Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-29
FUNERAL OF MRS. A. A. PRATT.
Services Held In Ogden and E,igh-
teenth Ward Yesterday Afternoon.

Mrs. A, Agatha Pratt. pioneer of 1S47
was laid to rest in the city cemetery
yesterday afternoon, following funeral
services in the First ward Ogden. and
Eighteenth ward chapel of this city,
the body being brought down from We
Der county on the afternoon train, over
the Oregon Short Line.
In Ogden large body OF friends and
relatives gathered at the Westinghouse
to pay tribute to the sterling qualities
of the deceased.
The services opened with singing by
the choir followed by prayer by Patri-
arch David Mckay. Miss Sarah Pingree
and Miss Fowler then sang. Count
Your Many Blessings, after which Mo-
roni w. Pratt. son of the deceased
spoke of the life work OF his mother
and the privations she endured for the
gospel In the early days. Mrs. NJ. A.
Critchlow, president of the First ward
Relief society was the next speaker
She dwelt at length on the excellent
work accomplished by Mrs Pratt while
she was an active member of the Relief
society. The other speakers were Ell
ders II. c. Jacobs. Joseph Parry, Presi-
dent c. +. Middleton and Bishop d. H.
Ensign. After singing by the choir
prayer was offered by Elder b. H. God
dard. A large cortege followed the
hearse to the Union depot. where a
number of relatives and friends accom-
panied the casket 10 Salt Lake.
The services in the Eighteenth ward
were presided over by Bishop r. A
Clawson, the music being furnished by
the Pyper- whitney Ensign Spencer
quartet, and Mrs. Claribel Ridges Pike
OF Idaho Falls, granddaughter OF the
deceased, Prayer was offered by Elder
Milton A Musser
Elder Joseph Il. Taylor was the first
speaker and like those who followed he
devoted the geater part of his remarks
to the trials and tribulations incident to
the pioneer days and the part Aunt
Agatha" took IN assisting her husband
Farley p. Pratt. in raising crops on
their 10-acre allotment on West Temple
and Tenth South streets He closed
with a eulogy for the departed and
Farley =. Pratt and his descendants
generally
Elder Robert Patrick bore his testl-
mony to the efficiency and humble and
faithful work " Mrs. Pratt while a
member of the Eighteenth ward Relief
society prior to her moving to Ogden
Moroni Pratt followed with an interest
ing biographical sketch of his mothers
life in Utah, How as delicate milliner
from England she undertook success
fully to drive IN OK team across the
plains and her subsequent trials and
triumphs were ~ touched upon. He
declared that tie deceased taught all
her children 10 love the gospel and new
or was heard o murmur or for a
moment listen e any criticisms OF the
priesthood
Elder Orson r. Whitney was the last
speaker. He spike pretly on his ad-
miratlon for the integrity OF Farley =.
Pratt and his brnhor Orson Pratt, both
OF whom. he sail, We're not noted for
their wealth, bu were the more re-
narkable as being intellectual million
aires He lovec their memory de-
clared the speaker. for the wealth OF
eternal riches they left 10 their posterl-
~. Prayer was dfered by Bishop En-
sign and the gravs at the cemetery was
dedicated by Eide Milando Pratt, Flor
Al tributes were numerous. conspicuous
among them being one from the fam.
ily and another from the Relief society
workers of ogden