Uintah Basin Standard | 1962-02-01 | Page 8 | Weltha Thacker Dies at 67, Funeral Tuesday

Weltha Thacker dies at funeral Tuesday Funeral services were held in the ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Tuesday at 1 p.m. for Mrs W elite Osborn who died at the home of a Kirk Merkley in Salt Lake City at 3 a m. after a illness of Bishop William N. presided at the Thacker was born April 1894 in Sanpete a daughter of William Volney and Pattie Taylor She married Leroy Thacker 1911 in the Salt Lake Temple The moved to the Hotel Basin in 1916 settling in the from Fort Wyoming where they moved following their They helped Harming and livestock raising in the Altamont area and were an active part of the community and religious Thacker held mam positions in the church during her time in the Basin Six years ago Thacker and her husband bought a home in Salt Lake City after he retired from farming and as custodian at Altamont theatre They didn't like city life and spent most of those six years living among the people they knew and i Thacker is survived by her husband and eleven sons and daughters in addition to 42 grandchildren and 7 Sons are Wesley and Ogden and daughters are Le-land Don Mrs Tom W. Kirk Merkley all of Salt Lake and Claud Sisters surviving Ida Mountain Theora Salt Lake Lucille Thelma Mi-s. Fern Bunai was in the Altamont t under the direction of the Mortuary of Roosevelt and Speakers at the services were Lowell Willard DIMS OF CANCER Weltha Osborn resident f the Altamont area since died of cancer in Sail City Funeral services were held Tuesday at I p.m. i Edwin L. Murphy and brief remarks by bishop The musical part of the program consisted of a vocal solo by LeRoy vocal duets were by Verna Allred and Lorna Broth-erson who sang The and Doll Lyons and An-ona The vocal Dale Wonderful Mother of Mine The prayer at the home was by Fred the invocation by Wilson the benediction by Tennis and the giave was dedicated by Dave Pall bearers were grandsons of and were as Evan and Wayne and Don LaMar Stevenson and Ronald Merkley Vera Holder and Beverly Field-stead were in charge of the extra large flower and the Altamont ward Relief Society served lunch to family members and out-of-town visitors at the Leland Stevenson home