Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-09
OBITUARY.


LEVI Is JAN'lD bl Oh MAN
Iehi Dec. s. 1851 feel 1t my duty
10 send the News" few items in re
gard to Elder Lewis Jacob Bushman,
who lately died in the mission field. He
was born In Lehi, July l6, 1872; was n
very bright child in his youth, also had
q great love for his parents. and II
pride in honoring them. He took great
Interest in hi, schooling, and after
getting through his studies ct the dis
trict school he attended the Il. Y.
Academy at Provo,wherc he graduated
He was called from that institution by
Brother Karl G. Maeser to take charge
OF a Church school in southern Utah;
he was at that time 20 years OF age,
and up to that time he had been Il
Deacon and a Priest and he held
those Offices faithfully. At that time
he was called and ordained an Elder,
and went to the Manti Temple and re-
ceived his endowments preparatory to
taking charge Of the Church school in
Escalante, Garfield county, Utah.
While he taught that school he gave
good satisfaction. and made many
friends; he also formed an acquaint-
ance with Miss Martha Spencer, whom
he afterward married. November l.
1894, in the Salt Lake Temple. They
made their home in Escalante. and
three years later on he was called to
fill mission in the southern States
He left Salt Lake City on the 18th of
last April, and he was appointed to
Kentucky, where he labored with
much success until the 9TH of october
when he was taken sick. He held his
last meeting on the sth near James
town, Russell county, and never went
out any more to preach. His sick
ness proved to be typhoid fever, and
he passed away peacefully on the
morning of the Slst of October.
hfsDIlnII home
of his parents, in Lehi, Utah county,
Utah, where he was Inferred on thc
9th of November, the body being ac-
companicd by William f. Butt.
brother-in -law of the deceased. The
wife of the deceased had been sent for
but did not arrive until the evening
after the body had been laid to rest;
1t was indeed a sad blow to her as she
did not know he was dead unll she
came off the train. She had thought to
meet him and see him Il great deal
better, but she bore up nobly and tried
to be oomforted as well as she posi-
bly, could under her trying ordeal.
He left his home with cheerful
heart and with desire to do the will
of the Lord and he had the blessings
of parents and friends on his head.
In his letters to his wife and parents
he often said, God bless the Kentuck-
ians;" he said he was blessed and
magnifed in the eyes Of the people.
and although he was a weak instru-
ment in the hands OF the Lord, he was
being blessed and received kindly and
his wants supplied, and enjoyed the
best the land afforded. The president
of the mission wrote to us stating he
was loved and respected by all of
those he travelled with and those who
knew him; that he was faithful
Elder and was much respected and
loved by all. He left many friends in
the home of his childhood and in Es-
calante to mourn his loss. He was
much interested in the Sunday schools
in Escalante, and an earnest worker in
the cause OF God. He has left a good
and loving wife and one little daugh-
ter to mourn his loss. She has a good
home and is living alone with her lit
tie babe, who was but three months
old when he left, She feels to ac-
knowledge the hand of God. and has
the heartfelt sympathy of his parents
and friends. He was always we'll and
hearty, always keeping the Word of
Wisdom and the word of the Lord and
we his parents know no reason why he
should be called away in the prime Of
life except 1t be that the will of our
Heavenly Father who doeth all things
well, and that He had work for him
to do on the other side of the veil.
laboring among our dead relatives ana
friends. 1t seemed almost more than
we could bear to lose one so noble and
true, but we say the Lords will be
done, not ours. We kindly thank nil
who may have done anything to assist
him In his sickness or in any way.
May God bless and reward them for
the same. NJ. Il. BUSHMAN.