December 2, 1943,
page 1 (Pinedale Roundup)
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. GRACE ALEXANDER
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Community Hall for Mrs. Grace Alexander, who passed away Saturday morning at Evanston.
The service was conducted by Rev. Walter McNeil of Jackson and three numbers, "Good Night and Good Morning", "Silver Threads Among the Gold", and "Some Time We'll Understand" were sung by a quartet composed of Mrs. Lyman Rosendahl, Mrs. Merle Widick, Mrs. May Sommers, and Mrs. R. E. Clark, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Jack Funk.
Grace Bird was born on August 25, 1888 in Oakland, Iowa. In 1899, she
traveled by wagon train from Independence, Missouri to Dry Piney, being one of a family of thirteen children. She often times related to her children interesting experiences of those pioneer days.
She was married to Charles C. Alexander on May[?] 8, 1904 at Cora. Mr. Alexander preceded his wife in death on February 27, 1942 and since that time, Mrs. Alexander had been in failing health.
Deceased is survived by her seven children; three daughters, Helen, Mrs. Arthur Moedl of Lyman, Wyoming; Thelma, Mrs. Wm. Allen, and Gloria, at Opportunity, Washington; and four sons: Lloyd, who resides at Oceanside, California; Earl of Roy, Utah; Herbert (Tige) Seaman 2-c of the U. S. Navy; and Jack of Cora, Wyoming. Another son, Robert Franklin died in infancy. She is also survived by a sister, Laura, of Kansas City, and two brothers, Roy at Huntsville Utah, and Claude of Kansas City. Seven grandchildren also mourn the loss of their grandmother.
Interment was made in the Pinedale cemetery beside the grave of heir husband. Pall-bearers were Carroll Noble, Norman Barlow, Robert Lozier, Fred Clodius, Dick Luman, and Carl Jorgensen.
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