Obituary: Hannah Simister Bale

Hannah Simister Bale (photo NOT included with obituary)

 Hannah Simister Bale

Deseret News, April 3, 1946

(No photo accompanying obituary)

            NEPHI – Funeral Services for Mrs. Hanna Simister Bale, 75, who died in her home Monday, will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in Nephi South Ward chapel by Bishop P. B. Cowan.  Burial will be in Nephi Cemetery.

            Friends may call at the family home Thursday from 10 a.m. until time of services.

            Mrs. Bale was born in Coalville, April 8, 1870, daughter of  John W. and Elizabeth Brierly Simister.  She was married to Israel C. Bale in the Logan Temple, June 29, 1887.  He died in 1930.

            Surviving are six daughters and two sons: Louisa Jensen, Provo; Mrs. May Pitt,  Mrs. Amy Worwood, Nephi; Mrs. Pitt Tooele;  Mrs. Belle Montague, Payson; Mrs. Millie Peterson, Goshen; Mrs. Ruth Wilcox, Las Vegas, Nevada; Mrs. Amy Worwood, Nephi [sic]; Bernard Bale, Genola; and Frank Bale, Springville; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Beckwith, Delta; and Mrs. C. L. Swenson, Salt Lake; 39 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren.

 

[*This obituary mentions Mrs. May Pitt of Nephi, and then Mrs. Pitt of Tooele – these apparently are the same person, Elizabeth May Pitt, and therefore is a typo.  It also references Mrs. Amy Worwood twice, which is a typo.  Incidentally, (Emma) Louisa Jensen also married a Pitt – her first Husband, Leonard Nicholi, who died very young, whose older brother, John W. Pitt married Louisa’s sister, the Mrs. May Pitt referenced in this obituary.  Louisa then married Charles C. Jensen.]

Obituaries: Stay Tuned!!!!

I have been doing some searching for specific obituaries as of late.  I have found the Deseret News Historic Archive (online) a treasure trove for obituaries, especially for those ancestors who died between 1930 and 1955, the reason being that the Deseret News published death notices for people from all over the state, not just those from Salt Lake County, during those years.  I guess the population was small enough back then that they could afford to publish news from all over Utah.

Anyway, in the following weeks, I will be publishing the transcribed obituaries that I have found.  Most of them are from my mother's side of the family, the side I've been focusing on, but some from the Whitehead Line, as well. 

So, keep your eyes peeled.  I cannot (or will not) stop and take the time to explain the relationship of each of these people - so if you don't know who they are in relation to our family, guess what?!!!  You can do some of your own research - or, if you ask nicely, (or even if you don't!) I'll send you a copy of a GEDCOM of our family tree and you can look at it on PAF or any other genealogical software you use.

P.S. If the obituary came with a photo I will include it, but if there was no photo published in the paper, I label it on the obituary as "No photo added" or something like that.