Mrs. Shiverick’s Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Neva Pratt Shiverick, 82, the last of Orson Pratt’s sons and daughters, will be conducted on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at 255 S. 2nd East.
Mrs. Shiverick died Friday at 7 p.m. at her residence, 257 10th Ave.
Her father was an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under Brigham Young. He was one of the first three men to enter the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.
The daughter of Orson and Juliette Phelps Pratt, she was born July 27, 1875, in Salt Lake City. She was married to William Lyman Shiverick on Aug. 6, 1908, in Salt Lake City. He died several years ago.
One daughter, Mrs. Neva Mae Cary, Albuquerque, N.M., and three grandchildren survive.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Primary Children’s Hospital. Entombment will be made in the Salt Lake Memorial Mausoleum.
[Deseret News, Mar. 16, 1957, 4B]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, Jan. 2006]
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Death Takes S.L. Woman, 82, Last of Orson Pratt Children
Mrs. Neva Pratt Shiverick, 82, 257-10th Ave., the last of Orson Pratt’s sons and daughters, died of a heart ailment Friday at 7 p.m. at her residence. Orson Pratt was a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, under Brigham Young and was one of the first three men to enter Salt Lake Valley in 1847.
Mrs. Shiverick was born July 27, 1874, in Salt Lake City, a daughter of Orson and Juliette Phelps Pratt. She was married to William Lyman Shiverick on Aug. 6, 1908, in Salt Lake City. He died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Shiverick was a member of the LDS Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Neva Mae Cary, Albuquerque, N.M., and three granddaughters.
[Salt Lake Tribune, Mar. 16, 1957, 23]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, Jan. 2006]
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