FUNERAL SERVICES THURSDAY FOR J. GOODRICH

Funeral services for Josephine Merrell Goodrich, 82, are being conducted today (Thursday) at 1 p.m. in the Naples LDS Ward Chapel.

Mrs. Goodrich died at home Monday at 3 p.m. She was born October 8, 1872, in Paradise, Cache County, a daughter of Porter and Harriet Remington Merrell. The family moved to Ashley Valley in 1883 when she was ten years old.

She was married to Lewis Henry Goodrich on October 2, 1890 in the Logan LDS Temple. Mr. Goodrich died on December 28, 1952.

Survivors include seven sons and one daughter, Wallace, Charles, Delroy, Clark, Lyle, Henry, Ashley and Clifton and Mrs. Maud Anderson, all of Vernal; 41 grandchildren, 51 great-great- grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; three brothers, Fuller, Charles, Elwin and Frank Merrell, all of Naples and four sisters, Rosa, Eaton, Glines, Mary Lisonbee, Roosevelt; Lydia Goodrich, Moses Lake, Washington and Helen Richardson, Naples.

Burial will be in the Vernal Memorial Park Cemetery.

-Vernal Express, November 11, 1954, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Josephine Merrell

Josephine Remington Merrell (Goodrich) was born to Harriet Amelia Remington and Porter William Merrell.

Josephine Merrell was married to Lewis Henry Goodrich when he was twenty years old on October 2, 1890 in the Logan Temple. Apostle Merrell married them. The first night after their marriage in the temple they stayed at the home of Rodney Remington in Paradise, Utah. When they went to bed they found that the family had fixed the bed so it fell down. They went to Logan in a covered wagon and on their way home they spent one night with Rodney Badger, a cousin to Josephine's mother, Harriet Remington Merrell. Rodney Badger was married to John Taylor's sister.

Lou or L.H. as he was called, worked at many jobs. He farmed and freighted, He hauled freight into Vernal from the railroad station at Watson with a four-horse team. He hauled the first loads of freight into Vernal City. He worked for fifteen years at a sawmill for three men named Griffin, Johnson and Lybbert. He worked at the Bonanza shearing corral as a foreman for a few years. His wife

Josephine and their eldest daughter Gladys helped to cook for the men there. He sheared sheep for many years, using blade shears. Many times in the spring he took his boys and went shearing. They all learned to shear and tie wool at this time. He served as a Constable or peace officer for two years.

They had twelve children: Louis Merrill Goodrich, Porter Merrell Goodrich, Gladys Goodrich, Wallace Goodrich, Charles Goodrich, Delroy Goodrich, Clark Goodrich, Maud Goodrich, Lyle Henry Goodrich, Selma Hope Goodrich, Orval Ashley Goodrich and Clifton Goodrich.

Two of them, Lewis Merrell and Selma Hope died as children, but the other ten lived to maturity. When the oldest child was born, the doctor told Josephine that she couldn't have any more children, and that it would kill her. She had eleven others and was well enough to care for them and lived to be eighty-two years old.

When her son Porter's wife died of the flu, leaving four little girls, Josephine took them into her home and kept them nine years until Porter married again.

They always worked hard and never had material wealth, but they loved their family and their family loved them. The children always loved to go home and eat a meal with Ma and Dad. They are all proud of their Goodrich name and heritage.

Children not listed below: Porter Merrell Goodrich,