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SELL CULLED BY DEAltf®Last Sunday. August 10th. MrsIleuretta, Powell Russell, well knowrand highly esteemed pioneer of thir^ 606community, was called ty deathMrs. Russell was past 93 years oise©i and Iict death, ended one of tli^crmost active and ueeftil as well as oni'/LVlof the longest lives of the I bi’tants o£ Millard County, She was o^ue1 Sttthe hardy pioneer type, the hind owoman that overcomes dicicultica a,ir*ushhearthey come and with ceaseless effor themcontinues onward with courage unff0^?daunted. If we owe anything to ththorsopur-Utah Pioneers, certainly we jnuslstrrspay high tribute to the memory o(,vii»rJthis good lady who was one of thy6*moat strong, courageous, chcerfullj theenergetic among them. ! a rutMrs. Russell was born inScotland^?;fin the year 1831. During her girlhood she was converted and becamea member of the Later Day Saint pQIfaith. At the age of 25 she lmmlgrat- A trcd into this country and crossed theplains with the pioneers of 1356 toUtah. It is reported that she walked the entire distance accross theplains, the wagou with which her1JTparty came being too heavily loadedon,■for her to ride. Upon her arrival In I u]-Salt Lake Valley she lived with one,I'tvt.-Bishop Hunter and his family, and L, tlater she married El ah op John IoneDuller of Spanish Fork. Some time ft jlater Bishoi) Butler died leaving her verdwith two children, a little hoy anua little girl. In. the year 1SC4 she £ mmarried John Powell and moved pDeseret, Millard County. There thePowell family continued to live untill the Deseret Dam in the Verier I |jj^™River {wasWed. .out and tfaeji theymoved to Meadow and from there toFillmore.O*1In 1SS5 Mr. and Mrs Powell wentat tho invitation of the church toSt. George where the did ordinancework for nine months In the St, George Tempi®.T1In the latter pait of her life Mrs is c:Russell did a great deal’of Temple j Ce«diwork, laboring in all four of tholepin!Temples in tliia state^ feiAllen Russell and that good couple thespent 10 years doing work for the owindead in the Mantl Temple. All her|receilife Mrs Russell has been unfaltering statefaith and a very active church 7worker. She was mother to 9 child-] “denran, 7 girls and 2 boys, three of nentwhom are dead; Isabelle Butler, mostHenrctta Powell, and Mrs Ellen raiseKelly. She ia survived by John AY FJButler, Sarah Bartholomew, Anne II.Beckwith, Lillie Rogers, Alma Pow- placeell, and May Rasmussen. yearFuneral services were held Tuea-1 imatday afternoon In the Fillmore ward Per ;chapel, Bishop Partcer Robison pro- mad’siding. The speakers were T. Clark (lastGallister ana F. Alonzo Robison both It0 tbof whom gave a glowing account of tlonMrs Russell’s exemplary life. F, borhEarl Stott rendered a vocal solo ccompanled. by his daughter Beta.FiServices were opened by brother IFrank Partridge and tne benediction aKrilt;was offered by Wm. B, Higgins. °The remains were placed in llielbo1Fillmore cemetery, brother F. ALeastonzo Robison dedicated the grave'■I**ficiaCARD OF TllAXKS lieri™ J.
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The Progress Review
Fillmore, Utah, US
Fri, Aug 15, 1924
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