Born in Raw Cliffe, Yorkshire, England

Respected Mendon Woman Dies— Mrs. Rhoda Kay Sorensen, 78 widow of William I. Sorensen and a resident of Mendon for the past fifty years, died this morning at her home in Mendon, following a prolonged illness. She was born May 29th, 1870, in Raw Cliffe, England, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Rilley Kay. She came to this country as a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints more that fifty years ago and has resided in Mendon since. She was married to Mr. Sorensen, February 16th, 1898, in the Logan L.D.S. temple. He died November 26th, 1938. Mrs. Sorensen had been active in L.D.S. church work, Relief Society activities and genealogical research. She is survived by two sons and two daughters, Thomas Kay Sorensen, and Frederick William Sorensen, and Mrs. Eli B. Hardman, all of Mendon, and Mrs. Alice Hansen, San Francisco, California, twelve grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and three brothers and three sisters still residing in England. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at one p.m. in the Mendon L.D.S. ward by Reeves Bird, bishop. Friends may call at the family home in Mendon, Monday evening and Tuesday until time of services. Burial in the Mendon cemetery will be under direction of the W. Loyal Hall mortuary of Logan. ~Newspaper Not Listed.

Paid Last Respects— Funeral services for Mrs. Rhoda Kay Sorensen, 78 widow of William I. Sorensen and resident of Mendon for the past fifty years who died last weekend, were held Tuesday at one p.m. in the Mendon L.D.S. ward chapel with Reeves Bird, bishop, officiating. Taking part of the program were the following: prayer at the home, Joseph C. Sorensen: prelude and postlude music, Ellen Dahle; Invocation, Mormon D. Bird, Logan L.D.S. stake patriarch; music, Mendon quartet; speakers, Henry C. Sorensen, Joseph A. Larsen, Vance D. Walker, and Joseph N. Salisbury. Vocal solo, Glenn Buist; piano solo, Paul Sorensen; remarks Bishop Reeves Bird; benediction, Joseph N. Sorensen, and dedication of the grave in Mendon city cemetery, Alma N. Sorensen. Services were under direction of the W. Loyal Hall mortuary, of Logan. ~Newspaper Not Listed.