Funeral services for Annie Frederike (Keller) Braithwaite were held on Saturday, May 8, 1954. Mrs. Braithwaite, 83, died the proceeding Wednesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Mellor, of causes incident to age.
She was born in Obeyettengen, Germany, a daughter of Conrad and Margrehta Kusmel Keller. At the age of seven she immigrated with her parents to this country and has since lived in Manti. She was married to John Rowland Braithwaite in 1889 in the Manti LDS Temple and he died November 20, 1939.
Mrs. Braithwaite was an active member of the LDS Church. At one time she served as first counselor in the Relief Society and was a faithful visiting teacher for many years. She was a member of the Old Folks Committee, the Genealogical Committee and was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
She is survived by a son, Fred L. Braithwaite of Manti; four daughters, Margaret Lund, Leah Alder and Ruth Mellor, Manti, and Claire Tollestrup, El Monte, California; 16 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Emily Jensen, Manti and Mrs. Mary Domgaard, Fort Collins, Colorado; and one brother, A. D. Keller, Price.
Services --
Funeral services were conducted by Bishop B. C. Braithwaite of the Manti Center Ward. Prelude and postlude music was played by Jane Braithwaite. Other music inculded a vocal duet, "Mother Machree" by Dorothy Larsen and Thera Lou Hickman, accompanied by Thera Lou; a vocal solo, "In The Time Of Roses" by Sam Parry, accompanied by Pauline Parry, and a trio of Helen, Morgan and Wilbur Lund sang "Beautiful City". A tribute to grandmother, written by Grace Madsen, was read by Janice Braithwaite. She also read a tribute to mother.
Speakers were Rudy B. Cheever, Calvin Keller and Ray P. Lund.
The prayer in the home was offered by Alphonso Henrie, the prayer at the funeral by William Nielson and Pratt Allreed, and the grave in the Manti Cemetery was dedicated by Dr. Ray Munk.
She was born in Obeyettengen, Germany, a daughter of Conrad and Margrehta Kusmel Keller. At the age of seven she immigrated with her parents to this country and has since lived in Manti. She was married to John Rowland Braithwaite in 1889 in the Manti LDS Temple and he died November 20, 1939.
Mrs. Braithwaite was an active member of the LDS Church. At one time she served as first counselor in the Relief Society and was a faithful visiting teacher for many years. She was a member of the Old Folks Committee, the Genealogical Committee and was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
She is survived by a son, Fred L. Braithwaite of Manti; four daughters, Margaret Lund, Leah Alder and Ruth Mellor, Manti, and Claire Tollestrup, El Monte, California; 16 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Emily Jensen, Manti and Mrs. Mary Domgaard, Fort Collins, Colorado; and one brother, A. D. Keller, Price.
Services --
Funeral services were conducted by Bishop B. C. Braithwaite of the Manti Center Ward. Prelude and postlude music was played by Jane Braithwaite. Other music inculded a vocal duet, "Mother Machree" by Dorothy Larsen and Thera Lou Hickman, accompanied by Thera Lou; a vocal solo, "In The Time Of Roses" by Sam Parry, accompanied by Pauline Parry, and a trio of Helen, Morgan and Wilbur Lund sang "Beautiful City". A tribute to grandmother, written by Grace Madsen, was read by Janice Braithwaite. She also read a tribute to mother.
Speakers were Rudy B. Cheever, Calvin Keller and Ray P. Lund.
The prayer in the home was offered by Alphonso Henrie, the prayer at the funeral by William Nielson and Pratt Allreed, and the grave in the Manti Cemetery was dedicated by Dr. Ray Munk.
Funeral services for Annie Frederike (Keller) Braithwaite were held on Saturday, May 8, 1954. Mrs. Braithwaite, 83, died the proceeding Wednesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Mellor, of causes incident to age.
She was born in Obeyettengen, Germany, a daughter of Conrad and Margrehta Kusmel Keller. At the age of seven she immigrated with her parents to this country and has since lived in Manti. She was married to John Rowland Braithwaite in 1889 in the Manti LDS Temple and he died November 20, 1939.
Mrs. Braithwaite was an active member of the LDS Church. At one time she served as first counselor in the Relief Society and was a faithful visiting teacher for many years. She was a member of the Old Folks Committee, the Genealogical Committee and was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
She is survived by a son, Fred L. Braithwaite of Manti; four daughters, Margaret Lund, Leah Alder and Ruth Mellor, Manti, and Claire Tollestrup, El Monte, California; 16 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Emily Jensen, Manti and Mrs. Mary Domgaard, Fort Collins, Colorado; and one brother, A. D. Keller, Price.
Services --
Funeral services were conducted by Bishop B. C. Braithwaite of the Manti Center Ward. Prelude and postlude music was played by Jane Braithwaite. Other music inculded a vocal duet, "Mother Machree" by Dorothy Larsen and Thera Lou Hickman, accompanied by Thera Lou; a vocal solo, "In The Time Of Roses" by Sam Parry, accompanied by Pauline Parry, and a trio of Helen, Morgan and Wilbur Lund sang "Beautiful City". A tribute to grandmother, written by Grace Madsen, was read by Janice Braithwaite. She also read a tribute to mother.
Speakers were Rudy B. Cheever, Calvin Keller and Ray P. Lund.
The prayer in the home was offered by Alphonso Henrie, the prayer at the funeral by William Nielson and Pratt Allreed, and the grave in the Manti Cemetery was dedicated by Dr. Ray Munk.
She was born in Obeyettengen, Germany, a daughter of Conrad and Margrehta Kusmel Keller. At the age of seven she immigrated with her parents to this country and has since lived in Manti. She was married to John Rowland Braithwaite in 1889 in the Manti LDS Temple and he died November 20, 1939.
Mrs. Braithwaite was an active member of the LDS Church. At one time she served as first counselor in the Relief Society and was a faithful visiting teacher for many years. She was a member of the Old Folks Committee, the Genealogical Committee and was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
She is survived by a son, Fred L. Braithwaite of Manti; four daughters, Margaret Lund, Leah Alder and Ruth Mellor, Manti, and Claire Tollestrup, El Monte, California; 16 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Emily Jensen, Manti and Mrs. Mary Domgaard, Fort Collins, Colorado; and one brother, A. D. Keller, Price.
Services --
Funeral services were conducted by Bishop B. C. Braithwaite of the Manti Center Ward. Prelude and postlude music was played by Jane Braithwaite. Other music inculded a vocal duet, "Mother Machree" by Dorothy Larsen and Thera Lou Hickman, accompanied by Thera Lou; a vocal solo, "In The Time Of Roses" by Sam Parry, accompanied by Pauline Parry, and a trio of Helen, Morgan and Wilbur Lund sang "Beautiful City". A tribute to grandmother, written by Grace Madsen, was read by Janice Braithwaite. She also read a tribute to mother.
Speakers were Rudy B. Cheever, Calvin Keller and Ray P. Lund.
The prayer in the home was offered by Alphonso Henrie, the prayer at the funeral by William Nielson and Pratt Allreed, and the grave in the Manti Cemetery was dedicated by Dr. Ray Munk.
Gravesite Details
Born in Obergettingen, Germany. died In Manti, Sanpete, Utah. Daughter of John Conrad Keller and Margaretha Kusmaul.
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