Vernal Mother Passes Away Wednesday

Mary "Mame" Hacking, 60, Succumbs Following Lingering Illness Wednesday 5 P.M. Funeral Services to be Held at Maeser on Saturday at 1 P.M.

Mary Elizabeth "Mame" Hacking died Wednesday night at 5 o'clock, Mrs. Hacking had been ill for several months following a stroke, last February. The cause of death was diabetes Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:00 p.m., in the Maeser Ward Chapel under the direction of the ward bishopric, with burial in the Maeser Cemetery.

Mrs. Hacking was born March 19, 1874 at Beaver, the daughter of Iowa Hall and Mary Elizabeth Grow Hacking.

In 1879, at the age of five years, she moved to Ashley Valley with her parents and settled in Dry Fork, 14 miles north of Vernal. She was married to John S. Hacking March 29, 1893 at Vernal and later the same year they were married in the Logan Temple.

Besides her husband, deceased is survived by three sisters and six brothers. Mrs. Ruth Caldwell, Mrs. Sarah Davis, Mrs. Chloe Johnson, Orson, William, Mark, Jeff, Joe and Henry Hall and the following children, Mrs. Wilson Murray, Mrs. Alton Hatch, Milton, Cllyde, Iowa and Harry.

Mrs. Hacking was one of the five remaining outstanding pioneer mothers. She was an energetic worker on community movements and a lover pf beautiful flowers. Her home was a veritable flower garden and many choice plants have won ribbons in shows and fairs. She was a freat friend of the red man and many Indians of the Uintah reservation called at the home and sought her advise and counsel.

-Vernal Express, November 8, 1934