Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-23

uAuEntttt lAlIlIul VIE n loving tnNtNtF
and IN earnest aud sincere Latter.day
Saint, aud Ne such will ba moufned by a
host Of relatives and friends. She leaves
husband and ten children, four sons
aud six daugh efs htr youngest bolug
three weeks old al tho lime ui hcr DEATH
she also leaves TWO grandchildren She
was very highly esteemed aud hof many
good traits Of character wore appreciated
by the Saints whore sho resided. ilof
funeral was LARGELY attended BY The
good people Of Randolph and Woodruff
and by relatives from Salt lake aud
Bountihl, and the funeral sermon,
preached by her brother, Elder lIober J.
Grant, was full Of comfort and oncour.
segment TO tho bofeayod family aud
friends. May she rust In peace I'LL che
morning " the nrst resurrection, whom
sho will DO found worthy OF rich bless.
ings IN our Fathers kingdom.-l
LYDIA DowSER oArEs.
Died In Wilson ward. wcbor county,
Utah, At the residence OF her daugh Or,
Mrs. willard bingham, At 1880 am.
sunday, october 1 1870, aitor short
Hines, Lydia DOwner Oates, agod so
years and months. Mother Uaiu- was
born In the stao OF Vermont, July ~,
1870. married samuel Gates IN tho year
1857, by whom she had Twelve children,
oight Of whom besides her husband have
long since preceded her TO tho spirit
land. she and her husband Joined tho
Church In Michigan vt an early date,
aud soon after gathered with the Saints
They were well acquainted with the
Prophet Joseph Smitn, who had oiiou
shared tho hospitality Of their humble
dwelling, and Tor whom they always
entertained tho highest love aud
regard. They also willingly ron.
dofod tholr ml,o In tho erection OF
the Nauvo, Tomple, and were among
the fow who received their ondOwmenls
therein. They shared In all the pofsocu-
lions aud driVlngs incident 10 that time,
crossing tho Missouri river In early
sprlng aud settling with tho Camp ~
Israel, arriving IN Utah In 1850. They
settled Ia the spot whore the Old Bling
ham Tort nov called Five Points, Lynne
district was built ~ Weber county,
making this their home, aud which place
widow Gatcs held possession o. tie
homestead up ~ tho day Of her death,
but had a short limo since rented tho
place aud moved TO live with her daugh.
tor In Wilson Lane, ifom which place
the corpse was conveyed In q heatso 10
the Lynne meeting house.
The obHsquios were conducted by
Bishop Smuin Of Lynne ward
on Monday, october l2lh, ispd.
there being on the stand Elders l.. w.
shurilln aud 9. H. Middleton Of tho
Stake pre.idencyi Elder Lofln Farr,
PRECEDENT OF tho High prIcsts' quorum,
High Councillor Joseph Parry Of Ogden,
Patriarch T.. q. Taylor OF Harl.vlllu;
Bishop bingham u Rivofdalci Bishop
Raokham Of Wilson Lane ward, aud
Others.
After prayer aud appropriate singing
by tho choir, Bishop smuln, Elders farr
and Parry, and President l.. W. shuftlin
spoke Of the noble carcor OF Mother
ia o. for tho sixty years OF tholr ac-
quaintanco with her, and said the legacy
OF righioOuanoss which She loh To her
offspring was better than riches. None
Of them knew oi any faults In Mother
Gates during their lifelong aoqua. nlance,
for she was mover known 10 sit Ia tho
scat Of the scornful, or found complain
ing against tho Lords anolnted, but was
fun to tho bflm with charity
and good works ana was always
fully up TO the standard IN tho payment
a tiihe' aud offerings, even Ia her
wldowhood, and had nobly supported
the eternal order NJ marriage surely il
can DO said she has died tho death OF tho
righteous.
Tho remains were viewed by large
conoourso 81 people Tho features were
NJ placid n, In balmy sleep. The pail
bearers were hor near young relatives,
who bore the beautiful white conin 60
the superb white hearso, which was FOL.
lowed to the Ogden city cemetery by
host of relatives aud friends. The 10.
mains were consigned 10 rest In the Og.
den ccmotory ull the resurrection OF tho
just T.. l..
rMiLY d. NH.
Died. at ogden q y, Utah, October n,
isy0, Emily Eliza lIill, beloved wlm OF
Elder William y. liill aud daughter OF
Thomas IL. and Elizabeth MAZDA Feeder,
pioneer settlers In Wellsyille, Cache
county, aud later OF Ogden CITY. She
was the fret girl baby that was born in
tho then nov settlement OF Wollsylllo,
on tho 18Th OF November, 1889. She was
baptized at \ years old, aud all through
her pirlhood proved horself u very
aiiectlonAto child. When she was about
10 years OF ago she had n narrow escape
from doalh, having been accidentally
shot In the forehead with rifle bullet
which glanced aud only made u severe
scalp wound.
on June "a, 1879, she was married at tho
House Of tho Lord In Salt Lake city TO
Elder William ). Hin. whom she nc
companled In 1854 on mission to sel.le
In ~. Johns, Arizona, They remained
there i've years aud then returned TO
ogden. When she died she len bohind
her two sons and i've daughters, a new
born babe dying at tho birth.
Tho funeral took place from tho Third
ward oil Ogden city. Elders JoAeph Parry
aud Henry Newman testified TO the do
ceasod'u sterling worth and iaithfulness
and tho certainty to her OF an early aud
glorious resurrection and eternal llie.
FRANCIs IL. RHTDHR.