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OBITUARIES
Caroline Augusta JACKSON
The many friends of Sister Caroline Augusta JACKSON, of St. George,
will be pained to learn of her death, which occurred at half-past seven o'clock this morning, Dec. 7th, in
that city, of pneumonia. Sister Jackson was born at Hampton, N. H. and was aged 50 years 4months and 23 days. She
embraced the gospel of Jesus Christ at the age of 17 years, leaving her father's house as the cost, and in February,
1864, embarked upon the ship Brooklyn, with her husband and infant daughter, arriving in California six months
later, to endure the terrors of war and famine for many mouths. Enriched by the gold discovery, she gave liberally
to the poor, and kept for twenty years open house for the traveling Elders of the Church. She collected sixty children,
made orphans by cholera and bore their entire expenses for six months, meanwhile exerting her influence successfully
toward the foundation of the still existing Protestant Orphan Asylum in San Francisco and was one of the first
board of managers. Circumstances beyond her control prevented her joining the Saints in Utah until ten years ago,
when she made St. George her home, bearing, in loving spirit, many privations incident to a pioneer life and cheerfully
responding to any can call of the church. Only one month and a week ago her husband Col. Alden A.M. Jackson, passed
before her to his rest and reward. Two daughters remain to love and honor her memory. Beloved most by those
who knew her best, she will be remembered as having been faithful belong to the end, which end is sleep,
and the awaking life eternal. A. J. C.
[Desert News, Salt Lake City, Sat. Dec. 9, 1876 - Transcribed by Candi
H.]
Hezekiah Walker Simkins
NEWSPAPER: The Washington County News, St. George
DATE: March 20, 1919
Submitted by Kathie Marynik
ENTERPRISE - Last Wednesday morning Hezekiah Simpkins departed this life. He was a good, respectable, hard-working
man, and leaves a wife and six small children, besides an older family to mourn his loss. Pneumonia-flu was the
cause of death.
Maxine Corlett Quinney Nielson
NEWSPAPER: Deseret News
DATE: March 6, 1992
Submitted by Kathie Marynik
Maxine Corlett Quinney Nielsen, age 75, died Tuesday, March 3, 1992 at
Dixie Regional Medical Center. She was born April 15, 1916 at Provo,
Utah to James and May Benson Corlett. She married Edward Gale Quinney
at Logan, Utah; he preceded her in death February 10, 1986. She married
Douglas S. Nielsen, Nov. 14, 1991 at St. George, Utah. Reared and
educated in Logan, Utah, Mrs. Nielsen has also lived in Tremonton, Utah
from 1945 until coming to St. George, Utah in 1978. She was active in
the Civic League in Tremonton for many years where she was active in
promoting special education in public schools. She was employed for
years in the family auto parts business and in ladies apparel. She
enjoyed quilting and loved to golf. As a member of the LDS Church, she
had served in the Young Women's and Relief Society. She was a great
neighbor and loved by those who knew her. Surviving family members
include her husband, Douglas, St. George; three sons and one daughter,
Steve Quinney, North Ogden; Paul Quinney, St. George; and Mrs. Jerald
"Carolyn" Valentine, Littleton, CO; also nine grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Beulah Boshard, Sacramento,
CA; and Mrs. Vaughan Daniels, Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be
held Monday, March 9, 1992 at 11 AM at the Metcalf Mortuary Chapel, 300
West St. George Blvd. where friends may call Sunday evening from 7-8 PM
and against Monday from 9:30-10:30 AM prior to services. Interment, St.
George City Cemetery under the direction of Metcalf Mortuary.
Paul Corlette Quinney
NEWSPAPER: Ogden Standard Examiner
DATE: May 26, 1995
Submitted by Kathie Marynik
ST. GEORGE, Utah--Paul Corlette Quinney, age 55, died May 24, 1995 in
St. George, Utah. He was born February 29, 1940 in Logan, Utah to
Edward Gale and Maxine Corlette Quinney. He attended schools in
Tremonton, Utah. For the past ten years, he was the prep chef at
McGuire's Restaurant in St. George. He was a proud member of the AA and
recently received an award for ten years active membership. He enjoyed
golf, fishing, and pool. He is survived by his sister, Carolyn
Valentine; his brother, Steven Quinney, his brother, Richard "Pete"
Quinney; his aunt, Vaughn Daniels; his aunt, Beulah Boshard, many
cousins, nieces, and nephews. Funeral services will be held Saturday,
May 27, 1995 at 11 AM at Metcalf Mortuary, 300 West St. George Blvd.
where friends may call from 9:30-10:30 prior to services. Interment
will be in the St. George City Cemetery under the direction of Metcalf
Mortuary.
Sheldon Baker
NEWSPAPER: The Salt Lake Tribune
DATE: September 23, 1992
Submitted by Sandra Davis
SPRINGDALE, Utah--Sheldon Lenoy Baker, 70, died Sept. 19, 1992, at his home.
Born June 30, 1922, in Salt Lake City to Allan and Ecil Western Baker. Married Helen Joy Bement July 8, 1949, Logan LDS Temple.
Mr. Baker served as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps in World
War II. He was a manager for Prudential Life Insurance; later, after
becoming a gemologist, owned and operated the Diamond Gallery in Provo.
Very active in the LDS Church. Lived in Springdale the past six years
and enjoyed raising Arabian horses.
Survivors include: His wife, of Springdale; one son and four daughters,
Dr. Allan Scott and wife, Sheila Baker, Snohomish, Wash.; Mrs. Keith
(Bonnie Lynn) Webb, Page, Ariz.; Mrs. Kent (Debora Ann) Eyre, West
Jordan; Mrs. Kurt (Cynthia Lee) Jensen, Orem; Mrs. Richard (Sheralyn
Kay) Madsen, Las Vegas, Nev.; nine grandchildren; stepmother, Moneta
Shiner Baker, Murray; two brothers and one sister, Alvin Baker, New
Mexico; Stanley Baker, Salt Lake City; and Lillian Moody, Provo.
Funeral services Saturday, Sept. 26, 2 p.m., at Provo Edgemont 15th
Ward Chapel, 4000 No. Foothill Drive, where friends may call one hour
prior to services. Interment, East Lawn Cemetery.
Eliel Crawford Winder
NEWSPAPER: The Salt Lake Tribune
DATE: September 20, 1992
Submitted by Sandra Davis
A memorial service will be
Monday, 3 p.m., in Springdale, Utah, for Eliel Crawford Winder, 68, who
died of heart failure at his home in Azusa, Calif. on Sept. 13, 1992.
He was stepfather to five children, now living in Utah and California.
He married our mother, Wanda House, almost 30 years ago, when we were
hostile, troubled teenagers. He changed ''stepfather'' from a word of
derision and disrespect to an epithet of appreciation and love.
He was born in Springdale on Sept. 16, 1923, to Eliel and Sarah
Crawford Winder on a farm in what is now Watchman's Campground in Zion
National Park. He worked as a young man for the Union Pacific Railroad,
trouble-shooting when busses and trucks stalled on the highways in
Colorado and Utah. He moved to Southern California 42 years ago to work
for Los Angeles County Flood Control District.
Winder was a high priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. His religion was simple: live the commandments, hurt no one and
don't judge others.
He is survived by: His wife, Wanda, whom he married on April 23, 1965;
his stepchildren, Lynnette Anderson, Riverside, Calif.; Dawn House,
Salt Lake City; Tom House, Bluffdale; Gary House, Orem; and Jeni
Martens, Laguna Niguel, Calif. He was preceded in death by his stepson,
Fred House. He is also survived by: his three brothers, Ernest R.
Winder, Sandy; Ray H. Winder, La Verna, Calif.; Heber F. Winder,
Mississippi; his sister, Ila W. Parker, Mississippi; 25 granchildren.
Interment will be in Springdale Town Cemetery, close to his boyhood home.
Ronald Edwin Thayer
NEWSPAPER: The Salt Lake Tribune
DATE: September 21, 1994
Submitted by Sandra Davis
SPRINGDALE, Utah--Ronald Edwin Thayer, age 57, died Monday, December 19, 1994, at Dixie Regional Medical Center.
He was born August 1, 1937 in Burley, Idaho, a son of Edwin H. and Virginia May Tripp Thayer.
He married Novella Roundy. They were later divorced. He married Carol
Ann Fowles, January 30, 1964 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their marriage was
solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple on August 26, 1994. He had
worked as a carpenter, building prefabricated homes in West Jordan.
Surviving family includes his wife, Carol, of Springville; four sons,
Craig Thayer, Scott E. (wife, Stephanie) Thayer, Magna; Steven R.
Thayer, Magna; and Tony L. (wife, Robin) Thayer, Springdale; four
grandchildren; three brothers, Gary (wife, Shirley) Thayer; Charles
(wife, Leah) Thayer; both of Sandy; and Benjamin Theobald of San
Francisco, Calif.; two sisters, Stella (husband, Clyde) Stice and Joyce
(husband, Denny) Dohme, both of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 22, 1994, 11 a.m., at
the Springdale Ward Chapel. Friends may call at the Springdale Ward
Relief Society Room Wednesday evening from 7-8 p.m., and again on
Thursday one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at the
Springdale City Cemetery under the direction of the Spilsbury-Desert
Rose Mortuary, St. George and Hurricane.
Wilma M. Weicht
NEWSPAPER: The Salt Lake Tribune
DATE: January 22, 1996
Submitted by Sandra Davis
SPRINGDALE-- Wilma, 79 and
holding, gently passed on January 20, 1996, after a courageous battle
with cancer, surrounded by her family and dear friends.
She was born January 24, 1916, in Kiel, Germany, to Wilhelm Richard and
Anna Wilhelmina Hansen Mueller. She came to Salt Lake City in 1954 and
began a new life. She worked for 25 years for Rocky Mountain Bank Note
Co., before retiring and moving to Springdale.
She is survived by her daughter, Susann Fraley; and grandchildren,
Justin, Josh, and Kaitlin, of Springdale. She is also survived by her
sister-in-law, Lilo Mueller, and her nieces and nephews in Germany.
Wilma was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Weicht; brothers,
Bruno, Kurt and Otto; and by her parents.
Her grace and strength touched the lives of everyone who knew her, as did her chocolate cookies.
Graveside services will be held Wednesday, January 24, 1996, 11 a.m. in
the Springdale Town Cemetery, under the direction of the Spilsbury
& Beard Mortuary.
Frances Crawford Hepworth
NEWSPAPER: The Deseret News
DATE: July 20, 1995
Submitted by Sandra Davis
Frances Crawford Hepworth, age 94, died July 17, 1994 at Springdale, Utah.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 22, 1995 at the Springdale
Ward Chapel, where friends may call one hour prior to the services.
Burial will be at the Springdale Cemetery under the direction of the
Spilsbury-Desert Rose Mortuary in Hurricane.
John Buxton
NEWSPAPER: Deseret News
DATE: September 29, 1886
Submitted and transcribed by Marla Zwakman
At Washington, Washington
County, Utah, Sept. 7, 1886, of consumption, John
Buxton, who was born April 3, 1818,
at Busby, England.
He held the office of High Priest.
At Washington, Washington
County, Utah, Sept. 6, 1886, of general debility,
Right Lancaster, born Sept. 23, 1809,
in Mayne Co., N.C. He held the office of an Elder, and leaves a wife and four
children.
At Washington, Washington
County, Utah, September 9, 1886, Abraham Bowman,
born in Switzerland,
Nov. 17, 1824.
Alfred Lorenzo
NEWSPAPER: Deseret News
DATE: March 3, 1886
Submitted and transcribed by Marla Zwakman
At Rockville,
Washington County, Utah, Feb. 18, 1886, of croup, Alfred Lorenzo, son
of Alfred L. and Julia Hansen Hall; aged 2 years, 10 months and 17 days.
Fanny Spilsbury
NEWSPAPER: Salt Lake Telegram
DATE: June 10, 1903
Submitted and transcribed by Marla Zwakman
TOQUERVILLE: Mrs.
Fanny Spilsbury, an aged resident, died yesterday, after a lingering
illness of several years. Mrs. Spilsbury, who was in her eightieth
year, was born in England in 1823. She came with her husband to Nauvoo
in 1842, and in 1846 shared in all the hardships there. In 1850 she
came to Utah with her husband. In 1862 they came to Dixie, where they
have resided ever since. She was a leader and member of the relief
society. Her whole life was devoted to works of charity and good deeds.
R. G. McQuarrie
SOURCE: Source: Daughters of Utah Pioneers Obituary Scrapbook Extracts of Utah newspaper articles about vital events
DATE: 1932
Submitted and transcribed by Barb Ziegenmeyer
R. G. McQuarrie, 74,
prominent in the development of Utah's "Divie" and the unique sandstone
silver of Silver Reef, died Wednesday at the home of his son-in-law and
daughter, Judge and Mrs. George Worthen of Provo. Mr. McQuarrie had lived for several years in Salt Lake and became ill on a visit to Provo.
He was born in Ogden, September 23, 1858, and when three years old
accompanied his father, the late Hector McQuarrie, called with the
original pioneers to settle St. George. Under the late Miles P. Romney
he worked on the St George temple and the Manti temple and later became
an expert mechanical and mining engineer, having charge for many years
of the Silver Reef mill. In 1892 he and Albert Grant obtained a lease
on all the property though from that time on he fought a losing battle
against silver's decline.
Mr. McQuarrie and his wife, Charlotte A. Macfarlane McQuarrie, raised a
family of nine children, all of whom survive. They are: R. M. McQuarrie
and Mrs. Frank W. Penrose, of Salt Lake; John M. McQuarrie, Los
Angeles, Cal.; Clyde McQuarrie, Detroit, Mich.; Dr. Irvine McQuarrie,
Minneapolis, Minn.; Herrick McQuarrie, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Richard
Smith, Rexberg, Idaho; Mrs. Cyril J. Hanson, Merced, Cal., and Mrs.
Worthen. A brother John G. McQuarrie, state insurance commissioner,
also survives.
The body will be taken to St. George for interment and funeral services
will be held at the St. George tabernacle, Sunday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock.
Matilda Douglas Dixon
SOURCE: Source: Daughters of Utah Pioneers Obituary Scrapbook Extracts of Utah newspaper articles about vital events
DATE: April 29, 1932
Submitted and transcribed by Barb Ziegenmeyer
ST. GEORGE, Feb. 15--Matilda
Douglas Dixon, 80, early pioneer of Payson, died at the home of her
granddaughter, Mrs. B. Glenn Smith here Saturday. Funeral services and
interment will be at Payson.
Matilda Douglas Dixon, daughter of William and Agnes Douglas pioneers
of 1848, was born in Salt Lake City May 22, 1851. With her parents she
moved to Payson in 1856. She was an active Church worker, having been a
member of the presidency of the first Primary organization of Payson.
She was also a member of the Relief Society presidency, and a stake
officer of the Relief Society.
She married Charles H. Dixon, June 24, 1872 in the Endowment House at
Salt Lake. She has been a widow since 1877. She was the mother of 3
children, two of whom survive her: William D. Dixon and Mrs. J. A.
McClellan of Payson, 17 grandchildren and eleven
great-grandchildren.
Mary Elizabeth Cummings Gardner
SOURCE: Source: Daughters of Utah Pioneers Obituary Scrapbook Extracts of Utah newspaper articles about vital events
DATE: July 30, 1932
Submitted and transcribed by Barb Ziegenmeyer
ST. GEORGE--Funeral services for
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cummings Gardner, 67, wife of Thomas H. Gardner and
a former resident of St. George, who died in Los Angeles July 13 of
heart trouble, were conducted in Los Angeles July 15. Burial took place
in the Los Angeles Valhalla cemetery.
Mrs. Gardner was born in
Heber December 20, 1864, and resided in St. George for forty-six years,
where she was active in the L. D. S. church. She moved to Los Angeles
four years ago for her health.
Besides her husband she is survived by four sons and daughters: Wayne
C. Gardner, St. George; Cummings and Ada Gardner and Mrs. C. B. Stewart
Jr., Los Angeles; six brothers and sisters: Mrs. W. P. Winters, Mt.
Pleasant; Mrs. Charles George and Harvey and Isaac Cummings, Kanosh;
Mrs. Stanley Johnson and Mrs. Charles Whitaker, Salt Lake.
Franklin G. Miles
SOURCE: Source: Daughters of Utah Pioneers Obituary Scrapbook Extracts of Utah newspaper articles about vital events
DATE: May 12, 1932
Submitted and transcribed by Barb Ziegenmeyer
ST. GEORGE.--Services under
direction of the South ward bishopric, were held yesterday for Franklin
G. Miles, former bishop, civic worker and harness maker, who died at
his home Tuesday. He had been in poor health since Christmas, but his
death resulting from a paralytic stroke, was sudden and unexpected.
Interment was in the St. George cemetery.
Franklin Godbe Miles, son of Samuel
and Hannah Colburn Miles, was born in St. George, April 17, 1865.
Excepting a few years in his boyhood, when he lived at Price, he spent
all his life in St. George. He was married to Helen Francis Moss in the
St. George temple, April 7. 1887. He served as a member of the stake
high council and for 23 years in the bishopric as first counselor to
Isaac C. McFarlane, later as Bishop of the East ward and as bishop of
the South ward, which position he held until a little less than two
years ago. He also served a term as city councilman.
Surviving, besides his widow, are
the following children: Mrs. Harvey Smith, Payson Mrs. Ross Douglas,
Long Beach. Cal.; Frank, Jr., Mrs. George Seegmiller, Edward C. Miles.
St. George, and 13 grandchildren. A brother, Charles Miles, Salt Lake
City, and a sister, Mrs. Wallace B. Mathis, St. George, also
survive.
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