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Show Mrs. Allred Passess Away Funeral fur Mrs. Lorena Allred, 81, who died at her home of a heart attack. Tuesday afternoon, will be held in the ward chapel Saturday at 2 o'clock with interment in-terment in the City Cemetery. She was born Feb. 27. 1859. daughter of I'eter and Anna Sor-ensun. Sor-ensun. She was the youngest of a family of 11 children. Her parents were immigrants from Denmark, coming to Utah for the Gospel's sake. They lived in Manti at the time of her birth, and there experienced ex-perienced the "ianur.e." They lived liv-ed for months without flour or bread eating pig weeds and roots Later the family moved to Spring City, then the father was called to help settle Saiina. Mrs. Allred was tnc first white girl that lived then in Saiina. During that time troubles with the India.'LS became very' frequent and they had many narrow escapes. es-capes. They were witnesses to several Indian raids. When Mrs. Allred was 13 years of age, the telegraph company-sent company-sent a woman teacher, Helen Armstrong, to teach some one telegraphy. After six weeks of study, Mrs. Allred took charge of tne teiegraph office and kept it for seven years. The family then moved back to Spring City. On Jan. 31, 1378, sne was married mar-ried to Orson Allred of this city in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. They traveled there with a wagon and team, in company com-pany with another couple, making mak-ing the trip in nine days. Their first married life was spent in a little log cabin and later in a house with a dirt roof. Pres. Louis I Anderson of the Man.it Temple requested her to again take charge of the telegraph office, which she did for 18 years. She kept the "Allred Hotel," for many years and so doing became be-came well known for her splendid splen-did cooking. Her life was one of activity, her work ranging from early spinning, sewing, hand work and cooking. Up until the last few years she was a lover of dancing and music. Her husband a Black Hawk War Veteran, died several years ago. Of her 11 children, nine are living: Mrs. Pearl Davis, Mrs. Dorcas Blain, Mrs. Evah Allred, Mrs. La Von Allred and Leland Allred, Spring City; Mrs. Helen Rasmussen, Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. Hortense Peacock and Mrs. Alieth Russell, Salt Lake, and Arnold Allred of Eureka. Also surviving are 27 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Ann Steel, Huntington Park, California. |