Citizen Dies
At 95 Years
Mrs. Cynthia Ellen Richards Brewer, 95, the oldest resident of Union, Salt Lake County, died Saturday at 12:25 p.m.
Mrs. Brewer, a temple and Relief Society worker for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, spent her early life in the old Union Fort.
Her father, Silas Richards, was the first bishop of the Cottonwood LDS Ward, and LDS President Brigham Young was a frequent visitor at their home.
Born Sept. 13, 1861, in Union, she was a daughter of Silas and Keziah Francis Brady Richards. She was married to Myron C. Brewer Feb. 27, 1878, in the old Salt Lake Endowment House. Mr. Brewer died many years ago.
SHE IS SURVIVED by two daughters, Mrs. George F. Summerhays, Mrs. Florence Rumph, with whom she formerly resided, Salt Lake City; one son, Andrew A. Brewer, Los Angeles, Calif.; 20 grandchildren, 83 great-grand-children, one brother, Leo Richards, California, and a brother-in-law, George G. Sharp.
Funeral arrangements will be announced from 260 E. South Temple.
The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, June 16, 1957
Citizen Dies
At 95 Years
Mrs. Cynthia Ellen Richards Brewer, 95, the oldest resident of Union, Salt Lake County, died Saturday at 12:25 p.m.
Mrs. Brewer, a temple and Relief Society worker for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, spent her early life in the old Union Fort.
Her father, Silas Richards, was the first bishop of the Cottonwood LDS Ward, and LDS President Brigham Young was a frequent visitor at their home.
Born Sept. 13, 1861, in Union, she was a daughter of Silas and Keziah Francis Brady Richards. She was married to Myron C. Brewer Feb. 27, 1878, in the old Salt Lake Endowment House. Mr. Brewer died many years ago.
SHE IS SURVIVED by two daughters, Mrs. George F. Summerhays, Mrs. Florence Rumph, with whom she formerly resided, Salt Lake City; one son, Andrew A. Brewer, Los Angeles, Calif.; 20 grandchildren, 83 great-grand-children, one brother, Leo Richards, California, and a brother-in-law, George G. Sharp.
Funeral arrangements will be announced from 260 E. South Temple.
The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, June 16, 1957
Family Members
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Silas Myron Brewer
1878–1954
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William Pearl Brewer
1880–1882
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James Clarence Brewer
1882–1891
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Dora Ellen Brewer Summerhays
1885–1978
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Carrie Frances Brewer Duncombe
1888–1956
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Willard Louane Brewer
1890–1890
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Florence Brewer Rumph
1892–1984
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CPL Andrew Albert Brewer
1897–1975
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Leo Loraine Brewer
1899–1899
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Ervin Earl Brewer Sr
1901–1964
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