Class of 1956~Honorary


Alphabetical Alumni

Davidson, Warren Edwin
258 W 500 N
Manti, Utah 84642 US

Warren and Cynthia Davidson
  • Home: 435-835-4864

Class of 1956 ~ Honorary. Warren Davidson. He attended BYH from the eighth through the eleventh grades where his mother was a teacher at the BYU Elementary Laboratory School. His parents were Richard Warner Davidson and Bertha Rae Bohn. He chose to attend Springville High for his senior year and graduated from there in 1956. Warren graduated from BYU with a BA in Spanish. He married Cynthia Meyer of Garland,Utah in 1968 in the Logan Temple. They are the parents of seven children whose ages range from fifteen to thirty-seven, and currently have nine grandchildren. They have lived in several locations, including nine years at Holden, Utah; five years at the Monument Valley Navajo Reservation; six years in Payson, Utah; and eight years in Mapleton, Utah. Currently the Davidsons live directly west of the Manti Temple in Manti, Utah. Warren taught Spanish at the high school level for nineteen years, followed by several ventures including Davidson Music, a music store business located in Payson, Utah. He worked for Language Line Services, Inc, an over-the-phone interpretation service, for eleven years, interpreting Spanish and English. Warren retired in March of 2007. However, with the current situation in the United States, he is looking for an opportunity to get cash flow to be able to achieve current goals. He is also working on a book titled, "Duped and Doped - How to not become a drug addict for your doctor before you die." This is a book meant to help people know that there is an alternative. You don't have to follow the medical industry's plan for you to take their drugs until you die. In addition to natural health, his interests and activities include archery; ham radio; annual participation at the Fort Bridger Mountain Man Rendezvous; and involvement with many newer technologies such as energy efficient wind machines, solar panels and electric cars. Warren owns three Martin acoustic guitars, his family of Martins. He also writes songs and has performed at restaurants, the 4th of July celebration, the Sanpete County Fair, etc. If you want a guitar performer, give him a call. He also has a two-disk CD available. His brother, Richard Bohn Davidson, was a BYH graduate in the Class of 1952. @ Nov 2008

Heninger, John Cannon

Heninger, John Cannon
Provo, Utah US

John Heninger

Class of 1956 ~ Honorary. John C. Heninger. John attended BY High during his sophomore and junior years, 1953-1955. He then transferred to Provo High for his senior year, where he graduated. ~ ~ ~ ~ His parents: Dr. Owen Pratt Heninger and Rachel Cannon Heninger. Owen and Rachel Heninger had four children: Mary Lu Heninger [BYH Class of 1945] Mitchell, [School Teacher] of Whittier, California; Dr. Owen E. Heninger [BYH Class of 1947] [Psychiatrist] (Audrey) of Whittier, California; Dr. George R. Heninger [BYH Class of 1953] [Psychiatrist] (Julie) of Hamden, Connecticut; and John Cannon Heninger [BYH Class of 1956~H] [Sociology] of Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ John went on to BYU, majored in sociology, and graduated in 1961. After working for a short time in the BYU Sociology Department, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona and became a truck driver. Fourteen years later, he moved back to Provo. He retired and his hobby was tropical fish. When an aquarium store in Provo went out of business, he bought their stock and tanks, and his living room held twenty-four aquariums full of angel fish, plus a few other varieties. He also spent time doing church and genealogy work. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: John C. Heninger, age 70, passed away after a long illness on August 14, 2008 in Orem, Utah. He was born on March 19, 1938 in Salt Lake City, Utah to parents Owen Pratt Heninger and Rachel Cannon Heninger. He had a happy childhood growing up the youngest of four children in a loving home in Provo, Utah. He attended BY High and Provo High School and later graduated from Brigham Young University. He married Jeanne Holdaway and they had two children, John Mark and Christine. They were later divorced. He worked as a social worker for a time in Price, Utah. He also had his own business, doing appliance repair. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he was a truck driver. Later he retired and moved back to Provo. He loved Scouting when he was a boy and was active in the LDS Church. He enjoyed photography, painting, family history and raising tropical fish. Family was important to him and his children and grandchildren, Samuel and Isabel, were the light of his life. He was preceded in death by his parents, Owen Pratt Heninger and Rachel Cannon Heninger and his sister Mary Lou Mitchell. He is survived by his brothers Owen Heninger [BYH Class of 1947] (Audrey) of Whittier, California, and George Heninger [BYH Class of 1953] (Julie) of Hamden, Connecticut, his children John Mark Heninger of Orem, Utah and Christine Heninger Broken Leg (Dennis) of American Fork, Utah and grandchildren Samuel Broken Leg and Isabel Broken Leg. Funeral services will be Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at the Berg Drawing Room Chapel of Provo, 185 East Center Street. Family and friends can call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Interment Provo City Cemetery. [Provo Daily Herald, August 18, 2008.]

Kawagashi, Maydel
1228 E. Hemingway Dr.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 US

Maydel and Edward Louie
  • Work: 801-262-7514

Class of 1956 ~ Honorary. Maydel Kawagashi [or Kawahgashi, or Kawahigashi]. She attended BYH during the 1953-1954 and 1954-1955 school years. She graduated in 1956 from high school at Kamehameha in Hawaii. She attended LDS Church College, Laie, Hawaii 1956-1957, and LDS Business College, Salt Lake City, Utah 1957-1958 – Graduated. Maydel married Edward W. Louie, 1961, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Edward passed away in 1976. Their two children were, daughter, Maile, lives in Florida and son, Ryune, lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Maydel's employment includes Deseret Book Company – sales, secretary 1958-1960. Walker Bank – secretary, cashier 1960-1963. Zion's Bank – secretary, marketing, corporate officer 1978-1994. "I took early retirement in 1994 and, to date, I'm doing mostly what I want when I want. Enjoy doing nothing as retirees can do. I visit Hawaii yearly as we have a summer and winter home at Laie. I spend time with classmates from Kamehameha every year and meet two times a year in Las Vegas, Nevada. For several years, I have been involved in some humanitarian service at the Deseret Industries." @2006

Meldrum, David G.
656 Oak Lane
Kaysville, Utah 84037 US

David Meldrum
  • Work: (801) 544-4846

Class of 1956 ~ Honorary. David Meldrum. David Meldrum lived in Edgemont and attended BYH, until his family moved to Layton when he was in the 10th grade.