The child had paused by the side of the road to watch a Union Pacific train go by and turned suddenly to run across the street. Henry Morgan of Layton, driver of the truck declared he did not see the girl until the machine had struck her. He picked her up, taking her to her home, where she died at ten o'clock.
The little girl was born at Peterson on January 18, 1923, but had lived five years with her family at Point of Rocks Wyo. She was a member of the L. D. S. Sunday school and primary, and was in the fourth grade of the Peterson school. The father is signal maintainer for the Union Pacific Railway.
Surviving are the parents, the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hewlett of Peterson, and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rogers of Morgan; and the following brothers and sister: Thane, Denny, Aldine, and Donna Rogers.
-Ogden Standard-Examiner 4/18/1933
Funeral services for Marna[sic] Ada Rogers, 10-year-old daughter of Park and Verda Hulet Rogers, were held Sunday afternoon at one o'clock in the Peterson L.D.S. ward with the chapel overcrowded and many remaining outside.
Bishop John Hulet presided. Invocation was offered by Bishop Herbert Whittier of Milton. A vocal duet by J. J. Johnson and Miss Edith Johnson followed. The speakers were: C. C. Geary and A. Parrish. Soloists were Ellen Thomas and Edith Johnson. S. C. Hulet pronounced the benediction. Pallbearers were Dale Poll, Vine Poll, Max Rogers, Frank Bohman, Bruce Robison and Vaughn Pendleton, all young schoolmates.
Burial took place in the Peterson cemetery. Wm. Robison of Ogden dedicated the grave. It was the most largely attended funeral ever held in Peterson.
-Ogden Standard-Examiner 4/25/1933
The child had paused by the side of the road to watch a Union Pacific train go by and turned suddenly to run across the street. Henry Morgan of Layton, driver of the truck declared he did not see the girl until the machine had struck her. He picked her up, taking her to her home, where she died at ten o'clock.
The little girl was born at Peterson on January 18, 1923, but had lived five years with her family at Point of Rocks Wyo. She was a member of the L. D. S. Sunday school and primary, and was in the fourth grade of the Peterson school. The father is signal maintainer for the Union Pacific Railway.
Surviving are the parents, the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hewlett of Peterson, and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rogers of Morgan; and the following brothers and sister: Thane, Denny, Aldine, and Donna Rogers.
-Ogden Standard-Examiner 4/18/1933
Funeral services for Marna[sic] Ada Rogers, 10-year-old daughter of Park and Verda Hulet Rogers, were held Sunday afternoon at one o'clock in the Peterson L.D.S. ward with the chapel overcrowded and many remaining outside.
Bishop John Hulet presided. Invocation was offered by Bishop Herbert Whittier of Milton. A vocal duet by J. J. Johnson and Miss Edith Johnson followed. The speakers were: C. C. Geary and A. Parrish. Soloists were Ellen Thomas and Edith Johnson. S. C. Hulet pronounced the benediction. Pallbearers were Dale Poll, Vine Poll, Max Rogers, Frank Bohman, Bruce Robison and Vaughn Pendleton, all young schoolmates.
Burial took place in the Peterson cemetery. Wm. Robison of Ogden dedicated the grave. It was the most largely attended funeral ever held in Peterson.
-Ogden Standard-Examiner 4/25/1933
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