According to the Evanston City Cemetery records: Mrs. Kate Johnson Homer; burial plot 2-00-509-06; burial date 6/02/1940; aged 90; cause/senility. Note this death date is one year different than the headstone. I assume this is the same person.-GP
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obit:
Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 3, 1941
Rites to Be Today For Pioneer Evanston Woman
EVANSTON, June 2 (Special)—Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the First Ward L.D.S. Chapel for Kate Johnson Homer, 89, pioneer resident of Uinta county, who died at her home in North Evanston Saturday morning. Bishop Wilford M. Price of the Evanston Second Ward is in charge of the service. Interment will be in the City cemetery with the Bryan Mortuary in charge.
Born November 1, 1851 in Recier, Norway, the deceased came to America with her parents when four years of age. She had resided in Uinta county for the past 60 years, having lived on a ranch on Upper Bear River and then moving to Evanston.
Surviving are five sons, Ralph and Rodney Homer of Evanston, Robert Homer of Rawlins, Bert Homer of Devils Slide, Utah, and Harry Homer of Salt Lake City; a daughter, Mrs. E.F. Bennett, Evanston; two sisters, Mrs. James Jesperson of Arizona, and Mrs. Farnsworth of Salt Lake City, and 17 grandchildren.
From a findagrave contributor:
obit:
Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 3, 1941
Rites to Be Today For Pioneer Evanston Woman
EVANSTON, June 2 (Special)—Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the First Ward L.D.S. Chapel for Kate Johnson Homer, 89, pioneer resident of Uinta county, who died at her home in North Evanston Saturday morning. Bishop Wilford M. Price of the Evanston Second Ward is in charge of the service. Interment will be in the City cemetery with the Bryan Mortuary in charge.
Born November 1, 1851 in Recier, Norway, the deceased came to America with her parents when four years of age. She had resided in Uinta county for the past 60 years, having lived on a ranch on Upper Bear River and then moving to Evanston.
Surviving are five sons, Ralph and Rodney Homer of Evanston, Robert Homer of Rawlins, Bert Homer of Devils Slide, Utah, and Harry Homer of Salt Lake City; a daughter, Mrs. E.F. Bennett, Evanston; two sisters, Mrs. James Jesperson of Arizona, and Mrs. Farnsworth of Salt Lake City, and 17 grandchildren.
According to the Evanston City Cemetery records: Mrs. Kate Johnson Homer; burial plot 2-00-509-06; burial date 6/02/1940; aged 90; cause/senility. Note this death date is one year different than the headstone. I assume this is the same person.-GP
From a findagrave contributor:
obit:
Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 3, 1941
Rites to Be Today For Pioneer Evanston Woman
EVANSTON, June 2 (Special)—Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the First Ward L.D.S. Chapel for Kate Johnson Homer, 89, pioneer resident of Uinta county, who died at her home in North Evanston Saturday morning. Bishop Wilford M. Price of the Evanston Second Ward is in charge of the service. Interment will be in the City cemetery with the Bryan Mortuary in charge.
Born November 1, 1851 in Recier, Norway, the deceased came to America with her parents when four years of age. She had resided in Uinta county for the past 60 years, having lived on a ranch on Upper Bear River and then moving to Evanston.
Surviving are five sons, Ralph and Rodney Homer of Evanston, Robert Homer of Rawlins, Bert Homer of Devils Slide, Utah, and Harry Homer of Salt Lake City; a daughter, Mrs. E.F. Bennett, Evanston; two sisters, Mrs. James Jesperson of Arizona, and Mrs. Farnsworth of Salt Lake City, and 17 grandchildren.
From a findagrave contributor:
obit:
Rock Springs Daily Rocket, Jun 3, 1941
Rites to Be Today For Pioneer Evanston Woman
EVANSTON, June 2 (Special)—Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the First Ward L.D.S. Chapel for Kate Johnson Homer, 89, pioneer resident of Uinta county, who died at her home in North Evanston Saturday morning. Bishop Wilford M. Price of the Evanston Second Ward is in charge of the service. Interment will be in the City cemetery with the Bryan Mortuary in charge.
Born November 1, 1851 in Recier, Norway, the deceased came to America with her parents when four years of age. She had resided in Uinta county for the past 60 years, having lived on a ranch on Upper Bear River and then moving to Evanston.
Surviving are five sons, Ralph and Rodney Homer of Evanston, Robert Homer of Rawlins, Bert Homer of Devils Slide, Utah, and Harry Homer of Salt Lake City; a daughter, Mrs. E.F. Bennett, Evanston; two sisters, Mrs. James Jesperson of Arizona, and Mrs. Farnsworth of Salt Lake City, and 17 grandchildren.
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