Ellen (Nellie) Pucell Unthank — Inspired Provision and Answered Prayer in Cedar City

After settling in Cedar City and marrying William Unthank, Nellie lived in extreme poverty, often struggling to feed her six children while working as a laundress on her knees. According to family records and DUP manuscripts, there were specific occasions when the family's resources were completely exhausted. In these moments of dire need, the local Bishop or members of the Relief Society would arrive at her door with food and supplies, having felt a spiritual prompting that the Unthank family was in distress. Nellie viewed these timely arrivals as direct answers to prayer. In gratitude for this recurring divine provision, she established a yearly tradition where she and her children would scrub the entire church meetinghouse as a 'repayment' to the Lord.