Who We Lost: Part 21

William Weaver Hopkin, 20, Coalville, Utah, was visiting friends in Grantsville, Utah who fell ill. Rather than hurrying home, William stayed to care for them. He died of influenza 26 Nov 1918. Buried at Coalville. Survived by parents and 9 siblings.

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Mabel Jane Sargent, 22, store clerk, died of influenza/pneumonia at LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City. Born to English LDS parents of Hoytsville, Utah, Mabel was involved in YLMIA and Sunday School, and “took an active part in all social affairs of the ward.” Survived by parents and 8 siblings.

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Madson Family: Oscar Broom Madson of Ogden, Utah married Adella Janett Bauscher; they had four children before Adella and two of her daughters died in the pandemic. One daughter had died earlier. Oscar and 5-year-old Oscar, Jr. survived.

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Madson Family: Adella Bauscher Madson, almost 33, of Ogden, married Oscar Madson in 1904. She died of influenza 19 Oct 1918 and was buried after a double funeral with that of her daughter Kathryn. Her family had her baptized by proxy in 1923.

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Madson Family: Kathryn Anna Madson, 12, of Ogden, was baptized in 1914. Despite her mother’s loving nursing, Kathryn died of influenza 20 Oct 1918.

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Madson Family: Josephine Adella Madson, two weeks short of her 9th birthday, was baptized in May 1918. She died of influenza 16 Oct 1918 and was buried with her mother and sisters in Ogden, Utah.

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Alfred Wright, 15, died of influenza at the family ranch on Yellow Creek on the Utah/Wyoming line, 24 Nov 1918. His body was brought to Coalville, Utah for burial following a graveside service conducted by the bishop of Cluff Ward.
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Emma Rigby Morris, 34, born in Wanship, Utah grew up helping her father with grocery and post office. Married 1909, moved to Samaria, Idaho, where influenza took her 17 Nov 1918, 4 days after the birth of a daughter, who lived. Survived by husband and 4 children.

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Milton Edwin Wright, 16, of Scofield, Utah was, despite his youth, a laborer on the railroad. Baptized in 1913, he was the son of pioneering Utah parents. He died of influenza 24 Nov 1918 at Scofield, where he is buried.

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Eugene Nebeker, 20, a farmer of Lapoint, Utah, “a pleasant, lovable boy, honest, upright and good,” graduate of Vernal Central School, died of influenza in Lapoint 19 Nov 1918. Survived by parents, 7 siblings, and a sweetheart mentioned but not named in his obituary.

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Lula Fern Hamilton, 25, of Vernal, Utah, was a graduate of Granite High (Salt Lake City). She taught Sunday School, was a chorister, and took part in ward drama efforts. A clerk at the Vernal Co-op store, she died of influenza 23 Nov 1918. Buried at Millcreek, Utah.

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James Shaw, 21, of North Ogden, Utah, active in priesthood duties, superintendent of Sunday School, alum of Utah Agricultural College, with aptitude for mechanical engineering. He was drafted, and died of influenza at Fort Douglas, 8 Dec 1918, parents by his side.

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