MRS. JACOB WEST GONE TO REWARD Death Came Peacefully Friday Morning. Was Aged and Had Paralytic Par-alytic Strohe. Cecelia Norrls West, wife of Jacob West, died at the family home in this city at 2 o'clock Friday morning, at the age of 77 vrars. Though Mrs. West had been declining In hrallhthc past live j cars her death was due specifically spe-cifically to a paralytic condition, the tlrst stroke of which came to her about two years ago Her recent Illness lasted but a little longer than three weeks, the last two weeks of whlcl she was helpless. She was finally unconscious un-conscious for live dajs, unable to take even the slightest nourishment, and death yesterday morning came as a great relief, and wholly without Indication Indi-cation of agitation or pain. The funeral service will bo held In the First ward meeting room at the Tabernacle Sunday (tomorrow) at IS o'clock, to which all friends are Invited. In-vited. The remains may bo viewed at tho West hqme on West Center street from 2 p id. today until tl a. m. tomorrow. to-morrow. Chronological. Cecelia West was the daughter of William and Cecelia Norris, and was born In lirlstol, KnglandKFeb 2u, 18;i0. At the age of eight years she was baptized bap-tized into the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the tlrst of a family that was converted later. She and a sister came to New York and on to Utah In 1850. They crossed the plains in the Alwood-Wllley handcart company, arriving in Salt Lake valley November 1), 1S50, The trip was one of excessive trial, the greater pottlon of It being through extreme winter weater, heavy snows having fallen. It is said of her that though being anything butstrong and robust physically, physic-ally, she proved better abio to stand tlie rlgoisof the weather than most of the women In tlie company and proved an inspiration and comfort to them. From Salt Lake city tho Norrls girls were taken toParowan, whereon Nov. 21, 1850, Cecelia was married to Jacob West. They lived there, until 1801, when Ihny came to Logan, and since that time this tins been the family home. To Mr. and Mrs. West were born eight children, six of whom, William, John, Charles, Ella, Fred and Lottie, together with her husband, survive her. Two sisters and a biothor also survive her, these being Wru, Norrls and Mrs Sarah Evans or Parowan, and Mrs John E.Thomas of Salt Lako city. Though living at far distant points, all tlie children, with a single exception, excep-tion, together with Mr. West, wcro present at tho death of the deceased. A Good Woman. Cecelia West was ever a faithful Lattor-day Saint, and in earlier years as active In church labors as it was posslblo for her to bo. Throughout a life that held many terrible disappointments, disap-pointments, her religion was her all In all. She was a woman of refinement refine-ment and culture, tender-hearted, loving lov-ing and Indulgent to her children, a fond mother, kind friend, and is mourned sincerely by a circle much wider than hor relationship. In her forty-six years of life In Lo gan she has been known as a pure soul with a heart overllowlng with a w calth of human kindness. Nona ever" entered en-tered her homo without a warm welcome wel-come nor left without feeling the warmth of a gcr.ulno hospitality. Trial, tribulation and III health failed 'to destroy the charm of a kind, Itulul. gent disposition or diminish her unselfish, un-selfish, solicitude for her friends and loved ones. Hcforo "Mother West" became unconscious her particular worry was of other people here, thero and yonder whom she know to be In trouble Sho was uncomplaining of her own Ills and during her last Dines1 was qulto cheerful. Her 77th birthday anniversary camo tho 20th of February, Febru-ary, and though scarcely ablo to speak or recognize oven her relatives, her thought was of friends whom sho desired de-sired to spend a pleasant day at her home. Though sho couldn't be with them, sho desired them entertained I royally, and the beller that these old and young friend) had been given a happy party w Ith plenty of good things to cat was a source of great Joy to her. As the death dew gathered on her brow, around her bedside gathered her "girls" and "boys" alwajs girls and bovs to her, though now grown to mature jears with bovs and girls around their own liresldcs. The life so long interwoven witli theirs, with tcaifuleycs they watched as It, slowly, but surely, passed over. The love of a mother passclh human understanding. understand-ing. The children that gathered about the bed of this dying mother long ago passed out from the home circle. liuslncss cares. and.thr.lr own home circles have encroached upon their lime, may have robbed mother of their companionship, but site was ever Just the same; rejoicing in their successes and grieving at their misfortunes. mis-fortunes. They may have grown away from her, but she never from them; they were still her boys and girls. As tho years go by the memory of her unset un-set llsli devotion will make thepi better men and better women and serve as a sweetest heritage. Cecelia West was a good woman, and Is unquestionably gone to the best reward there may be In tho great bejond.