| Show aged lady dies funeral held in st george for mrs mis violet P church chinch funeral services services were held at st george monday may 17 for mrs mis violet pendleton church 83 who died at the home of her daughter mrs ward esplin saturday morning of ailments incident to age the services services were conducted by theodore peterson Pet eison of the third ward bishopric in in the stake tabernacle with mrs mae A pace at the organ the music consisted of a mixed quartet walter fullerton grant harris jane lauper and doris dons Soi enson singing through deep ening trials and 1 I know my heavenly father knows vocal solo 1 I would not change the silver in in my mothers hair for all the gold in the world sung by kathleen bleak a great grand daughter she was accompanied by her her mother mrs frank bleak vocal duet that wonderful mother of mine irene bro brooks 0 s and marie mane meeks ladies t trio ruth miles melba baker md and vera blake sang peace I 1 leave with thee the speakers were andrew 0 mcarthur rudolph church a nephew and president Pies ident harold S snow the invocation was offered by henr hemy y C blunck the benediction by D L fullmer a sonin sonin son in in law and the grave was dedicated by a son vernon church violet pendleton church was born jan 15 1865 to benjamin and alice jeffery pendleton in in st george she received her schooling in in the local schools in june 1883 she married hayden wells church in in the st george L D S temple and they made st george then their home mr church was prominent both as a musician musician and mechanic he was a widower with a small son hayden W jr when she married him and she reared the youngster as though he were her own she was the mother of 1 nine I c hildren children and while they were very small her husband was called on a mission and she had the full care and responsibility 0 of f their livelihood while he was away those two years mr church died april 20 1922 after his death she continued to work her own garden and do for herself until the last five years when her health failed and since that time she has made her hei home with her children As a youg girl she became interested in the relief society work and has worked in that organization iza tion being a block teacher for 50 years surviving her are hayden jr logan mrs gordon whitehead mrs ward esplin mrs lee esplin and earl church chuich all of st george vernon church la ia verkin mrs T frank heyy pan duitch andars and mrs dwight L fullmer circleville Cir cleville one brother B 3 F pendleton st george 43 grandchildren and 52 great grand hildren children of her 29 grandsons 20 SO of them were present at the funeral service also twelve of her ler granddaughters and four great reat granddaughters were present 1 |
