Class of 1920 H.S.



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Alphabetical Alumni
Collins, Wendell (1920)

Collins, Wendell (1920)

Wendell Collins

Class of 1920. Wendell Collins. He received a BYH Business Diploma in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 12.

Colton, Hugh W.

Colton, Hugh W.
Vernal, Utah US

Hugh & Marguerite Colton

Class of 1920. Hugh W. Colton. He graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source 1: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1920. Hugh Colton. He received a High School Diploma in 1920. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 258. ~ ~ ~ ~ Born in Ashley Valley, Utah, Colton obtained his early education in Uintah County public schools and graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. After returning from a mission for the Church in the eastern states, he enrolled in the University of Utah as a pre-law student. Following graduation and marriage to Marguerite Maughan, he moved to Washington, D. C., and enrolled in George Washington University Law School. While in law school Colton persuaded his lifelong friend, J. Willard Marriott, to come to Washington, D.C. Together they borrowed money to start a new business venture, a nine-seat A&W root beer stand, later known as the “Hot Shoppe,” the forerunner of the present Marriott Corporation. Convinced that his future was in the West, Colton sold his interest in the Hot Shoppe to the Marriotts and returned to Vernal, Utah, where he started the general practice of law in 1929. He also served several terms as Uintah County attorney. His Church service included high council work and counselor in a stake presidency. Colton’s military service during World War I1 involved command of units that were in combat on D-Day. He also commanded units that built the first bridges in France, Holland, and Germany. During his years in Uintah County he worked on the Upper Colorado River Project, was chairman of the four-state promotion committee for the Colorado River Storage Project, and assisted in the organization of the Uintah Water Conservancy District. He was also president of the Uintah Cattlemen’s and the Utah Cattlemen’s Associations and vice president of the American National Cattlemen’s Association. The Coltons are the parents of four children, including a son, who returned to the Marriott Corporation and is currently senior vice president, general counsel, and a director of the corporation. Two of the Coltons’ grandchildren - David and Carolyn - are graduates of the J. Reuben Clark Law School. Hugh W Colton’s life provides a study in contrasts - from the foundations of one of the country’s largest corporations to the practice of country law. Describing Hugh W Colton, BYU Law School Dean Bruce Hafen states: “The writer Bellamy Partridge concluded some years ago that ‘the country lawyer, as he existed between the days of Abraham Lincoln and Calvin Coolidge, is no more.’ But in the life of Hugh W. Colton, we find embodied the same independence, versatility, and boundless sense of public service that have long characterized that noble strand in the heritage of the legal profession: the country lawyer. The Colton endowment will help keep that valuable heritage alive in the minds of our law students for the long-range benefit of both city and country.” [Fall 1988, The Clark Memorandum, published by the J. Reuben Clark Society of the J Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: WWII VET, HOT SHOPPES CO-FOUNDER DIES AT 89. Hugh Wilkins Colton, a highly decorated World War II veteran, civic leader and co-founder of what would later become the Marriott Corp., died at his home in Vernal on April 14. He was 89. Colton was born January 11, 1901 in Maeser, Uintah County, to Sterling Driggs and Nancy Adeline Wilkins Colton. His parents were among the original settlers of eastern Utah's Ashley Valley, and his father was sheriff when Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were riding the area. Colton graduated from the University of Utah, where he met his wife of 65 years, Marguerite Maughan. He served as secretary to the late Senator Reed Smoot and as secretary of the Public Buildings Commission while working on a law degree at George Washington University. It was also during that time in 1927 that Colton and his life-long friend J. Willard Marriott opened the first Hot Shoppes restaurants in Washington, D.C., which would later evolve into the worldwide Marriott Corporation. Colton sold his interest in the venture to Marriott for $5,000 after helping open three Hot Shoppes. He returned to Ashley Valley to practice law and raise cattle. His ranching operation was known for his blue ribbon cattle and horses, particularly its Clydesdale horses. He served as president and a director of the Unitah County and the Utah State Cattlemen's associations, a vice president and director of the American Cattlemen's Association, and a director of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. He received the state association's Distinguished Cattleman's Award in 1972. Colton was also recognized as an expert in grazing, water and natural resources law. He served several terms as county and city attorney and was still seeing clients only a day or two before his death. He was recognized in 1989 by the Utah State Bar for his 60 years as a member of the association. He was interested in water conservation and development and was active in obtaining funding for the Upper Colorado River Project and the building of dams in eastern Utah. He was instrumental in forming the Uintah Water Conservancy District and was a director of the Utah Water and Power Board. He was a member of the Utah National Guard, where he commanded Company B of the 115th Combat Engineer Battalion, which was called into active duty prior to Pearl Harbor. With a wife and four children at home, Colton landed in Normandy on ``D Day'' as commander of the 1104th Engineer Combat Group, which built bridges, fences and other support for armored and infantry divisions in Europe. While in Europe, he was promoted to Colonel by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was also one of Utah's highest decorated WWII veterans, receiving a Purple Heart, Silver Star with an oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, French Croix de Guerre and a Belgium Medal of Honor. In civic and church service, Colton was president of the Vernal Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club and Rodeo, and chairman of the finance committees for the Uintah County Hospital and Ashley Stake Center. He served in many leadership positions in the LDS Church and spent 27 months in the church's Eastern States Mission. Interment, Maeser Fairview Cemetery. [Deseret News, Monday, April 16, 1990.] ~ ~ ~ ~ DEATH: MARGUERITE BAXTER MAUGHAN COLTON. Marguerite Baxter Maughan Colton, 93, of Vernal, died quietly and peacefully at her home in Maeser Friday, November 17, 1995. Marguerite was born April 29, 1902 in Wellsville, Utah to William H. and Margaret Baxter Maughan, one of nine children. She was blessed by her father and given the name of Margaret Baxter Maughan, but has always been known to family and friends as Marguerite. She attended school in Wellsville and then went to Brigham Young College in Logan, and later the University of Utah where she served as president of the Associated Women Students and received her teaching degree. It was at the University of Utah where she met Hugh Wilkins Colton and they were married on September 3, 1925 in the Salt Lake Temple. She and her husband, Hugh, moved to Washington, D.C. for several years while he was pursuing his law degree and she taught school. They then returned to Vernal, Utah, where Hugh was an attorney and a rancher and Marguerite left teaching to rear a family of three sons and a daughter. During World War II while her husband served in the Army in Europe, Marguerite managed the family, the ranch and organized the Uintah Service Association, where she personally wrote all the men and women in the service from Vernal. She was also PTA president, regional and state PTA officer, State Vice President of the Barrister Wives; American Legion Auxiliary president; Lady Lions president; officer of the Beaux Arts Literary Club, Uintah and Utah Cowbelles; vice chairwoman of Uintah County Republican Party; and vice president of Utah Republican Women. Also appointed to the Utah Bicentennial Commission and served as the chair of Region Six. Marguerite has always been a faithful and active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and served faithfully in many callings. She served in the Stake Primary presidency, Stake Sunday School, Relief Society teacher, ward Young Women's president, and many other positions. She loved to teach Sunday School and touched the lives of many young people. Marguerite received many recognitions, including nomination for Utah's Mother of the Year, Uintah County Outstanding Woman of the Year, "Who's Who in Vernal," and having the Bicentennial Pavilion in Vernal named after her. She will be greatly missed by her family: Sterling Don Colton of Bethesda, Maryland (currently serving as the mission president of the Vancouver, Canada mission with his wife, Eleanor Ricks Colton); Hugh Maughan Colton and his wife, Colleen Simper Colton of Vernal and Bountiful; John Phillip Colton and wife, Barbara Snyder Colton of Vienna, Austria; son-in-law, Robert L. Bradley, husband of Nancy Wilkins Colton Bradley, who died in 1983, St. Siffret, France; 14 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held November 24, 1995, in Vernal, Utah. Interment, Maeser Fairview Cemetery. [Deseret News, Wednesday, November 22, 1995.] More ~ ~ ~ ~ Colton, Hugh Wilkens, 1901-1990. Born to Sterling Driggs Colton and Nancy Wilkens Colton on 11 January 1901, in a family home on Ashley Creek, Maeser, Vernal, Uintah County, Utah. He died 14 April 1990 (89) at home in Maeser, Vernal, Utah. He was the youngest of ten; his mother was 48 when he was born. He served in the Eastern States Mission from 1920 to 1923 (27 months). He served under Presidents George W. McCune and B. H. Roberts. He was District President and Assistant to President Roberts. Following his mission he married Marguerite Maughan, on 23 September 1925, in the Salt Lake City Temple. Together they had four children (Sterling Don (donor), Nancy Carol (Bradley), Hugh Maughan, and John Phillip). He earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School and practiced law in Uintah County from 1929 until his death. He was also called to active military duty for the Combat Engineers, National Guard, and fought in several battles during World War II. Source.

Creer, Ruth

Creer, Ruth

Ruth Creer

Class of 1920. Ruth Creer. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 316.

Dalby, Donnetta

Dalby, Donnetta

Donnetta & Franklin Willis

Class of 1920. Donetta Dalby. She graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source 1: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1920. Donnetta Dalby. She received a High School Diploma in 1920. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 262. ~ ~ ~ ~ Donetta Dalby was born September 23, 1902 in Rexburg, Idaho. Her parents were Ezra Christiansen Dalby and Rosella Anderson. She married Franklin Josiah Willis on October 14, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on June 4, 1990.

Davies, Ruth

Davies, Ruth
Orem, Utah US

Ruth and Charles Sessions

Classes of 1919 and 1920. Ruth Davies. She graduated from BYH in College Hall on Wednesday, May 28, 1919. Source 1: 1919 Graduation Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1919. Ruth Davies ['Dession' - actually Sessions]. She received a BYH Academic Diploma in 1919. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 9, page 320. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1920. Ruth Davies [Sessions - not Dession]. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 9, page 320. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ruth Davies Sessions was born March 31, 1901 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were Charles Edwin Davies & Rachel Emer Davis Davies. Ruth married Charles David Sessions. Ruth Davies Sessions died on May 7, 1992 in Provo, Utah. Her interment, Provo City Cemetery, Utah.

Davis, Alfreda

Davis, Alfreda

Alfreda Davis

Class of 1920. Alfreda Davis. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85.

Davis, Ida

Davis, Ida

Ida Davis

Class of 1920. Ida Davis. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85.

Davis, Mina

Davis, Mina

Mina Davis

Class of 1920. Mina Davis. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85.

Dixon, Rhea

Dixon, Rhea

Rhea Reeve

Classes of 1919 and 1920. Rhea Dixon (female). She graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1919. Source: 1919 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 61-74. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1920. Rhea Dixon [Reeve]. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 148.

Durrant, Leona

Durrant, Leona

Leona Durrant

Classes of 1920 and 1921. Leona Durrant. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1921. Leona Durrant. She received two diplomas in 1921: a BYH Business Diploma, and a High School Diploma. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 14.

Edwards, Bernece J.

Edwards, Bernece J.

Bernece Edwards

Class of 1920. Bernece J. Edwards. Received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 236. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1922. Bernece J. Edwards. Received a BS Degree in Mechanical Arts in 1922. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 236.

Ellertson, Martha A.

Ellertson, Martha A.
Provo, Utah US

Martha Jones-Speakman

Class of 1920? Martha Aroha Ellertson Speakman, 98, died October 11, 1998 in Provo. She was born March 26, 1900 in Mona, Utah, to Ephraim and Lona Loraine Swasey Ellertson. Her early days were spent in Mona and Provo where she attended school. Schooling included the old Parker School and B.Y. Academy. She married Byron D. Jones and later married Eugene C. Speakman, who preceded her in death. She loved music, taking lessons from Florence Jepperson Madsen and participated in choral groups including Mrs. Madsens general conference choirs, Relief Society Singing Mothers, Easter Oratorios at the Provo LDS Tabernacle, with Evelyn Powers Lee at the Provo Episcopal Church and in the nineties with the chorus at Cove Point Retirement Center, also solos in church and at her grandsons missionary farewells. She is survived by Donna Speakman [BYH Class of 1941] (Russell) Moore, of Provo; Sammie Speakman [BYH Class of 1943] (Owen) Stayner, of Salt Lake City; Gene Speakman [BYH Class of 1953] (Elaine), of Mt. Pleasant. Also survived by 11 grandchildren 20 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Provo. Interment, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City. [Deseret News, October 13, 1998.]

Farnsworth, Margaret

Farnsworth, Margaret

Margaret Farnsworth

Class of 1920. Margaret Farnsworth. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85.

Farrer, Edith

Farrer, Edith
Corona, California US

Edith and Livonia Fuller

Classes of 1920 and 1922. Edith Farrer. She graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source 1: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1920. Edith Farrer [Fuller]. She received a High School Diploma in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 212. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1922. Edith Farrer [Fuller]. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1922. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 212. ~ ~ ~ ~ Edith Farrer was born November 24, 1901 in Provo, Utah. Her parents: Thomas John Farrer and Sara Ann Ekins Farrer. Edith Farrer married Livonia Wilkins Fuller on September 1, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on April 1, 1983 in Corona, Orange County, California. Her interment, Fair Haven Cemetery, Orange County, California.

Farrer, Ramona [Romana]

Farrer, Ramona [Romana]
Provo, Utah US

Ramona and Moroni Cottam

Classes of 1919 and 1920. Ramona Farrer. She graduated from BYH in College Hall on Wednesday, May 28, 1919. Source 1: 1919 Graduation Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Second source: [Romana (sic) Farrer] 1919 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 61-74. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1919. Ramona Farrer. She received a BYH Academic Diploma in 1919. Source 3: Annual Report, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 150. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1920. Ramona Farrer. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 150. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ramona Farrer was born on February 14, 1900 (Valentine's Day) in Provo, Utah. Her parents: Thomas S. Farrer and Roseltha Hardy Farrer. She married Moroni Jarvis Cottam. She died on April 30, 1966 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Frandsen, Loyal Linden [Lyndon]

Frandsen, Loyal Linden [Lyndon]

Loyal and Jane Frandsen

Class of 1920. Loyal Frandsen. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85. ~ ~ ~ ~ Loyal Linden [or Lyndon] Frandsen was born on January 21, 1901 in Redmond, Sevier County, Utah. His parents were James [or Jens] Frandsen and Marinda Snow Frandsen. He married Jane Dyson Law on March 15, 1930. He died on September 8, 1991. His brother, Ernest Frandsen, was a member of the BYH Class of 1911.

Fugal, Vida Leone

Fugal, Vida Leone

Vida and Arthur Swenson

Class of 1920? Vida Leone Fugal Swenson, 89, died Friday, June 26, 1992 in Provo, of causes incident to age. Born September 5, 1902 in Pleasant Grove, to Jens Peter and Lavina Christensen Fugal. Married Arthur Alfred Swenson, June 16, 1926. He died in 1974. She was educated in Utah schools and was a graduate of Brigham Young Academy. She taught elementary education in American Fork, Cedar Fort, and Provo. She was a teacher in the Carroll School, a private school in Boston, Mass., and was also a private tutor. She was a master of hand work and crocheted 997 lace handkerchiefs as well as other beautiful items. She was also an accomplished artist, using charcoal as her medium. She was an active member of the LDS Church, having served as Relief Society President, Primary Counselor, Relief Society and Primary Stake Board Member, Relief Society Singing Mothers General Chorus Member, teacher in all auxiliary organizations. She was a ward choir member for more than 50 years. She was a temple worker for 12 years. She was a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, and served as a leader. She is survived by four children: Mary Rosalie Swenson Christensen, Brigham City; Alfred Gordon Swenson, Renton, Wash.; Ronald Kay Swenson, Salt Lake; Arlene Swenson Erekson, Provo; 16 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild, two sisters: Genevieve Fugal Wright, Anna Letha Fugal Bailey, two brothers: Jean Aldous Fugal, John Paul Fugal. She was preceded in death by two brothers, one sister: Delbert J. Fugal, Glen Roy Fugal, Alda Viola Fugal Gardner. Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 1, 1992, in Provo. Interment, Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Sunday, June 28, 1992]

Gardner, Reed S.

Gardner, Reed S.

Reed Gardner

Class of 1920. Reed Gardner. He graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source 1: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1920. Reed S. Gardner. He received a High School Diploma in 1920. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 18. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1924. Reed S. Gardner. He received a BS Degree in Business & Accounting in 1924. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 18.

Gibbons, A. H.

Gibbons, A. H.

A. H. Gibbons

Class of 1920. A. H. Gibbons (male). Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85. ~ ~ ~ ~ IS THIS? Andrew "H" Gibbons, born February 17, 1898 in St. Johns, Arizona. His parents were Joshua Smith Gibbons and Nancy Louisa Noble. He married Lola Heaton on November 22, 1925 in Safford, Arizona. He died on March 3, 1963 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Logan City Cemetery, Utah. He was a veteran of World War I, Kansas 353rd Infantry, Supply Company.

Goates, Edith

Goates, Edith

Edith Goates

Class of 1920. Edith Goates. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 320.

Greer, Ernest

Greer, Ernest
Provo, Utah US

Ernest Greer

BYH Class of 1920. Ernest Greer, of Provo, Utah. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source 1: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1920. Ernest Greer. He received a BYH Business Diploma in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 18. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ernest Greer, Business Diploma, BYH Class of 1924. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, Page 18. Background sources: BYU/BYH Annual Catalogues for the School Years 1923-24, 1924-25, and 1925-26.

Hansen, Arthur

Hansen, Arthur

Arthur Hansen

Class of 1920. Arthur Hansen. He received a High School Diploma in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 268.

Harris, George

Harris, George

George Harris

Class of 1920. George Harris. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85.

Harris, Inez Maude

Harris, Inez Maude
Mesa, Arizona US

Inez and Leonard J. Miller

Class of 1920. Inez M. Harris. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 320. ~ ~ ~ ~ American Fork Citizen, 1915-05-15, Pleasant Grove Graduates Sixty-Three from 8th Grade, Including Inez M. Harris. ~ ~ ~ ~ Inez Maude Miller (born Harris), 1899 - 1977. Inez Maude Harris was born on February 28, 1899 in Lindon, Utah. Inez M. Harris attended Brigham Young High School in Provo, Utah, and graduated in May 1920. Inez, at age 26, married Leonard James Miller on November 23, 1925, in Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. Leonard was born on December 25, 1900 (Christmas Day) in Pleasant Grove, Utah. They had 3 children, including Geraldine Miller (Forest Junior Squire), born in 1928, Barbara Ann Miller (Robert Earl Bradshaw), born on February 22, 1930, and James Harris Miller (Jacquelin Rose Williams & Virginia "Ginger" _____), born circa 1937, all three born in Pinal County, Arizona. Inez passed away on February 6, 1977, at age 77 in Mesa, Arizona. Her interment was in Mesa, Arizona. Leonard J. Miller died on April 3, 1979, in Mesa, Arizona. His interment, Mesa, Arizona.

Harris, S. Richard [Sterling]

Harris, S. Richard [Sterling]
Tooele, Utah US

Richard / Viola+Neva Harris

Class of 1920. Richard Harris. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source 1: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1920. Richard Harris. He received a High School Diploma in 1920. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 22. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1925. . He received a BS Degree in Mathematics in 1925. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 22. ~ ~ ~ ~ Sterling Richard Harris. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: One of Tooele County's best known citizens, Sterling Richard Harris, died on Saturday, Sept. 12, 1992, of causes incident to age. He was 93 years old. He was born July 24, 1899, in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, the son of Dennison Emir and Eunice Polly Stewart Harris. When Richard was five years old, the family moved to Cardston, Alberta, Canada, and later moved to Provo, Utah, where he graduated from BYU High School in 1920 and later attended Utah State University in Logan, Utah, where he was an all-conference football player, a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, and was later honored by USU as an outstanding alumnus for his life achievements. He taught classes and coached at North Cache High School, and later at Tooele High School for eleven years, during which time his teams won four state championships. He left coaching to become Personnel Director at the Tooele Smelter and Refining Company, following which he served as Superintendent of the Tooele County School District for 25 years, retiring at age 65. His work with youth brought him honor in having an elementary school in Tooele named the Sterling R. Harris Elementary School. His work with youth brought him recognition and respect. He served as bishop and high councilman for many years in the Tooele First Ward Church. Utah State University recognized him as an outstanding alumnus and awarded him an Alumni Merit Citation in 1977. In March 1992, he was honored by the Utah State Legislature for his role in uniting the ``Old Town'' and ``New Town'' sections of Tooele together. As a young man he served in the United States Army during World War I, and served an LDS Mission in the Chicago area. He married Viola Green September 21, 1921, in the Logan LDS Temple; she died in 1951. On October 1, 1953 he married Neva Saville, who survives him, as do two sons, Richard Green Harris and wife, Virginia, Wayne, Pennsylvania; and John Sterling Harris and wife, Sue, Springville; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday, Sept. 17, 1992, in Tooele, Utah. Interment, Tooele City Cemetery. [Published in the Deseret News, Tuesday, September 15, 1992.]

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