| Show I 1 funeral services for mrs edith A butt by isabelle isabella redd funeral services for edith alvilda butt u were hicl held d at dove creek colorado on december 13 with bishop reed bayles ing A chorus from monticello sang nearer my god to thee accompanied on the piano by nina barton fletcher bronson sang a solo absent elder C 11 christensen Christens cn was the first speaker lie ile told of his acquaintance with mrs butt which extends over a period of 50 years she came to verdure as a young woman and taught school there was instrumental in giving to the young people of that community an incentive to strive for the better thin thins things s of life mr air christensen briefly explained explained the plan of salvation as taught by jesus mrs butt was always active in religious and civic circles was a pioneer in the true sense she played an active role in the early days of verdure monticello and dove creek A J redd was the next speaker ile he told of his lifelong life long acquaintance with mrs airs butt and extolled her splendid and helpful qualities rev lyle trail said he had known af mrs rs butt only a short time lie he had observed that her religious and civic life was exemplary mrs airs ruby hines sang my aly prayer accompanied on the piano by virginia cash elder C A frost offered the benediction the floral offerings were many and beautiful ivanci evincing ng love and respect for mrs butt burial was in the monticello cemetery with the erteld mortuary in charge at the graveside the chorus sang abide with me ate elder karl S barton dedicated the grave edith alvilda bayles butt wis was born april 24 1875 in parowan carowan Pa rowan daughter of herman D and jensen bayles she was married to parley R butt in the salt lake temple in 1898 to this union were born five children three of whom preceded her in death she is survived by alma dove creek mildred posey cortez two grandsons james and leo len posey and a granddaughter merlene posey her tep step daughters are lenora jones estella perkins eva bronson stepsons stetsons step sons herman U butt and karl butt |
