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Sarah Rowley Meredith

11 Oct 1882 – 23 Dec 1958

Birth	11 Oct 1882
Death	23 Dec 1958
Cemetery	American Fork Cemetery American Fork , Utah County , Utah , USA
Added by	Lee Drew on 15 Jun 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27586674

Bio

Services Held Saturday for Sarah Rowley Meredith Mrs. Sarah Rowley Meredith, 76, 323 East State Road, died Tuesday, December 23, at 7:00 a.m. at the American Fork Hospital following a short illness. She was born October 11, 1882, in American Fork, a daughter of Alma and Amelia Shipley Rowley. She married George Henry Meredith in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died in June 1947. Mrs. Meredith was a housewife and active church worker, having been affiliated with the Primary for twenty years and the Relief Society fifteen years, in both stake and ward work. She was also a Relief Society visiting teacher for many years. During the years 1936 to 1942, when the Meredith's were located in South Dakota with the sugar company, she was active in the LDS branch there and frequently had missionaries at their home as they toured the missions. Survivors include one son and two daughters, Leo G. Meredith, American Fork; Mrs. Richard H. (Clea) Maxfield, Salt Lake City, and Zelma Meredith, South Gate, CA; eight grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. W.J. (Grace) Morrison, Orange, CA; Mrs. Ed (Ada) Larsen, and Mrs. Kate Adams, Salt Lake City. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in the First-Fifth Ward Chapel under the direction of Bishop J. Fred Scholes. Speakers included Ferril M. Sorenson and President Phil D. Jensen, with remarks by Bishop Scholes. Musical selections for the services were two numbers "One Fleeting Hour" and "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" by a vocal trio composed of Affra Nelson, Mildred Mecham and Margaret Gardner; vocal sola "A Christian's Goodnight" by E.R. Shelley. Prelude and postlude music was played by Dorothy Vest and Mary Humphries accompanied the vocalists. Glen Greenwood offered the invocation, and the benediction was pronounced by Art Eskelson. Prayer at the home was offered by Melvin Grant, and Abe Greenwood dedicated the grave in the American Fork Cemetery. Pallbearers were members of the family.

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Family

Parents

• Alma Rowley Sr 1853–1922
• Amelia Elizabeth Shipley Rowley 1855–1922

Spouse

• George Henry Meredith 1877–1949 FaG

Siblings

• Alma Rowley Jr 1875–1921
• Melvina "Maggie" Rowley Dickerson 1877–1928
• John Brown Rowley 1879–1926
• Eliza Rowley Hanson 1881–1912
• Ada Elizabeth Rowley Larsen 1884–1972
• Florence Ann Rowley 1889–1920
• Kate Rowley Adams 1891–1970
• Albert Rowley 1893–1958
• Pearl Amelia Rowley Cunningham 1896–1950

Children

• Leo George Meredith 1902–1986 FaG
• Clea Meredith Maxfield 1919–2006 FaG

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