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Show was melted, strain.ed, then poured into molds through which wicks were strung. The girls, as well as the boys, were taught to milk cows and care for the stock. They cooked, sewed, and did many things. When visiting, their knitting went, too. JOSEPH AND Emma were married Feb: 7, 1867 in the Endowment House. We've already told of their 16 children, eight of whom died in infancy or childhood. Emma was ' al~ays active in the church. She ~aught Sunday School, served as Primary president and was Relief Society president in the old Centerville Ward before it was divided. After the division she held that position in the Second Ward. She was very interested in genealogical and temple work, and in her later years attended as many as three ' sessions in one day. She was ever willing to help the: needy, but one day while she was' cutting wood a tramp appeared and: asked for food. She asked him to' cut a little wood for her, but he: answered that he was too tired. She' then told him that she was too tired to get him some food. Where i$ the smile, the genial face we knew? And where the friendly word we loved to hear? Where is the friendship that betwixt us grew? And where the love for those she held so dear? , Where is her faith, and where the work she did? The hours of ministering to those ill or frail? You say these, like her body, all are hid? TIlen all the good we do will filialIyfaiCWe know that such as she will live again, That all she did will be her monument. Not one good act or word to fellow men But what shall be as sayings wisely spent And all she was or did will make her there The same Aunt Emma wHom we all loved here. Death never can such characters impair -We all must die to find life's mysteries clear. THIS WAS the only time she was ever known to turn anyone away'. Once more the sudden summons Her life was one of loving sacrifice has arrived; for her family. Her mother spent Amother well along in years was her last years until she died at age called. 95, in Emma's home. Emma died What though her more than three July 23, 1934 and was buried in the score years she lived, ' Centerville Cemetery . John Q. Her heart stayed young, as years Adams, one of the town's most unnoticed crawled. .. sought-after speakers, wrote the Auilt Emma Ford has left a trail following poem, which he deli- ' of love, vered as part of Emma's funeral Bedecked by smiles and menial sermon: words and acts. " No enemy on earth, and none '1 She died Dec. 7, 1929 at the home ' above, ' ofher daughter Ethel in Riverside, ~ True friends such life of fulness :1 Box Elder County, and was laid to rest in the Centerville Cemetery. never lacks. Her light was under nothing ever placed; " , Her talents were not buried in disuse. Few women her ordeal have ever faced, In laying rune of sixteen in the grave. But sorrow failed to fdl her soul with gloom; , The soul is purified, like gold, in fire. Each time her ' faith took on a fresher bloom, To still serve God became her one desire. WE, THE present residents of Centerville,Qwe much to the early settlers of this community, and your Histori~ Society is striving to 'k eep alive the spirit of romance, I of struggle and hardship, and the , memories of those whose indomitable faith and courage set the stage for us here. You can add your bit by joining with us in this effort. Next meeting is January 16, 1985. May we suggest one-year mem' berships in the Centerville Histor' ical Society as ideal Christmas gifts , for your friends and family? Call Charlene Austin at 295-6288 or Alzina Barton at 295-2742. MAGGIE MAY Cleveland Ford was born in Cent.erville May 1, 1864 to Henry Rogers and Margaret Boyack Cleveland. Her parents are sturdy pioneers, and " among the first settlers in .the c;om~ : munity. ,They lived their entire , marrie~ lives here, and had a large . family. They struggled hard under ., II very humble circumstances, and II Maggie and the rest of the children ,I had to go out to work and help earn the livelihood. In those days everyI' thing had ld be done the hard way, I and a full day of hard work often I earned 25 to 50 cents. On March 21, 1884 Maggie May ente~ed into plural marriage" becommg the second wife of Joseph Ford in the Salt Lake Endowment House. Two girls and one boy were ' born to them. Those children in tum, reared large families. Ma8gie was a friend to aU who knew her ~~ough her life was not an easy one: 'I 'I |
