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: 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: John William Simister

John William Simister (photo NOT included in obituary)

John William Simister

The Coalville Times, January 22, 1904

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John William Simister was born at Evir Knoll, New Mills Derbyshire, England, on June 16, 1846.  He came to America and located in Coalville in September, 1862, making his home here until his death, which occurred on Wednesday, January 13^th, 1904, after an illness lasting about 24 hours.  For four months he had been ailing with stomach trouble, and it is thought that cancer of the stomach was the cause of his death.

            Deceased has been a prominent man in Coalville and has taken an active part in helping to build up the same.  He was a very quiet, unassuming man, plain and always the same; was highly respected by everybody and the more he was known the better he was liked.  He was an honest man in every particular, and could always be relied upon under all circumstances.  During the twenty-seven years that he was leader of the ward choir he was always on hand to do his part to make that organization a success; and the same can be said of his serviced as conductor of the stake choir.  He has done a great deal to advance the musical interests of this ward and stake.  Deceased was an employee of the Coalville Co-op for over twenty years, serving as clerk until nine years ago, since which time he has been book keeper; and he was perfectly reliable in all his dealings.

            The funeral, which was held from the Stake Tabernacle last Sunday afternoon, was the most largely attended of any gathering of the kind ever held in Coalville, the large building being filled with sorrowing friends who had come from nearly all parts of the county to pay respect to one whom they had learned to love.  The speakers at the services were Elders W. W. Cluff, Alma Eldredge, F. H. Wright, Bishop Frank Croft and Prest. M. W. Taylor, all of whom paid a glowing tribute to the memory and good deeds of the deceased.  All the members of the stake choir were present and rendered very beautifully the favorite songs of their departed leader.  By special request Mrs. J. A. Smith very beautifully sang a favorite funeral solo of the deceased; the choir joining in the chorus.  The building was beautifully decorated with white drapery and potted plants.  The floral tributes were very beautiful, among them being a large wreath from the employees of the Co-op; a pillow from the stake choir and a harp from the ward choir.  The procession to the cemetery was the longest ever seen in Coalville, extending for over half a mile.  Immediately following the corpse and relatives, the Seventies marched in a body and next came the Stake choir, followed by vehicles.  At the grave the choir sang a hymn and the dedicatory prayer was offered by Elder E. H. Rhead.  All that was mortal of John W. Simister was laid to rest in the silent earth to await the morning of the resurrection of the just.

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.

Obituaries: Stay Tuned!!!!

I have been doing some searching for specific obituaries as of late.  I have found the Deseret News Historic Archive (online) a treasure trove for obituaries, especially for those ancestors who died between 1930 and 1955, the reason being that the Deseret News published death notices for people from all over the state, not just those from Salt Lake County, during those years.  I guess the population was small enough back then that they could afford to publish news from all over Utah.

Anyway, in the following weeks, I will be publishing the transcribed obituaries that I have found.  Most of them are from my mother's side of the family, the side I've been focusing on, but some from the Whitehead Line, as well. 

So, keep your eyes peeled.  I cannot (or will not) stop and take the time to explain the relationship of each of these people - so if you don't know who they are in relation to our family, guess what?!!!  You can do some of your own research - or, if you ask nicely, (or even if you don't!) I'll send you a copy of a GEDCOM of our family tree and you can look at it on PAF or any other genealogical software you use.

P.S. If the obituary came with a photo I will include it, but if there was no photo published in the paper, I label it on the obituary as "No photo added" or something like that.