Alphabetical Alumni
Westover, Lulu

Westover, Lulu
Provo, Utah US

Lulu Westover

BYH Class of 1924. Lulu Westover of Provo, Utah. Lulu was listed as a 4th Year (senior) student in the Brigham Young High School Class of 1924. Background sources: BYU/BYH Annual Catalogues for the School Years 1923-24, 1924-25, and 1925-26.

Westwood, Brad

Brad Westwood

Brigham Young Academy Foundation Member.

Whatcott, Clemouth Lavell

Whatcott, Clemouth Lavell
Logan, Utah US

Clemouth and Vesta Whatcott

Class of 1920. Clemouth Whatcott. He received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 336. ~ ~ ~ ~ Clemouth Lavell Whatcott was born on March 24, 1899 in Kanosh, Utah. His parents were Henry Whatcott and Louisa Temperance Manhard Whatcott. He married Vesta Admeta Pulley on August 9, 1922 in Logan, Utah. He died on September 24, 1958 in Logan, Utah. His interment, Logan City Cemetery, Utah.

Whatcott, Gordon

Whatcott, Gordon
Kellogg, Idaho

Gordon and Wilmyra Whatcott

Class of 1953. Basketball, Lettermen, Band, Chorus. Born January 28, 1935, died May 2, 1972. He married Wilmyra. He died in Kellogg, Idaho, one of the victims of the Sunshine Mine disaster. This tragic event took the lives of 91 miners. Interment, Provo City Cemetery, Block 16, Lot 48. IDAHO - Memorial to Workers at Sunshine Mine Big Creek Canyon, Kellogg. A 15-foot steel sculpture of a hard rock miner standing at the foot of Big Creek Canyon just outside Kellogg, Idaho. The statue commemorates the 91 men who died in an underground fire at the Sunshine Mine. On May 2, 1972, a fire broke out underground at the "Sunshine." Before the day was through, 91 miners had lost their lives. The event is remembered each May 2nd with a service at the statue.

Whatcott, H. Devello

Whatcott, H. Devello

Devello Whatcott

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1932. H. Devello Whatcott. He received a BS Degree in Agronomy in 1932. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 466.

Whatcott, Lillian

Whatcott, Lillian
Woodland Hills, California US

Lillian and Lorenzo Robbins

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1906. Lillian Whatcott also received a Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 270. ~ ~ ~ ~ Lillian Whatcott was born on September 17, 1885 in Kanosh, Utah. Her parents were Alfred Whatcott and Mary Ann Black Whatcott. Lillian married Lorenzo Wilson Robbins on December 15, 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Lillian W. Robbins died on July 31, 1973 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles County, California. Her interment, Chatsworth, California.

Whatcott, Vernon C.

Whatcott, Vernon C.
Las Vegas, Nevada US

Vern & Mary Ann Whatcott

Class of 1947. Vern Whatcott. Senior Class President 1946-1947. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Vernon C. Whatcott, resident of Kanosh, Millard County, Utah. Vernon C. Whatcott, of Las Vegas, Nevada, died Sunday, January 11, 2004, after complications from surgery. He was born on June 13, 1929, in Kanosh, Utah, to Clarence Whatcott and Thressa Whitaker Whatcott. When Vern was at the age for the 9th grade, the family moved to Provo, Utah, where Vern graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1947. Vern later graduated from Brigham Young University. Vern proved to be an excellent all-around athlete, and captained his high school basketball and football teams. He also served as his high school senor class president, and attended college on a basketball scholarship. He married Mary Ann Wilson, of Provo, on September 17, 1951. His college education was interrupted when his National Guard unit was mobilized during the Korean conflict. After active duty in Korea in 1950 and 1951, he returned to complete his college studies and was a member of the first graduating engineering class from BYU. After graduation, Vern and his family moved to Southern California, where he worked in the aerospace industry until his retirement in 1985. He moved to Las Vegas in 1988 and lived there until his death. Vern was survived by his wife, Mary Ann; sister, Hope Pritchett; daughters: Jacque Towner, of Virginia; Wendy Ohlsen, of California; and Holly Flowers, of Virginia; grandson and granddaughter, Tyler and Samantha Flowers; and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside services were held in the Kanosh Cemetery in January 2004. [Provo Daily Herald, Sunday, January 18, 2004] ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS WIFE'S OBITUARY: Mary Ann Wilson Whatcott, 87, died on May 27, 2017, in Crossville, Tennessee. Mary Ann Wilson was born December 2, 1929, in Twin Falls, Idaho to Ford and Clara Wilson. Her father was a Pharmacist, and her mother was a Teacher. When Mary Ann was a child her family moved to Provo, Utah, where she attended Brigham Young High School and graduated in the Class of 1948 [not Provo High School]. Then she attended attended Brigham Young University. She married her high school sweetheart, Vernon Whatcott [BYH Class of 1947], prior to his deployment to Korea as a member of the Utah National Guard. After Vern’s return from Korea and graduation from BYU, the young family moved to Southern California, where Mary Ann raised her three daughters. In addition to being a homemaker, Mary Ann owned a fabric store for a time in partnership with her sister, and also worked in real estate. She loved to garden and paint, was a voracious reader, and had a lifelong interest in the study of religion and spirituality. After her daughters were grown, she returned to her family home in Provo, Utah, and later moved to Virginia to be close to her daughter Jacque. Her final home was in Crossville, Tennessee near her daughter Holly. She marveled at the fact that in her later years she had moved from her original childhood home in Utah to the Blue Ridge of Virginia and then on to Tennessee, where earlier generations of her family had originated. She is survived by her daughter Jacque Towner of Virginia, daughter Holly Flowers and son-in-law Tom Flowers of Tennessee, and by grandson Tyler Flowers and granddaughter Samantha Flowers. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vern Whatcott, her daughter Wendy Ohlsen and sisters Patricia Peterson, Nancy Moulton, Mignon Wilson and brother Hal Wilson. A graveside service was held on Tuesday June 13, 2017 at 11 a.m. at Payson City Cemetery, 805 East 400 North, in Payson, Utah. Source.

Whatcott, Weston Elroy

Whatcott, Weston Elroy
Payson, Utah US

Wes and Sandra Whatcott

Class of 1956. Weston E. Whatcott. Debate-Region, Childrens Theater, French Club. BYU BA Sociology 1962. University of Missouri - Columbia MSW Social Work 1965. Washington University - St. Louis, Missouri PhD Social Work 1972. Dr. Weston E. Whatcott. Married Sandra. Whatcott is retired, and he and his wife run West Sands Adoptions while raising a second family of six adopted children. Dr. Weston is also raising money for an orphanage in Haiti. ~ ~ ~ ~ When I think over what has happened since entering BY High, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I can not help but think, “What if I had not gone to so and so’s home, and had not at that time met my future wife?” “If I had been given the position I really wanted instead of having to settle for ‘second best,’ I would never have met so and so. So would such and such ever have happened?” How precarious life events seem, except, except, there is an overall guiding plan, a plan for various events which to me at least was anything but apparent at the time. Though on occasion it may have seemed I had lost, as I look back over things, I can easily say I am very pleased with how things have worked out. Yes, I did graduate from BYU. I did go on to get a Master’s and PhD degree. My career took me to various places. I’ve held and continue to hold various positions in the Church. But to me the most valuable things that have happened were the marriage to my high school sweetheart, Sandra Swapp (oh dear, she was from Provo High), the birth of our five biological children (family number one), the entrance into our family of 12 (to date, many more to come) grandchildren, and eight years ago the start of family number two (five beautiful children from Africa, one from India). A legacy of sorts might also be the starting and completion of an orphanage in Haiti. The orphanage was not part of any employment, nothing I did for any financial motivation. I did it simply because God told me to. And now I’m engaged in starting up another orphanage in Africa from which we hope to have a cazillion kids adopted. It is so nice to be retired and no longer be encumbered by having to work for a living. I plan to continue building orphanages as long as God allows or “calls” me to. Want to join in with me? Thus is the life of yours truly, Wes Whatcott. @2006 ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Weston Elroy Whatcott, 79, of Payson, passed away July 19, 2018, after a brief but intense battle with cancer. He was born October 29, 1938, to H. D. Whatcott and Valera Snow Whatcott. On August 25, 1961, he married Sandra Swapp, who preceded him in death. Together they were the parents of 11 children: Daniel Whatcott, married to Lisa (Hurst) Whatcott, of Burley Idaho; Brett Whatcott, married to Stephanie (Fish) Whatcott, of Fort Smith, Arkansas; Jodi Whatcott, who preceded him in death; Sharee Whatcott Langenstein, married to Michael Langenstein, of Murphysboro, Illinois; Scott Whatcott, married to Ramona (Fricosu) Whatcott, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Briana Whatcott, of Payson Utah; Abel Whatcott, of Payson Utah, Rachelle Whatcott Halterman, married to David Halterman, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Liya Whatcott, of Chicago, Illinois; Raman Whatcott, of Fort Smith, Arkansas; and Tarikua Whatcott Christiansen, married to Karl Christiansen, of Sandy, Utah. On September 20, 2014, Weston married Kathy Whatcott, who survives him. He is also survived by 18 grandchildren and six great grandchildren, as well as his brother, Keith Whatcott, of Provo, Utah, and his sister Carol Whatcott Rampton, of St. George, Utah. His brother Calvin Whatcott preceded him in death. Weston graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1956 and served an LDS mission in Nuremberg Germany. He received a bachelors degree in social work from Brigham Young University, a masters degree in social work from the University of Missouri, and a PhD in social work from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He spent his career helping those in need. He counseled people through their grief and helped them work through difficulties in their lives. He founded and supported battered women’s shelters in multiple cities. He worked at the Utah State Hospital in Provo, and later became director of inmate counseling at the Utah State Prison in Draper. One of Weston’s passions in life was bringing families together through adoption. He was an adoptive father and grandfather, and over the course of his career he helped to facilitate over 1,000 adoptions, including airlifts of children orphaned in the Vietnam War. He orchestrated the construction of an orphanage in Haiti, which has provided food, shelter, and adoption services to hundreds of children in need. He was also the founder of West Sands Adoptions, now based in St. George, Utah. Adoption agencies nationwide have consulted him because of his expertise in the field. Even after his retirement, Weston continued to complete home studies for adoptive families across the Wasatch Front. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at the Maple Dell Ward, 274 South Main Street, Payson. Viewings will be held on Tuesday, July 24, between 6 and 8 p.m. at Walker Funeral Home, 587 South 100 West, Payson. A visitation will also be held on Wednesday before his funeral, beginning at 9:45 a.m. Weston’s family will remember him for his smile, his jokes, his crazy dance, and of course, his yellow socks. We ask all those who would like to honor his memory to please consider making a donation in his name to The Center for Women and Children in Crisis, in Orem, Utah, or to an international child welfare agency of your choice. Source: Walker Funeral Home

Whatcott, William Henry

Whatcott, William Henry
of Kanosh, Utah US

W. H. and Esther Whatcott

Class of 1911. William H. Whatcott, of Kanosh, Utah. Normal [Teacher Prep]. "Born and raised in fine condition,/ Married of his own volition;/ Well started on life's solemn mission,/ He works for "dough" and "prohibition." Senior disciple of brother Higgs. Source: BYHS Yearbook 1911. ~ ~ ~ ~ William Henry Whatcott was born December 8, 1883 in Kanosh, Utah. His parents were Henry Whatcott and Louisa Temperance Manhard. He married Esther Phelps on October 5, 1910 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died on January 16, 1919, at the age of about 36, in Brigham City, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY FOR THEIR SON (1): Henry Lavell Whatcott, 86, one of God's most valiant servants passed from this life to eternity on Sunday August 20, 2000 from age related illnesses. Lavell was born Nov. 30, 1913 to William Henry Whatcott and Esther Phelps in Bothwell, Utah. He later moved with his family to Mesa, Arizona where he lived until he fulfilled a mission to the Central States Mission. He graduated from LDS Business College where he served as Student Body President. He married Bessie Glen Garrison on June 13, 1938 in the Salt Lake Temple. She preceded him in death in 1977. They were the proud parents of seven children. Lavell was an active member of the LDS Church. He served in many capacities and especially loved singing in the ward choir. He was a retired businessman where he was known for his honesty and hard work. Lavell will always be remembered for his generosity of love, time, and financial help. He was always giving, sharing, and doing something for others. He is survived by his children, Gary (Jeri), Glenell (John) Gadd, Louis (LeeAnn), JoAnn (Dean) Kelson, Ginny (Miguel) Mogollon, Donna Parsons, Lynn (Roxy); 22 grandchildren and 19 great- grandchildren; sister Carma McCoy of Mesa, Arizona. Funeral services were held Thurs, August 24, 2000, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Larkin Sunset Gardens, SLC, Utah. [Deseret News, Wednesday, August 23, 2000.] ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY FOR THEIR SON (2): Wilford P. Whatcott passed away July 16 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born September 2, 1916 in Kanosh, Utah to William Henry and Esther Phelps Whatcott. Married Martha Tryon. Served an LDS Mission. Enjoyed puzzles. Retired from Granite School District. He was survived by his wife, Martha; three children, Debbie (Phillip) Hart, Patty (Steve) Auerbach and John (Lori Joe) Whatcott; also survived by 12 grandchildren. [Deseret News, July 19, 1998.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: W. H. Whatcott. He earned a BYH Normal Diploma in 1911. Students Record of Class Standings, B.Y. Academy, Book 2, page 270.

Wheatten, J. Tracey

Wheatten, J. Tracey

Tracey Wheatten

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1909. J. Tracey Wheatten. He received a High School Diploma. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University (BYU Records Office), Book 4, page 341.

Wheelwright, Boyd

Boyd Wheelwright

Class of 1948.

Wheelwright, Joan
PO Box 796
Laverkin, Utah 84745

Joan Rasmussen

Class of 1947. Married ______ Rasmussen. --@2001

Whetten, David A.
4605 N. Foothill Drive
Provo, Utah 84604-5335

David and Zina Whetten
  • Work: (801) 378-5976
  • Home: (801) 224-0244

Class of 1964. David A. Whetten. Student Body Second Vice President. Basketball, Tennis, Y Club, Dramatics, Forensics, Chorus, Band, Seminary Graduate, Seminary President, Seminary 4 years, Thespians, Soph Class Social Chair, Wildcat Yearbook Subscription Editor 63. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYU BS Sociology 1970. BYU MS Sociology 1971. Cornell University - Ithaca New York PhD 1974. He married Zina. ~ ~ ~ ~ Director, BYU Faculty Center, (801)378-6400, (801)378-5976. Alternate emails: david_whetten@byu.edu d_whetten@byu.edu dwhetten@byu.edu dwhetten@mstar2.net david@whetten.net @2010

Whetten, John D.
2383 Ironwood Place
Alamo, California 94507-2117 US

John Whetten
  • Work: 925-828-6165 #222
  • Home: (925) 837-8685

Class of 1958. John D. Whetten. Student Body Business Manager. Soph Class President, School Play, Debate Region, Thespian, Key Club, Band, Model U.N., Junior Prom Committee, Student Council, I Speak for Democracy, Orchestra, Senior Hop Committee, Chorus, Contest Play, Graduation Dance. BYU BS Political Science 1965. University of California - Berkeley MBA 1967. Alternate email: John.Whetten@challengedairy.com

Whitaker, Charles W.

Whitaker, Charles W.

Charles Whitaker

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1911. Charles W. Whitaker. He earned a BA Degree in 1911. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University (BYU Records Office), Book 5, p. 232.

Whitaker, George Winder

Whitaker, George Winder
Provo, Utah

George and Lois Whitaker

Class of 1934. George Winder Whitaker. He passed away peacefully on February 23, 2005, at the Orchard Park Care Center in Orem, Utah. He was born February 6, 1918, in Provo, Utah, the son of Charles Warren and Susa Paxton Whitaker. He grew up in Provo, graduating from the Brigham Young Academy and then BYU in 1938. While working in the library at BYU, he met Lois Emma Smith, whom he married on October 13, 1939, in the Salt Lake Temple. They made their first home in Cedar City, where George taught school for two years. He then took a job at ZCMI in Salt Lake City, until he was drafted into the service in 1944. He served as a radar technician in the United States Navy for two years in the Pacific theater. After the war George was employed as a salesman and buyer for ZCMI, and later for Grand Central Stores and Safeway Super S stores. During the following 18 years as a manager for Skaggs Drug Centers, he and his large family moved from Salt Lake City to Pueblo, Colorado, and then to Amarillo, Texas, where they spent five years. He was transferred to Wichita Falls, Texas, then to Jonesboro, Arkansas, and finally to Memphis, Tennessee. After retirement, he and Lois moved to Livermore, California. George returned to Provo following the death of his wife in 1987. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served in many callings, including stake high councilor, music chairman and choir director, and temple worker. George gave joy to many with his beautiful bass-baritone voice. At BYU he sang with the Men's Chorus, in a male quartet, and performed in a number of operettas and other productions. He was awarded a gold medal for vocal performance in 1938. In the 1950s and 60s he performed in the Utah Opera company, and the University of Utah Summer Festival operas, as a Messiah soloist, and on many Sunday evening "Church of the Air" broadcasts. Wherever he lived, he often sang at church meetings and funerals. He was preceded in death by his wife Lois, daughter Laurel Elaine Cleamons, his parents, two brothers and one sister. He is survived by seven children; Anne (Duane) Bishop, Orem; Georgia (Richard) Rohde, Liberty; Dr. Charles (Marie) Whitaker, Henryville, PA; Christine (Richard) Arnold, Springville; Dr. Neil S. Whitaker, Provo; Margaret (Fon) Jensen, Owasso, OK; Grace Whitaker, South Jordan; 31 grandchildren, 28 great-grand children, numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services were Monday, Feb. 28, 2005, in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Saturday, February 26, 2005]

Whitaker, John Orson, Sr.

Whitaker, John Orson, Sr.
North Hills, California US

John and Thelma Whitaker

Class of 1945. John Whitaker. Born in Fillmore, Utah February 27th, 1928 [or February 28, 1927]. My parents couldn't decide on a name, so I began life as "baby boy Whitaker". Later, they named me John Orson after my two grandfathers' first names. Early years (1931-33) in Salt Lake City. I remember the terrible storms, lightening, rain and thundering that frightened me, but I was fascinated by them. Dad had 9 children 6 boys and 3 girls. Earliest memories was when I was about 3 years old living in Lamoille Canyon, Ruby Valley, Nevada. Father leased a ranch with horses, cattle and sheep. I was very lucky and blessed. Our family moved to Elko, Nevada several years later. We lived in a large white house right next to the railroad tracks. 1936 - 1937. Father worked on the WPA doing Mormon Cricket control. I had a problem with sleep walking. I got up one night and walked across the rail road tracks and a train was coming, so they say. Again, my brother went and saved me. I have a lot of fond memories while living in Elko. Swimming and boating in the Humboldt River. When I was about 9 or 10, (1937-1943) we moved to Wapato, Washington. We were itinerant fruit pickers (Grapes of Wrath adventures) going from crop to crop living out of an old truck which carried all of our family and everything we owned. In Washington, dad rented an old 2-story home, run down and awful looking. We came in late at night tired and discouraged. Dad asked the family to kneel down by the truck and he offered a beautiful prayer. If we would work hard and stick together, we could transform this eyesore into the prettiest farm on the block. The next two years, that is what we achieved. We helped to build barns, fences and corrals out of old railroad ties. We were able to make the 2 ½ acres pay off. Then we leased a 10 acre farm. This was all Indian (Native American) reservation land in the White Swan Reservation. I worked on the farms in my growing up years. My father became an excellent row crop farmer growing tomatoes, watermelons, peas, beans and cantaloupes. We had a large family so that helped father. He learned this type of farming by working with the Japanese farmers. I remember making packing boxes for the tomatoes, cantaloupes and peppers. In 1945, I moved to Provo, Utah to finish High School. I played some football and had fun. My sister was attending BYU at that time and wanted me out of the bad influence where we were brought up. I went to Brigham Young High School for my senior year, but halfway through, my friends and I enlisted in the army so we could choose the branch of service without being drafted. I finished my senior year by correspondence while finishing my basic training at Camp Roberts, Hunter Leggett in California. I volunteered for the Airborne Services and was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia for my paratroop school. I was assigned to the 505 Infantry Paratroops, 82nd Airborne Division. Then, when I was finished, I was stationed permanently at 82nd headquarters at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. On one jump, I was hit by some shrapnel and fell unconscious and woke up in the infirmary with bad hearing. I made 36 drops over North Carolina. My job was training in the Motor Pool. I never had to go overseas, but I trained many who were sent to Germany for the last 6 months of the war. When I think about it, I was blessed greatly by the Lord. After 2 ½ years active duty, I was discharged and sent home. I enrolled at Brigham Young University with the G.I. Bill. When I returned home, my mother wanted me to go on a mission. My first call was to go to the same area where I had already been in the service. I wanted a foreign mission and requested a Spanish-speaking country. The Lord found it fit to send me to Uruguay, South America. When I was released from my mission (in those days, they would release us "in the field") I was able to drive a new car back from Flint, Michigan to a little town in Southern Idaho, Tremonton. I delivered it to the Chevy place as was requested, and hitchhiked to Logan, Utah. My brother was attending the Utah State Agricultural College at that time, so he invited me to move in with him and start college with my G.I. Bill. There I also did some roofing with my brother part-time. I majored in Industrial Arts/Crafts and the Spanish language. After about three years of college, I met Thelma who was going to school there at the same time. I fell in love and married her. We had two children before I graduated in 1954. I interviewed for jobs in Logan and Brigham City, Salt Lake City, but the salary was too low to be able to support a growing family. A man came from the Los Angeles City Schools looking for teachers, and he recruited me to come to Pacoima Junior High in the San Fernando Valley. It was a new school, almost finished, so I took the job. It paid me almost $1000 more a year than the Utah schools. My last class at USU was a wood shop class, so I built a trailer, filled it up with our earthly possessions, and we came west to Arleta/Pacoima. I taught at San Fernando Junior High for about 3 months until we were able to move over to Pacoima Junior High around December. We moved lock, stock and barrel. I opened up a brand new shop with all new equipment -- it was a genuine pleasure. I taught 37 years at PJHS, having taught many hundreds of students making many thousands of projects. My church activities included being a bishop's counselor, teacher, H.P. Group leader, Ward Clerk and a member of the Stake High Council. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: John O. Whitaker, Sr., was born February 27, 1928 in Fillmore, Millard County in Central Utah. John was the fifth child and third boy to be born into the Willford W. and Dora Edith Boyce Whitaker household. John graduated from B.Y. High and served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) as one of the early missionaries to Uruguay, serving from 1948-1950. After his mission he chose to attend Utah State University, majoring in Education. ~ ~ Thelma (Muggs) Willis was the last child born of four live births to John Lane and Lillian Gheen Willis on October 9, 1932 in Laketown, Rich County Utah. In the mid 1940's John and Lillian sold their stake in the family land in and around Laketown, Utah and moved to Clifton, Idaho where Thelma graduated high school. Thelma was the star of many High School plays and went on to Utah State University where she majored in Speech and Theater. In 1950 she entered the "Miss Delta Phi" contest. John Lane III (Thelma's brother) and John Whitaker became friends, and when John Whitaker saw Thelma win the contest, claimed to John Lane III that he was going to ... "marry the prettiest Delta Phi Girl." Then John and John and Hannah started working on a plan to get the two together. After a brief courtship and under some duress of John's claiming that he could not live another year without being married to his the "sweetheart of Delta Phi" John, John and Hannah convinced Thelma to marry John. The couple married on December 14, 1951. John and Thelma Whitaker have 8 children. Their eldest daughter, Sherrie Lynn Whitaker-White, perished in an auto accident. At the time of John's death, he had 25 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Whitaker, Susan M. (BYH 1931)

Whitaker, Susan M. (BYH 1931)
Oakland, California US

Susan and Vernon F. Larsen

Class of 1931. Susan Whitaker. Graduated from Brigham Young High School on Thursday, May 28, 1931. Source: The Evening Herald, Provo, Utah, Tuesday, May 26, 1931. ~ ~ ~ ~ Susan Whittaker was a member of the BYH Peppettes during the 1930-1931 school year, according to the 1931 BYH Banyan. ~ ~ ~ ~ Susan Merlene Whitaker was born on September 14, 1914 [or September 15, 1914] in American Fork, Utah. Her parents were Charles Warren Whitaker and Susannah Paxton Whitaker. Susan Whitaker married Vernon Fredrick Larsen on July 17, 1934 in Logan, Utah. They had at least one son: Vernon Sheril Larsen, born on December 11, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. Vernon F. Larsen apparently graduated from the University of Chicago, listed by the University in their alumni memorials of 2000. Their son, Vernon S. Larsen, died in 1999. ~ ~ Vernon Fredrick Larsen was born on November 8, 1906 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. His parents were John Fredrick Larsen and Mary Ann Burton. He died on March 24, 2000 in Oakland, California. Susan Whitaker Larsen died on December 16, 2000 in California.

Whitaker, Susan P. (BYU 1931)

Whitaker, Susan P. (BYU 1931)

Susan Whitaker

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1931. Susan P. Whitaker. She received a BS Degree in Elementary Teaching in 1931. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 394.

Whitby, Mary

Whitby, Mary
Provo, Utah US

Mary Whitby

Faculty & Staff. Mary Whitby, Training School, 1905-1906.

White, Alice
5505 Somerset Way
Salt Lake City, Utah 84117-7245

Alice and Ross Lloyd

Class of 1953. Alice White. Chorus, Fauvines Vice President, Banner Carrier. Married Ross Elmer Lloyd. They had five children: Greg Lloyd, Lanette Lloyd Sharp, Mark (Angie) Lloyd, Pam Lloyd (Brett) Meadows, and Brent (Jen) Lloyd.

White, Hettie

White, Hettie
Beaver, Utah US

Hettie White

BYA Beaver Branch ~ Murdock Academy, Faculty & Staff. Hettie White. ~ ~ ~ ~ Memoirs of E. E. Erickson, second principal of BYA Beaver ~ Murdock Academy: "Another loyal friend was Miss Hettie White, teacher of home economics. She was a veteran of the academy and looked upon it as dear and as sacred as the Church. She believed what she said and said what she believed. She believed me to be an honest man and a good principal and that no polygamist should head that institution. She was one of those rare persons who could teach any subject in the high school and do it well. Murdock Academy and its interests were in her mind first, last, and always. Her love for her students and friends was as intense as her dislike for those who, she was sure, were undermining the work of her friends and the school she loved."

White, Joseph Leon

White, Joseph Leon
Oakland, CA US

Leon and Lula White

Class of 1922 ~ Honorary. J. Leon White. Source: 1922 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Joseph Leon White married Lula Elsworth. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS BIOGRAPHY: Leon's parents were Joseph William White and Lucy Oakley. Both parents had been married previously. Joseph William White was first married and sealed to Lucy's sister Margaret, who died about two weeks after giving birth to her second child. Lucy was first married and sealed to Orson Ellsworth, who died from typhoid fever. Leon was the first of four sons born to Joseph William and Lucy White. Leon’s brothers were: Harold Leroy White, Richard Dovell White, and William Merlin White (who lived only three hours). Leon was showered with love and care by his older sisters, Mary Ellsworth, Nellie Ellsworth, and Thurza Ellsborth, who were the children from his mother's first marriage. Leon was born in Woodruff, Arizona on November 25, 1902 and was active and intelligent as a baby. According to his sisters, he started talking at about nine months. At a young age, he could tell the longest stories. For an example, he wore Buster Brown suits and one day he came home all muddy from head to toe. The first thing he said was “I got in the bogs.” Then he proceeded telling a story how he had to save his dog’s life. When Leon was about one year old, he had an attack of scarlet fever and diphtheria. He was sick and close to death. Late in the evening a prayer circle was called in his behalf. He showed no signs of improvement, and it was thought he would pass on. They laid him on the dining room table, and people were sitting in the dining room chairs which were pushed back against the walls. Early the following morning Leon turned his little head towards the window and saw his sister's lamb on the porch. When he said "Baaaa" at the sight of the lamb, it caused quite a stir among the people sitting in the room! Due to his illnesses and asthma (which he had all his life) he was a frail boy, and therefore helped his mother with household chores more than he helped his father and brothers with the harder labor and chores on the farm. He was teased by his brothers and friends, being called him "sickie" and "skinny." However, he was very good-natured and very seldom became ruffled from the teasing, perhaps taking solace in the extra attention and privileges from his mother. Leon’s family moved to Chandler, Arizona about 1913. There they had a dairy and also farmed. Leon wanted a pony so bad that he would pray for a pony all the time. Finally he would say “Please send me a pony, even a scrub one will do.” So his parents bought him a scrawny ugly looking pony. When Leon first saw it, his first words were “The Lord sure heard my prayers, cause he sure is a scrub”. At the time Leon received his pony there was a bounty on coyotes. When stock died they would drag the carcass out into the desert and leave it there. Leon would put traps around the carcass to trap coyotes. Leon was given a 22 rifle. He would shoot the trapped coyote and bring it in for the bounty. One time he did this and put what he thought was a “dead” coyote over the back of his pony behind him. When Leon arrived home, the wounded coyote was gaining consciousness and was about to bite Leon’s bottom, his mother saw this and hollered out “You little fool, get down off the pony”. Leon jump off and the coyote jumped off on the other side and ran away. At the age of 11 or 12, Leon was again taken by a serious illness, this time typhoid fever, and his kidneys were decomposing and passing off in his urine. The attending physician, Dr. Mason told his parents Leon was dying. The parents quickly had Owen Stewart and Collin Hakes to come and administer to him. Immediately following the blessing, Leon was well. This was such a spiritual experience for Brother Stewart and Brother Hakes, it left them so physically weak that they were not able to work that day. Leon accomplished many things in his youth. He was very gifted as a public speaker and orator. At age 13 he accompanied his mother to Los Angeles and addressed a packed house in Hamburger's theater. He was advocating national prohibition. In 1920 Leon's parents separated. Lucy left and went first to Provo then to Salt Lake City. Her sons went with her, therefore Leon attended Brigham Young University High School as a junior during the 1920-1921 school year. He finished the 1920-1921 school year living with his sister Thurza and her husband in Provo, Utah. He then attended the University of Wyoming High School at Laramie, Wyoming, graduating in 1922. All of his college years were at the University of Utah. He graduated from University of Utah 1929 with a B.A. degree in education and a High School Teaching Diploma. In 1922 Leon was called on a mission to the Eastern States Mission. Early in his mission he was called to be a Presiding Elder. The towns he was placed in charge of were: Hartford, Connecticut; Fairmont, West Virginia; Newark, New Jersey; and in the latter part of his mission, New York City. Leon loved working with his mission president, B. H. Roberts. Roberts wrote thirty-five church books and many Church pamphlets. One of Roberts’ virtues as a Church leader and researcher was his determination to raise the intellectual level of the LDS people. Leon was very much inspired by his mission president, as he exemplified throughout his life by his love and zeal for knowledge, books, and current events. Leon was active in the Church all his life. On June 2, 1925, in the Salt Lake Temple, Leon married Inez Buttcane. They divorced on 14 May 1927. They had no children. The sealing cancellation was 20 Apr 1928. Leon was asked by his mother to represent her in the selling of the last property owned by her and Joseph William White in Buckeye, Arizona. While there Leon went to a dance in Mesa, Arizona at the Mezona Ballroom. (The Mezona was owned by the LDS Church. It opened in 1908 and ended in 1971. Every Friday night there was a dance with an orchestra till the 50's. Afterwards it was phonograph records. People came from all over the Salt River Valley to attend.) Here he met Lula Ellsworth. After a short courtship, they were married on March 1, 1928 in the Mesa Temple. They had four children; Ellsworth Dovell, born November 13, 1929; Beverly, born October 20, 1931; Bettie Sherie, born August 2, 1934; Gary Leon, born January 2, 1940. Leon always loved to sell. It was said of him that he could sell water to a drowning man. Most of his life he earned his income by selling. For over twenty years he sold insurance, being a broker of general insurance. During his college years he traveled during the summers in Wyoming and Idaho, selling for the Utah Woolen Mills. During this time he also sold bat manure. The only exception to his chosen career in sales was the school year 1930-31, when he taught English at Chandler High School. The pay was $125.00 a month. He only taught this one year and then in the last years of his life he did some substitute teaching. At the time of his death he was in the process of again being certified to teach full time. Leon was very successful as a salesman, but not successful at managing his personal and business finances. His finances were like a roller coaster, always changing and unpredictable. However, through it all Leon lived well. He always dressed in expensive clothes, drove nice cars, and enjoyed life on his terms. The talents of Leon were many. He was a very good dancer. He and a girl from Provo took first prize in a competition at Salt Lake City's Saltair, at the time the world's largest dance floor. Leon loved to act; receiving four winters of training in theater under Minnie Margots, daughter of Phil Margots (who was a prominent actor by profession in the old Salt Lake Theater). Leon was in many plays. He was in a play for the Chandler Ward and it won first place in Maricopa Stake. He had to play it again on his wedding night in the Chandler High School auditorium! Leon enjoyed life very much. His hobbies included hunting and fishing, which he did all of his life. He learned to fly an airplane and owned one for twenty years. Except for his college and mission years, Leon lived his life between Arizona and California, mainly in Woodruff, Chandler, Mesa, and Phoenix Arizona; and Hayward, and Oakland California. Leon was living in Oakland California at the time of his death, December 17, 1966 caused by a heart attack. Source.

White, Judy
12405 N. Hillcrest Dr.
Box 31
Deweyville, Utah 84309 US

Judy Adams
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Class of 1958. Judy White. Debate, Spanish Club, Quill & Scroll, Pep Club, Notre Maison, Y'ld Cat Newspaper Reporter, Retold Story, Chorus, Dance Review, Senior Hop Assembly Committee, Senior Sluff Day Committee. Judy White married ____ Adams.

White, Leona Baxendale

White, Leona Baxendale
Spanish Fork, Utah US

Leona and Wendell Bradford

Class of 1927 & Class of 1928. Leona White. She graduated from Brigham Young High School on Thursday, May 24, 1928. Source 1: The Evening Herald, Provo, Utah, May 23, 1928. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: Class of 1927. Leona White is pictured with the BYH Class of 1927 in the BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Spanish Fork - ­ Leona Baxendale White Bradford, 90, of Spanish Fork, passed away Sunday, October 29, 2000, at her home. She was born March 6, 1910, in Duchesne County. She attended Brigham Young High School, graduating in 1928, and received her teaching certificate from the University of Utah and later graduated from BYU. She married Wendell H. Bradford August 28, 1933, in Logan. The marriage was later solemnized August 28, 1945, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Leona was an exceptional mother, teacher, and an active member of the LDS Church. She is survived by her three children, Jane Ann Bradford (Paul R.) Olsen of Salem, Utah, William (Joyce) Bradford of Smithfield, Utah, Leon (JoAnne) Bradford of Santaquin, Utah; 16 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; one sister and three brothers, Nora Hennings, Melvin White, Elmer White and Evan White. Leona was preceded in death by her husband on May 31, 1956. Funeral services were held on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2000, in Spanish Fork. Interment, Spanish Fork City Cemetery. [The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah.]

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