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ELDER ROY ROBISON, FIRST COUNSELOR IN THE WARD BISHOPRIC, CONDUCTED THE FUNERAL SERVICES. OPENING PRAYER WAS OFFERED BY HENRY H. HOFF OF THE MONTPELIER STAKE PRESIDENCY.

MUSICAL SELECTIONS COMPOSED BY THE WARD CHOIR, "GUIDE ME TO THEE," AND "JESUS LOVER OF MY SOUL," DIRECTED BY WILLIAM JOHNSON; A VOCAL SOLO, "MY TASK," BY MRS. VENICE ANDERSON OF SALT LAKE CITY UT, ACCOMPANIED BY ROSCOE HESS, A NEPHEW OF MRS. BACON, OF LOGAN UT; AND TWO VOCAL NUMBERS BY MR. HESS, ACCOMPANIED BY MRS. ANDERSON, "MY FAITH IN THEE" AND "GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS."

SPEAKERS AT THE RITES SPOKE OF THE LOVE AND DEVOTION OF MRS. BACON TO HER FAMILY, LAUDED HER LIFE OF SERVICE, HER UPRIGHT CHARACTER, AND BORE TESTIMONY THAT THERE IS ETERNAL LIFE FOR ALL, AND THAT THIS HOPE AND KNOWLEDGE OF A RESURRECTION BRINGS A REUNION OF ALL WITH LOVED ONES BEYOND THE GRAVE, HAS THE POWER TO LIGHTEN ALL SORROW.

THESE SPEAKERS WERE: PRESIDENT SILAS L. WRIGHT, SECOND COUNSELOR OF MONTPELIER STAKE PRESIDENCY, AND A RESIDENT OF BENNINGTON; BISHOP ALMA HAYES, OF SODA SPRINGS, A FORMER BISHOP OF GEORGETOWN ID WARD; ELDER ABEL SMART OF THE GEORGETOWN ID WARD HIGH COUNSELMEN AND COUNSELOR ROBISON OF TH GEORGETOWN ID WARD.

BISHOP HAYES, A COUSIN OF MRS. BACON, SPOKE WITH DEEP AND WARM FEELING OF HER CHILDHOOD, OF HER MOTHERHOOD, AND THE GREAT DEVOTION EXISTING BETWEEN HERSELF AND HER HUSBAND THROUGH SICKNESS, AND THE JOYS, SORROWS, AND ACTIVITIES OF THEIR LONG LIVES TOGETHER. PRESIDENT WRIGHT TOLD OF HER ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS WITH MEMBERS OF THE BACON FAMILY AND OF THE HIGH REGARD IN WHICH HE HELD THEM ALL.

ABEL SMART SPOKE OF MORE THAN 40 YEARS ACQUAINTANCE AND CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH THE BACON FAMILY. 

COUPLED WITH THE PRESENCE OF MANY FRIENDS, RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS, THE FUNERAL RITES WERE MADE THE MORE IMPRESSIVE BY MANY SPRAYS OF FRAGRANT FLOWERS, ADDING FURTHER TESTIMONY TO THE LOVE AND SYMPATHY OF GEORGETOWN ID FOLK AND OTHERS.

IN BEHALF OF THE BACON FAMILY, COUNSELOR ROBISON THANKED ALL WHO HAD BEEN HELPFUL DURING THE LONG ILLNESS OF MRS. BACON AND WHO HAD ASSISTED DURING THE FUNERAL SERVICES.

A LARGE CORTEGE OF AUTOMOBILES FOLLOWED THE BODY TO THE GEORGETOWN ID CEMETARY WHERE THE BODY WAS TENDERLY LOWERED INTO THE GRAVE WITH A DEDICATORY PRAYER OFFERED BY ELDER MARVIN CLARK OF GEORGETOWN ID.

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