Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-28
OBITUARY.
ANN WATKEE WHEELER.

parents Joined the Church in their nu-
tive country and she was baptized Two
months after the mart"rdom of the
Prophet Joseph Her parents were of
the middle class, honest. Industrious
people with character for probity
which was the pride OF the fnfniiy'
sister Wheeler was thus emphatically
we'll born, with strong Will power.
and became pure and high MINDED
woman; she hated slang or vulgar
phrases and realized the truthfulness
of the words OF Roscoiumon, where ne
says;
'1mmodest words admit OF no defense,
For want of decency Is want of sense.
with her fathers family she left
England in February, lSoS.on board me
international, Captain Arthur In COM
mand After n long and tedious jour
uey OF about ten weeks they arrived ny
New Orleans, thence to st. Louis ana
thence to Keokuk, Iowa, the place
where c. Spencer was fitting out
company for Utah. They htted out
their own teams and travelled IN what
was called the indcpendent company
with Brother c. Spencer as their cap,
tain. Salt Lake city was reached
September goth, 1858. she win her
husband. whom she had married one
month before leaving England, TOOK
up their abode in the Sixteenth ware
and lived there about two yearfi
Brother Wheeler most of that time
was employed ny President MILFORD
woodruff They moved 10 South
Cottonwood In 1851 Two years later
she with her husband was celebrating
with President Young and al me
Saints the tenth anniversary OF tne
entrance of the Pioneers into ttuh'
when word came that Johnstons army
was on the way to cyterminate the
Saints which fact she took In her char
acteristic manner. She moved nc
cording to counsel as raw soutn Us
Beaver, having already suffered inueh
through the ravages OF the grass.hop-
pers Having returned after the trout
BILE was over, she took W her labors
among the people of South COTTONWOOD
with whom she has laborcd faithfuily,
diligently persistently and euectuaiiy
for forty-three years, surrounding her
self with host of friends, whose hearts
are touched with the deepest sorrow
at her demise. Especially so 10 TINS
the onse with her near friends ana rel
ativos and associate officers in the he-
lief Society. with which she was con-
neoted for more than fifteen years.
As N mother she was devoted TO her
children, being the mother of nine emil.
dren, four girls and five boys, eight
of whom survive her. one of her most
beautiful traits was to train her chill
dren in the fear and nurture OF the
Lord. training their minds for active
life, moldinE future men and women
for society, lmbuing them with flEnt
principles,
with the spirit of love, and thus &C
lively helping to carry forward the
world towards good. As wife she was
of the purest and truest type OF wo-
manhood.
DERBY cared for by loving hands. Moth
ing that could be done to relieve her
sufferings was neglected, Her nus
band remained by her bedside during
the last five weeks and did all that was
possible for mortals to do, but the Lore
had decreed otherwise, and the blow is
most keenly felt by him as also ny
Nora, the youngest daughter VINO sun
remains at home. and who IN conneo-
ton with her father most keenly leels
the loss of her parent. she Watche9
over her mother with sleeplcss eyes anu
with n tireless hand administered the
salutary productions of nature whef
pain made it's approach.
The funeral services were very I'M
pressive. The casket was Il lovely one
and the floral decoration was superb
The whole being crowned with white
dove, emblematic of purity. President
a NJ Cannon, who was one OF the
speakers, said futurity has sun lts
prospects; there Is the hope mat we
have of crown of glory II we are
faithful, which is sufficient to support
us under every afiliction.
In addition to her eight children. OF
whom the youngest son, Jesse H., Is
now in Alabama on MISSION, she
'e"'es - o. ''' d. b. JONES.
HENRIETTA RUSHToN BULLOCK
parker. Idaho. Dec. q, 1S97.--Dled at
ogden. Utah, oct. 10, 1897. Henrietta
Rushton, wife of the late Thomas
Bullock, born at Leek, Staffordshlre.
England, February 10, 1917, She diee
as she had lived, Il faithful Latter-day
Saint, after having passed through
Tho nv trintg
Saints, one of which happened In cross
ing the ocean with her husband, three
children, parents, brothers and SIS
tiers. She experienced the power OF the
Almighty In His protection of His
children when hurricane took every
sail and finally the main mast was
left only stump, The vessel began
to sink, and every soul on board could
feel II sinking deeper into the water
when the captain came into the chbln
and said: Say your prayers. we are
going to the bottom" All clusped their
loved ones in their arms and fell on
their knees when II mighty cry for de-
liyerance arose from the mouths of the
Saints. While still at prayer the yes
sci began to rise again and sailed on:
The captain said their prayers had
saved them, and he would never cross
the ocean again without Mormons ON
board. From that day she never lost
her faith In God. She taught her chill
dren that the Almighty ana MS Hply
angels could hear and see all they said
or did; she taught them 10 be honest,
truthful and Virtuuus; that II was bet
ter to suffer wrong than TO do wrong
never to scorn the poor but TO give a
kind word and Il smile where they
could not give relief. She was faithful
in paying her tithinR. fast donations,
and to the Relief Society. or the poor.
many of whom asked God to bless her
that she should never want. a service
was held in ogden. after which she was
carried to her old home in Salt Lake
to be laid in the cemetery by the side
4 of her husband. She often said,
BLESSED is the dead that the rain falls
on. " Through rain and mud six OF hrr
Erandsons carried her casltet two blocks
with the aid OF the sexton and her
old friend, David L. Anderson to the
Fifteenth ward assembly hall, followed
by her children, relatives and old
and sincere friends. Funeral services
We're presided over by bishop Norris
The speakers were Brother Peter
Reid, who said everything good that
an old and intimate friend could say.
followed by Brothers IL. w. Naisbitt,
Samuel Richards, bishops George ROM
ney and Elias Morris. all OF whom
spoke well Of the dead and words of
comfort 10 the living. After einEinT
the benedction was given by Patriarch
John Smith, The grave was dedicated
by her favorite Teacher, John Dowd.
She was dressed In rs fine and pure
clothing as loving hands could provide.
and her casket OF white velvet and sill
Yer WAS like a beautiful flower garden