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Show Death Claims filrs. Giara E. Hancock Saturday MYTON Mrs. Clara Ellen Hancock, 66, died Saturday, Sept. 3rd at 3 p.m. in a Salt Lake City hospital, after a short illness. She was born, Aug. 14, 1889, at Pine Valley, Washington County, Coun-ty, Utah, a daughter of Jefferson Albert and Edith Matilda Jones Mathews. She married William Clarence Hancock at Vernal, Nov. 13, 1907. They made their home in Vernal', later moving to a ranch in Pleasant Valley, near Myton, twenty-two years ago, and were prominent in farm, church and local lo-cal activities. Her husband's ill health forced them to retire from farm life about 4 years ago and they moved to Salt Lake City, where Mr. Hancock Han-cock died in March, 1952. Mrs. Hancock, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was an active member in the church organizations and continued con-tinued these activities after moving mov-ing to Salt Lake City. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs.. Allen (Clara) Lloyd, and Mrs. Dean (Lois) Peterson, both of Taft, Calif.; Mrs. Merrill (Edith) Colton, Sandy; Mrs. Clyde (Alice) Howells, Orem; Mrs. Mar D (Bernice) Mitchell, Upalco; Mrs. Truman (Wilda) Mitchell, Roosevelt; two sons, DeVere Hancock and Forrest Hancock, both of Myton;. 26 grandchildren grand-children and 6 great-grandchildren; 4 sisters, Mrs. Thelma Barker, of Bridgeland; Mrs. Pearl Cummings, Upalco; Mrs. Alice Lloyd, Taft, Calif.; Mrs. Meda Moon, Riverton; 5 brothers, Wm. T. Mathews and Claude Mathews, both of Upalco; Zeary Mathews, Roosevelt;. Charles and Glendon Mathews, of River-ton. River-ton. Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Richards LDS ward chapel in Salt Lake City, followed by services at 2:30 p.m. in the Roosevelt LDS stake house. Burial was in the Roosevelt Roose-velt City Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. DeVere Hancock .id family and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest For-rest Hancock and children went to Salt Lake City, Tuesday, called there by the death of their mother, moth-er, Mrs. Clara Hancock and to be present at the funeral services, Wednesday morning. Other members mem-bers of the family, residing in the Basin, joined them there. Djnner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Funk, Sunday, Sun-day, were Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jenkins and family, Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Reynolds and children and Miss Marilyn Anderson, all of Roosevelt; Clyde Goodrich, Bluebell Blue-bell and Howard and Miss Joan Funk. Weekend visitors at the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Perry were their son and daughter-in-law and baby, Mr. and Mrs. Jule Perry, Per-ry, who came from Salt Lake City for a brief stay. |