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411, Class of 1923

411, Class of 1923

Class of 1923 411

Brigham Young High School Class of 1923:

1923 Poem of Brigham Young High School
We loiter on the campus and roam around the halls--
Have radiator parties and scribble on the walls.
We keep outrageous hours, but stay within the line,
We have to squeeze to do it, but otherwise we're fine!
It's good that we are limited to fifty in a class,
For what this school would do with more, we do not know, alas;

We hate the college atmosphere which holds us so in check,
And seems to interfere to make our best of plans a wreck.
But we're getting college fever, and soon will grow to be
As proper eds and co-eds as one could wish to see!

Note: At "50 to a class" the 1923 roster in the BYU Banyan was short by about half. However, with additional research by Scott Cowley in the BYU Records Office, we have been able to round out the class with 57 profiles.

Ahlstrom, Reva

Ahlstrom, Reva
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Reva and Leon Davenport

Class of 1923. Reva Ahlstrom. Source: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY: Our beloved Aunt Mary Reva Ahlstrom Davenport, 97, passed away March 17, 2000, in Orem, Utah. She was born in Tropic, Utah, August 7, 1902, to Franklin and Roselia Riggs Ahlstrom. She married Leon Ray Davenport on July 22, 1925, in the Manti LDS Temple. They moved from Southern Utah to Salt Lake City in 1929. He died in 1976. Reva was a faithful member of the LDS Church and spent much time in church service, temple work, and genealogy research. She also kept a lovely home and yard. She was very gifted musically and taught private piano lessons for 51 years. She directed many choral groups in the Salt Lake area, for which she was highly honored and recognized, sometimes holding two positions at once. She served as a stake board music director for 21 years. Although Reva was never able to have children of her own, she was a good friend and neighbor to all. She has been an example of quiet goodness for almost a century, serving and sharing her talents wherever she could. She enjoyed reading, writing poetry, and compiling histories. She taught a study group for over 20 years. [Deseret News, Monday, March 20, 2000.]

Allred, Clement (twin)

Allred, Clement (twin)
Lawndale, California US

Clement and Mary Allred

BYH Class of 1923. Clement "Clem" Allred (male, twin). There are two Allreds shown in the 1924 composite picture in 1924, and they were twin brothers. Source: 1924 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Clement Allred (male, twin), of Vernon, Utah. Clement and his brother, Clemont, were born on June 7, 1903 in Ferron, Utah, and came to BYH from Vernon, Utah. Clement married Mary E. Macdonald, age 20. Her parents were John Hall Macdonald and Ellen Grey Macdonald. Clement died on July 9, 1978 in Lawndale, California. ~ ~ ~ ~ Clement completed his senior year at BYH in the Class of 1923. Background sources: BYU/BYH Annual Catalogues for the School Years 1923-24, 1924-25, and 1925-26. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Clement Allred died suddenly on July 9, 1978. He was 75 years old. He was born June 7, 1903 in Ferron, Emery County, Utah. He was the son of Ephraim Lafayette Allred and Harriet Matilda Brunson. He graduated from Brigham Young High School in Provo, Utah, in the Class of 1923. He moved to California with his twin brother, Clemont [BYH Class of 1924], in 1929 and lived the balance of his life there. He retired from Alcoa (Aluminum Company of America) in 1963. He remained very active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and along with his wife, Mary Allred, served a two-year mission for the church from 1970 to 1972. He is survived by his beloved wife Mary E. [Macdonald] Allred, two daughters, Barbara Allred Aylesworth of Rolling Hills, California, Pat Allred Burnell of Lawndale, California, and his son, Donald Clemont Allred of Sherman Oaks, California. He also leaves l2 grandchildren. Services were held at the LDS Hawthorne Ward Chapel, Wednesday, July 12, 1978. Interment: Inglewood Park Cemetery. His grave was dedicated by Bishop Robert L. Jex. Clement Allred is loved by all who knew him and he will be sorely missed. Source. 1923 News Article.

Allred, Merrill

Allred, Merrill

Merrill Allred

Class of 1923. Merrill Allred. He received a High School Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 486.

Baird, Ruby

Baird, Ruby

Ruby Baird

Class of 1923. Ruby Baird. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 136.

Beesley, Dorothy

Beesley, Dorothy

Dorothy Beesley

Classes of 1921 and 1923. Class of 1921. Dorothy Beesley. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1921. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 204. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1923. Dorothy Beesley. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 204. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1926. Dorothy Beesley. She received a BS Degree in Physical Education in 1926. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 204.

Bingham, Virginia Leona

Bingham, Virginia Leona

Virginia and Oscar Anderson

Class of 1923. Virginia Bingham. Source: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Virginia Leona [Leoma?] Bingham was born on May 22, 1903 in Benjamin, Utah. Her parents were Charles Richard Bingham and Virginia Losiania Manwill. She married Oscar Melven Anderson on May 22, 1939 in Pocatello, Idaho. She died on April 21, 1975 in Springville, Utah. [One record says she was married to David Herman Broberg, but no dates or other information is given.]

Blumenthal, Rhea Dodd

Blumenthal, Rhea Dodd
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Rhea and Samson Sargis

Class of 1923. Rhea Blumenthal (female). Source 1: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1923. Rhea Blumenthal. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1923. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 472. ~ ~ ~ ~ Rhea Dodd Blumenthal was born October 5, 1905 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were Henry Gustav Blumenthal and Myrta May Dodd Blumenthal. Rhea married Samson G. Sargis on May 28, 1936 in Provo, Utah. Samson Sargis was born on October 7, 1897 and died in April of 1987 in Pacifica, San Mateo County, California. Rhea Blumenthal Sargis died on April 24, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah of leukemia. Her interment, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Boyle, Melva B.

Boyle, Melva B.
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Melva and Laurence Hutchings

Classes of 1921 and 1923. Class of 1921. Melva B. Boyle. Source: 1921 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1923. Melva Boyle. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 206. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1925. Melva Boyle. She received a BS Degree in Secondary Education in 1925. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 206. ~ ~ ~ ~ She is a daughter of BYH Principal William Henry Boyle, Jr. She was born August 17, 1903 in Provo, Utah. She married Laurence S. Hutchings, residing in Salt Lake City. She died on January 21, 1986.

Bromley, LaVonne

Bromley, LaVonne

LaVonne Bromley

Class of 1923. LaVonne Bromley. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 364.

Burr, Lila C.

Burr, Lila C.
Hermiston, Oregon US

Lila and Melvin Rudd

Class of 1923. Lila Burr. Source: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Lila C. Burr was born on November 30, 1900 in Koosharem, Sevier County, Utah. Her parents were William Clark Burr and Emma Constance Olsen. She married Melvin John Rudd on June 7, 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on February 1, 1980 in Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon. Interment, Parker, Fremont County, Idaho.

Byland, Roma [Mary Romania]

Byland, Roma [Mary Romania]
San Gabriel, California US

Roma and William Hayes

Class of 1923. Roma Byland. Source: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Mary Romania OR Roma Bylund was born November 6, 1904 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were Eric Olaf Byland and Elizabeth Louvinna Boyle. She married William Brownlee Hayes in December 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died September 9, 1972 in San Gabriel, California.

Candland, Harold Arthur

Candland, Harold Arthur
Takoma Park, Maryland US

Harold and Eva Candland

Class of 1923. Harold Candland. Source: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ His parents: Arthur Charles Candland and Lydia Hasler, married October 13, 1897, in Manti, Utah. They had nine children, including the following seven: Helen Candland, born September 18, 1901 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah [BYH Class of 1920]; Harold Arthur Candland, born March 16, 1903 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah [BYH Class of 1923]; Don Charles Candland, born February 4, 1909 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah [BYH Class of 1928]; Louise Candland, born December 12, 1910 in Provo, Utah [BYH Class of 1929]; Arthur Ben Candland, born January 7, 1915 in Provo, Utah [BYH Class of 1933]; Ruth Hanna Candland born October 13, 1917 [or 1916] [BYH Class of 1935]; and Barbara Hope Candland, born October 4 [or 14], 1918 [BYH Class of 1937]. ~ ~ ~ ~ Harold Arthur Candland was born March 16, 1903 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. His parents were Arthur Charles Candland and Lydia Hasler. He married Eva Fontella Marriott on February 22, 1932 in Alexandria, Virginia. He died on May 7, 1962 in Takoma Park, Montgomery County, Maryland. Interment, Rockville, Maryland.

Carroll, Maurine

Carroll, Maurine
Stockton, California US

Maurine and Carroll Harrison

Class of 1923. Maurine Carroll. Source: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Maurine Carroll was born March 31, 1904 in Orderville, Utah. Her parents were Charles William Carroll and Susan Amelia Synder. She married Carroll Hall Harrison on March 17, 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on November 15, 1962 in Stockton, Califoria. Interment, Stockton, California.

Childs, Myrtle

Childs, Myrtle

Myrtle Childs

Class of 1923. Myrtle Childs. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 344.

Christensen, Sheldon

Christensen, Sheldon

Sheldon Christensen

Classes of 1922 and 1923. Class of 1922. Sheldon Christensen. Source: 1922 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1923. Sheldon Christensen. Source: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. He is listed as a senior in both years. [Need his middle initial or other information.] [TM]

Clark, Melba

Clark, Melba

Melba Clark

Classes of 1921 and 1923. Class of 1921. Melba Clark. Source 1: Photograph of the BYH Graduating Class of 1921. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: Class of 1921. Melba Clark. 1921 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1921. Melba Clark. She received a High School Diploma in 1921. Source 3: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 144. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1923. Melba Clark. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 144.

Clayson, Zina Elizabeth

Clayson, Zina Elizabeth

Zina Brockbank

Class of 1923. Zina Clayton [Brockbank]. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 366. ~ ~ ~ ~ Zina Elizabeth Clayton was born on December 6, 1901 in American Fork, Utah. Her parents were Eli James Clayson and Ann Elizabeth Hawkins Clayson. Zina married Allen Grant Brockbank on June 7, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Zina Clayton Brockbank died on July 1, 1991 in Salt Lake City, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Zina Elizabeth Clayson Brockbank, age 89, died July 1, 1991 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born on December 6, 1901 in American Fork, Utah, a daughter of Eli James Clayson and Ann Elizabeth Hawkins Clayson. She graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1923. She married Dr. Allen Grant Brockbank on June 7, 1928 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She taught school in American Fork and Heber. She received her BS Degree from BYU in 1947. She served an LDS mission in the California Mission. She was an active member of the LDS Church and served in many ward and stake auxiliary positions. She served 22 years on the Primary General Board and was a Provo LDS Temple worker for eight years. She had been active in community affairs; President Thalian and Sorosis Literary Clubs, Silver Slipper Dinner - Dance Club, and also Provo District and Utah State Dental Auxiliaries. Zina's greatest joy in life has been her family, friends and church service. She is survived by her husband of Provo; two sons, Dr. Grant Clayson Brockbank [BYH Class of 1949] and wife Joan, Salt Lake City; Dr. Allen Brent Brockbank [BYH Class of 1955], Hollister, California; 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one brother and three sisters, Lucy Davis, Boise, Idaho; Lourena May Benson, Preston, Idaho; Eli Karl Clayson and wife Beulah, Provo; Mrs. John Farr (Ann) Larson, Salt Lake City. Funeral services were held on Friday, July 5, 1991 at the Berg Drawing Room Chapel, Provo. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Wednesday, July 3, 1991.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HER HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: Allen Grant Brockbank died Oct. 1, 1998 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born Sept. 13, 1903 in Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah, the seventh child of Joseph and Emma Jane McKell Brockbank. He married Zina Elizabeth Clayson [BYH Class of 1923], June 7, 1928 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She died July 1, 1991. He attended public schools in Spanish Fork, and Brigham Young University for one semester. In 1923 he entered the University of Southern California College of Dentistry. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree June 4, 1927. Allen practiced in American Fork, Spanish Fork, and Provo, Utah for 50 years, 5 months, and 10 days. He was a member of American Fork Lions Club; President of Spanish Fork Kiwanis Club - President of Provo Timpanogos Knife and Fork Club; President of Silver Slipper Dancing Club; President of Provo District Dental Society, and member of the Utah State Board of Dental Examiners for four years. He was also a member of the LTDA & ADA. He was an active High Priest in the LDS Church. He served as Aaronic Priesthood Leader, Senior Pres. of Seven Presidents of 50th Quorum of Seventies. Allen was a counselor in two stake presidencies, Stake Patriarch and a Sealer in the Provo Temple for 7 1/2 years. He is survived by sons: Dr. Grant Clayson (Joan) Brockbank [BYH Class of 1949] of Salt Lake City; Dr. A. Brent (the late Kathryn Taylor) Brockbank [BYH Class of 1955] of Hollister California; 12 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Allen was preceded in death by parents, brothers: Archibald, John Ross, Robert, Austin, and sisters: Emma, Hazel and Mary. Funeral services were held Thursday, October 8, 1998 at the Monument Park 3rd Ward, 2215 Roosevelt Ave., Salt Lake. Interment: Provo City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Tuesday, October 6, 1998.]

Crane, Olive

Crane, Olive

Olive Crane

Class of 1923. Olive Crane. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 430.

Creer, Clara

Creer, Clara

Clara Creer

Class of 1923. Clara Creer. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page Clara Creer.

Crowther, Israel Earl (1923)

Crowther, Israel Earl (1923)
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Earl and Ruth Crowther

Class of 1923. Earl Crowther. Source: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1921 ~ Honorary. Earl Crowther. Member of the Class of 1921 as a freshman in 1918. ~ ~ ~ ~ Israel Earl Crowther was born on August 27, 1901 in Sanford, Conejos County, Colorado. His parents were James Franklin Crowther and Mary Olsen. He married Ruth Elizabeth Wintsch on June 22, 1927 in Manti, Utah. He died on May 28, 1952 at the age of 50, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery, Utah.

Davis, Blanche

Davis, Blanche

Blanche Davis

Class of 1923. Blanche Davis. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 148. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1925. Blanche Davis. She received a BS Degree [Ho. Admin. -- House Administration] in 1925. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 148.

Dunn, Carol

Dunn, Carol

Carol and Amos Chase

Class of 1923. Carol Dunn. Source: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Carol Dunn was born December 24, 1904 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were Joshua Fielding Dunn and Fannie Eliza Elliott. She married Amos Bennion Chase on March 7, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on February 15, 1998.

Farnsworth, Reed White

Farnsworth, Reed White
Cedar City, Utah US

Reed and Ethel Farnsworth

BYH Class circa 1923. Reed W. Farnsworth. Reed W. Farnsworth was born in Beaver, Utah, on April 9, 1905. Reed attended the Murdock Academy and graduated from Brigham Young High School in Provo. He completed his first two years of medical school at the University of Utah and graduated from George Washington Medical School. Reed married Ethel Walker. She was born March 12, 1911 in Salt Lake City to David Francis and Erma Rowena Sperry Walker. She married Dr. Reed White Farnsworth in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on August 9, 1938. Following a year's internship at the Salt Lake County Hospital, he began a practice of general medicine that spanned 37 years, all in Cedar City. He delivered over 6,000 babies, served as president of the Utah State and Southern Utah Medical Societies and as a member of the Council on Rural Health of the American Medical Association. Farnsworth served as president of many civic organizations including the Jaycees, Sons of the Utah Pioneers, Cedar City Art Committee, Iron County Historical Society, Cedar City Lions Club and Cedar City Rotary Club. He was the 1971 recipient of the Utah State Medical Association's Community Service Award and the 1976 SUSC Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Award. He had many and varied interests. He and Ethel Walker Farnsworth are the parents of three sons and one daughter. Dr. Reed Farnsworth died on May 22, 1976, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was awarded a posthumous Honorary Doctorate Degree from Southern Utah State College at SUSC's 82nd Annual Commencement exercises held on June 1, 1979. [Iron County Record, May 17, 1979] ~ ~ ~ ~ Ethel Walker Farnsworth, 82, passed away at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City after a brief illness, on February 17, 1994.

Foote, Hazel

Foote, Hazel
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Hazel &Lovell/Fenton Killpack / Williams

Class of 1923. Hazel Foote. Source: 1923 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Hazel Foote was born on April 27, 1905 in Glendale, Kane County, Utah. Her parents were Homer Clarence Foote and Olive Lucretia Rose. She married twice: First, to Lovell Albert Killpack, Sr., on June 6, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Second, to Fenton Lyle Williams on February 6, 1972 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on February 12, 1986 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her children include Lovell A. Killpack, Jr., [BYH Class of 1943] married Beverly J. Brown; Kenneth L. Killpack [BYH Class of 1949] married Doris Romboy; Weston Foote Killpack [BYH Class of 1954] married Lois Arlene Pope; and Myra Killpack [BYH Class of 1966~Honorary] married Thomas Prince.

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