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- Headline: OBITUARIES 2 Publication Date: December 23, 1992 Source: The Salt Lake Tribune Page: B4 Subjects: Region: Utah Obituary: SALT LAKE CITY--Henrietta May Burt Paxton, age 88, passed from thislifeon December 19, 1992, of natural causes, at the home of herdaughter inSalt Lake City, Utah. She was born to James Edward Burt and Celestia Cazier Burt inLiberty,Utah on May 28, 1904. Henrietta grew up in Ogden and Fillmore.Sheattended Mound Fort Junior High and graduated from WeberAcademy.Henrietta, a gifted artist, received as Associate of Artsdegree fromWeber College and members of Utah's art community benefitedfrom herinsight and willingness to share her talents. She was alifetime memberof the Palett Club and many beautiful paintings remaintestimony to hergifts. She married Charles Wilson Paxton November 15, 1923 in Ogden,Utah;marriage was later solemnized in the Ogden LDS Temple. Charlesprecededher in death in March 20, 1978. Henrietta was a member of theLDS Churchand she served in the MIA and Relief Society and enjoyedmany socialactivities. She held offices in the Daughters of UtahPioneers andEpsilon Sigma Alpha. She was employed by W. S. WrightsDepartment Store,the Nadine, Makoff's and Briton's and retired from L.R. Samuels. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sisters, Edna,Paulineand Olive and brothers, Fredrick and John. She is survived by daughters, Gwynne Oborn Johnson Jones, Mesa,Arizona;Cheryl Wilson Cope, Salt Lake City; seven grandchildren;39great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, 2 p.m. in the Larkin andSonsMortuary, 496 24th Street, Ogden, where friends may call Tuesdayfrom 6-8p.m. and Wednesday from 1-1:45 p.m. Interment, Ogden CityCemetery. T12/22 T 12/22 Tina Gonzales Garcia Polanco
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1904 - 1992 (88 years)
