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Show Former Citizen Dies Suddenly ! In California Thj word cf the death cf Mrs. Eler.or Lcgie Gaisford, C2, widow of the late Lcrenzo W. Gaisford, former American Fcrk editor and publisher cf the American Fork Citizen, was received Sunday evening from Los Angeles. Mrs. Gaisfor.l expired at her home there about seven o'clock frcm a sudden heart attack, according accord-ing to the message. She had been enjoying fairly good health and her death was a great shock to her family fam-ily and many friends. Mrs. Gaisford was born April 3, 1871. in this city, a daughter of Charles and Rose Freelander Logie, pioneer residents of American Fork. She grew to young womanhood here. While employed in Salt Lake she met Mr. Gaisford and they were married November 16, 1889, and ten children blessed their union. They spent the early part of their married life in Salt Lake and Fillmore and in 1912 the family moved to American Ameri-can Fork where Mr. Gaisford purchased pur-chased the American Fork and Lehi papers and inaugurated a tri-city paper. Mr. Gaisford's health failed and in 1924 the family moved to Los Angeles, where Mr. Gaisford died last October. He was brought here for services and burial. Mrs. Gaisford was a true helpmate to her husband and a splendid mother moth-er to her children, nine of whom are living. A daughter died in infancy. The children surviving are Willis J., Tcoele; Charles J., American Fork; James M., Walter A., Percy, J., Eugene Eu-gene and Mrs. Beatrice Hurd, Los Angeles; Dewey L., Salt Lake, and Mrs. Fern Fowler of Portland, Oregon. Ore-gon. Surviving also are four sisters, Mrs. Annie Clark and Miss Beatrice Logie, Salt Lake; Mrs. Elizabeth Ad-kins, Ad-kins, Stockton, Calif., and Mrs. Georgena Bradley of this city, also thirteen grandchildren. Funeral services will be held today to-day (Friday) at 2 p. m. in the Sec-I Sec-I ond ward chapel with Bishop Storrs in charge. The speakers selected by the family include Stephen L. Chip-man, Chip-man, James T. Gardner and Bishop Storrs. Music will be furnished by the Relief Society chorus of the ward and Joseph Ahlander of Provo will sing "Christian's Good-night". Leo T. Shelley will dedicate the grave. The body may be viewed at the home of Mrs. Fred Bradley Friday morning prior to the services. |