Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-24
OBITUARY NOTE.
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ETErHrN DECATUR ARMSTRONG.
AMoRY, Monroe county, Miss, Jan. 20,
isg8.-The Saints and friends OF THIS
locality have had occasion ~ late 10
mourn tho loss OF y young man whose
integrity to principles uf uulh anu
whose manly course Of lie brought upon
him the esteem OF all who acquired rue
insight Into his character. stephen
Decatur Armstrong, con Of John l.. anu
cleopatra J. Armstrong. was born jan
N, 1872, near Amory, Monroe county
Miss. While he was siill in early BOY
hood his reflective and religious dispOh.
ton gave evidence that tho proDlom OF
salvation would constitute ono OF MS
main studies, and that until he could be-
come assured that his course was ap'
.proyed of heaven, his mind would re-
main somowhat disturbed. The Biblo
became hi. companion, aud while work
ing among tho cotton and tho corn, 10
contents were carefully analy zed aud con
sidorel, Like many other youths OF sim.
liar cast OF mind, he found 10 hey Ouu
his power 10 fully harmonizo tho ieach.
ings OF Christ with the teachings Of
modern dlvinea. His religious luetsi
forth by our Elders, aud on tho 23rd OF
September, 1894. he was baptized by
Alongo Brinkarhon, Of Huntington,
Empry county, aud confirmed on mo
same date by Walter Mitchell, Of Paro-
wan. Iron county. Tho young man NJ
once desired 10 remove to Utah, ana To
accomplish THE, during the last year ne
put forth extra efforts TO acquire moan
sufficient 10 take him there. lie sue
ceodod IN making due preparation Just a.
no was seized by tuberculosis, whlch
soon wasted his body aud checked Ms
aspirations. For some days Immediately
preceding his death no was unusually
serene. lie rehoaTeed tho leading events
Of his life; testified 10 the divinity u the
cause he had Joined, and declared that ho
was called to work In tho world Of spirits.
Tho Elders Of the North Alabama con-
foronoo dosifo to express thoir sympathy
through the columns OF your paper -
tho boroayod relatives and friends.
BIRD murphy,
President Of Conference.
SARAH ?. KrEgEr.
Died At Nephi, January 10Th, 1890, Sarah
pltohiorth klunko, of heart failure aud
general debility; born At Brlghouse,
Yorkshire, England, juno ls'h, ls52i
emlgfatod 10 Nauyoo IN the year 1896
with tho Saints was driven into lows.
whore her mo her died IRON exposure,
leaving her in caro- Of hor brother, samuel |
Pitohiorth. She crossed tho Plains in one
of the Pioneer companies In 1871 I'm the
falD aud removed 10 Nophi In the year
1882; married ~ John klonke IN 1858.
She endured all the priyatonH OF settling |
n now country aud leaves a hushAnd,two |
sons aud two daughters. sho has been
nm earnest laborer ever since tho hrh1
organization Of tho Relief Society a. an
officer, and was always kind and be-
noyolont 10 the poor.
funeral service. woro held In the |
tabernacle, tho apoakofa being Elders |
q. sperry. l.. A. Bailey, J. a.. Bigler and
Biahop pafkeH. Many good words OF
praise were spoken OF hor. l.. A. II.
biillonnial Star, please copy.
rAssY OAnLE WOOD.
Died IA Pennington, Davis county. |
Utah, at $40 p. M, January y, 1890, OF |
heart trouble, alter al Illness o! Que
wook, Fanny Gable, wife OF John Wood. |
sho was born October ., 1918, At fawley, |
Sussex, England; married April y, $50, |
aud with hor husband was baptized into |
tho Church Of Jesus Christ OF La.ter.day |
Saints In 1852
Tho family omigraiod TO Utah ia 1855, |
settling In Pennington, whoro.they have |
since lived.
Her husband, who Ia nearly IS years
old, having been born March IL, 1911,
still survives hor, but II very feeble. For
nine years he has boen an invalid tho
last three years being almost totally
blind.
She has watched ovor hor husband |
with untiring devotion. aud during her |
last hours was moro solicitous for his |
comfort than her own needs. As wife, |
mother and noighbor she was a model |
worthy Of imitation. Her business |
qualities were exceptionally good |
aud hor financial ability aud |
economy were practically exomplinod by |
surprising her husband ON their we'd |
ding day with a handsome bank account !
standing to hor credit; the savings OF |
most OF the proceeds OF several years Of |
service. Ersit
About twenty-four hours before her
death she gave directions In regard 10
tho disposition Of her remains, tho con-
Quoting OF the funeral services, otc.
They were tho parents Of nino chill
dron, six OF whom, four daughters aud |
two sons, arc still living, tho other three |
dying NJ an early age. They had flity- |
nine grandchildren, only four Of whom |
have passed away, Their gfoat-graud- |
children, nine In number, are all living. |
They have boon successfully engaged |
In merchandising during their married |
life except the fiTst ten years after their |
arrival i'm Utah, which were passed Ia |
regular farm life.
sister Wood was q true I.atter.day
Saint In tho fullest sense Of tho word and
has gone 10 meet tho highest reward
which pure, blameloss life can secure
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