Stanford Hinckley, 24, of Salt Lake City, died of influenza while with the U.S. Army in France. Chaplain B.H. Roberts eulogized him as “Never…happier than when he was doing something to help someone else.” Among his survivors: half-brother Gordon B. Hinckley, 8.

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John Somerville of Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, died of influenza on 17 Dec 1918. Born in 1840, John was one of the older Saints lost to the flu – but at age 78 he was one of the newest members of the Church, baptized only three months earlier, on 14 Sept 1918.

Image is of Airdrie town center.

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Cora Lillian Briscoe Fenwick, age 30, wife, mother of four. Secretary of the Relief Society at Tyhee, Idaho. Died in Montana of pneumonia following influenza, 31 Oct 1918; buried at Pocatello.

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Lucile Mary Moyes, 6, of Ogden, Utah, suffered influenza, smallpox, and pneumonia in quick succession. She slipped into a coma for 21 days, after which she awoke. Prospects for her recovery looked good, but she died on 12 Feb 1919.

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Edward R. Gibbons, 24, of St. Johns, Arizona, died of influenza at Manassa, Colorado 3 Nov 1918. An elder in the Mexican Mission, he worked with Spanish-speakers north of the border. A companion said Edward wanted “to preach someday to the spirits beyond the veil.”

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Brutus L. Rideout of Draper, Utah, 24, baptized in 1902, was working in Madison, Wisconsin when he entered the Army. Sgt. Rideout died of influenza/pneumonia in France 2 Nov 1918, leaving a young widow Edith, in Akron, Ohio.

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Heber Bertel Haws, 29, of Dragon, Utah, died of influenza 5 Nov 1918, “a model of honesty and honor, a faithful Latter-day Saint. He was loved and trusted and respected.” Survivors included his wife, daughter, son, and a daughter born 6 months after Heber’s death.

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James Gilbert Yardley, 30, of Beaver, Utah, served a mission in the Eastern States. Drafted in 1917, he served on the front lines in France, assigned to rescue the wounded from the battlefield. He died of pneumonia in France, 16 Dec 1918, survived by his parents and six siblings.

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Thomas J. Powell, 25, whose mother and wife were LDS, grew up in Lehi, Utah. He was undergoing military training at Camp Kearny, near San Diego, California, when he died of influenza/pneumonia 3 Dec 1918. In 1920 his mother had temple ordinances for him completed.

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Homer Poet Allphin, 64, of Greensburg, Kansas, was baptized in 1912 with his wife America; a few of their 14 children joined the Church later. After a few years in Colorado, Homer and America returned to Kansas. Homer died of influenza on 5 Nov 1918.

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Olive Tanner Bott, 24, of Payson, Utah, BYU graduate, taught school for a year before marrying Harry Bott, who was with the Army in France when Olive was stricken with influenza. She gave birth while ill and died four days later, 6 Nov 1918. Her daughter survived.

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Graduate of Brigham Young University, Laura Bird Hales, 28, died of pneumonia/influenza, 12 December 1918. Married in the Salt Lake Temple and the mother of a 2-year-old son, Laura taught school for four years. She was born, died, and is buried at Springville, Utah.

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I have permission of Logan Milsap to share his photos and remarks tweeted in response to Laura Bird Hale’s memorial:

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“A rather nice view of the sunset from her grave tonight.

“If I can’t gather with living friends I figured this was a good night to make a new friend among the deceased. Laura was my same age, & I aim to be a teacher someday too.

“Thanks, Ardis, for introducing the two of us.”

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