Class of 1936.

One of the major missing pieces in the BY High puzzle was the Wildcat Yearbook of 1936. Paul L. Harmon, BYH Class of 1937, responded enthusiastically to our appeal, and has shared his 1936 Wildcat yearbook, which is in remarkably good condition. This yearbook have provided considerable information to this website.

Class of 1936 ~ H. Elodia Ashworth. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook.~ ~ ~ ~ She married Gerald Montie Goss. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: July 27, 1019 ~ December 4, 2011. Elodia "Dode" Ashworth Goss, born July 27, 1919 in Provo, Utah, born to William Ray and Eliza Mangum Ashworth, passed away from this earthly life on December 4, 2011. Dode spent most of her youth at Brigham Young Training School with the Class of 1936, and at Brigham Young University, except for a year at Farrer Junior High and her senior year at Provo High School, from which she received a music scholarship to Utah State. After one quarter in Logan, she returned to Provo and BYU to continue her musical studies under Florence Jepperson Madsen. In the years just before World War II, she lived for two years at the Beehive House in Salt Lake City, singing in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and working at the Remington Small Arms plant in Kearns, Utah. During the war she lived in the east bay area of California and was a truck driver for the Pacific Overseas Air Transport Services Command. There she met and married Gerald M. Goss. Their three sons all served in the US military in Vietnam. Jef, her second son, was killed in action, having won a Silver Star, among many other commendations. His older brother Jon was assigned to bring Jef’s body home. Eric later served in the Vietnam theater. Dode’s greatest joy was in singing, especially in the Tabernacle Choir. She was a life-long member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, being very active in Relief Society. She was a proud Republican and for many years a volunteer with Hospice, both in Colorado and Utah. Her body will be cremated and her remains interned in the family plot in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. Elodia is survived by her two sons; Jon (Gloria) Goss, Eric (Yo Yo) Goss, two granddaughters; Angela Dawne Goss Snyder and Katie Maureen Goss. Three great grandchildren; Tyler, Jackson and Isabella Snyder. Nephews; Peter Ashworth, Michael Ashworth, Paul Clark, David Ashworth, Stephen Ashworth, William Ashworth, Robert Ashworth and Timothy Ashworth. Nieces; Victoria Ashworth Rogers, Tanya Ashworth Hainsworth and Penelope Ashworth. Proceeded in death by her husband, Gerald and son, Jef, along with her siblings; Victor Ashworth, Elizabeth Clark, Phillip Ashworth. Friends and family attended a memorial service held on Saturday, December 10, 2011 in the Olpin Family Mortuary, 494 South 300 East, Pleasant Grove. Interment, Pleasant Grove City Cemetery [December 2011, Olpin Family Mortuary] ~ ~ ~ ~ HER FORMER HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: OGDEN - Gerald Montie Goss, age 84, went home to the loving arms of his son Jef on Wednesday, November 26, 2003, from complications from heart failure. He was born on February 4, 1919 to Fred Sanborn and Era Alwilda Clark Goss in Moffatt, Colorado. He was the 9th of 13 children. At age 16 he joined the CCC for 3 years before moving to California. He married Pearl Britton and fathered 4 children: Donna, Barbara, Verna and Jerry. They were later divorced. He later meet and married Elodia Ashworth. They raised 3 sons: Jon, Jef and Eric. Gerald was a master cabinet maker and later drove trucks. They later separated and Gerald moved to Ogden, Utah where he spent the last 14 years with his niece Laretha. Goss is survived by 6 children, many grandchildren, great grand children, and great - great grandchildren. Also survived by 2 sisters, Izetta Loveland, Colorado and Orvilla, Tampa, Florida. Gerald is preceded in death by 11 brothers and sisters, parents and one son. Graveside services were held Monday, December 1, 2003 at Pleasant Grove, Utah. Interment, Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. [Provo Daily Herald, November 29, 2003.]

Class of 1936. Nita Black. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ Nita Black was born on January 21, 1918 in Ammon, Idaho. Her parents were William Shirley Black, Sr., and Verna Johnson Black. Nita Black married J. Ross Farrer of Springville, Utah, on September 27, 1941, in Nevada. J. Ross Farrer was born August 20, 1917 and died on September 20, 1952, of a gunshot wound. His interment, Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Utah. Nita Black Farrer died on September 29, 1994 in Springville, Utah. Her interment, Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah.

Class of 1936. Eva Call. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ Eva Call was born on June 15, 1918 in Afton, Wyoming. Her parents were Horace Arthur Call and Leona May Papworth. She married ______ Killpack, son of Perry Leo Killpack and Amy Irene Coleman. Eva Call Killpack died on March 27, 1989 in Ogden, Utah. Interment, Ogden, Utah.

Class of 1936. Jim Coleman. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ James Smoot Coleman was born on February 4, 1919 in Provo, Utah. Parents: Jacob Coleman and Allie Smoot, married June 22, 1910 in Provo, Utah. Jacob Coleman was the son of Uriah Coleman and Martha Larsen of Nephi, Utah. Allie Smoot was the daughter of Abraham O. Smoot II and Electa Bullock. Jacob and Allie Coleman had six children, including: Robert Smoot Coleman, born June 13, 1915 in Provo and died February 11, 1920; Aline Coleman Smith [BYH Class of 1929]; Martha Coleman Miner [BYH Class of 1934]; James Smoot Coleman [BYH Class of 1936] (1. Margaret Tate -dec., 2. Ursula Fin); Sherman Smoot Coleman, M.D. (Jane Dalenberg) [BYH Class of 1941~H]; and Genevieve Coleman [BYH Class of 1943] (John) Walker. ~ ~ ~ ~ Jim Coleman first married Phoebe Margaret Tate (Margaret Tate) Horlacher on February 4, 1944 -- she died. He second married Ursula Fin. James Smoot Coleman died on April 24, 1985 in Los Angeles, California. His interment, Provo City Cemetery. ~ ~ ~ ~ Remembering James Smoot Coleman: Colleagues, family, and friends gather to honor the UCLA African Studies Center's generous, humble, brilliant founding director. Almost as much as they miss him, friends of the late James Smoot Coleman expressed in various ways at an Oct. 6 [2005] tribute, they miss a past that he incomparably observed and in some ways shaped. Coleman, at 66, died in 1985 after a career as a university teacher and administrator in Africa and the United States. In Coleman's day, it emerged from the remarks of four distinguished speakers, a scholar could paint theories broadly, eliminate red tape to help the talented or needy, marry disciplines gracefully, transcend institutional and national rivalries among scholars, make Americans appear cosmopolitan, win respect in Africa and the West, stop generalizing when it did no good, secure federal education dollars, and always shift the conversation away from himself. Either that, or James Coleman could. The speakers honoring Coleman at UCLA's Royce Hall were Africanists David Apter of Yale, a political scientist and sociologist; Joel D. Barkan of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, political scientist; Merrick Posnansky, historian and anthropologist; and Richard L. Sklar, political scientist. Posnansky and Sklar are UCLA professors emeriti. The speakers were introduced by Allen Roberts, director of the James S. Coleman African Studies Center (ASC), which put on the event jointly with the UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies. Coleman's wife, Ursula Coleman, and son Jim Coleman Jr. were guests of honor. The public event was followed by an open house for the ASC. Coleman's credits include two books viewed as classics of scholarship, Nigeria: Background to Nationalism and Education and Political Development, and a total of 13 years (1965–1978) as a university administrator in Uganda, at Makerere University College; in Nairobi, Kenya; and in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In addition to directing the UCLA African Studies Center, the job he held prior to the long period abroad, he became in 1984 the first director of UCLA's International Studies and Overseas Programs (ISOP), later renamed the International Institute. Coleman also initiated an important exchange of American and African professors and brought, in Posnansky's words, a "critical mass" of students from Africa to America. The U.S. professors who participated, including Roberts, traveled to Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) to take part in a social sciences program. Missionary, 'Chief'- One theme of the tributes to Coleman was sheer awe at his ability to take on work. Among individuals with a remarkable drive to learn and achieve, Coleman's required and still requires explanation. In his remarks, Apter noted that Coleman, born in 1919 in Provo, Utah, was brought up in the Mormon church. "The key to the man's drive, to that energy, to that commitment, goes back to that lapsed Mormonism," he said. Apter described Coleman as a "missionary in the best sense" whose "only church was belief in Africa itself." According to Apter, Coleman had been told, before such racist theories were abandoned by mainstream Mormons, that "the sons of Ham are cursed." The biblical curse of Ham's descendants by Noah has sometimes been used to justify conquest and enslavement of Africans. Apter said that Coleman's conscience had been shocked by the injustice of the teaching. Sklar and Posnansky also offered personal remembrances of Coleman, speaking to his generosity and, a related trait, his receptiveness to ideas. Sklar said that Coleman had made the African Studies Center the "intellectual home of pluralism" and that "Jim's insights and ideas about nationality, nationalism, and tradition were as deep as any scholar of his time." Posnansky said that Coleman had shaken Makerere out of a "colonial mindset" while greatly softening resentments that British academics felt towards their American counterparts. His work was admired not only by Westerners but also, and "universally," by African scholars, Posnansky said. A former student of Coleman at UCLA, Barkan remembered Coleman as an "awesome individual, larger than life," who made up for forgetting graduate students' names by calling them all "chief." They dubbed Coleman "the chief." Legacy - Evaluating the durability of Coleman's ideas about African politics, Barkan argued that "modernization theory" as espoused by Coleman and others could be recast as a "theory of democratization." Viewed narrowly as a set of predictions, modernization theory had been too optimistic, Barkan said, in its vision of a course of African development that would "emulate or parallel the course of the West." However, Barkan said, Coleman had gotten the key points of political development for emerging democracies right. He had gotten them right for a wide variety of cases, including those of India, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, and South Africa. And he had accomplished this in a bolder age of scholarship, when caution, though valued, did not stifle grand claims. Roberts said that Coleman's example was a motivating force not only for scholarship at the ASC but also for broader education and outreach efforts. He recognized partnerships with three people who attended the Oct. 6 tribute: Marcia Thomas of USA for Africa, a Los Angeles-based non-governmental organization that co-sponsors events with the ASC; Patrick Burke, a usability analyst for the UCLA Office of Information Technology, who is himself blind and is helping the ASC to develop a program of outreach to provide sight-impaired Zimbabweans with brailled AIDS-awareness materials; and Ray Carlson of the Altadena Rotary Club, who is working with the ASC on a series of initiatives to encourage small-business development in Africa. Jim's insights and ideas about nationality, nationalism, and tradition were as deep as any scholar of his time. —Richard L. Sklar, UCLA

Class of 1936. Jim Cope or James Austin Cope, Jr. Jim Cope appears as a Junior in the 1935 BYH Wildcat, and we assume he graduated in 1936. Jim married Florence. ~ ~ ~ ~ His parents were James Austin Cope, Sr. and Irma Shumway Cope, married May 24, 1916 in the Salt Lake City, Utah. His father and mother had nine children (not in order of birth): 1. Clyda Cope [BYH Class of 1935] (Veon) Smith, Sherwood, Oregon; 2. James Austin [BYH Class of 1936] (Florence) Cope, Jr., Spanish Fork; 3. Evan [BYH Class of 1938] (Jeanne) Cope, Bountiful; 4. Ray (Renee') Cope, Springville; 5. Donna Cope (Clark) Nelson, Salem; 6. Margaret Cope (Orin) Daley, Spanish Fork; 7. Beth Cope (Thomas) Peterson, Pleasant Grove; 8. Bernard Cope; and 9. Lloyd (Kathleen) Cope. ~ ~ ~ ~ To avoid confusion, here are those named James Austin Cope: 1. J. Austin Cope, Sr., (married Irma Shumway); 2. James A. Cope, Jr., (married Florence F.) 260 N 800 E, Spanish Fork, Utah 84660-1946 - (801) 798-3703; 3. J. A. Cope III, (married Sharon W.) 714 Scenic Dr, Spanish Fork, Utah 84660-2812 - (801) 798-9516; and 4. James A. Cope IV, (married Michelle Denise Crone) 1607 S 2900 E, Spanish Fork, Utah 84660-8903 - (801) 794-0343. ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY OF HIS WIFE: Florence Annetta Fairbanks Cope, of Spanish Fork, Utah, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on October 8, 2016 one week before her 97th birthday. She was born October 15, 1919 in Salt Lake City, Utah to John B. Fairbanks and Florence Gifford Fairbanks. She grew up in Springdale, Utah, and Salt Lake City, Utah, and graduated from South High in 1937. She graduated from BYU in 1941 with a degree in Home Economics, which helped qualify her to be the matriarch of a large family. While attending BYU she met her sweetheart, James Austin Cope Jr, whom she married in the Salt Lake Temple on October 22, 1941. She served in numerous ward and stake positions in The Church of Latter-day Saints. She served as an ordinance worker in the Provo Temple. She and Jim served in the Lansing Michigan Mission from 1986-1987 and the San Antonio Texas Mission from 1990-1991. She is preceded in death by her parents, sister Nellie Delese, brothers Merwin, John, Kendall and Farrell; daughters, Janet and Ann Etta Merrill, son-in-law, A. David Merrill, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She is survived by 11 of 13 children: James Austin III (Sharon), Nellie (Michael) Golden, Maurine (Ronald) Hatfield, Bernard (Norma), NaDene (Gary) Simmons, Patricia (Ronald) Sanders, Jonathan (Nadene), Valdean (Marilyn), Victor (Elizabeth), Richard (Sheila), Todd (Denise) and sister-in-law Marilyn Fairbanks. She is also survived by 74 of 78 grandchildren, 238 of 247 great-grandchildren, and 9 great great grandchildren. Florence spent her life in the service of others and was a friend to all she met. She especially reached out to the less fortunate. She loved to do hand work and crocheted hundreds of leper bandages for the Church’s humanitarian center. She was famous for her homemade bread, which she shared freely with friends and family. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. The family expresses appreciation to care givers, Tenika Dennis and Beka Cope, for the loving care they have provided as her health declined, and also Karen Fifield and Kathie Kreiner during the past two weeks as her struggles increased. All of them greatly blessed her life and provided for her comfort. There will be a viewing on Tuesday October 11, 2016 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Walker Mortuary, 187 South Main Street, Spanish Fork, and from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. at the church prior to the funeral. The Funeral will be held on Wednesday October 12, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Maple Mountain Stake Center, 2188 East 100 South, Spanish Fork, Utah. Interment will be in the Spanish Fork City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.walkerobits.com [Provo Daily Herald, October 9, 2016] ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY OF THE MOTHER of James Austin Cope, Jr., BYH Class of 1936: Irma Shumway Cope died September 15, 2001 in Spanish Fork, Utah at the age of 105. Born Nov 10, 1895, Irma was the third born, but first surviving child, of Richard Franklin Shumway and Margret Hannah Johnson. She attended school in Tropic and Panguich, Utah. She married James Austin Cope, Sr., May 24, 1916 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They made their tourist camp three miles north of Bryce Canyon National Park. In the fall of 1940, they moved to Spanish Fork, where she worked with her husband in the operation of the Spanish Fork Livestock Auction. She served faithfully in all the auxiliary organizations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and attended the temple faithfully. She served a Stake Mission and she and her husband served a mission in Australia. Irma was an avid reader and started oil-painting at the age of 80. She always had a beautiful flower garden and worked in it until age 98. She was a charter member of the USHARA Club, member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, American Legion Auxiliary and the Centenarian Club. She was the oldest Gold Star Mother in the nation. She is survived by her children, Clyda Cope (Veon) Smith, Sherwood, Oregon; James Austin (Florence) Cope, Jr., Spanish Fork; Evan (Jeanne) Cope, Bountiful; Ray (Renee') Cope, Springville; Donna Cope (Clark) Nelson, Salem; Margaret Cope (Orin) Daley, Spanish Fork; and Beth Cope (Thomas) Peterson, Pleasant Grove. She was preceded in death by her husband; and two sons, Bernard Cope; and Lloyd Cope, who is survived by his wife, Kathleen. Also surviving are nearly 600 who call her grandma, great- grandma, and great- great- grandma. Services were held Tues. Sept 18, 2001 in Spanish Fork, Utah. Interment, Spanish Fork City Cemetery. The family wishes to thank the staff of the Hales Rest Home, including two of Irma's great- granddaughters, Kelly and Erin, for their tender loving care. [Deseret News, Monday, September 17, 2001.] ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY OF JAMES AUSTIN COPE, JR.: James Austin Cope, Jr., 90, of Spanish Fork, Utah, completed his mortal ministry on March 21, 2009. He was born September 10, 1918, in Tropic, Utah, to James Austin and Irma Shumway Cope. He moved to Provo and attended BY High as a Junior and Senior, and graduated from BYH in 1936. He attended BYU for a year, where he met his future sweetheart, before he served in the Western States Mission. He served faithfully, spending most of his time in Colorado. He married Florence Annetta Fairbanks in the Salt Lake Temple on October 22, 1941. Jim served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. After the war, Jim and Florence settled in Spanish Fork. In 1946, he was elected as Utah County Assessor and served for seven years, before becoming Postmaster in Spanish Fork. He retired as Postmaster in 1980. He was a masterful organizer, and his help was often sought to get projects started or completed when they had stalled. Active in the community, he was a member of Kiwanis, the Chamber of Commerce, and the American Legion. He worked tirelessly to raise funds for the American Family Monument in Provo and for the Father Escalante Monument in Spanish Fork. He and Florence served for years on the BYU Parent’s Committee and on the Alumni Committee. An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints all his life, he served as the first Bishop of the Spanish Fork Seventh Ward, President of the Spanish Fork Palmyra Stake, Patriarch, ordinance worker and Sealer in the Provo Temple. He and Florence served in the Lansing Michigan Mission, 1986-1987; and in the San Antonio Mission, 1990-1991. Jim was always a hard worker, known for his integrity. He loved people and offered a helping hand to anyone in need. His tender care of his mother for 38 years, after the death of his father, was exemplary. He applied the principles that the Savior taught in everything he did. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers: Bernard Cope and Lloyd Cope; daughter, Janet Cope; son-in-law, A. David Merrill; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He is survived by his devoted wife, Florence; and 12 children: Ann Etta Cope Merrill; James Austin Cope III (Sharon), Nellie Cope (Michael) Golden, Maurine Cope (Ronald) Hatfield, Bernard Cope (Norma), NaDene Cope (Gary) Simmons, Patricia Cope (Ronald) Sanders, Jonathan Cope (Nadene), Valdean Cope (Marilyn), Victor Cope (Elizabeth), Richard Cope (Sheila), and Todd Cope (Denise); brothers: Evan Cope (Jean), Ray Cope (Renee); sisters: Clyda C. Smith, Donna (Clark) Nelson, Margaret Cope Daley, and Beth Cope (Tom) Peterson; sister-in-law: Kay Wallentine Cope; 78 grandchildren and spouses, 185 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Jim was a friend to all he met. We will miss his warm smile, friendly wave, and ready sense of humor. Our lives are better because of all he taught us. Services will be under the direction of Walker Mortuary, 187 South Main, Spanish Fork, Utah. There will be a viewing for the public at the mortuary, Tuesday, March 24, 2009 from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 11 a.m. at the Palmyra Stake Center, 505 East 900 North, Spanish Fork, Utah, where there will also be a viewing from 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. prior to services. Burial will be in the Spanish Fork City Cemetery. [March 22, 2009.]

Class of 1936. Jack Craighead (Craghead is correct spelling). Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. He is wearing a hat in his senior photograph. ~ ~ ~ ~ Jack Alma Craghead was born August 10, 1917 in Provo, Utah. His parents were John William Craghead [Craighead was a common misspelling] and Rosetta Irene Berry. Jack Alma Craghead married twice: First, to Helen G. Gillies on December 25, 1938 in Beaver, Utah (she died in 1975). Second, to Ruth Baerr. He died on January 5, 1995 in Orem, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. He was a World War II Veteran.

Class of 1936. Douglas Davis. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ Is this George Douglas Davis, son of George Hillary Davis and Rhea May Daley Davis, who were married October 21, 1921 at Provo, Utah?

Class of 1936. Belle de Jong. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ She married Dean E. Van Wagenen. He was born May 8, 1914 in Provo, Utah, and died March 26, 1997, in Provo. Interment, Provo City Cemetery, Block 19 Lot 13B. His parents: Birdie Gray & Alma Van Wagenen. Belle's parents: Gerrit de Jong, Jr., and Thelma Bonham de Jong, married in 1951 in Salt Lake City. They had three daughters: Belle de Jong Van Wagenen [BYH Class of 1936], Nola de Jong Sullivan [BYH Class of 1942], Carma de Jong Anderson [BYH Class of 1948], all of Provo, Utah. @1995 Children of Dean and Belle Van Wagenen: Julie Belle Van Wagenen Aidukaitis, BYH Class of 1961, and Paul Gerrit Van Wagenen, BYH Class of 1963. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER DEATH NOTICE: Belle Felice deJong VanWagenen, 90, of Provo, passed away November 24, 2009. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 E. Center. 801-373-1841 [Provo Daily Herald, November 27, 2009.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Belle Felice deJong Van Wagenen died after a short battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on Tuesday, November 24, at home, surrounded by family. She will be missed for her sympathetic heart, ready smile, and happy quick wit. Belle was born on January 17, 1919, in Salt Lake City, to Gerrit deJong, Jr. and Rosabelle Winegar deJong. Her only brother passed away as an infant six years before Belle's birth. In 1925 the deJong family moved to Provo where her father organized the College of Fine Arts at B.Y.U. Belle received her education from first grade through college on one block in Provo, now called Academy Square. She graduated from B.Y. High School with high honors and spoke as valedictorian. She entered college at 17 and was voted one of the Freshman Queens. Later she was chosen Representative Home Coming Queen. She posed as a photographic model for B.Y.U. Studios during her college years. In 1939 she was married to her college sweetheart, Dean Van Wagenen, in the Salt Lake Temple by Apostle David O. McKay. Soon after Belle's marriage, her mother died and for the next two years Belle and Dean helped her father care for her two little sisters. In her 58 years of marriage, Belle devoted her best efforts to bettering the lives of her husband and four children. She made their home comfortable and artistically unique. The mountainside yard surrounding her home received personal hard work and exacting care to reflect her love of nature. In early childhood she developed a love of literature and it was furthered by excellent teachers at B.Y.U. In her 50's, Belle began to write poetry, essays, and stories. She was a member and officer in League of Utah Writers, Utah State Poetry Society and the National League of American Pen Women. She has won over 100 awards in contests. She won 1st and 2nd place prizes from B.Y.U. in essay contests in her later years. She was Sweepstakes winner for State of Utah for several years. She has presented countless programs for church groups, clubs, and civic organizations - usually using her own poetry and light verse to amuse and also to teach. Her writing has been published in newspapers, magazines, and anthologies nationwide. Her poetry has been included in the official volumes of "Utah Sings" and featured in dramatic programs by the S.L.C. Babcock Reading Arts Society. It has often been read on the air in the Sunday "Sound of Music" programs on KSL Radio. She has gathered her light verse together in a volume to be entitled "Life Could Be Verse - But Not Much." Her serious poems, stories, and essays will be called "On Wings of Written Words." She loved humor and wrote that it "provided stepping stones to lift us above the rapids of despair." She has always served in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she ably filled stake and ward administrative and teaching positions. Her favorite calling was as a teacher of Relief Society for 27 years. As Chairman of Volunteers for Utah County Chapter of American Red Cross, she supervised blood drives, volunteered in nursing homes, and worked with troubled girls. She always cared about "equal rights" for everyone - academically, politically and religiously. She enjoyed lecturing on literature in the local schools, and for many years she helped judge the writing section of the "Reflections" contests. During 58 years of marriage, Belle and Dean enjoyed traveling and learning about other cultures together. She treasured her friends and family and they benefited from her appreciation of beauty and the aesthetic experience. English was her major, and reading was her life-long hobby. She also designed and crocheted baby clothes and blankets. She always crocheted as she looked at TV and claimed, "TV only takes half a brain and crocheting uses the other half." Her husband passed away in 1997 and she is survived by one daughter, three sons, 24 grandchildren, and 37 great-grand children. Her family always came first as a sacred priority in her life. Her children are Julie Van Wagenen Aidukaitis, Paul Van Wagenen, Norman Van Wagenen, and Ken Van Wagenen. She is survived by two sisters: Nola deJong Sullivan, and Carma deJong Anderson. Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m., Saturday, December 5, 2009 at the Edgemont Stake Center, 303 West 3700 North, Provo. Friends may call Friday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center and at the Stake Center on Saturday one hour prior to services. Interment Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to info@bergmortuary.com [Provo Daily Herald, November 29, 2009]

Class of 1936. Vera Durkee. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ Veras Durkee [or Durkie] was born in Tennessee circa 1918. Her parents are William H. Durkee & Vera S. Durkee, and both of her parents were born in New Hampshire. By 1930 they were living in Provo, Utah. Daughter Vera had several siblings: William T., David N. [BYH Class of 1939], Mary L., John A. ~ ~ ~ ~ Possibility: Vera Durkee, 275 Steele Rd., West Hartford, CT 06117-2716 - Phone: (860) 232-2185.

Class of 1936. Adelaide Fish. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ Adelaide Margaret Fish was born February 16, 1918 in Concho, Apache County, Arizona. Her parents were Joseph Smith Fish and Julia Ann Riggs Fish. Adelaide married Ervin Arnold Richens on November 28, 1938 in Arcadia, Duchesne County, Utah. Adelaide Fish Richens died on May 7, 2004. HER HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: Ervin Arnold (Dick) Richens, age 83, returned home to his Heavenly Father, Oct. 30, 2000, Sandy, Utah after a short illness. Dick was born the 10th of 15 children to Henry Thomas Richens and Catherine Arthema Mott on April 9, 1917, Arcadia, Utah. Married Adelaide Margaret Fish, Nov. 28, 1938. Later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple, Dec. 12, 1963. They were blessed with eight children. He loved to farm on the ranch where he was born and raised. There he was truly at home. He also loved hunting and fishing. He laid the main sewer lines in the Salt Lake Valley with his brothers. Some trenches were near 60 feet deep, risking his life. He was a very good equipment operator. He had a friendly personality, and always had a joke or riddle to tell. Always willing to help people. Preceded in death by his parents, nine brothers, two sisters and first born son, Joseph Ervin. Survived by his wife Adelaide. Children, Anna (Charlie) Reynolds, Sheila (Rick) Litson, Rosemary (Ron) Lloyd, Linda (Gary) Hancey, Jeannie (Dennis) Glassburn, Steven (Jill) Richens, Denise (J.R.) Carter. 39 grand and 61 great-grandchildren. Brothers Afton Richens, Arlo Richens; sister, Thelma McKenna. Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 4, 2000, at Willow Creek Seventh Ward, in Salt Lake City. Interment, Mountain View Memorial Estates. [Deseret News, Thursday, November 2, 2000.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Adelaide Margaret Fish Richens, age 86, passed away May 3, 2004, in Sandy, Utah. Adelaide was born the second of four children, to Joseph Smith Fish and Julia Ann Riggs Fish, on February 16, 1918, Concho, Arizona. Married Ervin A. (Dick) Richens, November 28, 1938; later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple, December 12, 1963. She was member of the LDS church serving faithfully in various callings, including, Primary Teacher, In-service Leader, Visiting Teacher Supervisor, Relief Society Teacher, and served in the Baptistery at Jordan River Temple. She enjoyed gardening in her yard and was a beautiful seamstress, but her joy was her family. She was a great-great-grandmother. She looked forward to all of them coming to Grandma's house. She always loved holding the babies. She was a wonderful Mother, and we were privileged to be her children. She was exceptionally intelligent and had a great wit about her. She was an avid reader and was well versed on many topics for conversation. Circumstances placed her into the work force. She maintained the building at the Greenfield Chapel, worked as Real Estate Agent, and helped manage a manufacturing company for baby accessories. She endured many tribulations and demonstrated tremendous courage, patience and long suffering as she was afflicted with Parkinson's disease, Spinal Stenosis, and was a Breast Cancer survivor. She was a marvelous example to her entire family. Preceded in death by her husband, parents, brother Charles Riggs Fish, and first born, son Joseph Ervin. Survived by her children Anna (Charles) Reynolds, Sheila Richens, Rosemary (Ron) Lloyd, Linda (Gary) Hancey, Jeannie (Dennis) Glassburn, Steven (Jill) Richens, Denise (JR) Carter. 39 grandchildren, 81 great-grandchildren, four great- great grandchildren. Sisters: Nancy Fish Painter, of Orangeville, California, and Ruth Fish Peterson, of Placentia, California. Mom always said, "We should leave a place better than we found it." She left this world a much better place with all the love, kindness and teaching she gave to us all. Funeral services were held Saturday, May 8, 2004, in the Willow Creek Seventh Ward, Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Mountain View Memorial Estates, Salt Lake City, Utah. [Deseret News, Wednesday, May 5, 2004.]

Class of 1936. Minnie Forsythe. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ Minnie Forsythe was born December 9, 1917 in Newcastle, Iron County, Utah. Her parents were N. Donald Forsythe and Georgia Hoogland Forsythe. She married Joseph Robert Jensen on October 18, 1940, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Joseph Robert Jensen was born on May 30, 1919 in San Francisco, California. His parents were Joseph Ray Jensen and Melva Hodson. He died on March 20, 2002 in Tucson, Arizona. Minnie Forsythe Jensen died on May 23, 2002.

Class of 1936. Faye Graham. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Faye Graham Firmage passed away on January 25, 2012 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 5, 1916 in Provo, Utah, the daughter of Earl and Elvira Harrison Graham. She married William R Firmage on January 12, 1938 in the Salt Lake Temple. She is survived by 5 children: Susan (Spencer) Cloward, Russell Graham (Jessie) Firmage, Pamela Faye Field, Debbie Ann (Dwight) Bird and Robert Graham Firmage, 15 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Faye was preceded in death by her parents, husband of 57 years, infant son William Graham Firmage, brother Arnold Graham and son-in-law Don Field. Faye graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1936. Faye's first love was her family. She was very active in community and civic affairs as chairman of the Federation of Women's Clubs of Utah, director of the Women's Division of the Provo Chamber of Commerce, past president and member of PHILE-NADA and charter member of the Riverside Country Club. She loved playing Bridge with the girls. The family would like to thank Dr. Sean Curzon for his constant concern and care and Janice from Applegate Hospice service for her loving care and attention. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 East Center Street, Provo, Utah. Friends may call at the mortuary Friday evening from 6 until 8 and Saturday morning from 9:30-10:45 prior to services. Interment will be in the Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be emailed to info@bergmortuary.com. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Utah Diabetes Association. [Provo Daily Herald, Friday, January 27, 2012] ~ ~ ~ ~ HER HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: William Raddon Firmage, age 79, died January 13, 1995 at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo. He was born September 11, 1915 in Park City to Edwin D. and Miriam Raddon Firmage. He married Faye Graham on January 12, 1938 in the Salt Lake Temple. Mr. Firmage attended elementary school in Spanish Fork and Provo. When Bill was 11 years old, the Firmage family moved to Provo, where he graduated from Provo High and attended Brigham Young University. In 1935-1937, Mr. Firmage served a mission for the LDS Church, serving in the British Mission in London, England and Scotland. On his return from his mission, he joined his father, brother, Ed, and brother-in-law, Stan Heal, as managing partner of E.D. Firmage Department Store in Provo. He was one of the pioneering developers of Downtown Provo. Bill was active in the Provo Chamber of Commerce. In 1950-52 he was President of the Kiwanis Club. In the early forties, he sponsored and had his own radio program, "Behold 'Tis Evening Tide." He was a charter member of the Riverside Country Club and a Veteran of World War II. Bill will always be remembered for his beautiful speaking abilities. He was an outdoor enthusiast, especially active in golf and skiing. With all of his business and civic duties, he was first and last a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He is survived by his wife, Faye, two sons and three daughters: Susan Kay and Spence Cloward, Russell G. and Jessie Firmage, Pamela Faye and Don Field, Deborah Ann and Dwight Bird, Robert G. and Cindy Firmage, 15 grandchildren, 20 great- grandchildren, a sister, Louise F. Heal. He was preceded in death by a son, William Graham Firmage. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, January 17, 1995 in Provo. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. Full military rites were accorded by the VFW District #4. The family suggested contributions be made to the American Diabetes Foundation, Utah County Affiliate. [Deseret News, Sunday, January 15, 1995.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Faye Graham Firmage has written a family history book titled: Sarah Elma (Sadie) Graham Haws.

Class of 1936. Genevieve Hansen. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. Agnes Genevieve Hansen married Harry Thomas Evans, Jr. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Agnes Genevieve Hansen Evans. Genevieve Evans passed away at home on May 31, 2010, from cause's incident to old age. She was born on January 17, 1919 to Oscar Keilgaard Hansen and Helena Demaris Anderson in Provo, Utah. She had an ideal childhood growing up in a nice home on several acres of land on what is now part of the BYU campus. Genevieve was a very intelligent child and got a double promotion in the 3rd grade and was put in the 5th grade at eight years of age. She graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1936, at the age of 17. Her father, Oscar Hansen, served as the Mayor of Provo. Genevieve married Harry Thomas Evans on May 14, 1942. He preceded her in death in 1990. She and her family lived in Long Beach, California from 1956 to 1978, at which time she and Harry moved back to Utah. Genevieve considered her greatest accomplishment that of being a good mother to her children and wife to her husband and was primarily a homemaker, although she also taught school. Genevieve graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA degree in English. She also attended the University of Utah and the University of Arizona. She had a beautiful voice. She loved music and the arts and could still sing hundreds of songs from memory up until her death. Everyone who got to know her soon learned of her quick wit and original sense of humor. She is survived by her three sons, Harry Gregory Evans, Trent Keilgaard Evans and Geoffrey Oscar Evans; two grandchildren, Leif Kemp and Destiny Evans; and seven nieces and nephews. All her brothers and sisters preceded her in death. They were: Devere Hansen, Johnnie Hansen, Ruth Hansen Hibbert, Margaret Hansen, Callie Hansen Torrance and Theresa Hansen Hammond. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, June 7, 2010 at the Berg Drawing Room Chapel of Provo, 185 East Center. Friends may call at the Mortuary on Sunday evening from 6-8 or on Monday morning from 10-10:45 prior to services. Interment will be in the Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent from www.bergmortuary.com [Provo Daily Herald, Daily Herald, Saturday, June 5, 2010.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Harry Thomas Evans, Jr., was born on December 21, 1921 in Somerset, Colorado. His parents were Harry Thomas Evans, Sr., and Rosamond Williams Evans. Harry Evans Jr. died on August 6, 1990 in Orem, Utah.

Class of 1936. Francee Harris. Source: 1936 Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ IS THIS? Francine Elizabeth Harris, born January 18, 1918 in Evanston, Wyoming? Parents: Ralph D. Harris and Elizabeth Walton. Francine Harris died July 7, 1999. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her parents, Ralph Darrington Harris and Elizabeth Walton, were married on December 7, 1914 in Provo, Utah. Elizabeth was born August 24, 1897 in Swinton, Lancashire, England. Elizabeth died March 5, 1954, in Puente, California. Interment, Oakdale Cemetery, Glendora, California.

Class of 1936 ~ Honorary. Leith Hayes (not Haves). She was a BYH junior in 1934-1935, but does not appear in the 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook, so must assume she did not graduate in 1936. ~ ~ ~ ~ Leith Hayes was born on June 19, 1918 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were John Edward Hayes and Harriet Elizabeth Jeffs Hayes. She married Mont Russell Anderson on June 16, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died on June 5, 1981 in Bear River City, Box Elder County, Utah. She died August 5, 1999.

Class of 1936. Dorothy Hedquist. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. HER OBITUARY: Dorothy Vivia Hedquist Rowe, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, age 76, passed away November 2, 1995 at her home in St. George, Utah. Born May 10, 1919 in Provo, Utah to Alexander and Vivia F. Hedquist. She married Owen B. Rowe, now deceased. She attended Brigham Young Academy, graduated from Brigham Young University in 1939, and graduated with Honors from Purdue University in 1969 with a Masters Degree in Library Science. A member of the LDS Church, Dorothy, our mother, was a deeply spiritual woman with a quiet belief in God. She blessed the lives of many children during her 25 years of teaching and as a school librarian for the Alpine School District. She lived in Provo, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Arizona and St. George, Utah. Wherever she lived she made a home full of love for her family and everyone she met. She left a heritage of personal courage and devotion to her family and friends. She served everyone with a heart full of compassion and love. She loved her family and shared her passion for life with them. She was a remarkable gardener and her children and grandchildren now tend the gardens she helped them plant. She loved singing, books, dancing, literature, poetry and laughter. Dorothy is survived by her children, Vivia "Vicki" (Robert) Baldwin, O. Brenton Rowe and wife, Gretchen, Dorothy Christine Langley, Mary Laurel (Roger) Nemelka; grandchildren, Taggart, Danica, Egan, Spencer, Jenny and Shane; sisters, Edith Timberlake, Helen Innes, Junece (Donald) Mackay; dear friends, Helen Cragun and Jane N. Vance. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, November 7, 1995 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. Send donations to the United Scleroderma Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 350, Watsonville, California 95077-0350. [Deseret News, Monday, November 6, 1995]

Class of 1936. Vera Holbrook. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY: Vera Holbrook Heninger, 86, passed away February 16, 2005, at her home in Provo, Utah. She was born October 29, 1918 in Provo, Utah to Lafayette Hinckley Holbrook and Alsina Elizabeth Brimhall Holbrook. Vera was the tenth of their eleven children. She was the granddaughter of George H. Brimhall, president of Brigham Young University. Following her sisters and brother, she attended BYU Elementary Training School, Brigham Young Junior High, and Brigham Young High School. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 1940 and the following year taught Home Economics at Provo High School. On June 5, 1941 she married her sweetheart, Maurice King Heninger, in the Salt Lake Temple. She journeyed with him to Raymond, Alberta, Canada. There she won approval as a new bride when she took over the care and feeding of twelve ranch hands. After some years in Canada, where Maurice received his medical degrees, they established a home in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Always a kind and gentle person, her skills in running a home and unselfish nature filled the home with love and laughter. Her husband and family were the center of her life and she basked in their individual achievements and in just being near and around them. She served faithfully in numerous callings in the LDS Church. Survivors include her husband, Dr. Maurice K. Heninger of Provo, Utah; two sisters, Helen Dahlquist of Provo, Utah and Elaine Haymore of Salt Lake City, Utah; children, Launa Nelson of Gilbert, Arizona; Rebecca (Gary) Jewkes of Atlanta, Georgia; Steven (Melanie) Heninger of Boise, Idaho; Barbara (Brad) Carlson of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and David (Kathy) Heninger of Idaho Falls, Idaho; 32 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter Susan and by one great-granddaughter. Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005 in Provo. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Friday, February 18, 2005]. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her parents: Lafayette Hinckley Holbrook and Alsina Elizabeth Brimhall. They had eleven children: 1. Raymond Brimhall Holbrook, born March 16, 1902 in Raymond, Alberta, Canada. He married Esther Ruth Hamilton on August 24, 1928. He died in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 24, 1989. 2. Rachel Holbrook, born December 6, 1903 in Raymond, Alberta, Canada. She married Robert Clair Anderson on May 25, 1927. She died June 17, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Manti, Utah. 3. George Blaine Holbrook, born April 8, 1906 in Provo, Utah and died August 2, 1924, at the age of 18. He did not marry. 4. Jennie Holbrook, b. March 3, 1908 in Provo, Utah. She married Delbert Valentine Groberg on June 11, 1930. She died March 25, 2004 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. 5. Mary Holbrook, b. March 2, 1910 in Provo, Utah. She married Benjamin Alva Maxwell on May 27, 1932. She died on June 19, 1977 in Salt Lake City, Utah. 6. Ruth Holbrook, born January 8, 1912 in Provo, Utah. She married Francis Ray Brown on May 27, 1932. She died December 16, 1983 in Pasadena, California. Interment, Provo, Utah. 7. Elizabeth Holbrook, born February 9, 1914 in Provo, Utah. She married Alonzo Kay Berry on September 19, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on June 29, 2000 in Provo Utah. Interment, Whittier, California. 8. Jean Holbrook, born October 7, 1915 in Provo, Utah. She died August 26, 1923 at the age of almost 8. Interment, Provo, Utah. 9. Helen Holbrook, born in about 1917. She married Carlyle Dahlquist. She resides in Provo, Utah. 10. Vera Holbrook, born October 29, 1918 in Provo, Utah. She married Maurice King Heninger on June 5, 1941, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died February 16, 2005 in Provo, Utah. 11. Alsina Elaine (Elaine) Holbrook, born Provo, Utah in about 1921. Elaine married John Arnold Haymore. She lives in Salt Lake City. @2006

Class of 1936. Ora Hudson (female). Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her parents: Albert Ray Hudson and Abiah Russell Robbins Hudson. Their children included: Albert (Della Trotter) Hudson, Ogden, Utah; Laura Hudson Westover, Santaquin, Utah; Melva Hudson (Lee) Carbine, Salt Lake City, Utah; Lylia Hudson Estes, La Mesa, California; Ora Hudson [BYH Class of 1936] (Archie) Chadburn, Ogden; Arlene Hudson (Don) Peterson, Phoenix, Arizona. @1995 ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Ora Abiah Hudson Chadburn was born in Santaquin, Utah on May 20, 1917. She resided in Ogden, Utah, and died on September 29, 2011. ~ ~ Ogden – Ora Abiah Hudson Chadburn, beloved mother and grandmother, 94, passed away September 29, 2011, at her daughter Debra's home in Uintah, Utah. Born May 20, 1917 in Santaquin, Utah, she was a daughter of Ray and Abiah Robbins Hudson. She was raised by her grandparents, Antrim and Lunia Agnes Robbins, after her mother's death. She graduated from Brigham Young High School in Provo, Utah in the Class of 1936. She attended BYU and worked for Geneva Steel. Ora married Archie F. Chadburn on April 8, 1939 in Farmington, Utah. A year later their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple, on April 3, 1940. They shared a wonderful life of 56 years together. He preceded her in death June 15, 1995. Ora was a member of the LDS Ogden 71st Ward, serving in the Relief Society and Primary. She lived in Provo and Delta, Utah, moving to Ogden in 1953. Her family was her life. She was a loving mother, wife and grandmother. She was a homemaker and enjoyed her husband and five wonderful children. She loved music, numerous hobbies and activities. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Surviving are three sons and two daughters; Gerald (Marjory) of Valencia, California, Gary (Lana) of Minersville, Utah, Debra (Bill) Evenhuis of Uintah, Utah, Corinne (John) Ludema of Layton, Utah, Deane of Millcreek, Utah; 17 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and one sister, Arlene (Don) Peterson of Wickensburg, Arizona. She was preceded in death by her husband; both parents, grandparents, one brother, Albert; three sisters; Lylia, Laura, and Melva; and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were held on Monday, October 3, 2011 at Myers Ogden Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd, Ogden, Utah. Interment, Ogden City Cemetery.[September 30, 2011, Myers Mortuary of Ogden] ~ ~ ~ ~ HER HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: Archie Franklin Chadburn, 75, died June 15, 1995 at his home in Ogden, Utah, after a long courageous battle with cancer. He was born August 9, 1919 in Veyo, Utah, a son of Archie Morley Chadburn and Clara Mariah Holt. He married Ora Abiah Hudson, April 8, 1939 in Farmington. The marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, April 3, 1940. He served in the Army in World War II in the Army Medical Branch from 1941-44. He was a member of the Ogden 71st LDS Ward, served a stake mission in Provo and held various positions as High Priest, Sunday School president and Scouts. He had lived in Ogden since 1953. Employed by Ogden City School District, he retired after 32 years of teaching. Survivors include his wife, of Ogden; five children, Gerald A. (Marjory L.) Valencia, Calif.; Gary F. (Lana) Minersville; Debra O. (William B.) Layton; Corinne (John) Layton; Deane M. (Carol D.) Farmington; 15 grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters, Reese, of Ogden; James O., of Murray; LaPrele John, of Provo; Berenice Liebhardt, of Cedar City. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, two sisters and a great-grandchild. Funeral services were held Monday, June 19, 1995 in Ogden. Interment, Ogden City Cemetery. Military Honors accorded by VFW Honor Guard. [Deseret News, Sunday, June 18, 1995.]

Class of 1936. Bob Jensen. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook [listed as Bob Jenson]. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Joseph Robert (Bob) Jensen died on March 20, 2002, at the age of 82. The cause of death was cancer. He spent his final weeks at the Kanmar Place Hospice Residence in Tucson, where family and friends visited him. Born in San Francisco, California in 1919 to Joseph Ray and Melva Hodson Jensen. Bob grew up in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah. He met his future bride and life-long friend, Minnie (Ann) Forsyth, while attending Brigham Young High School in Provo, where he graduated in 1936. In 1940, Bob graduated magna cum laude from the University of Idaho College of Pharmacy. While completing his degree, he worked full time for the Walgreens Drug Company. After graduation, Bob worked for Walgreens as a registered pharmacist and Store Manager in Idaho and Utah from 1940 to 1948. He and Minnie (Ann) were married at the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City in 1940, during Walgreens 2 for 1 sale. Daughter Ann Christine was born May 19, 1944 in Provo. In December of that year Bob was inducted into the armed forces and served in the Army Medical Corp attached to the Air Force in Manila and Tokyo until his honorable discharge with the rank of sergeant in 1946. Bob had an abiding interest and involvement in the profession of pharmacy in Arizona. During his years in Tucson, he served as the co-chair of the Pima County Oral Polio Vaccine Program, president of the Tucson Pharmacy Association and president of the Arizona Pharmacy Association. He was appointed by the governor to the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy in 1962 and presided as president during one year of his five-year tenure. Bob also served on the Arizona Health Planning Authority in the 1970s and throughout the 1980s was affiliated with the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy as an Associate in the Pharmacy Practice. In that capacity, he provided guidance and practical professional experience to many pharmacy students. Two of Bobs great enthusiasms outside his work were travel and golf. With wife Ann, and often with friends, he traveled extensively in the United States (including Hawaii and Alaska), Europe, Asia, North Africa, Australia and New Zealand. At the El Rio Country Club, the 49ers Country Club and, in his last years, the Skyline Country Club, he perfected his golf game and widened his large circle of friends. Bob is survived by a loving family, including his wife Ann Jensen, daughter and son-in-law Ann and Guy Roberts, grandchildren Malcolm and Glencora Roberts, brother Malcolm Jensen and sister Norma Porter. Bob was preceded in death by two sisters, Virginia and Dorothy. Many cousins, nieces, nephews and in-laws have also benefited form his kindness and generosity. [Provo Daily Herald, April 11, 2002]

Class of 1936. Fred D. Johnson. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Fred D. Johnson, First Lieutenant U.S. Air Force. Born: 4 November 1918, Fountain Green, Utah, to Mr. And Mrs. John A Johnson. Died 30 November 1944. Lt. Johnson graduated from Brigham Young High School, then from Brigham Young University in 1941, earning a bachelors degree. Following his graduation from BYU, he took a year of postgraduate school specializing in chemistry. He then worked for a time for the Republic Creosote plant and the Geneva Steel plant. He enlisted in the USAF on May 29, 1943, and received his training at Kearns, Utah; Missoula, Montana; Santa Ana, California; Ellington Field, Texas; San Marcos, Texas; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Rapid City, South Dakota. He was sent to England in June 1944 and had nearly completed the necessary missions for a furlough home. Lt. Johnson was a navigator in the 95th B-17 Bombardment group. He was awarded the Air Medal for "Meritorious Achievement," an Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Presidential Unit Citation. He was reported missing in action and later declared dead during his 26th mission over enemy territory. Salt Lake Telegram, February 15, 1945.

Class of 1936. Harry Jorgenson. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ IS THIS? Harry Jorgenson born July 13, 1917; died June 6, 2004 in Derby, Kansas?

Class of 1936. Grace Kent. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: OGDEN -- W. (Walter) West Lindsay died at home on Thursday, November 20, 2003. West Lindsay was born April 2, 1912 to James Burt and Christine Geisler Lindsay in Liberty, Utah. He first married Alburdice Shaw on November 12, 1937, in the Salt Lake Temple; she died on February 22, 1939. He second married Grace Kent in the Salt Lake Temple on May 7, 1943. West Linday was a faithful member of The Latter-day Saints Church and served diligently in many positions. During his lifetime he was an educator, athlete, sportsman, hunter and gardener. His most avid interests were genealogy and golf. He loved his wife and children, nurturing them throughout his life with kindness, love, and a knowledge of the Savior. He was formally educated in Weber County Schools. He received a Bachelors degree and Masters degree in education from Utah State University. He influenced many lives in 41 years of teaching in the Weber County Schools. West Lindsay is survived by his wife Grace Kent Lindsay; children, Lynn W. (Camille), Shirley (O. David) Gardner, Sue Stevenson Leth (J. Peter), Sally (Larry) Sanders, Tomi (Steven) Hanson; sister, Virginia Campbell; 24 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four brothers and one sister. Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 24, 2003 in Ogden, Utah. Interment, Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Utah. [Deseret News, Saturday, November 22, 2003.]

[Class of 1935] Class of 1936. Helen Evelyn Matthews. Helen came to BYH from Gray, Idaho. Sources: 1935 and 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbooks. Apparently she was considered a member of the senior class in both years, but actually graduated in 1936. ~ ~ ~ ~ Helen Evelyn Matthews was born on May 12, 1918 in Declo, Cassia County, Idaho. Her parents were George S. Matthews and Nellie Anderson. She married Earnest Craig on September 24, 1937. Helen Matthews Craig died on September 25, 1997 in Jerome, Idaho.

Class of 1936. Lowell Miller. Source: 1936 BYH Wildcat yearbook. ~ ~ ~ ~ Lowell Storrs Miller was born on March 9, 1919 in Lehi, Utah. His parents were Elmer Miller and Roxella Storrs. He married Blanche Thomas on December 1, 1945 in American Fork, Utah. He died on December 12, 1955, in Rochester, Minnesota. Salt Lake Telegram, September 17, 1945.