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May 6, 1964Elam M. Huffaker, 64, well known carpenter and farmer of Idaho Falls, died suddenly from a heart attack, Sunday at Spartanburg, N.C., where he was serving in a LDS mission with his wife. He was born March 11, 1900, at Mille, son of Welby R. and Julia Ellen Huffaker.
He was married to Leth Selck, Oct. 24, 1934, at Blackfoot. The marriage was solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple in 1936. After their marriage they farmed at Milo until moving to Idaho Falls in 1939. During Word War II he worked in the defense plants in California. In 1946, he purchased a farm at Menan where he farmed until 1960 when he moved to Idaho Falls.
He also served a LDS mission in 1952 in Souther California. He was a Seventy in the church and he and his wife were calkled on a mission in August in 1962 to go to South Carolina.
He is servived by his widow and also brothers and sisters, Ethan O. Huffaker, Goshen; Weld R. Huffaker, Burton; Allen Huffaker, Menan; and Mrs Lila Anderson, Hyrum, Utah. Two half brothers surving are Wynn Huffaker of Oakland, Calif.; and David Huffaker of Wendell.
30617. Lila Elizabeth Huffaker
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October 14, 1996HYRUM, Utah - "Lila" Delilah Huffaker Anderson, 94, of Hyrum, Utah, died Oct. 11, 1996, in Logan, Utah.
She was born Dec. 3, 1901, at Milo, near Idaho Falls, to Welby Richardson and Julia E. Allen Huffaker. She attended school in Milo and high school in Boise and Hyrum, Utah.
On Nov. 20, 1954, she married Borgan Anderson in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple.
An active member of the LDS Church, she served in many of its organizations. She also taught 4-H for many years. Talented in many ways, she was a good seamstress and a wonderful cook. She loved children, especially her nieces and nephews, and her home was always a place of welcome to all who came to visit.
Survivors include her sister-in-law, Mrs. Weld (Blanche) Huffaker of Burton. She was preceded in death by her husband, eight brothers and four sisters.
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April 25, 1996Vivian Annie Walker, 84, of Idaho Falls, a homemaker, died April 21, 1996, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
She was born Aug. 24, 1911, at Lewisville, to Joseph Franklin and Annie Victoria Lindquist Walker. She grew up in Lewisville and attended schools at Lewisville Elementary and Midway High School in Menan.
In 1945 she married Arnold Allen. They were later divorced. They made their home in Swan Valley, where she was a homemaker. She moved to Idaho Falls 35 years ago.
She was an active member of the LDS Church. Flowers were her passion. She loved cooking, animals, fishing, camping and the outdoors.
Survivors include a sister, Mary Hewett of Loomis, Calif.; and a niece, Vicki Marie Vera of Reno, Nev. She was preceded in death by a sister, Winifred Walker, and a brother, Don Carlos Walker.
The Deseret News
October 20, 1997Emma Cynthia Nielsen Mortensen, resident of Hyrum, Utah, passed away October 17, 1997 in Logan Regional Hospital of pneumonia. Emma was born August 3, 1906 in Hyrum. She married James Leo Mortensen on June 16, 1963 in the Logan LDS Temple.
She is survived by her brothers, Paul A. Nielsen of Hyrum; H. Eugene Nielsen of Bountiful; step daughters, Marjory Stanford of Provo and June Garrard of Salt Lake City. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leo, of 25 years.
Burial will be in the Hyrum City Cemetery
The Deseret News
January 22, 1994
Associated PressA Paradise, Cache County, couple were killed in Nibley when their automobile was struck by an approaching Union Pacific train. Killed were:Blair Reed Nielsen, 77. Rosella Nielsen, 74.
The Nielsens were pronounced dead at Logan Regional Hospital following the 2:30 p.m. accident Thursday. The train, made up of an engine and caboose, was traveling about 25 mph when it hit the car, said investigating Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Robert Scheffer. The train pushed the vehicle across a 10-foot-wide ditch, where the car rolled and ejected the couple. No one on the train was injured. UHP Sgt. Gary Johnson said the crossing is marked with warning signs, but no lights nor an automatic arm. Scheffer said the train blew its whistle as it approached the crossing, but he does not know why the couple drove across the tracks.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Alta H Mecham
Birth Year: 1913
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Utah
State: Utah
County or City: Utah
Enlistment Date: 3 Mar 1941
Enlistment State: Utah
Enlistment City: Provo
Branch: Field Artillery
Branch Code: Field Artillery
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Component: National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Me
Source: National Guard
Education: 1 year of college
Civil Occupation: Bridge Builder (Bridge carpenter. ) or Car Carpenter, Ra
ilway or Carpenter, Construction* (Carpenter, general.) or Carpenter, Ship An asterisk (*) appearing after a job title indicates that a trade test for the particular occupation will be found in the U
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 63
Weight: 142
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October 21, 1966Thomas Edwin Allen, 87, retired farmer, died at an Idaho Falls rest home Thursday evening. Mr. Allen was born March 31, 1879, at Hyrum, Utah, the son of Ira and Cynthia Benson Allen. He recieved his early schooling there, and in Hyrum married Minnie Alvina Petersen, June 11, 1902. The marriage was later solemnized in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple. She preceded him in death in 1949.
He came to Idaho in 1904 and he homesteaded at Cranis Flat and later settled in Ucon, where he farmed until his retirement in 1963.
Mr. Allen served as a constable of Ucon, was a member of the school board and for a time was employed at the Utah-Idaho Sugar Factory.
He was a high priest of the East Idaho Falls Stake and served an LDS mission to the East Central States.He is survived by the following sons and daughters; Arden E., Oakland, Calif,; Ernest P., Rollin, Mrs, Grover (Helen) Simmons, and Lenard of Seattle, Wash.; and Vernon W., Idaho Falls.
One daughter and three sons preceded him in death. One son, Grant, was killed in World War II. Twenty eight grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren also survive.
Army Air Corps WW11 10th Air Firce based in India Sgt., Radio Operator, Waste Gunner & Camerman aboard Bomber Killed in Action 9 May 1944 while laying mines from the airplane
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August 7, 1951The body of Sgt. Grant O. Allen who was killed in 1944 on Saipan, will arrive in Idaho Falls early Wednesday, accompanied by Master Sgt. Herbert L. Preusch. Graveside services are planned for Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Ucon cemetery, under the direction of the Wood Funeral home.
Seargent Allen was born Dec. 4, 1921 in Idaho Falls and attended Ucon schools. He was a welder by trade and enlisted in 1941 in the army air corps and was in Pearl Harbor six days before the attack. On May 9, 1944, he was with a crew of ten laying mines in a B-24. They were flying low and did not see a Jap battleship which opened fire on them and all but two of the crew were killed. Seargent Allen was buried in Saipan.
His mother, Mrs. Edwin Allen, Ucon, died Oct 12, 1949. He is survived by his father, Ucon and the following brothers and sisters. Mrs. Priscilla Noble, Boise; Arden Allen, Oakland, Calif.; Ernest P. Allen, Mrs. Harold Larsen, and Leonard B. Allen, all of Seattle; Rollin L. Allen, Vernon W. Allen, both of Idaho Falls.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara Counties, Wisconsin,
published 1890 by Acme Publishing Co., Chicago
Pages 510 - 511Velorus Root, owner and proprietor of the new hotel of Dartford, Wisconsin, was born in Otsego County, N. Y., July 11, 1820 and is a son of Truman and Alvira (Harrington) Root. Not much is known of the early history of the family.
The father was a native of Massachusetts and when a young man removed to New York, where he married Miss Harrington, a native of Otsego County. The Harrington family was one of the first to settle in Milwaukee and Perry G. Harrington, a kinsman of our subject, served in the State legislature. Mrs. Root died in the prime of life in her native county, leaving five children, three sons and two daughters. She was a member of the Christian Church, and her loss was deeply deplored by her many friends. In early life, Mr. Root learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner. He carried on a cabinet making shop in New York and in connection with that business engaged in wool carding and cloth dressing. He was a second time married, the lady of his choice being Ruth Gardner. Both died in the Empire State at an advanced age he in the faith if the Universalist Church, if which he was a member. Unto them had been born seven children.
Our subject was the third child born to Truman and Eliza Root. He acquired his education in the district schools, but at the early age of fourteen years began learning the cabinet maker's trade, at which he worked for about thirteen years. He thoroughly mastered the business in that time and being an expert workman could command good wages. However, he decided to try his fortune in the West and in the year 1845 emigrated to Milwaukee Wisconsin but soon afterward removed to Elkhorn, where the two succeeding years of his life were passed.
In the early days of 1847, Mr. Root became a resident of Green Lake County, and on the 14th of February, of that year, led to the marriage altar Miss Sybil M. Westcott, a native of Otsego County, N.Y. theirs was the third wedding celebrated in the town of Brooklyn. Elsewhere in this sketch we give the family history of Mrs. Root. The young couple began their domestic life upon a farm in the town where they were married and unto them there was born a family of five children; Frances E. is the wife of Lucius Thomas, by whom she has one child; Floyd L. Married Annie Taggart and has four children; Flavius E. wedded Mary Howell and their union has been blessed with two children; Miron and Jessie are at home.
In 1881, Mr. Root erected the Root Hotel, which has since been operated by some member of the family, he being the present proprietor. He makes a popular landlord and the Root hotel has gained a reputation with the traveling public of which many a larger institution of the kind might well be proud. He pays careful attention and consideration to the wants of his customers and has therefore won their good will and wishes. In connection with his hotel property he is the owner of 105 acres of fine land about three miles northeast of Dartford. Mr. Root has made what he has by his own efforts and deserves no little credit for his success in over coming the obstacles and difficulties which have obstructed his path. He has served his town as Supervisor for one term and in Political sentiment is a Democrat.
The Westcott family, of which Mrs. Root is a member, was founded in America at an early day by Stukley Westcott, a native of England, who emigrated to this country and settled in one of the New England States. His son Reuben, Grandfather of Mrs. Root, was a Massachusetts Farmer. He married Susan Levings and unto them was born a family of twelve children. In an early day they removed to Otsego County, N.Y., being numbered among its pioneer settlers.
Mrs. Root's grandfather Russell was born in Connecticut. His father was a native of Ireland and accompanied by his family crossed the Atlantic to America but died soon after his arrival, leaving three children, one of whom, William, was apprenticed to a shoemaker. He followed that trade throughout his entire life. When the Revolutionary War broke out, he entered the service as an officer's servant but as soon as he was old enough enlisted in the ranks, continuing to fight for the cause of freedom until the armies were victorious. After the close of the War, he was made captain of a Company of militia. He wedded Sybil Crosby, by whom he had six Children, Mrs. Root's mother being the fifth in order of birth. The family removed to Otsego County, N.Y., and was numbered among its early settlers.
Andrew Westcott, father of Mrs. Root, was born in the old Bay State in 1796, but when a young man emigrated to Otsego County, N.Y., where he became acquainted with and married Miss Hannah Russell, who was born in Vermont in 1800, but during her infancy was brought by her parents to Otsego County. In 1845 they left the East and cast their lot with the pioneer settlers of Wisconsin, locating in Waushara County, but the following spring located on a farm on section 10 in the town of Brooklyn, Green Lake County. Mr. Westcott was not long permitted to enjoy his new home; he died in 1849 and was the first person buried in the Dartford Cemetery. His wife was called to her final rest the following year. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and active workers in the Master's vineyard. In their family were four children, three sons and one daughter, who became the wife of our subject.