Elvira Day/ Morgan

Funeral services for Mrs. Elvira Dalton Day Morgan, 86, native Utahn and first elementary school teacher in Circleville, will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Circleville Ward chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by Bishop Elwood Dalton. Mrs. Morgan died Monday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Rulon Spencer,of causes incident to age. She was born at Chicken Creek, Juab County, near Nephi, daughter of Charles Wakeman and Elizabeth Allred Dalton. She attended schools in Fillmore at that time capital of the territory of Utah, and then became the first elementary teacher in Circleville. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and as a young girl became personally acquainted with Brigham Young on his many trips through that area. She married Frederick W. Day in Antimony, Garfield County, on June 5, 1881. They separated in 1884 and Mrs. Morgan was later married to Joseph E. Morgan in Circleville in 1885. Mr. Morgan died in 1922. Survivors include three sons, J. Dennis, B. Darius and Alma Morgan; one daughter, Mrs. Rulon (Pearl) Spencer, all of Circleville; one half sister, Mrs. Alf Elder, Ogden; one half brother, Edward Dalton, Parowan; 15 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Friends may call at Mrs. Spencer's home in Circleville Thursday from 11 a.m. until time of services. Burial will be in Circleville City Cemetery under direction of the Neal S. Magleby Mortuary.