Obituary for Joseph Read
The Evening Standard, Ogden, Utah from 13 Apr. 1912.
Joseph Read Dead of Pneumonia
Salt Lake, April 12. - Joseph Read, age 62 (?) years, died of pneumonia at his home 401 (?) North Twelfth West street, Thursday night. He was born in Berk____, England, April 19, 1850, and came to Utah in 1881, residing in Salt Lake ever since his arrival.
A widow and four children survive him. The latter are Emily Gertrude Read, Mary Lilly Read, Georgiana Hermia Read, and Mrs. Lillian Meade. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 pm in the Twenty-ninth ward chapel. Burial will be in the city cemetery.