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Show Services Held For Ellen Smith Grant Memorial services were held for Mrs. Ellen Wright Smith Grant, Saturday, Nov. 22, 1975 at 12 noon in the West Bountiful First Ward Chapel with Bishop Brian G. Mot-tishaw Mot-tishaw conducting. FRIENDS AND relatives called at the Union Mortuary on Friday evening and Saturday Satur-day morning prior to the service. ser-vice. The family prayer was offered of-fered by Richard G. Grant; prelude and postlude music was played by Helen Layton. A VOCAL solo, "The Lord's Prayer" was sung by Helen C. Schlofman. The invocation was pronounced by W. Paul Buys; remarks by Bishop Mottishaw. Evaletta G. Thompson gave the family tribute. A musical selection, "A House Becomes a Home," was presented by a women's double trio from the West Bountiful First Ward. It was made up of mothers and daughters. They were Emma Hales, Karen Davis, Helen Layton Elon Widdison, and Wendy Harding accompanied by Melba Hansen. Maurice Arbuckle gave the funeral sermon. Helen C. Shlofman sang "In My Father's House are Many Mansions," accompanied by Mrs. Layton. President Clarence Samuelson paid a tribute to Mrs. Grant. THE WOMEN'S double trio sang "Eternal Life," accompanied accom-panied by Mrs. Layton. The benediction was offered by Irvin C. Layton. The interment was in the Bountiful Memorial Park where the grave was dedicated dedicat-ed by W. Eldredge Grant Jr. THE PALLBEARERS were Glen Thompson, Walter E. Clark, Randall E. Clark, Grant E. Barton, Micheal Anderson, Mark Child and Richard G. Grant Jr. All are grandsons of the deceased. Ellen Grant was the eldest of a family of ten children, six girls and four boys. She graduated from the BYC in Logan, with a major in home economics. She was an excellent ex-cellent cook and did beautiful handiwork which won many ribbons at the county fair. SHE SANG lead in college operas and also sang for funerals and church services. She gave many years of service ser-vice in her ward Sunday School, MIA and Relief Society. Also worked in the stake MIA. She received a Golden Gleaner award and was an ordained temple worker for 26 years. Mrs. Grant was a charter member of the John Pack Company of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and also a charter member of the Jessamine Jes-samine Literary Club and for many years belonged to the Ladies Betterment Club. In 1967 she was named Woman of the Year for Davis County, a project sponsored by Federated Women's Clubs. THERE ARE seven surviving surviv-ing children who all live in Utah. They are Mrs. Russell (Evaletta) Thompson, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Elwood S. (Mary) Clark, Farmington; W. Eldredge Grant Jr., Salt Lake City; Mrs. Ray H. (Helen) Barton, Salt Lake City; Mrs. C. Ervin (June) Anderson, Kaysville; Mrs. Derral M. (Romania) Child, Kaysville; and Richard G. Grant, Salt Lake City. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Harriett Wooley, Honolulu, Hawaii; Mrs. Arthur Caine, Boise, Ida.; Mrs. Alvin Harris, Salt Lake City; and Mrs. Ralph Jordan, Yucaipa, Calif.; one brother Dr. Gibb Smith of Kaysville. SHE IS also survived by her husband Walter E. Grant who has been her constant companion com-panion and with whom she celebrated their Golden Wedding Wed-ding anniversary. There are 34 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren, blm |