George Noakes, 4, Eureka, Utah. Born to an LDS family. Died of influenza 10 May 1919; buried at Springville, Utah. Survived by parents and two siblings; sisters Dora and Della died of influenza within days.
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James Cope, 35, Cardston, Alberta. Native of England; immigrated 1911. Believed to be LDS but not yet verified. Died of influenza 4 Apr 1919; buried at Cardston. Survived by wife Ethel and one daughter.
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Nellie Reynolds, 14, Springville, Utah; student. Baptized 1914. Died of pneumonia and influenza 25 Mar 1919; buried at Springville. Survived by father and three older siblings; mother died of influenza three days later.
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Hattie Montrose Keaton, 32, Logan, Utah. Baptized, but date is obscured in Family Search; attended Logan Temple 1910. Died of influenza and pneumonia 6 Apr 1919; buried at Logan. Survived by ex-husband James and a daughter and son.
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Dora Noakes Reeves, 22, Eureka, Utah. Baptized 1908. Died of influenza 12 May 1919 after coming to nurse her sick family; buried at Springville, Utah. Survived by husband Albert, parents and two siblings; a younger sister and brother died of influenza the same week.
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Della Noakes, 13, Eureka, Utah. Baptized 1913. Died of influenza and pneumonia 13 May 1919; buried at Springville, Utah. Survived by parents and two siblings; a sister and brother died of influenza the same week.
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Lola Hannah Boyington, 13, Manti, Utah. Baptized 1913; born to parents married in the temple before her birth. Died of influenza and pneumonia 25 Mar 1919; buried at Manti. Survived by parents and five siblings.
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William Emerald Chase, 13, Eureka, Utah; student. Baptized 1913. Died of influenza 12 May 1919; buried at Springville, Utah. Survived by parents and three older siblings.
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June Emma Teasdale, 19, Salt Lake City. Baptized 1908. Died of influenza and pneumonia 27 Jan 1920; buried at City Cemetery. Survived by parents and four siblings.
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Samuel Leo Hansen, 18, Mt. Pleasant, Utah; student. Baptized 1909; born to parents married in the temple before his birth. Died of influenza and pneumonia 25 Mar 1919; buried at Mt. Pleasant. Survived by father and younger sister.
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Laura Alice Jacobson Tomlinson, 27, Salt Lake City. Native of Norway; immigrated before 1900. Baptized 1915; married in Salt Lake Temple 1915. Died of influenza and pneumonia 28 Jan 1920; buried at City Cemetery. Survived by husband Jabos and one daughter.
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Fern Thurber Bennett, 29, Eureka, Utah. Baptized 1898; married in Manti Temple 1910. Died of heart inflammation caused by influenza 13 May 1919; buried at Richfield, Utah. Survived by husband James and three children.
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Thank you for taking the time to find these people and, when possible, putting a face with the name and giving known details of each individual’s life. I enjoy visiting cemeteries because it allows me an opportunity to learn something about the people buried there if nothing more than their birth and death dates. Often there is art or other details about the person buried there that add to those two dates. Sometimes I find myself thinking that I’d like to have known the deceased based on the information given on the gravestone. I always wonder what the people looked like in life. The burials of babies and little ones always break my heart. So much good and potential was never able to flourish due to disease and conditions that we no longer have to deal with. I think of the parents who had to bury their own children and spouses when young. The saddest group of graves that I ever saw was a family with nine children born closely together and their youngish parents. There had obviously been a time of serious illness because these children started dying by twos, then threes. The last group included the father as well. This happened over ten days. The mother lived another 50 years on her own. I cannot imagine what her pain must’ve been like. Each person you’ve featured was loved and mourned just as deeply. Thank you for this reminder of the fragility of life.
You are a kindred spirit, Stranger. Thank you for understanding.