Who We Lost: Part 47

Leone Angelia Rich Gardner, 29, Afton, Wyoming; schoolteacher. Baptized 1899, graduate (valedictorian) of Fielding Academy, married in Salt Lake Temple 1916. Died of influenza after caring for sick ward members, 29 Feb 1920. Survived by husband and 3 small children.

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May McDonald Simmons, almost 20, Storrs, Utah; baptized 1908. May died of influenza 20 Oct 1918; she gave birth that day to a son, who did not live. Survived by husband and 18-month-old son.

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Margaret Chase Brown, 33, Carey, Idaho. Born to an LDS mother of Lehi, Utah. Died of influenza/pneumonia, with her newborn son, 9 Feb 1920. “A faithful mother, a respected friend.” Survived by husband and seven children.

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Thomas Gunnell Hall, 29, Wellsville, Utah. Baptized 1897; married in Logan Temple 1909. Died of influenza 15 Feb 1919. “Let the Lower Lights Be Burning” sung for “most honored and kindest” of the town’s young men. Survived by wife and 3 sons.

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Elizabeth Hendry Archibald, 69, Wellsville, Utah. Native of Scotland; crossed the Plains 1855. Married in Endowment House 1867. Had sent husband and four sons on missions. Died of influenza 19 Jan 1919. Survived by husband and four sons. “Kind and charitable.”

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Samuel Christensen, 30, Benson, Utah; farmer. Baptized 1897. “A truthful, honest man,” “a clever man,” contributing heavily to war stamps and Liberty bonds. Died of influenza 4 Feb 1919. Survived by wife and three children, all too ill to attend funeral.

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Howard Stanley Nelson, 31, Ogden, Utah; street car conductor. Baptized 1895. Died of influenza 13 Nov 1918. Survived by wife and three children. “I Know that My Redeemer Lives” was sung at his funeral; pall bearers were members of his street carmen’s union.

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Ray Clyde Gale, 2, Pinto, Utah; born to LDS parents. Died of influenza and pneumonia 24 Nov 1918. Twelve members of his immediate family were ill when he died so they could not attend his graveside services in Ogden, Utah, where he was born.

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John Francis Cogan, 42, Omaha, Nebraska; native of Ireland. Not LDS, not a Utahn, but the first known death of the influenza pandemic in Utah. He was a traveling salesman and was ill at Ogden from 28 Sep 1918; he died 3 Oct 1918; buried at Omaha. Survived by wife and 7 children.

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John Nelson Jonas, 30, Richmond, Utah; laboring man. Baptized 1902; served Southern States mission 1909-1911; married in Salt Lake Temple 1912. Died of influenza and pneumonia 19 Dec 1918, survived by wife and two sons; a daughter was born the following March.

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Emma Stewart Gull, 34, Meadow, Utah. Baptized 1893; married in Manti Temple 1907. Died of influenza and pneumonia 8 Jul 1919. Survived by husband, parents and seven younger siblings.

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Frances Smith Short, 27, Banff, Alberta; daughter of Mormon frontiersman Lot Smith. Died of influenza and pneumonia 28 Dec 1918; buried at Salt Lake City. Survived by husband and numerous siblings.

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