Henry Ernest Foster, 30, Salt Lake City, was baptized 1904 in his native Samoa. A carpenter, he died at Salt Lake City 14 Dec 1918, of influenza and pneumonia; his wife Josephine died of the same disease the following day. Ernest was survived by two daughters.
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Josephine Kenison Foster, 28, Salt Lake City, born in Samoa, was baptised at Manti, Utah in 1901. She died of influenza 15 Dec 1918 the day after her husband Henry’s death, and the same her father Alfred Kenison died. A triple funeral was held in the Salt Lake City cemetery.
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Alfred Kenison, 53, Salt Lake City, born in Samoa, was baptized in 1895. A carpenter, he died of influenza and pneumonia 15 December 1918, the same day as daughter Josephine and a day after Josephine’s husband Henry Ernest Foster. He is buried in the Salt Lake City cemetery.
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Rose Douady Bean, 26, native of France, baptized in London while studying music there, emigrated to Utah. Taught French at Weber Academy. Rose died of influenza at Richfield, Utah 4 Dec 1918, leaving husband in the army in France and 2 daughters, one only hours old.
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Edna Wadsworth Lee, 28, Panaca, Nevada, married in the Salt Lake Temple 1917. She died of influenza 24 Nov 1918 in Salt Lake City where she had gone to school while her husband was in the army in France. Her father brought her body back to Panaca for burial.
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Emma Moore Hicks, 55, Roosevelt, Utah, was baptized in 1871. Died of heart disease aggravated by influenza 14 Dec 1918. “A gifted reader. She could hold you spellbound.” The mother of 14 children, Emma was survived by husband and 7 children.
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Wilford B. Williams, 21, day laborer at Widtsoe, Utah, was baptized 1906. Died of influenza and pneumonia 1 Dec 1918; survived by parents, sister, and a brother with the army in France. He is buried in Salt Lake City with his parents.
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Minnie Palmer Hess, 54, Farmington, Utah. Born in England to an LDS mother; emigrated 1874; married in Endowment House 1881. Raised orphaned siblings and a daughter of her own. Died of influenza 14 Dec 1918. “The Lord has been merciful to me,” she once wrote.
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Edith Larsen Robison, 33, Garfield, Utah; baptized 1893, married in Salt Lake Temple 1908. Died of influenza and pneumonia 1 Dec 1918; buried in Wasatch Lawn cemetery, Salt Lake City. Survived by husband Lyman, parents, three sisters.
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Samuel Howells, 45, Provo, Utah, born to LDS parents married in the Endowment House 1869, Samuel died of influenza and pneumonia 14 Dec 1918. He was an inmate of the Utah State Hospital for almost 18 years and was buried in a then-unmarked grave.
Read about the Utah State Hospital Forgotten Patients Cemetery Project here
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Pearl Wheelwright, 23, Ogden, Utah, was baptized 1904 and attended the Salt Lake Temple 1915. She died of influenza 15 Nov 1918. Pearl’s graveside service was conducted by her bishop’s counselor; six uncles served as pallbearers.
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Hyrum McInelly, 30, Salt Lake City, was born to LDS parents sealed in the Endowment House and was baptized 1898. A laborer, Hyrum died of pneumonia and influenza 14 Dec 1918, survived by wife, 2 children, and a daughter born the next May.
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