Daughter of Matilda Russell and Charles Maxim.
IMPRESSIVE SERVICE HELD AT MANTI

Impressive funeral services were held for Mrs. Cynthia Sildona Dack, the highly respected wife of Phillip Dack, at the Manti tabernacle last Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Dack passed away at her home Tuesday of last week and her death is mourned by hundreds through Southern Utah, were she was so well known and loved. Services were conducted by Bishop N.R. Peterson of Manti North Ward. Roy Mellor gave an exhaustive history of the deceased, and Elder Thompson of Ephraim in an address highly eulogized the splendid traits of the one who had just been called. Ellis Johnson impressively sang "When the Mists Have Cleared Away". Following the services at the tabernacle the remains were taken to the cemetery, where dedicatory services were conducted by Bishop A.M. Mellor of Fayette.

Quite a number of friends and relatives from Gunnison attended the funeral services, among them being Mr. and Mrs. William Dack, Mr. and Mrs. William Metcalf, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Metcalf, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Metcalf, Mr. and Mrs. Edd. Jensen, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dack of Centerfield and Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Mellor of Fayette.

Mrs. Dack was born August 29, 1843, in Oswego County, New York, her parents Charles Maxim and Mrs. Matilda Russell Maxim. Her father was a millwright. They lived near the place where Joseph Smith first promulgated the doctrines of the L.D.S. faith, and joined the L.D.S. church.

The family moved to Nauvoo when their daughter Cynthia Sildona, was in her early childhood. Her father worked on the Navoo temple until it was completed. Later they came West, locating at Mill Creek, Salt Lake County, in 1852, with other pioneers and still later resided at Springville and Payson. It was at the latter place that Cynthia Sildona Maxim became the wife of Phillip Dack on May 15, 1859.

The young couple moved to Wellsville, and in 1864 removed to Fayette, among the first settlers, where they lived for fifty-one years. They engaged in farming and stock raising and also were active in church work. In 1914 they were called on a mission in the Manti Temple for four years.

Mrs. Dack is survived by her husband and the following children: Eva C. Mellor, Philip A. Dack, Agnes A. Palmer and William C. Dack of Gunnison,and Earl M. Dack and Mrs. Lafe Bown of Provo.

Deseret News
23 September 1921