Philinda Upson Standley by Mary Ellen Kerr Gee

Alexander Standley by Mary Ellen Kerr Gee
"HER LAST YEARS WERE SPENT WITH HER DAUGHTERS, TWO OF WHOM LIVED IN RICHMOND - CYRENE AND LYDIA, AT WHOSE HOME SHE PASSED AWAY. I REMEMBER GREAT GRANDMOTHER VERY WELL. SHE WAS ALWAYS NEATLY DRESSED - A SNOWY WHITE DRESS AND APRON. HER WAVY HAIR AND PINK CHEEKS GAVE HER A GIRLISH CHARM. HER PATRIACHAL BLESSING SAID SHE WOULD BE CHANGED IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. MY MOTHER, ELLA MERRILL KERR, WAS WITH HER AT THE TIME OF HER PASSING. SHE AWAKENED FROM A LONG PEACEFUL SLEEP, SMILED AT MOTHER AND MURMURED "I AM READY NOW." A BEAUTIFUL ENDING FOR A LONG LIFE OF FAITH AND DEVOTION TO HER CHURCH AND HER FAMILY. DEATH 27 JAN.1892 AT RICHMOND, UTAH"