Daughter of Matthew Galland and Elizabeth Daniels Casto
Married Moroni Hunt
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EARLY SETTLER OF MONROE DIES AT HOME THURSDAY
Funeral Services Held Sunday in Monroe South Ward Chapel.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Monroe South ward chapel for Mrs. Emily Casto Hunt who passed away at the family home in Monroe Thursday following a ten days illness. She had been failing in health during the past two years.
George W. Okerland of Loa, Heber Swindle and Joseph A. Smith were speakers, eulogizing Mrs. Hunt as a lovable wife and mother, a composer of prose and poetry, and a model homemaker.
The ward choir sang the opening selection, "Rest for the Weary." Other musical selections were a solo and chorus by John Magleby and the choir, a vocal solo, "Oh My Father," by Thomas Ransom, and a duet by Emeron Wall and Miss Gwen Brugger of Venice, with Mrs. Wall at the piano. Miss Jean Hunt of Richfield gave a musical reading, "It Takes a Heap o' Livin'," by Edgar A. Guest.
The invocation was offered by C. A. Winget, and the benediction by Wilford Hansen. Burial took place in the Monroe cemetery. Pallbearers were the five sons of Mrs. Hunt and one grandson, Morris Torgersen.
Mrs. Hunt was born at Manti March 23, 1863, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Casto, who were among the first Sanpete settlers. She spent her girlhood there, moving to Monroe after her marriage to Moroni Hunt in 1878. Mr. Hunt passed away in 1919. To them born 13 children, eight of whom survive: County attorney T. A. Hunt of Richfield, Bishop George M. Hunt of Bicknell, Howard, Edward and Bardell Hunt of Monroe, Mrs Nellie Collings of Jerome, Idaho, Mrs. Mabelle Torgerson and Mrs. Merle Payne of Monroe. Surviving also are 46 grandchildren, nine great grand children, one brother, A. N. Casto of Salina and one sister Mrs. Jane Evansean of Roosevelt.
Published in the Richfield Reaper 1933-04-20
Daughter of Matthew Galland and Elizabeth Daniels Casto
Married Moroni Hunt
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EARLY SETTLER OF MONROE DIES AT HOME THURSDAY
Funeral Services Held Sunday in Monroe South Ward Chapel.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Monroe South ward chapel for Mrs. Emily Casto Hunt who passed away at the family home in Monroe Thursday following a ten days illness. She had been failing in health during the past two years.
George W. Okerland of Loa, Heber Swindle and Joseph A. Smith were speakers, eulogizing Mrs. Hunt as a lovable wife and mother, a composer of prose and poetry, and a model homemaker.
The ward choir sang the opening selection, "Rest for the Weary." Other musical selections were a solo and chorus by John Magleby and the choir, a vocal solo, "Oh My Father," by Thomas Ransom, and a duet by Emeron Wall and Miss Gwen Brugger of Venice, with Mrs. Wall at the piano. Miss Jean Hunt of Richfield gave a musical reading, "It Takes a Heap o' Livin'," by Edgar A. Guest.
The invocation was offered by C. A. Winget, and the benediction by Wilford Hansen. Burial took place in the Monroe cemetery. Pallbearers were the five sons of Mrs. Hunt and one grandson, Morris Torgersen.
Mrs. Hunt was born at Manti March 23, 1863, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Casto, who were among the first Sanpete settlers. She spent her girlhood there, moving to Monroe after her marriage to Moroni Hunt in 1878. Mr. Hunt passed away in 1919. To them born 13 children, eight of whom survive: County attorney T. A. Hunt of Richfield, Bishop George M. Hunt of Bicknell, Howard, Edward and Bardell Hunt of Monroe, Mrs Nellie Collings of Jerome, Idaho, Mrs. Mabelle Torgerson and Mrs. Merle Payne of Monroe. Surviving also are 46 grandchildren, nine great grand children, one brother, A. N. Casto of Salina and one sister Mrs. Jane Evansean of Roosevelt.
Published in the Richfield Reaper 1933-04-20
Family Members
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Edward Moroni Hunt
1880–1945
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Thomas Alvin Hunt
1881–1941
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Nellie Elida Hunt Collings
1883–1961
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Howard Casto Hunt
1885–1950
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George Mathew Hunt
1886–1948
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Maybelle "Mable" Hunt Torgensen
1888–1969
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Bardell Hunt
1890–1942
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Amy Hunt
1893–1898
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Ward Hunt
1894–1896
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Dalton Hunt
1897–1897
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Ina Elizabeth Hunt
1898–1909
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Wendell Hunt
1901–1903
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Myrle Hunt Payne
1904–1969
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