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This is the funeral program prepared for the services for ancestor Clara Lzina Barker Pugmire.  The funeral was held in the Riverside Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The Riverside Ward was earlier called the 29th Ward.  It was located on the corner of 1000 West and […]

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This obituary for Clara Lzina Barker Pugmire was carried in the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune.   It is in our file and archived by both newspapers.  A copy is also kept by Deseret Mortuary.

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This resolution honored Nephi James Bates upon his death in 1958.  It was created and submitted by the Southern Utah Bar Association.

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This is the funeral program for Nephi James Bates who was born in 1875 to Nephi James Bates and Sarah Sprague.  His funeral was held in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah.  Following the service he was buried in the Richfield City Cemetery.

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These are two business cards which ancestor Nephi James Bates 1875-1958 used in his career as an attorney and as a judge.  The earliest card says that his office is in his home.  The later card shows him working in an office in town.  It would have been quite easy for his children and wife […]

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The complete obituary for Nephi James Bates 1875-1958 is in our Family History file.  This obituary appeared in The Richfield Reaper, which was the newspaper of the town of Richfield in Sevier County, Utah.  The obituary has been archived by the newspaper.

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This keepsake photograph shows the choir of the Monroe Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints in 1883.  Monroe is a small town just beyond Richfield, Utah.  Both towns are in Sevier County.  The man in front on the right is the choir director.  He is ancestor Nephi James Bates 1848-1921.  He was […]

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This portrait is of four of the seven children born to Nephi James Bates and Flora Louise Maiben. All were born in Utah.  They are Stella, Reta, Henry and Mildred. These were the four oldest living children at the time the portrait was taken.   Between Stella and Reta was a daughter Irene who died […]

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This is the funeral program for Flora Louise Maiben Bates who was born in 1871 and died in 1960.  Her funeral took place in her home town of Richfield, Sevier County, Utah and was attended by many members of her family.   Following the funeral, she was buried in the Richfield City Cemetery next to her […]

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This is the entrance to the Richfield City Cemetery in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah.  It is the burial place of Nephi James Bates 1875-1958 and his wife Flora Louise Maiben 1871-1960.   Also buried in the cemetery is their son Henry James Bates 1908-1985 and a daughter Lucile Bates Ford 1914-1990.