Class of 1922. Aleitha [actually Aleithea] Stagg. Source: 1922 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Aleithea Stagg Wing, age 91, passed away peacefully Thursday evening of conditions related to Alzheimer's and age. She was born in Provo, Utah May 18, 1904, to David and Jenny (Jane) Goodman Stagg, the ninth child in a family of nine children. She attended grade school in Provo and graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1922. Aleithea and Norman Boley Wing were married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on September 22, 1926. Aleithea graduated from Brigham Young University in 1950 with a degree in Elementary Education. In her early career she taught in the Provo School District and later in the Alpine School District in the Harrington and Greenwood Schools until her retirement in 1963. Students will remember her best from the "school picture" which accompanies this write-up. [Not available.] Before Alzheimer's took its toll she was very busy with church activities in the American Fork Second and later 27th Wards. She served as a temple worker and held many ward and stake positions. She was preceded in death by her husband on October 18, 1966. She is survived by son, Norman Stagg Wing, Richland Washington; daughter Janice Wing Rooney, Sandy; brother and sister-in-law, Niles and Lavon Wing, American Fork; seven grandsons, seven granddaughters and 27 great-grandchildren. A wonderful mother, grandmother, aunt and friend she is already missed by all that knew and loved her. Funeral services for Aleithea Stagg Wing were conducted Tuesday, April 2, 1996 in the Anderson & Sons Mortuary, 49 East 100 North in American Fork. [Deseret News, Sunday, March 31, 1996.]

Class of 1922. Kate Stevens. Source: 1922 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section.

Class of 1922. Holbert Stewart [actually Halbert Clark Stewart]. Source: 1922 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1927. Halbert C. Stewart. He received a BS Degree in 1927. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 470. ~ ~ ~ ~ Halbert Clark Stewart was born on May 22, 1903 in Ogden, Utah. His parents were Otto Ren Stewart and Millicent Tollestrup Stewart. He married Helen Vera Anderson on May 31, 1931 in Utah. She was born on August 26, 1905 in Salina, Utah. She died on April 30, 1998 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her interment, Benjamin, Utah. Halbert died on March 3, 1983 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His interment, Benjamin Cemetery, Utah.

Class of 1922. Melba Stubbs. Source: 1922 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section.

Class of 1922. Zella Thomas. Source: 1922 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section.

Class of 1922. Lynn Wakefield. Source: 1922 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Thomas Lynn Wakefield was born on March 22, 1903 in Huntington, Utah. His parents were John Fleming Wakefield III [BYH Class of 1909] and Emma Susannah Higgs Wakefield. He married Helen Whitesides on May 25, 1932 in Salt Lake City. He died on October 24, 1982 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Class of 1922. Ethel Walker. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1922. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 416.

Class of 1922. Margaret Walker [Roper]. She received two BYH diplomas in 1922: A BYH Normal Diploma, and a BYH Arts Supervision Diploma. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 394. ~ ~ ~ ~ Margaret Walker was born in February 9, 1900 in Pleasant Grove [or Linden], Utah. Her parents are Ezra Foutz Walker and Annie Swensen Walker. Margaret married Parley "L" Roper on June 18, 1924 in Manti, Utah. Parley "L" ROPER was born on December 31, 1895 in Oak City, Millard County, Utah. His parents were Abel Mosley Roper and Rachel Rawlinson Roper. Parley died on February 10, 1959 in Oak City, Utah. Margaret Walker Roper died on October 28, 1988. Her interment, Oak City Cemetery, Utah.

Classes of 1922 and 1923. Class of 1922. Inez Warnick. Source: 1922 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ Class of 1923. Inez Warnick. Source 1: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1923. Inez Warnick. She received a High School Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 306. ~ ~ ~ ~ Apparently she was a member of two senior classes, 1922 & 1923. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1927. Inez Warnick. She received a BS Degree in Household Administration in 1927. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 306. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her parents: Frederick G. Warnick and Clara Black Warnick, married January 3, 1900 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Frederick and Clara had eight children: Elva Warnick (female); Frederick Leland (Leland) Warnick [BYH Class of 1921]; Inez Warnick [BYH Class of 1922 & 1923]; Paul E. Warnick, Walnut Creek, California; Carl G. Warnick, Sierra Madre, California; Erma Warnick [BYH Class of 1933] (A. LaMar) Andrus, Orem, Utah; Beth Warnick [BYH Class of 1936] Gray, Pomphret, Connecticut; and one more son. ~ ~ ~ ~ Inez Warnick was born on March 6, 1905 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were Fred G. Warnick and Clara Black Warnick. Inez Warnick died on April 13, 1928 in Provo, Utah. Her Interment, Provo City Cemetery. A school teacher, she died at the young age of 23 Years, 1 Month, and 7 Days of sarcoma, following an operation.

Class of 1922. Opal West [Harston]. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1922. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 464. ~ ~ ~ ~ Opal Lavon West was born on October 6, 1902 in Raymond, Alberta, Canada. Her parents were Joseph Thomas West and Ane Hansen West. Opal married James Briggs Harston on June 2, 1933 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Opal West Harston died on January 2, 1994 in Lovell, Wyoming.

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.

Class of 1922. Lewis Wilde. Source: 1922 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ This appears to be Lewis Edwin Wilde, born on January 3, 1906 in Coalville, Utah. His parents are Edwin Wilde and Mary Hannah Robinson. Lewis Edwin Wilde died on August 7, 1989. His interment, Coalville City Cemetery. ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY OF HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER, abbrev: Fred Robinson Wilde passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 25, 2003 at St. Mark's Hospital. He was born in Coalville, Utah, March 7, 1915 to Edwin and Mary Hannah Wilde, the youngest of 13 children. His brothers were Oswald, Henry, Millard, William and Lewis. Ivy, Fanny, Mary Jane, Afton, Fanny, Hazel and Greeta were his sisters. Fred married Ruth Smith in Evanston, Wyoming, January 13, 1938. They had a family of six children: Suesann (Dennis) Richins, Henefer, Utah; Lynda McDonald, Vernal, Utah; Christine (Larry) Caldwell, Boise, Idaho; Kathryn (Dee) Stephens, Henefer, Utah; Stephanie Wilde, Lane Bune, Boise, Idaho; and Kirk Fred (Susan) Wilde, Coalville, Utah. Fred worked hard all his life beginning with herding sheep in the Utah West desert at the age of 14. He also worked at Bullock's Service station, as a ranch hand for Ned Herschellar in Fontenelle, WY, a sheep shearer, and retired from the Ideal Cement Company after 31 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents, siblings, wife, daughter, Christine, and son-in-law, Nile. He is survived by his daughters, Suesann, Lynda, Kathryn, Stephanie; son, Kirk; 21 grandchildren; 31 great-grand-children; and special caring neighbors, Ike and Annie Edgel. Interment, Coalville Cemetery. Fred loved a good saddle horse, good dog and a herd of sheep. He was a private and thoughtful gentleman. He will be remembered by his loved ones as an honorable man who loved his wife and family and mostly for his dry, colorful sense of humor, which was evident right up until his death. [Deseret News, Sunday, April 27, 2003]

Class of 1922. Iona Woolley. She received two BYH diplomas in 1922: a BYH Normal Diploma, and a BYH Arts Supervision Diploma. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 338. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1925. Iona Woolley. She received a BS Degree in Art in 1925. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 338.