Show MAUDE A PALMER TO SUSTAINED THURSDAY LAST 0 funeral services held in school audr yesterday paid touching tribute to noble life mrs maude A palmer teacher it lii the monticello schools fell while descending sc the steps to tin the basement ba Bement oz 01 the school house thursday afternoon last striking her head in the fall which caused a P basal asal fracture of the skull death occurring saturday day in the moab hospital fram cranial hemorrhage orah orr hage age 1 As near ca as can b be a 1 ascertained the particulars of the sad acci accident dint were soon after school took upion tin afternoon mrs palm palmer 66 felta 4 a dizzy spell co come on and left th the class idon roon some ten minutes aft afterward erwArdi she was found ht at the foot ot oi th the basement stairs lying in a pool of blood by mrs blanche hammond another teacher she at once called principal stewart who administered first aid then ran across to the garage ana claud foy who repaired at once to the school house with his car dr spearman being away dr allen alien was called from moab he at riving here within a couple of hours licurs and dressing the wound which showed that the outer jining of the scalp had bad been cut so that se several veril sti stitches telles were taken in it mrs palmer regained consciousness when taken home but could give no to lucid account of just how she happened to fall evidences evidence s showing shoving that she lad had fallen backwards and had struck the back of her head on a sharp pro ejection of the wall at the foot of the stairs site she rested fairly well friday night but Si saturday morning nor ning felt worse and immediately was ta kento abc kg bajier byj V ier e aari son mrs mis va AC I 1 oo 00 er accompanying her 0 on il t the i ap P dr allen alien on examination at the hospital m ad it known that th atthe the case was a very serious one and her husband J W palmer and son merrit who were in jerome ariz were immediately notified they starting for home the same day it became evident monday dby that the lady could not live and at 5 p in she quietly passed away surrounded by all of her children except merrit palmer w who ho was on his way to the bedside with her husband J W palmer who had been delayed on the road by car trouble the death cast a gloom on the whole of the two counties mrs palmer having been a teacher in the schools of grand and san juan counties for the past eighteen years durling during which time she had been instructress to the children of many of families of the two counties by all of whom she was universally respected and looked up to as one of the most fair minded teachers that it had been the fortune of the school boards to employ the remains were prepared for burial and were brought to the family home in monticello tuesday evening evenin tr they lying in state at the family residence wednesday forenoon where friends called to offer help and corn com fort during the interim before the funeral the funeral services which wert wen held in the auditorium of the school house wednesday afternoon were the roost most comforting and impressive ever held here the spacious room was filled to overflowing with an audience comiTto sed of relatives friends frienda and sorrowing borrowing children who felt that almost a mother had been taken from them the casket was wai banked with floral offerings which overflowed onto the rostrum and tables placed to hold them mayor M A barton fook ibok charge of the ceremony which opened with a touching duet duct by mrs rhae bartoi and arch bronson this was followed hy by prayer by D B perkins and a solo riolo by mrs mark hammond county commissioner carl S barton gave a very comforting talk rb recounting the talents and virtues ol of the departed which vas v as followed by a touching folo bolo by mrs carrol J meador of moab MAN H lloyd hansen superintendent of the san juan school district with whom the deceased had worked for many years was the next speaker lie reviewing the splendid educational work of mrs palmer for many years yearl in the county and ana stating a very appropriate i s truth when lie he said that we were not here to pay our last respects to the departed as her work had been such that the respect she had bad attai attained ned would live or genera eions after the incident of her taking off had been forgotten arch bronson yen gendered dered a beautiful rul solo accompanied by thos evans on the violin and mrs anna redd at the piano after which J B harris member of the county school board and ex superintendent of schools paid a most worthy tribute to the deceased in his account of his associations with her in an educational way A sex composed of ernest adams pletcher Fletch cr and arch bronson mrs rhae barton md mis mark alark hammond rendered a touching musical number mayor barton expressed for the family of the deceased their appreciation of the help and comfort that had been given by everyone atter after N which mrs barton rendered the beau bead t ciul ill I 1 song over the river which had been a favorite song of the deceased and which she had expressed over a year ago be sung at her funeral the benediction was spoken by 3 M ridd sr after which the remains ains were laid to rest lest in the family lot in the monticello cemetery all those who had cars following them to the grave yard yarda arol 0 o 9 give ive an idea of the universal univ eisal esteem S jeam and respect in which mrs palmer was held in this part of the state wo we print herewith a list of floral offerings sent to the relatives for the funeral literary club of moab isaak walton league of monticello board of education grand county monticello school teachers 11 lloyd hansen hal stewart wait helm helen anderson arch bronson anna jensen josg jossie jessie bradshaw blanche hammond G C L elizabeth kelly eighth grade moab schools woodmen goodmen of the world san juan rod red cross rebus rota club eighth grade monticello schools mr and mrs airs heber frost mr and mrs airs A 1 redd mr and mrs M A barton mr air and mrs frank halls central school of monticello C J meador and family first to sixth grades monticello schools moab teachers tea cheis edna peterson helen taylor bethel watts janet price lyda norma ma peterson Pit eison forum climb CI ib of blanding jos innes and wife mis airs cooper mrs airs cecil jones ethel and margaret lyman former students of monticello telegrams of condolence and sympathy p were also received from mis airs S C hicks federation of utah clubs mrs mis jack roberts corresponding stere tary of eastern castein division of utah federation Fedea tion of if clubs J E eveston eston ani and wife jerome ariz hugh if guynne hollywood Holly wool calif maude A palmer maude A palmer was born in Chili coleth mo november 11 1875 she moved to colorado with her parents when a child and was married garnr d to john W palmer at rimling colo april 1899 1809 to this union were brn born airs J W corbin n cf moab ward palmer mrs airs claud F poy 0 y and merrit palmer all of whom survive her together with her husband she i 1 also survived by her father geo IT guynne of phoenix ariz four brothers guy R guynne chile south america clarence guynne san fran cisco geo R guynne jr cleveland ohio and hugh 11 guynee hollywood calif and a sister mrs harry E denver colo the family moved to utah twenty years ago and deceased had engaged in school teaching in moab some eighteen years ago since which time she had either cither taught in grand giand or san juan county almost continuously having at times been principal of both tile the moab and monticello schools at the time of death she was wag a mornier bomler of the nol neighbors of wood craft the blue mountain Blount ain chapter of the isaak walton league of monticello daughters Daught cis of the american revolution president of the eastern district of utah federated We seimons womans imons clubs and member of the rebus rota cub of monticello although nuch much of f her life had been dedicated to the public mrs palmar was known as an ideal mother at al homo home which motherly instinct so pr her ter teaching le achini activities blat t it she ile wits was looked up to with respect 0 id love by all of the children with whom who n she carne came in in contact in in her l al services As a far sighted enterprising asin c she was unexcelled even by fht male population no worthy petition for charity done cicil for the Pir enen of civic ard and other welfare lut that her contribution was ing both with money or help helo in ill any way needed while a lenar in in her profession she was so constituted that she did not to take part in in whatever tapa capacity city called en cn to do so in all undertakings needing her sol ser vices and in her demise eastern utah lost one that could ill be spared fr fi its work of building the state and melding its ats growing grotting generation generd tion into worthy and nobe titi zons |