| Show A A mitchell diet dies at home here after illness of long period after a long ions illness A A mitch ell a pioneer ot at the uintah basin died at his home in roosevelt friday hew as born in salt lake city in 1867 1857 ills hia parents were mr and mrs benjamin mitchell ilia his father was bishop of the second ward in salt lake city for many years in 1878 he was married to marlon marion young la in salt lake city they CUM came to the uintah baslo basin in 1895 making their home in vernal until the reservation was thrown open iri in 1906 when they moved to bennett and from there to no roosevelt ose itla where they have resided ever since mr mitchell has been very active in his work of stone cutter and had helped build the salt take lake temple working there when only ten years old he also worked on most athe of the first stone buildings in salt lake city when he was sixteen yeara tears old he went to st george where he helped in the building of the temple during the time the f family amil y lived in bennett Be anett mr mitchell was the th first presiding elder of the bennett branch of the L D S church he Is survived by his wife and the following children rex bonnet bennett george duchesne mrs john N lundberg mrs forrest ross ROBS edwin marvin seymour gordon and cecil all of roosevelt there are forty two grandchildren and one great grat grand child funeral services tor for mr lir mitchell were held in the roosevelt hall on sunday at 1 4 thi the W were ere under the direction of the roosevelt ward with bishop ray E dillman presiding the music ws wits furnished iby a quartet consisting of the misses ardis pack erma glues bruce calder and jack accompanied by mrs ernest H burgess they sang beautiful isle ills of somewhere come come ye te Sa saints juts and my father knois dan mitchell of hayden his hia halt half brother president byron 0 colton mis may Y lambert his alster ln law were the speakers for the services the closing prayer was offered by ephraim lambert the pall bearers were his sons edwin marvin marion seymour gordon and cecil john G bolton of ben aest dedicated the grave the lama num number berof of people at the cervices ald the beautiful display of floral of fsr firings ings gave evidence of the great many friends and relatives mr Mi bell had and the respect in which he was held heid by the people of the community mrs grace time tim and mrs marva anderson took cw of the flowers while his granddaughters mable and dorothy lundberg marion ross and jessie were flower girls mrs airs rhoda morgan and mrs dolly brown sisters of mr mitchell came in from salt lake to attend the funeral services john mitchell the only living brother also attended the services he returned to hh home in salt lake city monday many half brothers and relative from kamas and salt lake city also here during the services |
