Lydia Jane Allen Hardy
FORMER PROVOAN DIES AT 90 IN ORDERVILLE

Mrs. Lydia Jane Allen Hardy, 90, Orderville, a former Provoan, died Sunday evening in Kanab of a heart attack.

Mrs. Hardy was born in Mt. Carmel, Kane County, Nov. 5, 1872, a daughter of Joseph Stewart and Karen Marie Hansen Allen. She married John D. Hardy Dec. 29, 1894. The marriage was later solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple. Mr. Hardy died January 13, 1933.

She spent the early years of her marriage in Old Mexico, where she went to live with relatives after being orphaned as a young girl. Her parents were members of the United Order. She was active in the LDS Church in all auxiliary organizations during her entire lifetime. Her hobby was reading.

She came to Utah in 1912 when the Mormons left Mexico. She made her home in Provo with her daughter in the later years of her life.

The mother of seven children, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Marie) Hepworth of Orderville and Mrs. Elwood (Nettie) Dennett of Provo; 20 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Orderville LDS Ward Chapel. Interment will be in the Orderville Cemetery.

Daily Herald
Monday, July 15, 1963
transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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LYDIA JANE HARDY

ORDERVILLE, Kane County -- Mrs. Lydia Jane Allen Hardy, 90, Orderville, died Sunday in a Kane County hospital following a heart attack,

Born Nov, 5, 1872, Mt. Carmel, Utah, a daughter of Joseph Stewart and Karen Marie Hansen Allen. Attended schools in Kane County. Helped establish colonies for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Mexico. Married John D. Hardy in Mexico. Marriage later solemnized in the St. George Temple. He died Jan. 13, 1933. Active in the Church, Sunday School and Relief Society. Did fine needle work.

Survivors: two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Marie) Hepworth, Orderville; Mrs. Elwood (Nettie) Dennett, Provo; 20 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren.

Funeral Thursday, 1 p.m., Orderville Ward Chapel. Burial, Orderville Cemetery.

Salt Lake Tribune
Wednesday, July 17, 1963
transcribed by Rhonda Holton