Who We Lost: Part 35

Harriet Clark Fewkes, 64, Burley, Idaho. Born to very early English LDS converts, she immigrated 1866. She died of influenza and pneumonia 10 Nov 1918, survived by husband and 6 of her 12 children; one daughter died 3 Nov 1918 of influenza. She is buried at Burley.

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Who we lost: Olof Lauritz Ekenstam, 21, Tooele, Utah. Born to Swedish LDS immigrants to Utah. Died of influenza 18 Oct 1918. Funeral conducted by bishop’s counselor; “all spoke of the good deeds and exemplary life of the young man.” A choir sang “I Need Thee Every Hour.”

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Reno “Ren” Wagstaff, 25, American Fork, Utah, livestock worker, baptized 1901. He died of influenza while in military training at Fort Logan, Colorado 26 Oct 1918, three weeks after leaving home. Survived by parents, 5 sisters; two other sisters died in the pandemic.

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Pearl Wagstaff Tyner, 28, Shelley, Idaho, baptized 1900. Married, the mother of three, she died of influenza 14 Jan 1919 and was buried at American Fork, Utah. A brother and sister also died of influenza that winter.

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Florence Wagstaff Haslem, 30, Salt Lake City, baptized 1896, married in Salt Lake Temple 1908. She died of influenza 31 Oct 1918 and was taken home to American Fork for burial. A brother and sister also died of influenza that season. Survived by husband, 5 children.

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Mary Ann Fewkes Marshall, 31, Burley, Idaho. Married in the Salt Lake Temple 1907. She died of influenza 3 Nov 1918, one week before her mother died of the same illness, leaving husband and six children.

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Clemon Leonard Fowler, 25, Ogden; railroad brakeman, member of Order of Railway Conductors. Baptized 1902. Died of influenza/pneumonia 22 Oct 1918, Salt Lake City. Survived by wife, 3 children; the children were all ill when he died, but all lived. Buried at Ogden.

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Frank William Baker Gordon, 4, Salt Lake City, born to an LDS mother, died of influenza and pneumonia 22 Oct 1918. He was buried at Salt Lake City. Survived by parents and one brother.

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Elizabeth Wells McEntire, 28, married in the Salt Lake Temple 1916, daughter of general authority Rulon S. Wells, died of influenza at her home near San Francisco. Buried in Salt Lake City; survived by husband and infant son.

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William Eugene Crandall, 25, Brigham City, Utah. Born in Springville, Utah to lifelong LDS parents, but himself baptized only in March 1918. He died of influenza-induced pneumonia 25 Oct 1918, leaving his bride of less than four months. Funeral conducted by local church leaders.

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David Forrest Anderson, 20, Lehi, Utah, a farmer. He was baptized 1906 and sealed to his parents as a young boy. David died of influenza at Lehi 20 Oct 1918 and was buried at his birthplace of Santaquin, Utah. Survived by widowed mother and five siblings.

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Emily Robbins Richardson, 27, Salt Lake City, was married in the Salt Lake Temple 1914. She died of influenza 28 Dec 1918 and was buried at Snowville, Utah, the place of her birth. She was survived by husband and a 24-day-old son.

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