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Show Mary Ann Case To Observe 88th Birthday Jan. 31st Mrs. Mary Ann Case, of Mt. Emmons, will observe her 88th birthday at her home, Jan. 31. She was born in Provo on Jan. 31, 1867, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humble, who came to America as converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint. Later the family moved to Spanish Fork, where they resided i a number of years. Here, Mary Ann Humble married Frederick Aaron Case on March 2, 1884. Later Lat-er their vows were repeated in the Salt Lake Temple. In 1885, Mr. and Mrs. Case, with their infant son, Earl, moved to Jensen, Uintah County, where they made their home for 24 years. When the Uintah Indian Reser-i Reser-i vation was opened for settle-I settle-I ment in the early 1900's, Mr. Case I filed on a homestead on the Lake-I Lake-I fork Bench in the area now known as the "Upper Country" I in northern Duchesne County. The ! Case family made their home here until Mr. Case's death in Decem-I Decem-I ber, 1945, at the age of 85. Mrs. Case was active in the church until recent years. At Jensen, Jen-sen, she served as first counselor in the MIA, a teacher in Primary, and Relief Society visiting teacher. teach-er. She was made president of the first Relief Society organized in Mt. Emmons. Her church activity acti-vity included work in some of the other auxiliary organizations. As doctors and nurses were not available in the early days of the settlement of Mt. Emmons, Mrs. Case spent a great deal of the time with the sick. She assisted at the birth of the first white child born on the Lakefork Bench. The Case family consists of nine sons and daughters: F. Earl Case, Mt. Emmons; Mrs. W. G. (Eathel) Neal, Mt. Home, Idaho; Mrs. Gardner Gard-ner (Jennie) Goodrich, Bluebell; Floyd Case and Mrs, A. L. (Mary) Snyder, Mt. Emmons; Wra. H. Case, Duchesne; Joseph Case, Og-den; Og-den; Ross Case, Vernal; Mrs. Leslie Les-lie N. (Elda) Pearson, Boneta. There are 35 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren. I i |