FINAL UPDATE: Adolphus Renny Whitehead Heastone Project

AUGUST 26, 2013 - Leslie V. Cook has announced that the headstones are done!  He sent some photos to show the finished product:

Front of Headstones

Back of Headstones

I would just like to express my gratitude to everyone who participated in this project, but especially give a shout-out to Leslie Cook who started it all, and did so much work to coordinate funds and order the headstones, etc.  Now we can, for generations to come, be able to have a tangible reminder of the courage and sacrifice of this beloved pioneer ancestor.

We're hoping to plan a small reunion  in St. George sometime soon so that we can dedicate these memorials and have a chance to meet each other.  I will pass on this info to you as soon as I know the date, etc.

To all the Descendants of Adolpus Rennie Whitehead

I am always uncomfortable when it comes to asking for money, no matter how worthy the cause, so please know that I wouldn't post this if I didn't think it was important!

My dad forwarded this email to me the other day, from a cousin, Leslie V. Cook:

LESLIE V.  COOK

Obviously, it is entirely up to you to decide if you'd like to participate.  I think it's important that we try to preserve as much as we can for our future generations, and am therefore going to help out.  You can contact Leslie V. Cook at cookles@yahoo.com

for more information.

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: Louisa Bale Bowles

Louisa Bale Bowles

NOTE:  As I mentioned in my previous post, Bowles, Bales and Jensens, this obituary states that her husband, Thomas Edward Bowles, died in 1915.  He, in fact, did not die until 1942, but Louisa separated from him and moved from Nephi, Utah, where they were living, to live with her children and family in Idaho, and they divorced in 1922.  Because Thomas Edward had been excommunicated from the church around the same time that she moved, in her mind she probably felt that he was dead.  Divorce was totally frowned upon back then, and I think the family supported the story that Thomas Edward died in 1915 to save their mother from ridicule and gossip, for evidence suggests that they knew he was not dead. 

Louisa B. Bowles Funeral Held 

[No photo accompanied obituary] 

Louisa Bale Bowles, 84, died Friday morning at the home of her son, S. C. Bowles of Rigby, after a long illness. Mrs. Bowles had been an invalid for the past 13 years and bedfast for the past month.

Louisa Bale was born September 28, 1864, in Whitwick, England, the daughter of Richard and Sarah Miller Bowles. The family soon came to America and settled at Nephi, Utah. She married Thomas Bowles who died in 1915, and the family moved to Rigby in 1918, and bought a residence in the southwest part of the city.

Neighbors and friends will remember Mrs. Bowles with affection for her kindliness and charity.

Surviving are four sons and two daughters: W. T. Bowles, S. C. Bowles, Rigby, A. R. Bowles, Nephi, Utah, and A. L. Bowles, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Retta Crowther, Tule Lake, Calif., and Mrs. Vivian Field, Rigby; 47 grandchildren, 72 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild, making a total posterity of 126. Surviving brothers and sisters are Clifford Bale, Payson, Utah; Thomas Bale, Nephi, Utah; Mrs. Mary E. Goble, and Mrs. Sadie Ca-zier of Nephi, Utah.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon from the Eckersell funeral home with Bishop Jesse Call officiating.

Opening song was "Rock of Ages" sung by the Rigby Stake quartet; invocation, Bishop Horace L. Baird; speaker, Wm. J. Sperry; vocal solo, "Face to Face," by Thomas Andrus.

The second speaker was President Thomas D. Reese; vocal solo, Thomas Andrus, "When I Take My Vacation in Heaven," and the closing speaker was Richard R. Sudweeks. The closing song, from the Rigby Stake Quartet was "Not Dead, but Sleepeth." The benediction was by Bishop Elgin R. Garrett.

Burial was in Rigby Pioneer Cemetery with dedication of the grave by S. C. Bowles.

Pallbearers were: Wilford Bowles, Melvin Bowles, Lyman Bowles, Clifford J. Bowles, J. L. Bowles, and Allen A. Bowles.

Flowers were under direction of Rigby Third Ward Relief Society.

The Rigby Star, Mar 10, 1949

Buried in Rigby Pioneer Cemetery, Idaho.  Photo courtesy Find A Grave online.

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: 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)

Obituary: Rose Afton Jensen Whitehead

Rose Afton Jensen Whitehead 1933 ~ 2011

Rose Afton Jensen Whitehead, 77, passed away on February 11, 2011 due to complications from a stroke.

Afton (her preferred name) was born June 15, 1933 in Goshen, Utah to Charles Christopher Jensen and Emma Louisa Bale, as the youngest of nine children.

She was raised in Provo and graduated from Provo High School in 1951. She received secretarial training at the old Vocational School (now UVU). She was the school secretary at the Dixon Junior High School. She was a skilled seamstress making many of her own clothes.

She married Armand Toyn Whitehead June 21, 1954 in the Salt Lake Temple. They both grew up in the old 11th Ward of the West Utah Stake. Armand served in the USAF for 8 years so they resided in Texas, Mississippi, and England. They then returned to Provo while Armand went to BYU and then to Berkeley, California where he received his Ph.D. They lived in Orem for 42 years while Armand taught at BYU.

She is the mother of five children Steven Karl (Susan Law), Roseann (Ron Cram), Richard Ernest (Sandra Keller), Irene (Randy Lapp), and Mary Ann (Peter Overson). 15 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren lovingly remember her. Her parents and all her siblings preceded her in death.

Her church service included Gospel Doctrine Teacher, Relief Society President, Stake Relief Society Board, Ward and Relief Society Chorister. She and Armand have served full-time missions in Hong Kong, Albuquerque, NM, the Asuncion Paraguay Temple, and Fresno, CA. They recently served as service missionaries at the MTC in Provo. She was a very faithful servant of Jesus Christ.

She is fondly remembered for her love for people. She was very outgoing and interested in the welfare of all. She had a quick wit and a zest for life. She loved to go camping with her family. She loved her cats.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the Sharon Park 1st Ward Chapel, 100 East 300 North, Orem, Utah. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Orem, 500 North State Street, Friday evening from 6 until 8 and at the church Saturday from 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment, Orem City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family through www.bergmortuary.com.  In lieu of flowers, please donate to Primary Children's Hospital.

(The Daily Herald, Feb. 16, 2011)

Buried at Orem City Cemetery

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: Annabelle Bale Montague Christopherson

Emma Louisa Bale (left), Annabelle Bale (right)

Annabelle Christopherson

Deseret News, Aug 18, 1986

(No photo included)

            PAYSON – Annabelle Bale Montague Christopherson, 84, died Aug 16, 1986 in Payson.

            Born May 24, 1902 in Nephi, the daughter of Israel and Hanna Semester [sic] Bale.  Married Earl Tanner Montague Sept 29, 1919 in Payson, later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.  He passed away May 12 1950.  Married Moroni W. Christopherson July 14, 1969 in Elko.  He passed away July 24, 1982.  Educated in Nephi schools.  Worked as a nurse’s aide for Utah State Hospital.  Member DUP.  Member Women’s Auxilliory [sic] of the American Legion.

            Survived by three sons, one daughter; George Bale Montague, Magna, Mrs. Harold W. (Gwen) Woods, Henderson, Nevada, Michael D. Montague, Louisville, Kentucky, 21 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren, one sister, two brothers [two sisters, one brother], Mrs. Lou Jensen, Provo, Mrs. Millie Peterson, Bellflower, Calif.; Frank Bale, Ogden.  Preceded in death by a son and daughter, John Lynn Montague and Mildred M. Chase.

Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, USA

            Funeral Service Tuesday non in the Payson 11^th LDS Ward, 175 North Main.  Friends may call at Walker Mortuary in Payson Monday, 6-8 p.m. or Tuesday, 10:45-11:45 a.m.  Burial, Payson City Cemetery.

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: Annie Foncet Jensen Farley

Long Illness Claims Orem Woman at 40

    OREM ‑ Annie Foncet Jensen Farley, 40, died at her home, 525 N. 680 W., Orem, Friday afternoon following a long illness. [Died 13 Apr 1962]

    She was born Dec. 15, 1921, at Goshen, the daughter of Charles C. and Emma Louisa Bale Jensen. She received her education in the Goshen and Provo schools. She was married to Rex A. Farley on June 27, 1940, at Provo.

    An active member of the LDS Church she had served In the Primary and the Mutual auxiliaries for many years. She moved to Provo in 1936 and to Orem in 1956.

     Surviving are her husband and six sons and daughters, Mrs. Lou Ann Nelson and Mrs. Marie Nicholes, Orem; Mrs. Darlene Hazel, Provo; William Rex, Jannet [sic - actually spelled Janet] and Curtis Albert Farley, Orem; her mother,‑ Emma Louise Jensen, Provo; brothers and sisters, James 'and Gilbert Jensen, Tooele; Andrew L. Jensen, Salem; Reese Jensen, Provo; Mrs. Afton Whitehead, Biloxi, Miss.; half brother, Leonard Pitt, Layton.

      Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Our Chapel of Memories Mortuary in Provo. Friends may call at the mortuary Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Tuesday prior to services. Interment will be in the Orem City Cemetery.  [probably from the Daily Herald]

Buried in Orem City Cemetery

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.

Veteran's Day: Honoring Andrew Leslie Jensen, WWII Veteran

Andrew Leslie Jensen
Born:  13 Nov 1919 Goshen, Utah
Died:  7 Apr 2007 Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona
Buried:  13 Apr 2007 Salem, Utah, Utah
Married Lilly Mignon Johnson:  11 May 1948
Ely, White Pine, Nevada, USA
Parents:  Charles Christopher Jensen
and Emma Louisa Bale Jensen

Andrew Leslie Jensen is the third child born to Charles and Emma Jensen.  He was my mother's older brother, and one she stayed very close to as the years went by.  I knew him as Uncle Les, but many knew him as Andy, outside of the family, so I will refer to him as Andy.  As you can tell from his pictures, he was quite a character!

When he was 22, he was enlisted in the U.S. Army, Infantry Division, as a Private.  The information I have about his service is secondhand from my mother, and since she has passed away, I am having to delve into my seriously malfunctioning memory to recall his service.

I do know that he served in France during the war.  He wasn't out for very long when he was wounded and sent to a hospital in England to recuperate.  He brought back some mementos of his service:  Embroidered emblems, such as the lapel bars, and the swastika and Eagle emblem from a Nazi soldier's uniform; a silver stick pin from a German soldier's uniform; some German money; and, to me most special of all, a bracelet that he made from old English silver coins.  After he recuperated from his wounds, he stayed in England and out of combat.

I remember that he worked at several jobs, but he had no education beyond grammar school, so they were menial jobs.  Before the war he worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and helped to terrace the mountainside above Utah County.  He said that they made up stuff for men to do, useless jobs that had no meaning, no rhyme, no reason.  It was a job, though, and he was glad to have it.

As he got older, he worked at full service stations, one of which was Larsen's, a gas station very near to where I lived with my parents in Orem when I was a senior in High School.  One day I went to gas up my car, the snow coming down like crazy and so cold I could barely stand it - I was shocked to look up and realize that the man cleaning my windshield and gassing up my car was my Uncle Les!  He was definitely past 70 years of age, but he was spry and witty - always had a smile!  He didn't like just sitting around, and enjoyed hard, physical work.  When he got older, though, he became ill, and had to slow down.  He went to live out of state with one of his children for a while.

Emma Louisa Jensen and Andy, circa 1980

Andy, on his mother's back porch

His funeral was well attended.  My sister and I went, but my mom was on a mission and couldn't be there.  It was such a treat to see all of his family.  His daughter took us out to her car after the luncheon, and there were bags of hats that he had collected over the years.  She was giving them away to anyone who wanted one or two.  She told me that he wore a hat every day, and that he wore every single hat he had!  At the graveside their was a 21-gun salute, honoring his service, and his casket was draped with an American Flag.

Thank you, Uncle Les, for your service to our country.  Thanks to ALL who now serve and those who have served - my father, my sister-in-law, and my nephew included.  Thank you for your willingness to protect our freedoms and the rights of this country that we often take for granted.  I pray for you and your families, and thank God for all that we enjoy in this, still the greatest country in the world:  The United States of America!

Andrew Leslie Jensen Obituary:
Andrew Leslie Jensen departed this world on April 7, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona where for the last 7 years he made numerous friends and enjoyed bowling. He was born on November 13, 1919 in Goshen, Utah. He was preceded by his wife, Mignon Johnson and oldest son, Kent, 2 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. He is survived by his daughters Angie Jensen and Kathy Morrow and his sons David Jensen and Doug Jensen. Additional survivors include a sister Afton Whitehead, 13 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Andrew served his country in the U.S. Army and his God in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He retired from Geneva Steel Corporation after 28 years and spent his spare time camping, fishing, hunting and all things mechanical. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 13, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Knoll Park Ward Chapel, 160 South 460 West, Salem. Family and friends may call Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Walker Mortuary, 187 South Main, Spanish Fork and Friday prior to services from 9:45-10:45 a.m. at the church. Interment will be in the Salem City Cemetery. Published in the Daily Herald on 4/9/2007.

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