Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-18
OBITUARY.


Joseph Howard, who died at Bountiful
October II, 1896, was born November IL,
1919, in Fourhiil, Worcestershire, Eng
land. He spent the early part oil MS
life in the gardening and farming BUSH
ness in his native county; then went to
Wales and Ave years later returned to
birmingham, where he was engaged as a
coal merchant. On November 9Th, 1871,
he married Anu shelton, who died at
Bitter Creek, about 500 miles east of Salt
Lake City, while crossing the plains.
1t was also in birmingham where he
became Identified with the Church of
Jesus Christ OF Latter-day Saints on
November 9th, 1851, being ordained
Priest year later and an Elder two
years after. He was soon afterwards
chosen to preside over the Assisted
branch; here he was cruelty treated
and mobbed upon several occasions
He bad presided five years when Qn
1853 he moved 10 Hockey branch, where
he was male president and presided
until 1861, when he and bis family start
cd for Uiah. They crossed the sea in tie
ship Hudson and the Plains in Captain
llyde's company, he and the children
arriving in Salt Lake October 18th OF the
same year. They were six weeks aud
three days crossing the Atlantic and
twelve weeks and three days coming
across the Plains.
He went to Bountiful the same fall,
which has ever since been his home.
May IS, 1865, he married Caroline Wood
hall, who had lost her husband ON the
plains az nearly the same hour that his
wife died.
He was tho father of eleven children,
eight living--hve boys and three girls
grandfather OF seventy-fiye aud
great grandfather of thirty mine. II
he had lived to the l2th of
November he would have been Il years
Of age. Deceased served rs Teacher in
his ward for thirty years, when he was
released on account OF having become so
feeble.
Elder William Griffin OF Salt Lake,
Presidents Hess and Grant, W. S. Muir
and Robert IRE spoke at the funeral
services, which were held at the Taber-
nacle on the following Tuesday, and
Thomas Briggs presided over the meet
ing. About forty vehicles followed the
remains to their last resting place in The
Bountiiul cemetery.
Deceased once made the remark that
he would come to Zion II it took of all
the hair ON his head, which sacrifice was
almost literally made by him, as he was
taken down with mountain fever, when
his hair all came out; but II finally grew
in again, thicker than ever.
He was superintendent Of the first
Sabbath school organized in West Boun-
tiful.
Millennial Star, please copy.
GERTRUDE TENDr.
Died. at Brooklyn. February 18th, 1897,
of cardiac pneumonia, Gertrude Tendt,
born October 9Th, 1877, at Jothenburg,
Sweden. She was on her way Aion-
ward, and died firm in the faith. A
mother in Sweden, a sister here, and
htpthnr - al Iak I,ar
departure.
The funeral /service was held at st.
Mary's hospital, where she died, and the
romans deposited in Mount Olivet ceme-
terry. Elder Samuel w. Richards, presi-
dent of the Eastern States mission, con-
Quoted the services, and many OF her
friends in the Gospel were present and
paid their last tribute OF respect.
JOSEPH HEAToS.
MONROE, SEWER County, Utah, March
IL, lSg7.-On the 9Th inst. Brother Joseph
Heaton died at the residence OF his som
in-law, n. Il. Hanson, AFTER long and
painful illness. Funeral services were
held at the meeting house on the It'll,
where largo attendance showed the
high esteem in which the deceased was
held. He being "A member OF the High
Priests quorum, that body had the
services in charge. Thomas Hunt, C. =.
christensen, w. A. WArnOck aud j. Is.
Hesse being the speakers, had only
the most pleasant reflections OF an honest
aud upright lite to comment upon, with
the promised blessings for such IA course.
Brother Heaton was bora at Oldham,
Lancashire, England, January, 1913,
making him fully 10 years Of age when
he died. lie and his wife joined the
Church whe he was 80 years OF age; was
ordained an Elder, under tho hands of
Elder Miles Romney, May "a, 1857, and
presided over the Clayton branch for
seven years, during which and at previ-
Gus Zines his voice was heard
in the streets oil that place
bearing testimony that God had
restored the Gospel with all its
former gifts and blessings; and often he
would refer with rapture to his local
missionary labors.
Accompanied by his beloved wife, he
arrived in Salt Lake in the year 1873, and
located In Mil Creek, where he was well
and iavorably known. They moved to
Monroe in 1887, and the year following
his beloved partner in life died. Brother
Hcaton was OF that kindly, cheerful dis
posi- ion that formed new friendships and
Increased the old. Notwithstanding that
Tor some months past he suffered greatly,
yet he never monrned or was fretnl,
thus making IL still more pleasant for
loving hears to wait upon him.
He leaves ono daughter, seven grand
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