Obituary: Sena Schultz Barton

Headstone, Salt Lake City Cemetery, SLC, Utah, USA

Mrs. Sena Barton Utah Pioneer Dies*

Mrs. Sena Schultz Barton, a pioneer resident of Salt Lake, died Friday morning at the house of her daughter, Mrs. Orvin Morris, 151 Fourth avenue, of infirmities incident to old age.

Mrs. Barton was the widow of George Barton and was born in Denmark January 24, 1847. She came to Utah in 1857 [1859] and had resided here since. Of late years she had been a member of the Thirtieth ward where she was an active Church worker and a faithful and devoted Latter-day Saint.

She is survived by one son and three daughters, George D. Barton, Mrs. Clara A. Busby and Mrs. Orvin Morris of Salt Lake, and Mrs. Alice Teasdale of Oakhurst, Calif.; also by nine grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. The funeral will be announced later.

(Deseret News, Friday, 20 July 1928, p. 10; FHL film # 027,061)

*No photo included

Obituary: Walter Aschel Pitt

Buried in the Vine Bluff Cemetery at Nephi, Utah

 

Walter Ashel* Pitt Obituary

Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep 1938

GOSHEN- Walter Ashel Pitt, 25, died at a Payson hospital late Friday. Time for services had not been set Saturday, but Interment will be at Vine Bluff cemetery at Nephi, directed by Anderson funeral Bale Pitt.

Mr. Pitt was born at Nephi, October 30, 1912, a son of Leonard N. and Emma L. Pitt. He married Donna Kirgan and had since resided in Goshen.

Donna Mae Kirgan Pitt

Surviving are his widow, Donna Kirgan Pitt, two daughters, Della and Joyce Marie Pitt of Goshen; his mother, Mrs. Emma L. Jensen of Provo; his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Pitt and Mrs. Hannah Bale of Nephi, and a brother, Leonard Pitt of Payson.

*actually spelled “Aschel”

Walter Aschel Pitt was the second son of Emma Louisa Bale and Lenard N. Pitt, Emma's first husband.  He was my mother's half brother.  He died very suddenly, leaving behind his young widow, Donna Mae Kirgan, and daughters Della Lou, age 3, and Joyce Marie, age 1.  

Donna Mae married a man from Texas in 1949, Clifton H. Pennington, apparently taking the two girls with her to Texas, and had several more children with him, but they divorced in 1972.  She died 27 Sep 1998 having never married again.  

Death Record courtesy Utah State Archives and Records office, online.

Obituary: Lenard Nicholi Pitt

Lenard Nicholi Pitt, circa 1908

Lenard Nicholi Pitt

UPDATE!  (2/18/2014)  Deb Stewart, my 2nd cousin, has found an article about Lenard's tragic accident and I am so happy that she has shared it with everyone  Here is the article, along with a transcript that Deb provided:

ROCKSLIDE CAUSED BY BLAST IS FATAL 

Explosion Sends Debris Hurdling Down Incline; One Man Killed, One Escapes Special to The Tribune 

NEPHI, March 16. -Yesterday afternoon an accident occurred at the Nephi plaster mill which resulted in the death of Leonard Pitt, a resident of this place. The accident happened in the gypsum quarry adjacent to the mill. A blast had been set off and after the shot Pitt, with his brother William, started up the incline. Some rock that had been loosened by the blast, but had not yet rolled down the hill, came plunging down the steep slope and deluged them with stones. The one brother, William, heard the rocks coming and ran. The other was caught by the slide and hit in several places by large rocks, one of them striking him on top of the head, killing him instantly. The brother who escaped was showered with small stones, but was not seriously injured.

Published in The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah), pg 28, on 17 Mar 1912

Lenard Nicholi Pitt was born 7 Jul 1888 to John and Mary Ann Lund Pitt.  He was their second son.  He married Emma Louisa Bale in a civil marriage 21 Sep 1908 in Nephi.  He immediately obtained work in the Nephi gypsum mine, also known as the plaster mine that was so close to Nephi city as to be seen from within the city (it is just on the East side of I-15).  Emma gave birth to their first son, Leonard (spelled differently from his father) Lund Pitt on 31 Jul 1909.

Meanwhile, Emma's sister just younger than her, Elizabeth May Bale (she went by May), married Lenard's older brother, John William Pitt on 14 Feb 1911 - St. Valentine's Day.

Lenard's headstone, with Gypsum mine in background, Nephi, Utah

Lenard continued to work in the mine, and on 15 Mar 1912 loose rock from the hillside fell and killed Lenard from a planned blast.  His brother, John William (he went by his middle name), was with him, but he managed to escape with no serious harm.  Lenard's body was so crushed that they could not have a viewing or open casket.  Emma was less than two months pregnant with Lenard's second child - she may not have even known that she was pregnant at the time of Lenard's death.  Emma was only 20 years old and she was a widow with one two-year old son, and one on the way.  On Oct 30, the day before Halloween, Walter Aschel Pitt was born, already fatherless.  One can only imagine how hard all of this was.

On March 18th, 1912, Lenard Nicholi Pitt, just 24 years old, was buried at Vine Bluff Cemetery in Nephi.  His parents were there, undoubtedly, with his pregnant widow, his young son, and many others.  As the mourners gathered around his grave, they could see, in plain view, the mine where Lenard was killed.  (see photo.)

Emma remarried in 1913 to Charles C. Jensen, a young widow himself with 3 young children.  They went on to have 9 children together.  She loved Charley, but always said that Lenard was her one and only true love.  Emma lived to be nearly 96, and died in 1987.

Obituary: Charles Christopher Jensen

Charles Christopher Jensen

Deseret News, 20 June 1948

(no picture included)

            PROVO – Charles C. Jensen,  74, of 713 West Fifth South St. died Sunday at 4:15 p.m. at an infirmary here of causes incident to age.

            Mr. Jensen was born July 2, 1874 in Richfield, son of Olaf P and Annie Jeppsen Jensen.  He moved to Goshen, Utah when a young man and resided there until 14 years ago, when he moved to Provo.

            On Aug 25, 1898 he was married to Laura Jane Rudd.  She died in February 1913, and he later was married to Emma Bale in Provo.

Buried in Goshen City Cemetery, Goshen, Utah

            A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints he was an elder at the time of his death.

            Surviving, besides his widow, are five sons, and four daughters:  Mrs. George Cook, Goshen; Mrs. Peter Grieve, Salt Lake City; Edward Jensen, Bakersfield, Calif; James and Gilbert Jensen, Tooele; Leslie and Maurice Jensen, Provo; a stepson, Leonard Pitt, Layton; a brother, Joseph Jensen, LeGrande, Ore; a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Osborne, Riverton, Salt Lake County; a half brother, Andrew Nielson, Deweyville, Box Elder County; 26 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

            Funeral Arrangements will be announced by Valley Mortuary, Provo.

Courtesy State of Utah Archives (online)

John Phillip Jensen

Buried in Goshen City Cemetery, Goshen, Utah, USA

John Phillip Jensen was born to Emma Louisa Bale Pitt Jensen and Charles Christopher Jensen 8 Apr 1932, in Goshen, Utah, Utah, USA.  He was child # 8 for them.  He was born prematurely, which would have probably been just fine if he had been born today, but there was nothing to be done for premies back then.  He was a fighter though, because he lived to see the dawn of a new day, but it was not to be.  He died on 9 Apr 1932 in Goshen.

Death Record for John Phillip Jensen

Joseph William Jensen Obituary

c. 1941 Joseph William Jensen "Bill"

Joseph W. Jensen

June 14, 1945, Deseret News 

[No photo included]

            PROVO – Funeral Services for Joseph William (Billy) Jensen, 18 year old Provo youth, drowned Sunday at the mouth of Provo River on Utah Lake, will be conducted Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Provo Second Ward chapel by Bishop J. Earl Lewis.

            Burial will be in the Goshen cemetery.  Friends may call at the Valley Mortuary Thursday evening, and at the family home 713 W. 4^th S. St. Friday prior to Services.

Youth Drowns in Provo River
(Published in the Ogden State Examiner, Ogden, Utah on 11 Jun 1945)

PROVO, Utah, June 11 (AP) - An 18-year-old Provo youth met death by drowning last night when his horse threw him while fording the Provo river.

Police said the animal apparently had pawed the boy, Joseph William Jensen, after throwing him into the stream.

Diving from a rowboat, Miss Norma Brown 20, swam 75 yards to where Jensen hit the water but was unable to locate him. She dived several times in an effort to bring him up but was forced to stop when the chill water numbed her body.

Buried in the Goshen City Cemetery, Goshen, Utah, USA

Bill, as his family called him, was very good with horses, but one day when he was only 18 he and his brothers crossed the Provo River when the spring runoff was torrential.  The undertow took the legs right out from under Bill's horse, and they both fell in the raging river.  Bill's horse made it, but Bill didn't.  He didn't know how to swim.  His youngest sister, Rose Afton Jensen, recalled how she stood with her mother on the banks of the Provo River as they dredged the river and brought up her beloved brother's body.  To add insult to injury, Bill was buried on Afton's 12th birthday, June 15th, 1945, in the Goshen Cemetery.  For the rest of her life, Afton never learned how to swim and was afraid of water, and all because of the impact her brother's death had on her.   She said that Bill was a character, her protector, and her greatest tormentor!  One day, Afton got so mad at Bill that, when she was about 11 years old she took the scissors she was using to cut article from the newspaper and hurled them at Bill for something he had teased her about; their mother walked in the room, just as the scissors nicked Bill's cheek and hit the wall.  Afton got a lickin' for that little stint, but she felt more badly because she realized how her actions could have led to disaster.  She said Bill didn't tease her quite as much after the scissors incident.

Death Certificate for Joseph William Jensen

Obituary: Thomas Bale

Thomas Bale

Thomas Bale Dies in Nephi

The Daily Herald, January 30, 1958

No Photo included

            NEPHI – Thomas Bale, 82 died at the home of a son, Norris Bale January 28, after a lingering illness.

            He was born April 18, 1875 at Coalville, England, a son of Richard and Sarah Miller Bale.  He came to America when one year old.  He married Violet V. Lamb of Nephi, July 1, 1896 in Nephi.  This marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple.

            He was a farmer and a miner.  He lived in Eureka about 25 years.  He is survived by one son, Norris S. Bale of Nephi; 12 grandchildren, and one great grandchild; one sister, Sadie Cazier of Nephi.

            Services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the First-Second Ward Chapel, with Bishop Ray Worthington conducting.

            Friends may call at the Anderson Funeral Home Thursday evening and at the church Friday from 11 a.m. until time for the services.  Burial will be in the Vine Bluff Cemetery. 

Thomas Bale's Death Record

Obituary: Charles LeRoy Jensen

Charles LeRoy Jensen

May 14, 1942, Deseret News

[No Photo was added in newspaper]

            PAYSON – Funeral Services for Charles LeRoy Jensen, 27, of Goshen, who was killed in Spanish Fork Canyon, have been changed from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Friday.

            Bishop Evelyn Kirk will be in charge and services will be in the Goshen School.  Friends may call at the home of his brother, James Jensen, prior to services.  Interment will be in Goshen Cemetery.
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State’s Fatality Toll Rises To 45 With Victim’s Death (Published in the Ogden State Examiner, Ogden, Utah, on 11 May 1942)

PAYSON, Utah, May 11 (AP) - Charles LeRoy Jensen, 28, of Goshen, died yesterday in a hospital of injuries he suffered Saturday when he was stuck by a coal truck on U.S. highway 50, seven miles east of Spanish Fork.

Highway Patrolman Charles H. Allred said Jensen and John Erickson, 59, were walking beside the highway when a westbound truck driven by Frank Baird, 19, of Salt Lake City, was crowded off the highway, striking Jensen.

Allred said the identity of the driver who crowded Baird was not learned.
Traffic fatalities in Utah county rose to five with the death, compared with seven for the same period in 1941.

The total fatalities for the state was brought to 45, as compared with 49 to the same date last year.
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Charles LeRoy Jensen

Salt Lake Telegraph, 12 May 1942

PAYSON - Funeral services for Charles LeRoy Jensen, 27, of Goshen, will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in the Goshen school house. Friends may call at the Deseret mortuary, 218 South Main street in Payson, Thursday evening, and at the home of a brother, James Jensen, in Goshen Friday prior to services. Burial will be in the Goshen City cemetery.

The young man died in the Payson hospital at 5 a.m. Sunday of injuries he suffered late Saturday night in Spanish Fork canyon, where he was herding sheep. He was knocked down by a truck, passing another car, as he was walking along highway 50 with a companion.

*Thanks to cousin Deb Stewart for these last two obituaries!

*Charles LeRoy Jensen, or Roy, as he was called, was the eldest son of Charles C. and Emma L. Bale Jensen.  Afton Jensen Whitehead, his sister, related the circumstances of his early death:

Buried at the Goshen City Cemetery, Goshen, Utah, USA

"Roy, as he was called, wanted to get mother a gold locket, and had taken on extra work herding sheep.  He was herding sheep up Spanish Fork Canyon when a truck's side-view mirror hit him in the head, went to Payson Hospital, told the doctors who he was, and who his wife was, but they thought he was delusional and no one listened to him.  Next day they found him in his hospital room, dead, face turned to the wall.  Dr. Curtis, the family doctor, came in and immediately recognized him, and was rather upset at the hospital staff."

Obituary: Clifford Bale

Clifford Bale

Deseret News, June 9, 1954

(No photo included in Newpaper)

            PAYSON – Clifford Bale, 84, 158 S. 3^rd West, died Monday 7:30 p.m. at his residence after an illness.

            Born Sept. 28, 1869, in Whitwick, England, son of Richard and Sarah Miller Bale.  Married Alice R. Baxter, Oct. 26, 1892, in Manti Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  She died Dec. 1 1938.  Married Leah Morgan, June 26, 1941 in Manti Temple.

            Surviving:  widow; four sons:  Earl, Vaud, Salt Lake City; Ralph, Cheyenne Wyo; Forrest, Las Vegas, Nev; six daughters: Mrs. Enid Lawrence, Mrs. Fern Swenson, Mrs. Thea Grotegut, Mrs. Helen Argyle, Spanish Fork; Mrs. Emma Ellsworth, Las Vegas; Mrs. Maxine Lawrence, Salt Lake City; 28 grandchildren; one sister; one brother; several stepsons and stepdaughters.

            Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Payson First Ward Chapel.  Friends may call family home Thursday evening, Friday before funeral.  Burial, Payson Cemetery, Valley Mortuary.

Obituary: Hannah Simister Bale

Hannah Simister Bale (photo NOT included with obituary)

 Hannah Simister Bale

Deseret News, April 3, 1946

(No photo accompanying obituary)

            NEPHI – Funeral Services for Mrs. Hanna Simister Bale, 75, who died in her home Monday, will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in Nephi South Ward chapel by Bishop P. B. Cowan.  Burial will be in Nephi Cemetery.

            Friends may call at the family home Thursday from 10 a.m. until time of services.

            Mrs. Bale was born in Coalville, April 8, 1870, daughter of  John W. and Elizabeth Brierly Simister.  She was married to Israel C. Bale in the Logan Temple, June 29, 1887.  He died in 1930.

            Surviving are six daughters and two sons: Louisa Jensen, Provo; Mrs. May Pitt,  Mrs. Amy Worwood, Nephi; Mrs. Pitt Tooele;  Mrs. Belle Montague, Payson; Mrs. Millie Peterson, Goshen; Mrs. Ruth Wilcox, Las Vegas, Nevada; Mrs. Amy Worwood, Nephi [sic]; Bernard Bale, Genola; and Frank Bale, Springville; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Beckwith, Delta; and Mrs. C. L. Swenson, Salt Lake; 39 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren.

 

[*This obituary mentions Mrs. May Pitt of Nephi, and then Mrs. Pitt of Tooele – these apparently are the same person, Elizabeth May Pitt, and therefore is a typo.  It also references Mrs. Amy Worwood twice, which is a typo.  Incidentally, (Emma) Louisa Jensen also married a Pitt – her first Husband, Leonard Nicholi, who died very young, whose older brother, John W. Pitt married Louisa’s sister, the Mrs. May Pitt referenced in this obituary.  Louisa then married Charles C. Jensen.]

Obituary: Emma Louisa Bale Pitt Jensen

Buried at Goshen City Cemetery, Goshen, Utah, USA

NOTE: This is a JPEG scan of the actual article from The Daily Herald.  Text transcription is available through me upon request.