LOA, Wayne County -- Mrs. Sarah Jane Rees, died at 5 a.m. in her home in Loa July 18 of causes incident to age. She was the daughter of William and Sarah Ann Ashton John, born Sept. 24, 1868, in East Portage, Box Elder county. She was married to Thomas Parley Rees in the Logan L D S temple Dec. 31, 1884, and moved to Wayne county as one of its most active pioneers.
The couple first settled in what is now Bicknell 58 years ago, and later moved to Loa, where she had lived ever since. Mrs. Rees had been an active worker in the L D S church, centering most of her activities in the Relief society, having been counselor and a teacher many years.
Her record as a service man's grandmother shows 14 grandsons serving in the U. S. armed forces, two in the navy, three in the army air forces and nine in the regular army. She had a total of 38 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren. Besides her grandchildren, she is survived by the following: Mrs. Margaret Peterson, Parley Rees, Brigham Rees, Cora Taylor, Rachel Sheffield and Nephi Rees, Loa; Mrs. Mary Ellen Blackburn and Mrs. Lucile Torgerson, Salt Lake; Mrs. Ethel Herron, Los Angeles, and Heber Rees, Hanksville, and the following brothers: Levi John, Robert John and Curtis John of Arizona and Richard John and Nephi John of Malad, Ida.
The Salt Lake Tribune | Salt Lake City, Utah | July 20, 1945
LOA, Wayne County -- Mrs. Sarah Jane Rees, died at 5 a.m. in her home in Loa July 18 of causes incident to age. She was the daughter of William and Sarah Ann Ashton John, born Sept. 24, 1868, in East Portage, Box Elder county. She was married to Thomas Parley Rees in the Logan L D S temple Dec. 31, 1884, and moved to Wayne county as one of its most active pioneers.
The couple first settled in what is now Bicknell 58 years ago, and later moved to Loa, where she had lived ever since. Mrs. Rees had been an active worker in the L D S church, centering most of her activities in the Relief society, having been counselor and a teacher many years.
Her record as a service man's grandmother shows 14 grandsons serving in the U. S. armed forces, two in the navy, three in the army air forces and nine in the regular army. She had a total of 38 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren. Besides her grandchildren, she is survived by the following: Mrs. Margaret Peterson, Parley Rees, Brigham Rees, Cora Taylor, Rachel Sheffield and Nephi Rees, Loa; Mrs. Mary Ellen Blackburn and Mrs. Lucile Torgerson, Salt Lake; Mrs. Ethel Herron, Los Angeles, and Heber Rees, Hanksville, and the following brothers: Levi John, Robert John and Curtis John of Arizona and Richard John and Nephi John of Malad, Ida.
The Salt Lake Tribune | Salt Lake City, Utah | July 20, 1945
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Margaret Ann John Harris
1866–1927
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Phoebe Ann John Thomas
1871–1924
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William Henry John
1873–1942
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Maria Elizabeth Johns Jenkins
1874–1920
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Robert Thomas John
1877–1960
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Jared Curtis John Sr
1879–1967
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Levi Ashton "Lee" John
1882–1960
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Benjamin Richard John
1884–1964
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Nephi James John
1886–1972
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Rosanna John
1889–1890
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Rosella John
1889–1890
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William T Rees
1886–1886
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Sarah Rees Taylor
1887–1925
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Margaret Rebecca Rees Peterson
1889–1963
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Parley Rees
1890–1974
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Brigham Rees
1892–1971
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Jane Rees
1894–1894
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Mary Ellen Rees Blackburn
1895–1975
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Lila Rees
1897–1898
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Rachel Rees Larson
1899–1966
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Cora Ann Rees Taylor
1902–1963
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Heber John Rees
1904–1966
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Ethel Rees Herron
1906–1981
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Levi Rees
1908–1908
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Nephi Rees
1908–1975
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Lucile Rees Torgerson
1911–1982
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