Emma Jane McKell

1866 - 1925  (59 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 2 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Emma Jane McKell
  Birth	4 Mar 1866	Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
  Gender	Female
  Initiatory (LDS)	17 Dec 1885	LOGAN
  FamilySearch ID	KWC6-T98
  Death	24 Dec 1925	Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
  Burial	26 Dec 1925	Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I173441	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert McKell,   b. 11 Feb 1824, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 8 Jun 1903, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Boyack,   b. 15 Apr 1838, Forfarshire, Scotland d. 30 Jan 1916, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	9 Feb 1856	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F43095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Brockbank,   b. 15 Sep 1859, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 4 Mar 1941, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1885	Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
  Children	1. Joseph Archibald Brockbank,   b. 20 May 1887, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 13 Mar 1958, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 70 years)   2. Emma Elizabeth Brockbank,   b. 29 Aug 1890, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 5 Apr 1956, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 65 years)   3. John Ross Brockbank,   b. 13 Oct 1893, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 2 Mar 1897, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 3 years)   4. Hazel Agnes Brockbank,   b. 12 Aug 1896, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 9 Feb 1988 (Age 91 years)   5. Robert Isaac Brockbank,   b. 31 Dec 1899, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 7 Jun 1976, Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States (Age 76 years)   6. Austin McKell Brockbank,   b. 20 May 1902, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 24 Oct 1902, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 0 years)   7. Allen Grant Brockbank,   b. 13 Sep 1903, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 1 Oct 1998, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 95 years)   8. Mary Lucille Brockbank,   b. 8 Jan 1907, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States d. 29 Dec 1930, Price, Carbon, Utah, United States (Age 23 years)
  Family ID	F42758	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 4 Mar 1866 - Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 17 Dec 1885 - LOGAN Marriage - 17 Dec 1885 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Death - 24 Dec 1925 - Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Burial - 26 Dec 1925 - Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Joseph Brockbank, the fourth child of Isaac Brockbank Sr. of Underbarro w , Westmorland, England and Sarah Brown of Harefield, Middlesex, Englan d , was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 15, 1859. His parents i mm igrated to Utah as new converts to the Church in 1852. Sarah was singl e ; the only one in her family who had joined the Church. Isaac came wit h h is first wife, Elizabeth Mainwaring and their children. Elizabeth di d no t finish the trek. Isaac and Sarah were married soon after they arri ved i n Salt Lake City. They settled in Palmyra and then in Spanish Fork. Joseph was baptized and confirmed member of the Church of Jesus Christ L a tter day Saints by Phillip Sykes on September 8, 1867. Throughout Josep h’ s life he always took an active part in the Church. He was ordaine d a dea con at the age of twelve, and two years later he was ordained a t eacher . On January 19, 1874 George Wilkins ordained Joseph a Priest. Dur ing thi s period in his growth in the priesthood he spent much time study ing th e scriptures. On November 25, 1885 George H. Brimhall at Spanish F ork, Ut ah ordained Joseph an elder. In the summer of 1884 at about twenty-three years of age, he was employ e d at the Chisholm and Gardner saw mills located up Spanish Fork Canyon . I t was during this job at the saw mills that he met Emma Jane McKell w ho l ater became his wife. Emma was eighteen years of age. She had been i nvite d to cook for the men at the saw mill. Joseph took a keen interes t in Emm a Jane and told her of her excellent cooking. On several occasio ns he tri ed to court Emma but she always rebuffed his attentions. One da y Joseph w as teasing and tormenting Emma, so in defense, she picked u p a large pai r of horse shoe pinchers which were lying close at hand an d pinched him o n the back. Soon after this rather painful event the tw o started going to gether. Out of a mutual friendship grew a sincere love. In December 1885 with se p arate teams and wagons, two young couples, Emma Jane and Joseph, and Da vi d Banks and Miss Creer drove to Logan, Utah where they met another cou ple , Richard Money and Eliza Banks, who had gone to Logan on the train t he d ay previously. The three couples often jested with each other as t o who h ad had the most fun---the couple on the train or the two couple s who ha d gone in the white top and had stayed on the tithing office gro unds in S alt Lake City for the night while they were traveling to the te mple. Th e two girls slept in the white top and the two boys on the groun d under t he spring wagon. Fortunately there was no snow on the ground. T he three c ouples were married in the Logan Temple on December 17, 1885 . Joseph and Emma Jane returned to Spanish Fork and started housekeepin g i n part of the home belonging to Joseph’s father, Isaac Brockbank, whi ch w as located on the northwest corner of Main and Center Street. Josep h qui t work at the saw mills at the time of his marriage. He decided t o take u p farming. For a time he worked in the Spanish Fork Co-op Granar y choppin g wheat and storing grain. On November 12, 1887, less than two years after his marriage, Joseph rec e ived a letter from President Wilford Woodruff asking if he would g o o n a mission to the Southern States. He was to leave Salt Lake City No vemb er 15, 1887 just three days later. He left his young wife and baby i n Spa nish Fork and reported in Salt Lake City on November 14. He was set apart for his mission by President Woodruff, and then on th e s ame day, President H. S. Eldredge of the First Seven Presidents of Se vent ies gave him a blessing. In part it reads: “We say unto you inasmuc h as y ou seek continually for the spirit of God and yield obedience ther eunto , you shal1 be blessed with wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Yo ur min d shall be enlightened, your understanding enlarged, your tongue l oosene d and you shall be able to proclaim the principles of the everlast ing gos pel in its fullness with ability and in a way that will win man y souls t o a knowledge of the truth. And you shall be astonished in you r heart a t your labors. You shall be shielded and protected from all har m. Your li fe shall be precious in the sight of God and he will give hi s angels char ge concerning you.” Joseph traveled much without purse or scrip. Through his teachings and h i s singing, many families opened their doors with greetings of welcom e t o him and the Mormon missionaries to follow. Upon returning home fro m hi s mission, Joseph bore testimony of the many blessings received duri ng hi s mission and of his faith in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Sa ints and of the true Prophet, Joseph Smith . Joseph was honorably released to return home November 19, 1889. The lett e r of release was written by William Spry, the Clerk to the Southern Sta te s Mission who later became the Governor of Utah. The letter in part re ads : “We trust that in returning home you will not lay off the armor no r sla cken the zeal which has characterized your labors while abroad a s a Heral d of Truth but that you will turn your attention in assisting t o build u p Zion and in establishing God‘s kingdom on the earth in the mi dst of th e Saints.” Joseph did continue his labors at home. On August 17, 1902 he was chosen as second counselor to Benjamin Argyl e . When the first counselor moved away in 1903, Joseph was called to b e fi rst counselor to Bishop Argyle. He served in this position until h e was r eleased on September 24, 1916. During the construction of the Second Ward chapel, Joseph and Bishop Mar k ham and others used horses and wagons to haul the rocks down from Spani s h Fork Canyon to be used in the building. This was a long and laboriou s w ork. It was over five miles each way from the mountains to the Secon d War d site located on the corner of First South and Main Streets in Spa nish F ork, Utah. During the years Emma and Joseph lived in the Isaac Brockbank home Jose p h Archibald, Emma Elizabeth, John Ross and Hazel Agnes were born. The o th er children were born in their new brick house located two blocks to t h e west of their parents. They moved in on Thanksgiving Day in 1896. Lat e r it was remodeled and enlarged but it was their home the remainder o f th eir lives. Emma Jane often remarked that her front door was in tow n and h er back door was in the field. Soon after returning home from his mission Joseph and his brother Samu e l started farming together on land located four miles east of Spanish F or k. It was known as the second bench land. They also farmed land locat e d a few blocks west of the Brockbank home. Their main crops were grain , h ay and sugar beets. Joseph was praised by his neighbors for plantin g th e straightest rows of beets and for taking pride in being best in wh ateve r he did. During the planting season and at harvest time Joseph wa s ofte n seen on the run going about his work. He was one of the hardes t workin g men of the city. Most farmers at that time had a patch of spud s every y ear and in selecting seed potatoes Joseph was careful to get on ly the bes t seed spuds for his ground. He worked for the Utah/Idaho Suga r Company a s a field man. He traveled to all the fields of beets and sam pled to se e if they were ripe enough to harvest. He also planted beets f or the suga r company for many years. Farming equipment was very crude at the time Joseph and Samuel started f a rming. A single share-hand plow was used to break the soil and cradle s we re used to cut the grain that had to be bound with twine by hand. Af ter t he grain had been stacked it was threshed by a horse power threshin g mach ine. Joseph related that some of the larger threshing machines req uired t hirty heads of horses to operate. It took several days to thres h their gr ain. When their children were old enough to help with the crops Samuel and Jo s eph divided the ground and farmed separately. It was often said that a l l the time they farmed together they never had a cross word. On one ten -a cre piece of ground that Joseph owned there were numerous large adob e hol es. From these holes enough adobe bricks were molded to build sever al hom es. Joseph and his wife Emma Jane always enjoyed a house full of neighbors , f riends and family gatherings. For entertainment they formed dramati c grou ps and put on stage plays in the Johnny Morrison Theatre Hall. The y als o had dancing parties in the theatre hall and many picnics in the D avis p asture. Joseph liked music and singing. Often while about his wor k Josep h would sing his favorite songs. Many church functions were not c omplet e without a song from Joseph. Friends would say, “Let’s have a son g fro m Uncle Joey”. When pork or beef was butchered at the Brockbank home the neighbors we r e usually given a portion of it. At Christmas time Joseph gave his neig hb ors sacks of flour, potatoes, and bushels of apples, etc. as gifts. Jo sep h and Emma Jane’s generosity and neighborly love were a blessing to m any . On several occasions when neighbor’s coal bins were empty Joseph wo ul d see that their bins were filled. When Joseph had grain to sell he al way s heaped his bushel measure above the level saying, “Heap it up, pres s i t down and let it run over”. His wife was like this also. In sellin g eggs , she counted a baker’s dozen and her churned butter weighed ove r a pound . Joseph was a faithful tithe payer not only in money but also in produc e a nd these were paid at the time of harvest. Church records show that h e do nated specific amounts of wheat, oats, barley and hay in 1915 and i n 1917 . Joseph and Emma Jane worked together assisting where help was needed i n h omes during sickness and death. On the evening of March 4, 1941 at th e ag e of 82, Joseph passed away. Funeral services were held in the Palmy ra St ake. The speakers remembered him for his high ideals. He was burie d in th e Spanish Fork Cemetery on March 7, 1941. Emma Jane McKell was born in Spanish Fork, Utah on March 4, 1866, the ei g hth child of Robert and Elizabeth Boyack McKell. Her parents accepted t h e gospel principles in Scotland, and its teachings were of tremendous i mp ortance in their home. Her birthplace was the adobe house on the corne r o f Third North and First East Street which her parents had built six y ear s previously. She was born in an environment of pioneer experiences w her e people built their own homes, planted their own gardens, fruit tree s an d vineyards. They baked, churned, dried fruits, husked corn, and mad e the ir own preserves, jellies and jams. They did their own sewing and m ade th eir own quilts. They made their own fun . On September 3, l875 William Jex baptized Emma Jane, at the age of eigh t , a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her conf ir mation and blessing impressed her and helped to lay the foundation fo r he r great faith and work in the church. As a young girl Emma Jane was kept busy helping her mother in caring f o r the younger children and performing many household tasks. For a tim e he r mother’s health was not good, so on wash days, Emma and her olde r siste r, Ellen, would encourage their mother to go visiting. As soon a s she wou ld leave the girls would hurry and heat the wash water and hav e the washi ng done and the house in order before their mother returned . She enjoye d helping her mother in the home. She also spent many happ y hours in he r father’s blacksmith shop watching him go about his work. Emma Jane loved to dance and her friends said that she would rather dan c e than eat. She loved to read and one of the happy memories held by he r c hildren was of her reading aloud stories to them. Emma Jane did ver y litt le traveling during her life. She never left the state of Utah. Ye t she f ound much beauty, contentment and happiness in staying in her hom e and he lping others in the community. She and her husband were very hap py. She o ften remarked she would be happy with Joseph even if she had t o live wit h him in a tent on the top of the East Mountain. One of her ways of making a little money was taking in boarders. Near th e ir home on the north was the Boyack House which was known as a hotel. W he n there was no more room at the hotel, Susan Boyack would send their e xtr a guests over to Emma Jane’s for lodging. Nothing was ever stolen b y th e many troupers who spent the night in her home except on one occasi on wh en Emma found her black petticoat was missing after the dramatic tr oupe h ad left town. She told Aunt Susan and at once the sheriff was noti fied. T he troupe was located in Nephi, Utah and the petticoat was return ed to he r. Joseph and Emma taught their children a pattern of church attendance b y e xample and sometimes by diplomacy. For example, one Sunday afternoo n Haze l and a group of her young friends were on the front lawn chattin g when h er parents went off to sacrament meeting. Her mother asked, “Are n’t you g irls going to sacrament meeting today?” Hazel replied, “No moth er, not to day. We’ll hang on your apron strings as you pass through th e pearly gate s.” Emma Jane said, “No you won’t, I will shake you all off . Besides, eve ry one has to earn his own ticket.” Such diplomacy kept th eir children ac tive in the church. She often said, “If you want to hav e the spirit of yo ur Heavenly Father with you, you must always be activ e in the Church.” In 1977, Hazel Brockbank Bowen, born in 1896, the second of Emma’s thr e e daughters, wrote her own life history, Looking Through Windows of M y Pa st. She described her experiences helping her mother and father wit h th e yearly, weekly and daily housekeeping chores and with the farm wor k a s follows. “I helped with house cleaning spring and fall. Rag carpets were pulled u p , usually in the fall, put on the clothes line, beaten and shook carefu ll y. Curtains were taken down, washed, starched and ironed. All floors , woo d work, walls, cupboards and dishes were washed. Bed ticks were emp tied a nd filled with new straw. Fresh straw was put under carpets that w ere str etched and tacked down with carpet tacks. Windows were cleaned an d curtai ns hung. At threshing time we would cook breakfast, dinner and s upper fo r at least twelve men for three or four days. “At canning time Mother usually canned eight hundred to a thousand quar t s of peaches, pears, apricots, cherries, plums, strawberries, raspberri e s and tomatoes plus many quarts of jams, jellies, preserves, pickles, r el ish and red beets. All this was cooked on a coal stove and stored in t h e white washed fruit and milk room in the basement under the granary ne x t to the root cellar. We also picked, cut, dried and stored apricots, a pp les, peaches and plums. “On Saturday we would go through the house sweeping, dusting, filling la m ps and cleaning lamp chimneys, changing beds, scrubbing floors and porc he s. We heated the water in the range reservoir and boiler for the Satur da y night bath. We cleaned the outside privy. We baked bread and pastrie s f or Sunday. “We helped mother with the weekly wash using the old western type wash e r whose handle moved from side to side. We carried water drawn up b y a bu cket from the well. All during my high school years, I mixed the b read us ually doing six loaves per batch four times a week. We used liv e yeast an d it had to be kept alive with fresh potato water after each u se. Saturda y evenings were home evenings when mother would read to us, f ather woul d sing and tell of his experiences in the mission and any of t he childre n would perform who could. They were memorable evenings with p ans of appl es, popped or parched corn, and molasses or honey candy. Occa sionally, w e would have a store treat of bananas or oranges. Cream was s kimmed, prep ared and churned into butter which was molded, wrapped and s tored in th e milk room “Our daily household routine included making beds, preparing meals and w a shing dishes. Father would sometimes help wipe the dishes and we woul d si ng as we did them. Other duties included caring for the milk and str ainin g it into large milk pans that were placed in the screened cupboard s in t he milk room. Daily the cream was skimmed off into a large glass j ar an d was tested until it became the right degree of sourness to be chu rned . Whole milk and cream were plentiful for table use. The excess skim med m ilk was made into cottage cheese or taken to the swill barrel for t he pig s. “Father taught me to thin beets when I was very young. The 140-rod row s l ooked endless, but with father’s patience and help I would make it th roug h. We wore pads on our knees as we crawled down the rows to leave on ly th e biggest beet where they had been blocked out. We weeded, topped a nd loa ded the beets and occasionally we got to ride to the sugar factor y on a l oad of beets with father. We cocked and loaded hay, hauled load s of hay f rom the farm at the mouth of the canyon. We rode the horse o n the hayfor k and pitched the bundles of grain with the butt properly pl aced in the r ight direction on the grain stack and we pulled mustard wee ds out of th e grain. “We helped plant, weed, cultivate and irrigate the garden and orchards . W e picked apples, segregated and stored them in bins in the root cella r: G reenings, Jonathans, Winter Pearmaines, Banana and Roman Beauty. W e picke d up and stored potatoes, carrots, parsnips, and cabbages; cut an d rake d lawns. We milked cows, fed pigs, fed chickens, gathered in egg s and cle aned the chicken coop periodically and I sometimes nursed a wea k baby pig , calf or lamb. We would gather the apples that would fall o n the groun d for the pigs. We also boiled up the small potatoes for pi g food. When f ather would take wheat to the flourmill we would return wi th white and wh ole wheat flour, cracked wheat and germane cereals. “I have been privileged to live in an era of great change. We learned ea r ly to work and to carry responsibility. I went to college two winters a n d many summers to get my Bachelor of Science degree. My tuition in 1914 -1 5 was $2. My secondhand books cost $15. My roommate and I paid $6 a mo nt h for our room. I came home each weekend and took back a week’s suppl y o f food. “The coming of electricity brought many changes to our home: electric li g hts, a washer, a stove, a furnace, a refrigerator and freezer, and appl ia nces such as a toasters, osterizers, fans, corn poppers, irons, fry pa n s and electric mixers. “I’ve seen quite an evolution in transportation: horses, wagons, surre y , rubber-tired buggy, automobiles, the interurban railroad, airplanes , st rato-cruisers and jets. I ran two blocks to see my first automobile . It w as parked in front of the Thomas home and I touched it. (End of Ha zel’s e ntry) Emma truly believed that activity meant vigor and growth in her religio u s life. On May 27, 1901 Patriarch E. H. Blackburn gave her a patriarch a l blessing that reads in part: “The blessings of the Lord shall be upo n y ou and your household forever and blessed shall be your body to incre as e and grow in posterity and of the increase of your kingdom there wil l b e no end. Your life will be a busy one to lead, to guide and to presi de o ver your fellow sisters. For this you were born into the world. Yo u are u nder great responsibility to the Lord for the intelligence and ta lents th at he has given you. He requires you to work and you are blesse d and yo u shall have success in your ministry and your tongue will be lo osed, you r understanding quickened, and your guardian angel shall watc h over you . Your course shall be onward and upward and you are blessed t o become eq ual to all the requirements to this labor. You shall be bless ed to becom e a preacher of righteousness and the day will come that yo u will stand b efore thousands in this capacity.” Emma worked in the Mutual Improvement Association when her babies were y o ung and it was difficult to leave them. She went to Bishop Snell and sa id , “Bishop, where is my place, with the M.I.A or at home at night wit h m y babies?” She was released from Mutual and was set apart to work i n th e Primary which met in the Central Meeting House. When Spanish For k was d ivided into four wards by Apostles John W. Taylor and Abraham H . Cannon i n December 1891 Emma Jane was called to be the first presiden t of the Sec ond Ward Primary where she served until January 18, 1904. Sh e supported h er husband, Joseph, in his position as counselor to Bisho p Benjamin Argyl e from August 17, 1902 until he was released September 2 4, 1916. They wer e complements to each other in all activities. In 1904 Emma began serving as first counselor in the Relief Society. I n 1 914 she was called as Relief Society president. She was a leader in g lean ing wheat and gathering Sunday eggs for the Relief Society fund tha t wa s used for the building of the Relief Society Hall and the Second Wa rd ch apel. Emma Jane had unusual ability to go into homes with sickness, mournin g o r want and render aid, give solace and comfort. Many people testifie d o f how, when they were in trouble, sorrow or need, she came as an Ange l o f Mercy bringing sympathy and sunshine where before there had been fe ar a nd discouragement. A few examples follow. Archie at the age of nine years went with his mother, Emma Jane, one win t er afternoon to a house where a poor family lived. The father was a tai lo r and the mother was partially paralyzed. They had three small childre n . Archie pulled his red wagon loaded with coal and kindling wood. His m ot her had in her arms, bread, butter, bottled fruit and cookies. When th e y were invited to enter the home it was cold. The mother was seate d b y a fireless stove and her children were huddled at her knee wrappe d in a n old quilt. Archie’s mother soon had a warm fire and the childre n bega n dancing around the table laden with food while the crippled moth er sa t and wept. During the plague of black diphtheria Emma Jane went to the homes of Mag g ie Bunting and Katie Holding where she assisted not only with the sic k bu t also with the household duties. She would cut through the field t o retu rn to her home so as not to come in contact with any people and wo uld bat he and change her clothing in a wash room at the rear of her hom e befor e coming into the house to care for her own family. It was during the Christmas holiday when Emma baked three apple pies a n d placed them on her large bread board (a very common experience) and s ai d, “I must go up to a home in First Ward where there has been a deat h o f an old Icelandic man.” Hazel said, “Why, Mother, we are all here fo r th e holiday. Why do you have to run away in this terrible blizzard?” N othin g daunted her purpose. She said, “I shall only be a short time.” Wh en sh e returned she radiated the glow that comes from well doing . A year later during the holiday season Emma died suddenly. Ellen and Ro s e Jameson were invited to sing at her funeral service. They usually rec ei ved pay for their singing. Two days after the service Hazel and Archi e we nt up to pay the sisters. When they were approached with the money E lle n said, “Why Hazel, do you know just a year ago now your mother cam e to o ur grandfather’s home in a terrible blizzard, brought pies and hel ped u s lay out our old grandfather. We never could repay her for what sh e di d for us. We could never take money for singing for such a woman.” Emma helped wash and lay out the dead with the help of her husband. Wh e n they were to go into a home of death to take care of a body Emma wou l d say, “Now, Joseph, get the door”. The unused door was used to lay th e b ody on to cool. Bottles of ice were placed around the body until th e clot hes were made and they were dressed for burial. The responsibility of being the president of the Relief Society along wi t h her great desire to do neighborly service was difficult. Her health w a s not good. She was released. But as evidence of the reluctance with wh ic h she was released she was chosen as a counselor to Deliah Hughes wh o suc ceeded her as president. She was given chairmanship of the charit y and re lief committee. The year before she died the report was given th at she ha d made 320 visits into homes where she was given opportunity t o exercis e her God given gift of administering comfort and aid to the ne edy. To hu ndreds of Spanish Fork people Emma Jane was known as “Aunt Emm y” becaus e of her untiring work and desire to help. She was a charter member of the J. Wylie Thomas chapter of the Daughte r s of the Utah Pioneers and was at one time a chaplain in the organizati on . At the age of fifty-nine Emma Jane was stricken with acute diabetes. S h e had attended her church duties on Sunday, but on Thursday morning, De ce mber 24, 1925 she passed away. Funeral services were held in the Cit y Pav ilion on December 26. She was buried in the Spanish Fork City Cemet ery wh ere her brother Henry J. McKell dedicated the grave on the afterno on of D ecember 26, 1925.