I
found the following obituary, which was written by Pauline Church Wilson, a
daughter-in-law of Minnie Ann Stratton Wilson.
May
27, 1954
LaVerkin,
Utah: Mrs. Minnie Ann Stratton died Thursday morning at 9:20 am at her home in
LaVerkin, Utah after an illness of seven years.
Sister Wilson suffered a stroke in 1947 and later suffered another one
on March 8, 1954, she fell and fractured her hip.
Mrs.
Wilson was born a daughter of James Albert and Emily Gardner Stratton on 14
July 1876. She attended school in
Virgin, Utah, St. George Academy and Cedar City. She taught school in Mountain Dell, Utah.
She
married Morris Wilson, Jr. on May 2, 1898 in the St. George Temple and they had
just recently noted their 56th wedding anniversary. Eight children were born to them, six boys
and two girls. Sister Wilson is survived
by her husband and the following children: Mrs. Thora Gubler, Wayne Wilson, and
Reed Wilson of LaVerkin, Paul Wilson, Carmichael, California, and Delworth
Wilson, Whitney, Nevada; 27 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren and the following
brothers and sisters: Mrs. Perous Higbee and Rob Stratton, Cedar City, Will
Stratton, Hurricane, Frank Stratton, St. George, Powell Stratton, LaVerkin, and
Artie Reeve, Hurricane, Utah.
Sister
Wilson was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and
served as the first president of the YWMIA organized in LaVerkin. She also served in the presidency of the
Relief Society and began teaching primary when she was 12 years old. She taught Sunday School for over 50
years. She served on the Sunday School,
MIA and Relief Society, Stake Boards.
Brother
and Sister Wilson moved to LaVerkin in 1904, being one of the first families to
move on to the LaVerkin Bench.
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