Show THOMAS E JEREMY the funeral service over the remains of elder thomas E Jeremy conducted by bishop kesler were held in the sixteenth ward schoolhouse yesterday sunday april the gathering was so large that many people were unable to obtain admittance directions given by the deceased while in life in relation to the manner in which be wished his funeral conducted were read the details were faithfully fulfilled among those who were present were president angud M cannon and a liu number aber of former and present members of the high council of the stake six nix of the latter attending as a honorary pall bearers the opening prayer was waa offered by elder eider 3 nicholson instructive discourses embody embodying ang eulogistic remarks in relation to the deceased were delivered by elders george G by water Will william tala white bishop kesler kealer and president angus M Cal cannon knori the closing prayer was offered by bishop ellas elias morris the ward choir rendered the musical exercises which were unusually excellent the body of brother jeremy was followed to ehe cemetery by a large cortege at the gr grave a ve th the e d dedicatory edl c ato ry prayer was offered by elder george B wallace the following extracts are from jenson bensons Jen sons Is biographical encyclopedia thomas evans evana jeremy was born in th P parish 1 i sh of w T carmarthen shire 8 south bouth wales my july 11 1815 raised on a farm and received a tolerable good education after his marriage he joined the baptist denomination but believed the princa principles les of mormonism from the time he grat first heard them proclaimed march 8 1846 he was baptized by elder dan jones he being one of the first who embraced the falness of the gospel in wales on the evening of the day of his hia baptism he was ordained to the office ot ota a priest and soon awn afterwards when the llanybyther branch of the church was organized he was a appointed anted to preside over the same by his is continued efforts being assisted also by other elders four new branches were raised up in the immediate neighborhood of where he resided in 1849 elder jeremy emigrated to T utah with his family consisting of his big wife and seven children and three other persons e esons one girl and two young men rh that t he paid for crossing the alantic in 4 A the ship buena vista vida which sailed sailed from liverpool england feb 26 25 1849 in or the plat c company in in which he be traveled was snowed in in on the sweet water and before relief could be sent out from tle the valley the emigrants suffered buffered much from cold and hunger in one night seventy of their cattle died from cold and starvation elder jeremy located with the welsh saints west of the river jordan near salt lake city but shortly afterwards settled in the sixteenth ward salt lake city where he has resided ever from 1849 52 he presided over the welsh meetings which were held weekly in this city during that time these meetings were often visited by some of the apostles and were gener auy very verv spirited and interesting in iwa 1852 rider elder jeremy was called on a mission to his native country he left home sept of that year and after a severe journey across the plains and a over the he arrived in liverpool england dee dec 24 1852 he was appointed to preside as castor pastor over three conferences swansea Ll anelly and carmarthen Car marthen and subsequently acted as counselor to dan jones in the presidency of the welsh mission after a successful mission be returned home i with a company oi of saints which sailed from liverpool england in the ship chimborazo Chim borazo april 7 1855 on the voy age beached be acted aaa as a counselor to edward stevenson the president of the com company alder any during the few following years elder jeremy an and d family suffered confide considerably bably from scarcity of food the grasshoppers gram hoppers i destroying the crops in the valleys of utah As long as he had any breadstuff he divided liberally with his neighbors and when all was gone he be stood his i chance with the rest of the people in sub dating on roots and other things which could sustain lite hiie for a time at the time of the general reformation in 1856 he took a very active part in preaching to the welsh saints and ex horting honing them to renewed diligence later 1867 58 he participated in the expedition to echo canyon making two trips out in the mountains on one of these he served as captain of ten and on the other as a captain company be considerably sider Ider ably hom aiom cold and overexertion over exertion and frequently had to make his bed on three feet of snow in 1860 he was called on a mission to europe he arrived in liverpool december of that year and was appointed to preside over the t welsh mi mission slon while acting in that po for about three years anda and a half several thousand people pie joined the 1 church in wales ceorge george G bywater was his first and david M davis second T counselor he returned home in charge i 1 of a large company of Saints which sailed from liverpool on the ship general me mc may mav 21 1864 in october follow r in ing he was set apart to act asa as a member of the high council in the salt lake stake of zion a position which he be occupied g until may 1887 when he was released E with honor because of his advanced years soon afterwards he was ordained a PiL patriarch in november filled another mission to england arriving in s liverpool dee dec lat of that year he traveled among the branches in wales and also attended to some private business returned home in march 1876 elder jeremy is one of the faithful and true elders eldera who have shown the same noble characteristics in timea of prosperity as well as in times of adversity he be has ever been true to his god and his bia brethren and friends his virtues and noble remembrance exa example ale will twill be held in honorable remembrance by y future generations |