Show rinal final rites held wed for george B bettridge eteri dge funeral services were hei held d for gorge bettridge 69 and a resident this community for more than 50 were held in the west ward rs P wednesday afternoon at 2 0 ope pel dijt mr par bettridge died at the iron county hospital early last friday ing eg after several days of in in suffering and many years of ase a n health howard joseph of the west ward was in charge of the serias N Bago bishopric pric which commenced with the acir singing sometime well un tes botand land with newell weight con licking lic ting and audrey M rowley ac opa nying the opening prayer i OS is offered by taylor miller and V kers were thomas K holyoak dd d john P orton with closing remarks by mr joseph other musical numbers were a I 1 rolin solo Berce by june r decker ker with marion decker at the piano and the closing song a solo by armr 11 r weight in the garden with N june ve decker at the piano joseph F offered the closing prayer ad y the grave was dedicated by fetch E lister of paragonah Para gonah george bettridge was born may 8 I 1 ireat r blackwell derbyshire eng aid d a son of joseph and elizabeth depe bettridge when about nine ars of age his father died leav ig nine children of which he was Je a youngest he then went to work ithe stocking factory and later irked in the coal mines adjacent this home at the age of 15 he emigrated to b country and came to utah with Is mother and a sister arriving at october 14 1891 he relied d there and in parowan carowan until it time firne of his death he became a taen eken of this country on nov 23 mr r bettridge worked as a molder brick r at many of the babrick old brick adi here ere and in etli etther ar j 0 1 is ifs a and many of the brick homes i t this h community were made by te I 1 bettridge brothers and their es he married ellen lister august 0 I 1 1907 at parowan carowan Pa rowan and to them ire inre born seven children six of om are now living he is survia I 1 tl td b by y his widow and the following fc ildren james and elmer bettridge 41 pa parowan carowan rowan sarah woolsey cedar ray alma bettridge and keith bet mee in the U S army but who both here for the funeral 1 I 1 mr and mrs bettridge also raised ko fco grandchildren mrs marie bul w cedar city and G M jack tt idge ridge serving in the US navy is also survived by 18 13 grand adren dren and 3 great grandchildren y one sister mrs amelia tolton a paragonah Para gonah utah |