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Show Death Ends Active Life Of Filrs. Aroetta ii. Elolgate Death Monday ended ninety-two ninety-two years of love and service to her family, her church, and her friends as Grandma Aroetta Hale Holgate died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Milton Larson of Arcadia, Monday at 12:30 p.m , just a month after she had celebrated cele-brated her 92nd birthday at a family Thanksgiving dinner. Mrs. Holgate was born. Nov. 24, 1862 at Grantsville, Utah, the eldest daughter of Aroet L. and Louisa Cook Hale. She was married mar-ried to Thomas A. Judd, Jan. 6. 1886 in the Logan LDS Temple. To them were born two children, Thomas A., Jr., and Mrs. Louise Judd Musser. Following the death of her first husband, Mrs. Holgate was married to John H. Holgate Sept. 12, 1894 in the Salt Lake Temple. He died March 2, 1936. Her daughter, Mrs. Musser, died in 1916, leaving three children, whom she raised along with her family. Moved so Ashley Valley In 1894 the Holgate family moved from Grantsville where she was an active stake MIA worker, to Ashley Valley, where they lived until 1906 when the reservation reser-vation was opened for settlement. They moved to Midview, being the first white family to take up settlement between Myton and Duchesne. Always active in the church until advancing age and poor health slowed her down a few years ago, Mrs. Holgate was president pres-ident of the Maeser ward Relief Society before moving to Duchesne Du-chesne County. When the Duchesne Du-chesne stake was organized (it then included what is now Moon Lake, Roosevelt and Duchesne stakes), she became its first president pres-ident serving for many years. She later became president of the Arcadia Ar-cadia ward Relief Society, and was an ardent temple and genealogical gen-ealogical worker for over 25 years. Loved By Generations Loved by several generations of white and Indians, Mrs. Holgate aided countless births and illnesses illness-es in both races, and was a mother of all orphans and widows at Christmas time. She is survived by three sons, Thomas A. Judd, Jr., Ruby Valley, Nevada; Frank L. Holgate, Myton; A. Hale Holgate, president of the Duchesne stake, Arcadia; one daughter, Mrs. Milton (Vera) Lar-sen, Lar-sen, Arcadia; a sister, Mrs. Janet Anderson, Grantsville; 21 grandchildren grand-children among which are Wm. J. Musser of Murray, Mrs. Myrtis Ridgeway of Thistle and Mrs. Louie Lou-ie Sagers, Cedar City, whom she raised following her daughter's death; 34 great-great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-great- grandchildren. grand-children. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 12 o'clock noon in the Duchesne LDS stake chapel with Bishop Gam Gilbert of the Arcadia ward, officiating. Friends may call at the Milton Larsen home in Arcadia Thursday until time of services. Burial will be in the Duchesne City cemetery under the direction of the Olpin Mortuary of Roosevelt. |