Funeral services for Mrs. Hermoine Pratt Brooksby, 71, were held Monday December 21, at 2 p.m., at Fredonia, with Bishop Woodrow Johnson conducting.
Mrs. Brooksby passed away Saturday, December 19, at Kane County Hospital, from complications following a series of heart attacks. She had been in failing health for more than two years. She was born at Fredonia, April 5, 1893, daughter of Lorum Pratt, Sr. and Frances Theobald. She married Joseph BHrooksby on December 6, 1910 at Fredonia, and the marriage was reaffirmed a few days later at St. George Temple. The couple have seven of their eight children surviving. Their son, Eldon preceded his mother in death.
Survivors include the husband, and sons, Arland, Fredonia, Merrill, Cupertino, Calif., and Doctor Lyle O., Flagstaff. Daughters include Mrs. Virgil (Hermoine) Weitzel, Fontana, California, Mrs. Wesley (Virginia) Dennett, Springdale, Utah, Mrs. George (Lenora) Eidemiller, Mar Vista, California, and Mrs. Ortho (Bernice) Christensen, St. George. All were able to attend the services but Mrs. Christensen. There are 37 grandchildren and 11 great grand children surviving. Three sisters also survive. They include Mrs. Robert (Estella) Jackson, Fredonia, Mrs. Mildred Hodges, Pacific Grove, California, and Mrs. Dora Barrowman, Cudahy, California.
Burial following the services was at Fredonia Cemetery. Mrs. Brooksby was a life-long member of the LDS Church, and was extremely active when her health began to fail. She continued her activites at home, assisting her husband in his business and civic responsibilites, as Justice of the Peace, and as Town Magistrate, and she also served as Deputy County Recorder for many years.
The funeral program included, Prelude and postlude music, Mrs. LeRoy Heaton, organist Home prayer by Dr. Lyle O. Brooksby. Invocation by Wilford Brooksby. Song, Jesus Lover of My Soul, by mixed choir, directed by LeRoy Heaton. Speaker, Merrill Christopherson, Provo, former teacher in Fredonia Schools. Song, I Know That My Redeemer Lives, by Mrs. Robert Henderson, Hatch, Utah, accompanied by Mrs. Heaton. Speaker, nephew, Elmer Jackson, Kanab. Song, I Need Thee Every Hour, by male quartet, Preston Brooksby, Allen Judd, LaVier Tait and Neil Crosby, accompanied by Mrs. Heaton. Speaker, R. Keith Udall, former superintendent, Fredonia.

Southern Utah News, Kanab, Utah, December 24, 1964, page 1, column 3