Mrs. Mary Bourne, 73, died of cancer at 1:30 p.m., November 1 at her home in Montpelier. The daughter of James A. and Inger Marie Madsen Welker, she was born April 23, 1883 in Bloomington.
She was married to Norman Charles Bourne of Cokeville, Wyoming, September 5, 1906, and the ceremony was later solemnized in the L. D. S. Temple, Salt Lake City. Mrs. Bourne spent her youth in Bennington, the first two years of her married life in Cokeville, and the rest of her life in Montpelier.
An active worker in the LDS Church, she served as organist in the Bennington Ward, and later in the same capacity at the Montpelier Second and First Wards. She was a teacher in the Sunday School and Mutual at Bennington and in the Sunday School and Primary at Cokeville. Besides her music activities in Montpelier, she taught a class in the Relief Society and was also a work director. She spent much time in genealogy and was an ardent temple worker.
Survivors are two sons and five daughters, Welker Bourne of Blackfoot, Jennings Bourne of Boise, Norma Bourne of Montpelier, Mrs. Frank (Roma) Green of Rapid City, South Dakota, Mrs. Eldred (Mary Fern) Bacon of Georgetown, Mrs. Earl (Malaone) Parker of Seattle, and Mrs. Ephraim (Helen) Crossley of Nounan. She is also survived by five sisters and one brother, Mrs. Kem Loveday, Mrs. Geneva Weaver and Golden Welker, all of Montpelier; Mrs. Thomas Stephens of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Will Roberts of Burley and Mrs. Hugh M. Lyman who is on an
L. D. S. mission in New Zealand, 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband, who died January 5, 1921, she was preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers.
Services were conducted in the Montpelier First Ward Chapel Monday with Bishop David Jensen presiding. The opening song, “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”, was by a quartet comprised of Lilas Swensen, Mrs. Walter Hunzeker, Winslow Swensen and Harold Grunig; invocation, Bishop Royal D. Clark; speaker, Bishop Jensen; vocal solo, “That Wonderful Mother of Mine”, Joanne Bacon, a granddaughter; speaker, President Silas L. Wright; violin solo, “The End of a Perfect Day”, Mrs. Grover Swallow; speaker, Bishop Rolland L. Jaussi; song, “Sometime We’ll Understand”, quartet; benediction, William Trussell. The prayer at home was offered by Eldred Bacon.
Interment was in the Montpelier cemetery, and the grave was dedicated by Will Roberts.
Pallbearers were Blake Aland, Fred Hunzeker, Roy Walton, Allen Ipsen, John Rigby, and Able Kunz. The Matthews Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
Published in The News-Examiner in Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho, on Thursday, November 8, 1956 on page 1
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Mrs. Mary Bourne, 73, died of cancer at 1:30 p.m., November 1 at her home in Montpelier. The daughter of James A. and Inger Marie Madsen Welker, she was born April 23, 1883 in Bloomington.
She was married to Norman Charles Bourne of Cokeville, Wyoming, September 5, 1906, and the ceremony was later solemnized in the L. D. S. Temple, Salt Lake City. Mrs. Bourne spent her youth in Bennington, the first two years of her married life in Cokeville, and the rest of her life in Montpelier.
An active worker in the LDS Church, she served as organist in the Bennington Ward, and later in the same capacity at the Montpelier Second and First Wards. She was a teacher in the Sunday School and Mutual at Bennington and in the Sunday School and Primary at Cokeville. Besides her music activities in Montpelier, she taught a class in the Relief Society and was also a work director. She spent much time in genealogy and was an ardent temple worker.
Survivors are two sons and five daughters, Welker Bourne of Blackfoot, Jennings Bourne of Boise, Norma Bourne of Montpelier, Mrs. Frank (Roma) Green of Rapid City, South Dakota, Mrs. Eldred (Mary Fern) Bacon of Georgetown, Mrs. Earl (Malaone) Parker of Seattle, and Mrs. Ephraim (Helen) Crossley of Nounan. She is also survived by five sisters and one brother, Mrs. Kem Loveday, Mrs. Geneva Weaver and Golden Welker, all of Montpelier; Mrs. Thomas Stephens of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Will Roberts of Burley and Mrs. Hugh M. Lyman who is on an
L. D. S. mission in New Zealand, 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband, who died January 5, 1921, she was preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers.
Services were conducted in the Montpelier First Ward Chapel Monday with Bishop David Jensen presiding. The opening song, “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”, was by a quartet comprised of Lilas Swensen, Mrs. Walter Hunzeker, Winslow Swensen and Harold Grunig; invocation, Bishop Royal D. Clark; speaker, Bishop Jensen; vocal solo, “That Wonderful Mother of Mine”, Joanne Bacon, a granddaughter; speaker, President Silas L. Wright; violin solo, “The End of a Perfect Day”, Mrs. Grover Swallow; speaker, Bishop Rolland L. Jaussi; song, “Sometime We’ll Understand”, quartet; benediction, William Trussell. The prayer at home was offered by Eldred Bacon.
Interment was in the Montpelier cemetery, and the grave was dedicated by Will Roberts.
Pallbearers were Blake Aland, Fred Hunzeker, Roy Walton, Allen Ipsen, John Rigby, and Able Kunz. The Matthews Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
Published in The News-Examiner in Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho, on Thursday, November 8, 1956 on page 1
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Clara Christine Welker Stephens
1877–1963
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James Arthur Welker
1880–1882
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Ada Welker Merrill
1881–1900
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Elder Melvin Hugh Welker
1885–1906
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Dorthea "Dot" Welker Van Orman
1887–1954
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Rosetta Welker Roberts
1889–1984
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Geneva Anna Welker Weaver
1892–1959
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Delilah Eliza Welker Loveday
1894–1978
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1900–1987
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