Class of 1914. Leon Robertson. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Academic Department. Source 1: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. J. Leon Robertson. He received a BYH Agriculture Diploma in 1914. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 24.

Class of 1914. Harry Retsel [actually Russell]. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Graduate Department. Source 1: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Harry J. Russell. He received a BYH Commercial Diploma in 1914. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 304. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1925. Harry J. Russell. He received an AB Degree in Spanish in 1925. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 304. ~ ~ ~ ~ Harry James Russell was born on May 5, 1895 in Conejos, Colorado. His parents were Harry Hale Russell and Dollie Elizabeth McEntire. Harry J. Russell married Agnes Nancy Gardner on October 20, 1915, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Harry James Russell died on July 18, 1989 in Paramount, Los Angeles County, California.

Class of 1914. Philip Skinner [actually Amos Phillip Skinner]. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Agricultural Department. Source 1: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Amos Phillip Skinner. He received two diplomas in 1914: a BYH Agriculture Diploma, and a High School Diploma. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 396. ~ ~ ~ ~ Amos Phillip Skinner was born circa 1894. He was a World War I Veteran. A. Phillip Skinner died on March 21, 1952 in Orem, Utah. His interment, Provo City Cemetery, Utah.

Classes of 1914 and 1916. Roy Slack. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Commercial Department. Source 1: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Roy H. Slack. He received a BYH Commercial Diploma in 1914. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 61. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1916. Roy H. Slack. He received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1916. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 61. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1919. Roy H. Slack. He received an AB Degree in 1919. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 61.

Class of 1914. Edna Smith. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Normal Department. Source 1: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Edna Smith. She received a BYH Normal Certificate (1 year) in 1914. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 139.

Classes of 1913 and 1914. Ida Smith. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1913. Name on list, but no photo. Source: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Ida Smith. She received a BYH Music Diploma in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 233.

Class of 1914. Elva Snyder. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School. Source: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89.

Classes of 1913 and 1914. Merle Snyder (female). She graduated from Brigham Young High School, in the Arts Department. Source 1: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1913. Merle Snyder. She received a BYH Art & Manual Training Diploma in 1913. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 67. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Merle Snyder. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 67. ~ ~ ~ ~ Leila Merle Snyder was born on August 13, 1893 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were James Edwin Snyder and Leila Marie Mecham Snyder. Merle Snyder married T. Earl Foote [Thomas Earl Foote] [BYH Class of 1916] on July 11, 1917 in Manti, Utah. Merle Snyder Foote died on April 20, 1988 in Provo, Utah. Her interment, Provo City Cemetery, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Article about her art.

Class of 1914. William Sorensen [or Sorenson]. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Commercial Department. Source: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. William Sorenson. He received a BYH Commercial Diploma in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 70.

Class of 1914. Marie Spafford. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Art Department. Source: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. Marie was born June 27, 1896 in Provo, Utah. Her parents are Willis K. Spafford & Ann E. Stubbs Spafford. On September 4, 1917, Marie married Arnold Edgar Robison, Sr., BYH Class of 1913 (see his alumni profile). She participated in the Utah State Fair beauty pageant in October 1914. They had three children: a son, Arnold E. Robison Jr.; two daughters, Betty Jane Robison and Rosalie Robison. Dr. Arnold E. Robison died on March 23, 1941 at the age of 46, of a coronary occlusion. Marie Spafford Robison died on December 9, 1959 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Her interment, Provo Cemetery, Provo, Utah.

Class of 1914. Cuissie Stiedman [actually Crissie Steedman]. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Normal Department. Source: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Crissie Steedman. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 92. ~ ~ ~ ~ Christine Russell [Crissie] Steedman was born on October 2, 1893 in Coalville, Summit County, Utah. Her parents were Andrew Steedman and Eliza Muir Strang Steedman. ~ ~ ~ ~ Crissie married twice: First, to Louis Leslie Roundy on June 7, 1916 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Louis was born on February 8, 1891 in Kanarraville, Iron County, Utah. His parents were Samuel "H" Roundy and Eugenia Elmira Taylor Roundy. Louis Roundy died on October 24, 1919 in Provo, Utah. His interment, Spanish Fork, Utah. ~ ~ Crissie Steedman Roundy second married Allen James Bassett on June 11, 1927 in Evanston, Wyoming. Crissie died on September 28, 1965 in Boise, Idaho. Her interment, Boise, Idaho.

Classes of 1913 and 1914. Leo Stott. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1913. Name on list, but no photo. Source: 1913 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 63-81. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Leo Stott. He received a BYH Normal Certificate (1 year) in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 52.

Class of 1914. Bernice Stringham. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 334. ~ ~ ~ ~ Bernice Stringham was born on March 26, 1895 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Henry Stringham and Fannie Janet Blair Stringham. She married George Duffin, who was born February 17, 1892 in Toquerville, Utah. George Duffin died on October 23, 1937, at age 45, in Richfield, Utah. He was accidentally shot while hunting in the Fishlake National Forest. Bernice Stringham Duffin died on January 22, 1984 at the age of 89. Her interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery, Utah.

Class of 1914. Norman Stromness. He received a High School Diploma in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 325.

Class of 1914 ~ Honorary. Laura Swallow Beckstrand, age 103, died January 19, 2000 in Orem, Utah. She was born December 15, 1896, in Fillmore, Utah, to Charles and Isabel Swallow. Laura married Joseph Clifton Beckstrand October 3, 1917, in the Salt Lake Temple. Laura and Clifton lived in Meadow, Utah, where they farmed and raised their family. Laura finished the eighth grade in Meadow, then attended Brigham Young Academy in Provo, where she played the French horn in the school band. She remained a loyal BYU sports fan throughout her life. After her marriage she became a homemaker, skilled at gardening, quilting, handwork, and cooking. Laura was hard worker, mannerly and kind-hearted, who devoted her life and resources to the service of family and friends. She was active in the LDS Church, serving as ward and stake Relief Society president and in many other positions of service. She loved temple work, serving with Clifton as an ordinance worker in the Manti Temple for seven years. She faithfully attended the temple throughout her long life. She is survived by her children, Nelda (Alex) Wadley, Pleasant Grove; Thressa Knoell, Orem; Therald (Verla) Beckstrand, Orem; 14 grandchildren, 29 great-grand-children, 11 great great-grandchildren; two sisters, Elva Lindberg and Noreen Labrum; and a brother, Theron Swallow. She was preceded in death by her husband Clifton; daughters, Lavon and Rhea; eight brothers and sisters; and a grandson, James Clifton Beckstrand. Funeral services were held Monday, January 24, 2000 in Pleasant Grove. A graveside service was held in Meadow, Utah prior to burial in the Meadow Cemetery. [Published in the Deseret News, Friday, January 21, 2000.]

Class of 1914. Elsie Talmage. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Academic Department. Source 1: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Elsie Talmage. She received a High School Diploma in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 95. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1917. Elsie Talmage. She received an AB Degree in English in 1917. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 95. ~ ~ ~ ~ Elsie Talmage was born on August 16, 1896 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her parents were James Edward Talmage and Merry May Booth. She married Harold Claudius Brandley on September 12, 1917 in Salt Lake City. She died on August 2, 1935 in Salt Lake City at the age of almost 39. Her interment, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Class of 1914. Hazel Till. She received a High School Diploma in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 330.

Class of 1914. Harold M. Warner. He received a High School Diploma in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 64.

Class of 1914. Eva Wells [actually Elva]. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Academic Department. Source 1: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Elva Wells. She received a High School Diploma in 1914. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 67. ~ ~ ~ ~ Elva Sophia Wells was born on October 8, 1891 in Joseph, Sevier County, Utah. Her parents were James Hattersley Wells and Lydia Lucinda Carter Wells. Elva married Melvin "D" Smith on September 30, 1918, in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah. Elva died on March 15, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her interment, Provo, Utah.

Class of 1914. Merrill Whitlock. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School, Agricultural Department. Source 1: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Merrill Whitlock. He received a BYH Agriculture Diploma in 1914. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 438. ~ ~ ~ ~ Merrill N. Whitlock was born on June 8, 1894 in Mayfield, Sanpete County, Utah. His parents were Charles Clyde Whitlock Sr., and Annie Elizabeth Petersen Whitlock. Merrill married Bardella Nielsen [Gueska Bardella Nielsen] on May 10, 1916 in Manti, Utah. Bardella was also born in Mayfield, Utah in 1895. Their children included three sons: Don M. Whitlock, Lee C. Whitlock, Clair M. Whitlock; and one daughter, Marilyn Whitlock. Merrill Whitlock died November 21, 1970 in Provo, Utah. His interment, Mayfield, Sanpete County, Utah.

Class of 1914. Royal Whitlock. Graduated in 1914 from Brigham Young High School. Source 1: 1914 BYU Banyan, BYH section, pp. 84-89. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1914. Royal Whitlock. He received a BYH Commercial Diploma in 1914. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 6, page 107. ~ ~ ~ ~ Royal Whitlock was born on April 25, 1894 in Mayfield, Sanpete County, Utah. His parents were George Quayle Whitlock, born in Utah, and Matilda Whitlock [Matilda Victor Bundersson], born in Sweden. Royal married Lily Elvira Olsen Whitlock [sometimes Lillie], also born in 1894. One record says Lily was born in Mexico, others say Mayfield, Utah. Royal and Lily were married on June 2, 1915 in Manti, Utah. This family included the following children, all born in Utah: Aldous O. Whitlock, Alice Whitlock, Royal C. Whitlock, Genevive Whitlock, Glen Whitlock, and Beth Whitlock. Royal Whitlock died on July 18, 1977 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His interment, Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah.