Class of 1949. Joye Allred. Notre Maison, Opera, Sweetheart Queen, Thespian. She graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ She married Rulon Cluff. Brother & Sisters: Forrest Rich Allred [BYH Class of 1948], Joye Allred [BYH Class of 1949] , and Carol Allred [BYH Class of 1954].

Class of 1949. Janice Val Anderson. She graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ She married Kent S. Broadhead, BYH Class of 1949. Notre Maison, Fauvines, Newspaper, Red Cross Chairman, Chorus, Band. Parents: Hyrum S. Anderson and Valentine Larsen Anderson. Janice was born 30 January 1931, Fairview, Utah. Died 29 August 1963, Salt Lake City, Utah. Burial: September 3, 1963, Provo City Cemetery.

Class of 1949. Ara Jean Avery. Secretary of the Senior Class. Notre Maison, Fauvines, Newspaper Staff, Chorus. She graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Married Wilbur D. Hiatt. (See Ara Jean and Wilbur's photo on Class of 1949 reunion page for 2003.)

Class of 1949. Cordon Avery. Chorus, Football, Track, Thespians. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Cordon married Wilma. @2009

Class of 1949. Jae R. Ballif. 1949 BYU Student Body President. Member of the 1949 basketball team. Football, Track, Thespians, Lettermen, Band, Chorus, Opera. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Jae R. Ballif served as Academic Vice President of BYU. His parents: Artemesia Romney and Ariel Smith Ballif, Sr. Jae R. Ballif, BYU Professor of Physics, 1962-95. In nominating Jae R. Ballif to receive a 1999 BYU Alumni Distinguished Service Award, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, LDS apostle and former BYU president, wrote only one sentence: He has done everything! Doing everything means Ballif has been Student Body President and university Provost, star fullback and popular physics professor. His connection with BYU extends through much of his life--his father was a popular BYU professor, and Ballif attended Brigham Young High School, where he was Student Body President and played football, basketball, baseball, and track. He came to BYU on a basketball scholarship in 1949, but he chose to play football instead and he became co-captain of the team and was an all-conference and honorable mention All-American fullback. He was also the cadet commander of the 1,700 students in the BYU ROTC program. He and his mother finished their undergraduate degrees together in 1953. After military service took him to Japan and graduate study took him to Los Angeles, Ballif returned to Provo as a professor of physics. During his 33 years at BYU, he was the founding dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Administrative Vice President, and Provost and Academic Vice President. But to those in his classes, he was a beloved teacher. He has a great personal warmth and magnetism, says physics professor Grant W. Mason. When you go to talk to him, you feel like you are his best friend and always have been. Mason says such an attribute served Ballif well in the classroom and in his leadership positions. He was loved by people and was therefore able to motivate them. The Ballif teaching style facilitated student involvement. In the large physics classes he taught (Physics 100 and Physical Science 100), he employed innovative methods and interesting demonstrations. Long before it became popular in the education community, he was instituting self-pacing programs for slower students. His method for teaching basic physics emphasized concepts when a mathematical approach was the norm. This conceptual philosophy was later integrated into the textbook, which he co-authored, and course structure for Physical Science 100. He received the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Teaching Award in 1972 and a Karl G. Maeser Professorship in General Education in 1994. Website: http://www.physics.byu.edu/directory.aspx?personID=4

Class of 1949. Joe Dell Benson [Jo Dell]. Football, Lettermen, Thespians, Chorus, Opera. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Joe married Aldine Case, daughter of Joseph Case and Mary Melba Paul Case. Joe's parents: Joseph Dunkley Benson and Iva Laura Jones Benson of Provo, Utah -- their children included: Colleen Benson [BYH Class of 1947] (R. Dee) Law; Joe Dell Benson [BYH Class of 1949] (Aldine); and David Keith (Madelin) Benson, of St. George. ~ ~ ~ ~ Joe Dell Benson was born on January 18, 1931 in Provo, Utah. He died on September 13, 1978 in Orem, Utah. His interment, Orem City Cemetery, Utah.

Class of 1949. Donna Jean Black. Senior Class Social Chair. Notre Maison, Fauvines, Newspaper. She graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program.

Class of 1949. Mary Esther Blake. Home Economics Club, Chorus. She graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program.

Class of 1949. Charles Bonnett. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ He married Renee.

Class of 1949. Sylvia Jean Bradshaw. She graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Sylvia was born on April 30, 1931 in Lehi, Utah. Her parents were John Franklin Bradshaw and Sylvia Bushman Bradshaw. ~ ~ ~ ~ She married Hyrum Abel Christensen on Monday, December 13, 1950 in the Salt Lake Temple. [See Deseret News on the same date, with her photo on the left side of the article.] They were married by Elder Matthew Cowley of the LDS Council of the Twelve. At the time of their marriage, they were both students at BYU. Her guardians: Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. Bradshaw of Salt Lake City, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ She died on September 13, 1993 [in Colorado?] with interment in the Tooele City Cemetery, Utah, on September 17, 2009, as "Silvia Christensen". [Some records, less accurate, say she died on December 13, 1993.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Hyrum A. Christensen, 1260 South Highway 191 Trlr 3, Moab, Utah 84532 - 435-259-8034. He received BYU BS Mathematics 1953. @2009

Class of 1949. Kent S. Broadhead. Guard on the 1949 basketball team that won the State Class B championship. Nickname: Kent "No Shoot" Broadhead, because he would pass off brilliantly rather than take a shot. He was considered the sparkplug of the team. Also Football, Band, Chorus, Opera. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ First marriage: Janice Val Anderson, also BYH Class of 1949, now deceased. Second marriage: Betty. University of Utah BS Civil Engineering 1957. Photo does not appear in 1949 Wildcat yearbook -- he says he might have "sluffed" the day photos were taken. Editor's note: Kent deserves immense credit for pioneering, enhancing and supporting this Brigham Young Academy / Brigham Young University High School website. (See photo of Kent and Betty on the Class of 1949 reunions page.)

Class of 1949. Grant C. Brockbank. Basketball, Football, Letterman, Opera, Chorus. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Grant married Joan. His parents: Dr. Allen Grant Brockbank, DDS, married Zina Elizabeth Clayson [BYH Class of 1923] in 1928 in Salt Lake City. Two sons: Dr. Grant Clayson (Joan) Brockbank [BYH Class of 1949] of Salt Lake City; Dr. A. Brent (the late Kathryn Taylor) Brockbank [BYH Class of 1955] of Hollister, California. Alternate email: gjbrock@sisna.com (See Grant and Joan's photo on Class of 1949 reunion page for 2003.) Alternate email: grantandjoan@brockbankfamily.com

Class of 1949. R. DeVere Brough [or DeVere R. Brough]. Football, Lettermen, Thespians, Opera, Chorus. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ (See photo of DeVere and LaRee on Class of 1949 reunions page.)

Class of 1949. Nila Jean Brown. Newspaper Editor, Notre Maison, Fauvines, Quill & Scroll. She graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Married Ted Miller. (See her photo on Class of 1949 reunion page for 2003.) [Note: email being sent to tednila@burgoyne.com is being returned; invalid recipient. @April 2008]

Class of 1949. M. Duane Butler [Milton Duane] He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Duane Butler married Helen. (See their photo in the reunion page of the Class of 1949.) Duane is a member of the Canadian contingent that came to BYHS. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS WIFE'S OBITUARY: Helen Leone Scott Butler fought a courageous battle with breast cancer, but an even more difficult struggle was leaving the side of her beloved husband on January 30, 2009. Helen was born June 9, 1932 and raised in Salt Lake City by her loving parents, Wallace Mar Scott and Ada Hinckley Scott. She met the love of her life, M. Duane Butler, at a church social, and they were married on August 4, 1951. They were later sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple on September 19, 1952. Helen and Duane started their own business and in the later years Helen became President of W. B. Enterprises - Get Mugged. She advertised live on K-Talk Radio and became affectionately known as "The Mug Lady", which brought her much happiness, as well as working with her family decorating plates and mugs with business logos. Helen attended the University of Utah and studied speech and arts. She became a very successful watercolorist and received many awards for her paintings. She served in many positions in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and her last calling was a coordinator / greeter for the Highland Cove 15th Branch. Her favorite callings were serving the youth along side her husband. She loved to play bridge every month with her close friends and she cherished the vacations with family and friends on their houseboat at Lake Powell. Helen is survived by her loving husband, Duane; two sons and one daughter: Dennis Butler, David (Ann) Butler, Delee (Kelly) Skeen; ten grandchildren: Cody, Catherine, Scott (MacKenzie), Nathan, Brenon, Emily, Matthew, Tahnee (Lorrin), Travis and Tiana. Three great grandchildren: Kyler, Porter, and Odin. Helen is preceded in death by her granddaughter Becky Butler. Our family would like to thank Dr. Gregory Litton and his staff at Utah Cancer Specialists and Community Nursing Services for the loving care shown to our mother in her time of need. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon on Tuesday February 3, 2009 at the temporary building for the Winder 10th Ward at 3487 South 1300 East. Friends may call 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. at the church prior to services. Interment, Murray City Cemetery, 5600 South Vine Street. Please share condolences with the family at www.serenicare.com [Deseret News, February 1, 2009.]

Class of 1949. Harold Christensen. Student Body Vice President. Member of the 1949 basketball team, Football, Tennis, Track, Lettermen, Newspaper, Opera, Thespian, Chorus. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ University of Utah BS Civil Engineering 1958. (See his photo on Class of 1949 reunion page for 2003.) ~ ~ ~ ~ His parents: Parley Alma Christensen [chair of the BYU English Department] and Ruth Maughan Jones Christensen, married June 2, 1915. Their children included: Horace John Christensen [BYH Class of 1934] (LaVonda Hansen) of Salt Lake City; Margaret Christensen [BYH Class of 1935] (Parry D.) Sorensen, Salt Lake City; Betty Ruth Christensen [BYH Class of 1939] Parker; and Harold Christensen [BYH Class of 1949] (Joanne), of Salt Lake City.

Class of 1949. Norman L. Christiansen. Member of the 1949 State Championship Basketball team. Also Baseball, Football, Track, Lettermen, Chorus, Band. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Norman Lee Christiansen, 61, of Provo, died March 24, 1993 at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. He was born November 6, 1931 in Provo, Utah to Leland B. and Ruth Olpin Christiansen. He married Audrey Ann Dimick, August 12, 1957. They were later divorced. He was a member of the LDS Church living in the Provo 4th Ward. He attended schools in Provo including B.Y. High School and Brigham Young University, graduating from both. He was a businessman in the Provo area as a partner with his father in Chris Conoco and Car Wash. He was last employed at Maetex Oil Supply. He enjoyed, participated in, and excelled in all sports. He was an avid supporter of BYU sports. He was a Golden Cougar Club member. He was a lifetime member of the Elks Club and a member of the Riverside Country Club, both of which he enjoyed very much. During the Korean conflict he was a member of the special forces of the U.S. Air Force. He loved working on the construction of his cabin with his family. His friendship will be greatly missed. He was a loving, caring grandfather. He is survived by a son and two daughters, Tyler Christiansen (Lisa), South Jordan; Mrs. Wes (Page) Radford, Portland, Oregon; Kelly Olson, Port Townsend, Washington; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; his Mother of Provo; a special friend, Audrey Ann Christiansen; two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Grant (Joyce) Petersen, Boise, Idaho; Judy Frampton, Salt Lake City; William Christiansen (Ann), Tallahassee, Florida. Memorial services were held Monday, March 29, 1993 in Provo. Burial was in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. [Published in the Deseret News, Saturday, March 27, 1993.]

Class of 1949. Paul R. Clark. Football, Basketball, French Club, Lettermen, Band, Opera. Paul's photo does not appear with the senior class in the 1949 Wildcat yearbook, but he did graduate with his class in 1949. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Paul K. Clark served a Church mission in the east, then returned home where he married Gretchen, now for 51 years. @2005 (See Paul and Gretchen's photo on Class of 1949 reunion page for 2003.)

Class of 1949. Margaret (Peg) Clarke Riley. Notre Maison, Thespians. She graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Daughter of BYH Principal A. John Clarke. Faculty & Staff Early 1950s. Her Parents: Alva John Clarke and Xarissa (Rissa) Merkley, married in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 1929. They had four daughters and one son: Margaret “Peg” Clarke Riley [BYH Class of 1949]; Sybil Clarke [BYH Class of 1952~Honorary] (Roger) Ferguson; Jill Clarke [BYH Class of 1954] (Alan) Harris; and Kathryn Clarke [BYH Class of 1961] (Paul) Williams. (See photo of Peg on the Class of 1949 reunions page.)

Class of 1949. Kenneth W. Collard. Athletic Manager, Lettermen, Newspaper, Thespians, Chorus, Band. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Married Trilby. (See photo of Ken and Trilby on the Class of 1949 reunions page.) ~ ~ ~ ~ His parents: George Earl Collard and Annie Rozella (Rozella) Jensen Collard. They had eleven children, including: Rea Zell Collard [BYH Class of 1932 or 1933?] born 1915 in Fountain Green, Utah, died 1991 in Provo, Utah; George E. Collard, Jr. {BYH Class of 1947]; Kenneth Will Collard [BYH Class of 1949] (married Trilby); and Mary Cathryn "Cathy" Collard [BYH Class of 1952] Veltre. In addition, another daughter, Helen Collard, married James Rudolph "Dod" Boshard [BYH Class of 1938]. Helen was born in 1922 in Fountain Green, Utah, and died in 1978 in Denver, Colorado.

Class of 1949. Norma Gayle Curtis [Gayle]. Fauvines, Notre Maison, Chorus. She graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Gayle married Merrill Strong.

Class of 1949. LeRoy Davidson. Track. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ His parents: Peter Edward Davidson, born October 3, 1893 in Fairview, Utah; and Agnes Graham Davidson, born December 6, 1898 in Payson, Utah. They married on December 5, 1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had twelve children: 1. Edward Davidson. 2. Alfred "C" Davidson, born 1919 in Fort Bridger, Wyoming - died 1989 in Lyman, Wyoming. 3. James Amasa (Mary) Davidson, born 1920 in Fort Bridger, Wyoming - died 1996 in West Valley City, Utah. 4. Ruth Agnes Davidson, born 1923 in Fort Bridger, Wyoming - died in 1984 in Coeur D' Alene, Idaho. 5. LaMar Marion Davidson, born 1926 in Fort Bridger, Wyoming - died 1926 in Evanston, Wyoming. 6. Marlow Graham Davidson, born 1929 in Mountain View, Wyoming - died 1989 in Provo, Utah. 7. Douglas D. (Hattie) Davidson. 8. LeRoy Davidson [BYH Class of 1949]. 9. Melvin Davidson (Kaye) [BYH Class of 1951]. 10. Shirley Jean Davidson (David R. "Dick") Goodman [BYH Class of 1954?]. 11. Deon Davidson (Jack) Banner [BYH Class of 1956], born September 1, 1938 - died December 29, 2004. 12. ?

Class of 1949. Bill Howard Demos. Thespians. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Bill Howard Demos, 69, died peacefully in his home of congestive heart failure on February 25, 2001. He was the youngest of six children, born April 23, 1931 in Provo, Utah to Mary Dunning and Thomas Demos. As a child, he had rheumatic fever resulting in heart disease that became the challenge of his life. Despite his illness, he served faithfully a mission in Hawaii and attended BYU, studying art and theatre. His love was designing sets and costumes for plays. He was called to use his talents working on the first temple film used in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He did some graduate work at the University of Minnesota, summerstock theatre and then moved to New York City doing off-broadway plays. Bill lived in Manhattan for 17 years where he met and married Anna Ernst on April 3, 1964 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Anna was in New York, a recent convert and immigrant from Munchweiler, Germany, studying fashion design and then working as a dress-maker for a designer. At age 32, he suffered a stroke leaving his left side paralyzed. With Anna by his side, he lived with his physical challenges courageously. Many friends and wonderful memories were made during those years in New York City. Their daughter Melissa was born in New York and in 1974 they moved to Provo. Bill and Anna were blessed later with their long-awaited daughter, Nicole. Bill stayed home with his daughters while Anna taught at BYU. She died May 11, 1991 of cancer. In the last ten years, he devoted his life to temple work. His example of courage and true discipleship will be remembered by so many. His grandchildren were the light of his life and they in turn loved living with and caring for Grandpa. He was survived by his daughters, Melissa Ann Kendall (Jim), Nicole Melissa Felt (Dave), his brother Paul T. Demos (Florida), grandchildren Andrew, Nicholas and Matthew Kendall, sister- in-law Maria Ernst (Orem). Funeral services were held Wednesday, February 28, 2001 in Provo. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Published in the Deseret News, Monday, February 26, 2001.]

Class of 1949. John Elwood Dennett [Elwood]. Photographer, Band. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ John Elwood Dennett was born on January 25, 1931 in Springdale, Washington County, Utah. His parents: Elwood Dennett and Nettie Hardy Dennett. He married Herta Kibel. J. Elwood Dennett died on October 29, 1976 in Palm Springs, California. His interment, East Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS WIFE'S OBITUARY: Beloved mother, grandmother, and sister, Herta Kibel Dennett, 74, passed away peacefully February 2, 2001 surrounded by her loving family. Herta was born July 2, 1926 in St. Gallen, Austria to Alois and Katharina Hagauer Kibel. Herta married John E. Dennett in 1954 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. As a school teacher she loved her first grade students and also the many children she tutored. She received numerous teaching awards for her innovative and effective work. Herta was very spiritual and found fulfillment in nature. Herta was survived by daughter, Katherine (Leon) Sangroniz; son, Steven (Susan) Dennett; sister, Hilde Kibel, Salt Lake City; brother, Erich Kibel, Austria; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Lisbeth; and husband. The family would like to express their gratitude to the many wonderful people at Woodland Park and Heritage Hospice for their caring help at this most difficult time. Graveside services were held on Monday, February 5, 2001 at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 S. Highland, Salt Lake City. [Deseret News, Sunday, February 4, 2001.]

Class of 1949. Russel Fairbanks. Basketball. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. He is listed as graduating "absentee". His name is spelled "Russell" on the program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Russel Lee Fairbanks was born on May 22, 1929 in Barnwell, Alberta, Canada. His parents were Miles Morgan Fairbanks and Delma Peterson Fairbanks. Russell Lee Fairbanks died on November 4, 1991 in San Jose, California.