeral she was an active church member and was tor for two years president of 0 the primary association resigning that position because of the arduousness of her other service to the public in the way of a nurse she has a record of thirty two years public service as a nurse during which time she assisted in bringing babies into tho the world ten of which were twins in iii her passing the community lost one of its truly noble women and her family a kind and devoted mother the times joins the hundreds of friends ot of the good woman in extending to the bereaved ones heartfelt heart felt sympathy in their bereavement ea |