Mary Inger Bourne
The News-Examiner, Thursday, November 8, 1956, page 1
RITES HELD FOR MRS. MARY BOURNE
Mrs. Mary Bourne, 73, died of cancer at 1:30 pm November 1st at her home in Montpelier. The daughter of James A and Inger Marie Madsen Welker, she was born April 23, 1883 in Bloomington. She was married to Norman Charles Bourne of Cokeville, Wyoming, September 5, 1906, and the ceremony was later solemnized in the LDS Temple, Salt Lake City. Mrs. Bourne spent her youth in Bennington, the first two years of her married life in Cokeville and the rest of her life in Montpelier.
An active worker in the LDS Church, she served as organist in the Bennington Ward and later in the same capacity at the Montpelier Second and First wards. She was a teacher in the Sunday School and Mutual at Bennington and in the Sunday School and Primary at Cokeville. Besides her music activities in Montpelier, she taught a class in the Relief Society and was also a work director. She spent much time in genealogy and was an ardent Temple worker.
Survivors are two sons and five daughters; Welker Bourne of Blackfoot, Jennings Bourne of Boise, Norma Bourne of Montpelier, Mrs. Frank (Roma) Green of Rapid City, South Dakota, Mrs. Edred (Mary Fern) Bacon of Georgetown, Mrs. Earl (Malaone) Parker of Seattle and Mrs. Ephraim (Helen) Crossley of Nounan. She is also survived by five sisters and one brother; Mrs. Kem Loveday, Mrs Geneva Weaver and Golden Welker all of Montpelier; Mrs. Thomas Stephens of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Will Roberts of Burley and Mrs. Hugh M Lyman who is on an LDS mission in New Zealand; 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Besides her husband who died January 5, 1921, she was proceeded in death by two sisters and two brothers.
Services were conducted in the Montpelier First Ward Chapel Monday with Bishop David Jensen presiding. The opening song "I Know MY Redeemer Lives" was by a quartet comprised of Lilas Swensen, Mrs. Walter Hunzeker, Winslow Swensen and Harold Grunig; invocation, Bishop Royal D Clark; speaker, Bishop Jensen; vocal solo "That Wonderful Mother of Mine" Joanne Bacon, a granddaughter; speaker President Silas L Wright; violin solo "The End of a Perfect Day" Mrs. Grover Swallow; speaker Bishop Rolland L Jaussi; song "Sometime We'll Understand" quarter: benediction, William Trussell. The prayer at home was offered by Eldred Bacon.
Interment was in the Montpelier cemetery and the grave was dedicated by Will Roberts. Pall bearers were Blake Aland, Fred Hunzeker, Roy Walton, Allen Ipsen, John Rigby and Able Kunz. The Matthews Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.