Daughter of Swiss immigrant Johann Rudolf Itten (also known as John Eaton) and Italian immigrant Madeline Justet. Emma is their first child of four. Emma's little brother, John, died when he was six months old. Her two sisters, Mary Caroline and Jane Margaret lived to adulthood.
In November of 1875 Emma's father was involved in a shooting with cattle rustlers and killed. He is buried along the Panguitch River. The family was living in Panguitch, Utah at the time. Madeline was left with three little girls ages 6, 2, and 2 months. She took her little family to Escalante, Utah where her brother, Daniel, could be of some help to her. Madeline married again in 1880 to Heber Knight. He only lived three years after the marriage. It was in this setting that Emma grew to adulthood.
At age 15, on June 19, 1884 Emma married Heber Steele Marshall in Salt Lake City, Utah. She gave birth to her first child when she was seventeen. Over the next 22 years she and Heber became the parents of nine children. They were born in Escalante, Arizona, Panguitch, and Tropic, Utah. Emma's children are Joseph Albert, John Henry, Heber Erastus, Rolland, Alba, Lyman, Lafayette, Fontella, and Renaldo. Heber died in 1912 when baby, Renaldo, was only four years old.
Emma married Ira Bartlett Church, December 25, 1915 in Tropic, Utah. She was 47 years old and had lived a lifetime. She spent her remaining years with Ira and died in Provo, Utah at age 83.
Obituary from The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) Wednesday, January 9, 1952:
Mrs. Emma Eaton Marshall Church, 83, died Tuesday at her residence in Provo of causes incident to age.
She was born November 2, 1868 in Santa Clara, Washington County, a daughter of John and Madeline Justet Eaton. She moved as a child with the family to Escalante, Garfield County and attended schools there.
She was married to Heber Steel Marshall June 18, 1884 in the old Salt Lake Endowment House, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They resided in Escalante until 1890, when they moved to Tropic, Garfield County, where Mr. Marshall died November 6, 1912.
Emma was married to Ira B. Church December 25, 1915 in Tropic. They moved to Provo in 1925.
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mrs. Church had been active for many years as a Relief Society teacher and a ward choir member.
She was a member of Bonneville Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She was the mother of nine children and reared two stepchildren.
Survivors include her husband, Provo; six sons and two daughters: Joseph A. and John H. Marshall, Provo; Heber E, and Rolland Marshall, both of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Alba Hatch, Provo; Nad Marshall [Ronald Renaldo], Pleasant Grove; Mrs. Albert (Fontella) Pollock, Bingham, and Elmo Church, Provo; 37 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Jane Baugh, Provo.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in Berg Mortuary Chapel by Kenneth E. Pace, bishop of Bonneville LDS Ward. Burial will be in Provo Cemetery.
In November of 1875 Emma's father was involved in a shooting with cattle rustlers and killed. He is buried along the Panguitch River. The family was living in Panguitch, Utah at the time. Madeline was left with three little girls ages 6, 2, and 2 months. She took her little family to Escalante, Utah where her brother, Daniel, could be of some help to her. Madeline married again in 1880 to Heber Knight. He only lived three years after the marriage. It was in this setting that Emma grew to adulthood.
At age 15, on June 19, 1884 Emma married Heber Steele Marshall in Salt Lake City, Utah. She gave birth to her first child when she was seventeen. Over the next 22 years she and Heber became the parents of nine children. They were born in Escalante, Arizona, Panguitch, and Tropic, Utah. Emma's children are Joseph Albert, John Henry, Heber Erastus, Rolland, Alba, Lyman, Lafayette, Fontella, and Renaldo. Heber died in 1912 when baby, Renaldo, was only four years old.
Emma married Ira Bartlett Church, December 25, 1915 in Tropic, Utah. She was 47 years old and had lived a lifetime. She spent her remaining years with Ira and died in Provo, Utah at age 83.
Obituary from The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) Wednesday, January 9, 1952:
Mrs. Emma Eaton Marshall Church, 83, died Tuesday at her residence in Provo of causes incident to age.
She was born November 2, 1868 in Santa Clara, Washington County, a daughter of John and Madeline Justet Eaton. She moved as a child with the family to Escalante, Garfield County and attended schools there.
She was married to Heber Steel Marshall June 18, 1884 in the old Salt Lake Endowment House, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They resided in Escalante until 1890, when they moved to Tropic, Garfield County, where Mr. Marshall died November 6, 1912.
Emma was married to Ira B. Church December 25, 1915 in Tropic. They moved to Provo in 1925.
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mrs. Church had been active for many years as a Relief Society teacher and a ward choir member.
She was a member of Bonneville Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She was the mother of nine children and reared two stepchildren.
Survivors include her husband, Provo; six sons and two daughters: Joseph A. and John H. Marshall, Provo; Heber E, and Rolland Marshall, both of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Alba Hatch, Provo; Nad Marshall [Ronald Renaldo], Pleasant Grove; Mrs. Albert (Fontella) Pollock, Bingham, and Elmo Church, Provo; 37 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Jane Baugh, Provo.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in Berg Mortuary Chapel by Kenneth E. Pace, bishop of Bonneville LDS Ward. Burial will be in Provo Cemetery.
Daughter of Swiss immigrant Johann Rudolf Itten (also known as John Eaton) and Italian immigrant Madeline Justet. Emma is their first child of four. Emma's little brother, John, died when he was six months old. Her two sisters, Mary Caroline and Jane Margaret lived to adulthood.
In November of 1875 Emma's father was involved in a shooting with cattle rustlers and killed. He is buried along the Panguitch River. The family was living in Panguitch, Utah at the time. Madeline was left with three little girls ages 6, 2, and 2 months. She took her little family to Escalante, Utah where her brother, Daniel, could be of some help to her. Madeline married again in 1880 to Heber Knight. He only lived three years after the marriage. It was in this setting that Emma grew to adulthood.
At age 15, on June 19, 1884 Emma married Heber Steele Marshall in Salt Lake City, Utah. She gave birth to her first child when she was seventeen. Over the next 22 years she and Heber became the parents of nine children. They were born in Escalante, Arizona, Panguitch, and Tropic, Utah. Emma's children are Joseph Albert, John Henry, Heber Erastus, Rolland, Alba, Lyman, Lafayette, Fontella, and Renaldo. Heber died in 1912 when baby, Renaldo, was only four years old.
Emma married Ira Bartlett Church, December 25, 1915 in Tropic, Utah. She was 47 years old and had lived a lifetime. She spent her remaining years with Ira and died in Provo, Utah at age 83.
Obituary from The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) Wednesday, January 9, 1952:
Mrs. Emma Eaton Marshall Church, 83, died Tuesday at her residence in Provo of causes incident to age.
She was born November 2, 1868 in Santa Clara, Washington County, a daughter of John and Madeline Justet Eaton. She moved as a child with the family to Escalante, Garfield County and attended schools there.
She was married to Heber Steel Marshall June 18, 1884 in the old Salt Lake Endowment House, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They resided in Escalante until 1890, when they moved to Tropic, Garfield County, where Mr. Marshall died November 6, 1912.
Emma was married to Ira B. Church December 25, 1915 in Tropic. They moved to Provo in 1925.
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mrs. Church had been active for many years as a Relief Society teacher and a ward choir member.
She was a member of Bonneville Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She was the mother of nine children and reared two stepchildren.
Survivors include her husband, Provo; six sons and two daughters: Joseph A. and John H. Marshall, Provo; Heber E, and Rolland Marshall, both of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Alba Hatch, Provo; Nad Marshall [Ronald Renaldo], Pleasant Grove; Mrs. Albert (Fontella) Pollock, Bingham, and Elmo Church, Provo; 37 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Jane Baugh, Provo.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in Berg Mortuary Chapel by Kenneth E. Pace, bishop of Bonneville LDS Ward. Burial will be in Provo Cemetery.
In November of 1875 Emma's father was involved in a shooting with cattle rustlers and killed. He is buried along the Panguitch River. The family was living in Panguitch, Utah at the time. Madeline was left with three little girls ages 6, 2, and 2 months. She took her little family to Escalante, Utah where her brother, Daniel, could be of some help to her. Madeline married again in 1880 to Heber Knight. He only lived three years after the marriage. It was in this setting that Emma grew to adulthood.
At age 15, on June 19, 1884 Emma married Heber Steele Marshall in Salt Lake City, Utah. She gave birth to her first child when she was seventeen. Over the next 22 years she and Heber became the parents of nine children. They were born in Escalante, Arizona, Panguitch, and Tropic, Utah. Emma's children are Joseph Albert, John Henry, Heber Erastus, Rolland, Alba, Lyman, Lafayette, Fontella, and Renaldo. Heber died in 1912 when baby, Renaldo, was only four years old.
Emma married Ira Bartlett Church, December 25, 1915 in Tropic, Utah. She was 47 years old and had lived a lifetime. She spent her remaining years with Ira and died in Provo, Utah at age 83.
Obituary from The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) Wednesday, January 9, 1952:
Mrs. Emma Eaton Marshall Church, 83, died Tuesday at her residence in Provo of causes incident to age.
She was born November 2, 1868 in Santa Clara, Washington County, a daughter of John and Madeline Justet Eaton. She moved as a child with the family to Escalante, Garfield County and attended schools there.
She was married to Heber Steel Marshall June 18, 1884 in the old Salt Lake Endowment House, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They resided in Escalante until 1890, when they moved to Tropic, Garfield County, where Mr. Marshall died November 6, 1912.
Emma was married to Ira B. Church December 25, 1915 in Tropic. They moved to Provo in 1925.
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mrs. Church had been active for many years as a Relief Society teacher and a ward choir member.
She was a member of Bonneville Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She was the mother of nine children and reared two stepchildren.
Survivors include her husband, Provo; six sons and two daughters: Joseph A. and John H. Marshall, Provo; Heber E, and Rolland Marshall, both of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Alba Hatch, Provo; Nad Marshall [Ronald Renaldo], Pleasant Grove; Mrs. Albert (Fontella) Pollock, Bingham, and Elmo Church, Provo; 37 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Jane Baugh, Provo.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in Berg Mortuary Chapel by Kenneth E. Pace, bishop of Bonneville LDS Ward. Burial will be in Provo Cemetery.
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