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Show o Community Pays Last Tribute To Elderly Resident The esteem and affection in which Mrs. Margaret Crystal Robinson was held by the community was shown at impressive funeral services Tuesday Tues-day afternoon in the First ward chapel. Friends of the long-time American Fork resident thronged the chapel for the services, which were conducted by Bishop T. A. Greenwood. Mrs. Robinson died Friday at her home here, of a heart attack. She was one of the oldest residents resi-dents of the city, and had lived here since coming as a child of five years, with her parents. She was born June 28, 1858, in Bourland, Fifeshire, Scotland, a daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Cousins Crystal. She came to this countiy with her parents, and crossed the plains to Utah in 1863 in a covered wagon. The family settled in American Fork. She was married to George Heber Robinson, on November 15, 1878, in the Salt Lake Endowment house. Her husband died in 1923. Surviving are three sons, Dr. H. E. Robinson and Dr. A. A. Robinson of Ogden, and Reed H. Robinson of American Fork; two daughters, Mrs. Hyrum Evans and Mrs. Steve Zimmerman Zim-merman of Lehi; two brothers, David Dav-id Crystal of Rigby, Idaho, and Peter Crystal of Salt Lake City; 15 grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. Speakers at the services were George Wootton of Salt Lake City, President Clifford E. Young, and Bishop T. A. Greenwood. A biographical bio-graphical sketch and tribute was read by Hyrum C. Evans of Lehi, and a tribute of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, of which organization organiza-tion Mrs. Robinson was a member, was read by Mrs. Nora Ingersoll. James T. Gardner offered the invocation, in-vocation, Richard Wootton pronounced pro-nounced the benediction, and John Robinson dedicated the grave. The opening selection was a vocal solo by Darrell Wanlass, and other numbers num-bers were a vocal solo, "Christian Goodnight", by Mrs. Edith Young; and a closing song by Darrell Wan-lass. Wan-lass. Mrs. Mary Humphries was the accompanist. n |