Mendon, Utah Obituaries: Other ~ Index
John William Colby
Colby Funeral— Mrs. Lora Colby returned from Nooksack, Washington on Thursday morning, where she went about two weeks ago to take charge of the funeral of her husband who died suddenly of heart failure on Sunday, September 9th. The remains were interred at the Bay View cemetery on Friday the 14th inst. The deceased was favorably known throughout this valley a few years ago, he being the railroad agent for ten years at Mendon. His many friends in this locality regret to know of his sudden death. He had his son John, aged twenty years, with him when he died. A clipping from the Everson (Washington) Eagle will be of interest: "Died— At Nooksack, Sunday night, the 9th inst., J.W. Colby after an illness of about an hour, in his 49th year. The deceased was taken sick while in church on Sunday evening and was helped to his room and help summoned, but he expired before the doctor arrived. Mr. Colby had been station agent for the Northern Pacific railroad at Nooksack for two years and was very popular among the people. His son John, was the only member of his family with him at his death. He was buried in Bay View cemetery." ~Logan Republican, September 29th, 1906.
Hannah Gubbins Gardner
Death of Hannah Gardner, Survivor of Celebrated Handcart Companies of 1856. Special Correspondence. Mendon, Cache County, April 15th— On the 8th inst., at Teton, Idaho, Sister Hannah Gardner, wife of James Gardner, died of general debility. Deceased was born in France Lynch, Gloucestershire, England, December 16th, 1828; joined the Church in 1845; emigrated to Utah in 1856, in Captain James G. Willie's handcart company, suffering untold hardships with hunger, cold and fatigue. Many times when her husband was sick she pulled the handcart alone and they were glad at times to make a meal by cooking a piece of rawhide, which had been used to tie around the wheel of the cart to hold the tire on. They witnessed many deaths during that hard journey, on one occasion fourteen were buried in one grave. They arrived in Great Salt Lake City very late in the season. Brother Gardner worked for President Brigham Young until the spring of 1860, when they moved to Cache County and took up their residence at Mendon, where they went through all the hardships of a Pioneer life. In the early settling of the Snake River Valley they moved to Teton, Idaho and were consequently pioneers there, helping to build up that country. Sister Gardner was the mother of thirteen children, eight of whom survive her. She leaves a husband, eight children, forty-eight grandchildren, twenty-nine great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends to cherish her memory. Sister Gardner was a kind, devoted wife, a fond and indulgent mother and a faithful Latter-day Saint. Millennial Star please copy. ~Deseret Evening News, April 4th, 1904.
Thomas Bradford Graham
Killed by a Grizzly Bear— at Mendon, Cache County, November 24th, Thomas B. Graham, aged 57 years. Brother Graham was born near Charleston, South Carolina, in the year 1807; was baptized in 1844, came to Nauvoo in 1846, and emigrated to Great Salt Lake City in 1852. ~Deseret News, December 7th, 1864.
Joseph William Hancock
Joseph W. Hancock Called by Death— Joseph William Hancock, O.S.L. section foreman, died at his home in Centerville, Wednesday afternoon from cancer after a long illness. He had been with the O.S.L Railroad for twenty-five years and several times won the prize for having the best kept "Section" on the Union Pacific System. Mr. Hancock was born at Mendon, Cache Valley and was fifty years old. He has resided in Centerville for more than twenty years. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Eva, of Centerville and one son, Harvey of Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be held Sunday at two. p.m. in the Centerville First Ward chapel. Interment will take place in the Centerville cemetery. ~Davis County Clipper, January 30th, 1925.
Roger Luckham
At Brigham City, May 24— Of old age and debility, Roger Luckham, aged 72 years. Deceased was a native of England; made Canada his home when at the age of 17; embraced the gospel in the township of Brook, Lampton Co., U. C., 1845; was at Winter Quarters the following year; came to Utah with the company next following the pioneers. Deceased has passed through many hardships and trials and always proved faithful, was never behind in paying tithing. He had even overpaid quite a little sum when his last settlement was made. ~Deseret News, June 6th, 1877.
Emma Murphy
Emma Murphy Dies at Age 82— Mrs. Emma Murphy, 82 died today at 7:35 a.m., at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Lulu McEntire, 2431 Van Buren Avenue, following a long illness. Mrs. Murphy was born in Clinton, Ohio, February 8, 1847. She was the widow of Michael Murphy, who died many years ago in Mendon. She came from Carmel-by-the-Sea California, one year ago to Ogden, and had resided with her daughter since, Surviving her are the following children: Mrs. Alice White, St. Helen, Oregon; Roscoe Wilkinson, Holbrook, Idaho; Mrs. R.T. Owens, Malad, Idaho; Mrs. C.M. Andrews, Fort Smith, Arkansas; Mrs. H.C. James, M.J. Murphy and Mrs. Ivy Basham, Carmel, California; Mrs. J.E. McEntire, Ogden; Mrs. Myrtle McMaltrc, San Francisco; Emma Place and Margaret Lewis of Carmel, California; one sister, Mrs. Irene Robinson, Almont, Michigan. Funeral service will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m., in Lindquist and Sons chapel. Frends may call at the chapel Thursday evening and also on Friday until hour for funueral. The body will be taken to Oakland, California, where services will be held Sunday and interment made. ~Ogden Standard Examiner, March 7th, 1929, page 12.