Death info on Bessie J Mahoney

Bessie Johnson Mahoney was one of Rodney's sister-in-laws.

She married Rodney's brother, Ernest.

Bessie Mahoney
Cropped from a larger image
From the personal albums of Merry Jones

According to this document the following dates apply:

BIRTH: 22 Jun 1900- Park City, Summit, Utah

DEATH: 26 Sept 1983- ---*

She was 83 years old when she died.

*No mention of where she died but as her funeral was held in Cottonwood Heights, it is assumed she died somewhere in Salt Lake County, Utah.

Obituary:

SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune 1983, Sept 27, p.1D

Obituary transcribed:

Bessie J. Mahoney

Bessie Johnson Mahoney, age 83, our loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister, died September 26, 1983.

Born June 22, 1900 in Park City, Utah to Olaf and Elizabeth Stringer Johnson.  Married Ernest E. Mahoney, July 20, 1920 in Rupert, Idaho.  Marriage later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.  In her younger days, she was active in the Relief Society, Mutual and Primary.  She organized a Bible Class for the children at Goldacres Mine in Nevada at the time they lived there from 1946 to 1970.

Survivors: Husband, Salt Lake City; daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Farel) Smith, Sandy' Betty Symes, Salt Lake City; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sister, Margaret "Madge" Johnson.

Funeral services Thursday 12:00 Noon in the Cottonwood 8th Ward, 6310 South 2300 East.  Friends may call at Goff Mortuary, 8090 South State, Wednesday 6-8 p.m. and Thursday at the Church one hour prior to services.  Burial: Heber City Cemetery.

Headstone:

SOURCE: billiongraves.com

As Bessie died in the last 50 years her death certificate will not become publicly available until sometime around the year 2033.  When it is available I will post it here- it should solve the mystery of exactly where she passed away as well.