Daughter of Charles & Sarah Lavinia (Walker) Hughes. Wife of Mormon Delbert Bird.
Mendon, Utah— Mary Ann Hughes Bird, 84 widow of Mormon Delbert Bird, died late Saturday night at the family home following a lingering illness. She was born December 14th, 1879 in Mendon, a daughter of Charles and Sarah Walker Hughes and married Mr. Bird on December 18th, 1901 in the Logan L.D.S. Temple. He died in April of 1963. An active member of the L.D.S. church, she had served as ward organist and as organist for other organizations for many years. She was a Relied Society Visiting Teacher for twenty years and had also served as president and counselor in that organization. A charter member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, she was also a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She is survived by two sons and three daughters: Irvin D. Bird, Tooele; Marcell W. Bird, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Mrs. Glen (Violet) Alexander and Mrs. Leo (Orlie) Jensen, both of Ogden; and Artice Bird, Mendon; sixteen grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a brother, John O. Hughes, Mendon; two sisters, Mrs. Edith H. Winn, Centerville; and Mrs. Gladys N. Nelson, College Ward. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at one p.m. at the Nelson Memorial Funeral Chapel in Logan under the direction of Bishop Fred W. Sorensen of the Mendon Ward. Friends may call at the place of service Tuesday evening from seven to nine p.m. and Wednesday after eleven a.m. Burial will be in the Mendon Cemetery. ~The Herald Journal, May 11th, 1964, page 2.
Daughter of Charles & Sarah Lavinia (Walker) Hughes. Wife of Mormon Delbert Bird.
Mendon, Utah— Mary Ann Hughes Bird, 84 widow of Mormon Delbert Bird, died late Saturday night at the family home following a lingering illness. She was born December 14th, 1879 in Mendon, a daughter of Charles and Sarah Walker Hughes and married Mr. Bird on December 18th, 1901 in the Logan L.D.S. Temple. He died in April of 1963. An active member of the L.D.S. church, she had served as ward organist and as organist for other organizations for many years. She was a Relied Society Visiting Teacher for twenty years and had also served as president and counselor in that organization. A charter member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, she was also a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She is survived by two sons and three daughters: Irvin D. Bird, Tooele; Marcell W. Bird, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Mrs. Glen (Violet) Alexander and Mrs. Leo (Orlie) Jensen, both of Ogden; and Artice Bird, Mendon; sixteen grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a brother, John O. Hughes, Mendon; two sisters, Mrs. Edith H. Winn, Centerville; and Mrs. Gladys N. Nelson, College Ward. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at one p.m. at the Nelson Memorial Funeral Chapel in Logan under the direction of Bishop Fred W. Sorensen of the Mendon Ward. Friends may call at the place of service Tuesday evening from seven to nine p.m. and Wednesday after eleven a.m. Burial will be in the Mendon Cemetery. ~The Herald Journal, May 11th, 1964, page 2.
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