Mary VerVean Pryde Welch
Mary VerVean Pryde Welch, 92, died Monday evening, November 16, 1987 in the Powell Hospital of natural causes.
She was born September 30, 1895 in Tooele, Utah, the daughter of Edward and Julia Ann England Denney. She attended the Big Horn County Common School in Byron and then moved to Tooele, Utah where she lived with her grandparents and attended one year of high school. She came back to Byron to help her mother.
She married Alexander Pryde January 22, 1917 in Billings, Mont. He died in 1949. She later married John Welch April 1, 1954 in Logan, Utah. He died in 1976. Mrs. Welch was an active member of the LDS church, serving as President of the MIA and sang in the Relief Soiecty Chorus for many years. She enjoyed sewing, playing the piano and expecially loved gardening and yard work. After her first husband's death she operated the Byron Store for many years. She worked with Mr. Welch in their insurance agency for about a year, and they were temple workers in the Idaho Falls temple for three years.
She is survived by one son, Robert A. Pryde of Rohnert, Calif.; four daughters, Jeri Neville of Byron, Roselin Kylander and Alyce Whitmore, both of Powell and Phyllis Smith of Carson City, Nevada; three brothers, Claude Denney of Buerley, Idaho and Boyd Denney and Oliver Denney, both of Idaho Falls, Idaho; three sisters, Eliza Olson of Downey, Idaho, Julia Blanchard of Arimo, Idaho and Alice Denney of Logan, Utah; 14 grandchildren and 35 great grandchidlren. She was preceded in death by a son, William, her husband's Alexander and John J., and one daughter, Julia Ann Pryde.
Funeral serices will be Friday, November 20, 1987 at 2 p.m. in the Byron LDS Chapel with burial in the Byron Cemetery. Haskell Funeral Home of Lovell is in charge of aarrangements.
Mary VerVean Pryde Welch
Mary VerVean Pryde Welch, 92, died Monday evening, November 16, 1987 in the Powell Hospital of natural causes.
She was born September 30, 1895 in Tooele, Utah, the daughter of Edward and Julia Ann England Denney. She attended the Big Horn County Common School in Byron and then moved to Tooele, Utah where she lived with her grandparents and attended one year of high school. She came back to Byron to help her mother.
She married Alexander Pryde January 22, 1917 in Billings, Mont. He died in 1949. She later married John Welch April 1, 1954 in Logan, Utah. He died in 1976. Mrs. Welch was an active member of the LDS church, serving as President of the MIA and sang in the Relief Soiecty Chorus for many years. She enjoyed sewing, playing the piano and expecially loved gardening and yard work. After her first husband's death she operated the Byron Store for many years. She worked with Mr. Welch in their insurance agency for about a year, and they were temple workers in the Idaho Falls temple for three years.
She is survived by one son, Robert A. Pryde of Rohnert, Calif.; four daughters, Jeri Neville of Byron, Roselin Kylander and Alyce Whitmore, both of Powell and Phyllis Smith of Carson City, Nevada; three brothers, Claude Denney of Buerley, Idaho and Boyd Denney and Oliver Denney, both of Idaho Falls, Idaho; three sisters, Eliza Olson of Downey, Idaho, Julia Blanchard of Arimo, Idaho and Alice Denney of Logan, Utah; 14 grandchildren and 35 great grandchidlren. She was preceded in death by a son, William, her husband's Alexander and John J., and one daughter, Julia Ann Pryde.
Funeral serices will be Friday, November 20, 1987 at 2 p.m. in the Byron LDS Chapel with burial in the Byron Cemetery. Haskell Funeral Home of Lovell is in charge of aarrangements.
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