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Eugene Turrell Pixton

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Eugene Turrell Pixton

Birth
Taylorsville, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
8 Jul 1956 (aged 49)
Firth, Bingham County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Firth, Bingham County, Idaho, USA Add to Map
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Turrell was the son of William Turrell and Matilda (Nokes) Pixton. He married Leila M Jorgensen July 5, 1926 in Madison County, Idaho.


Added by Find a Grave Contributor LDR (#47300676) December 1, 2014.

Eugene Turrell Pixton, 49, long-time Idaho farmer and potato broker, died at his home Sunday following a lingering illness.

Mr. Pixton, son of W.T. and Matilda Pixton, was born April 1, 1907, at Taylorville, Utah. He was married to Leila M. Jorgenson, Firth, on July 5, 1926, at Rexburg. On June 25, 1935, their marriage was solemnized at the LDS Temple in
Salt Lake.

Mr. Pixton farmed near Kimball, Idaho until 1945 when he joined in the potato warehouse business with W.P. Wilson at Firth. Illness forced his retirement about a year ago.

Besides his wife, Mr. Pixton is survived by four children, Ferris T., Mrs. Bill (Joan) Mecham, Sharon and Shirley Pixton, all of Firth; two grandchildren; his mother; brothers Wayne W. and Burdette N. Pixton of Blackfoot and Kenneth H. Pixton of Warden, Wash.; and sisters Mrs. Ray (Bernice) Jensen of Fairfield, Mont., Mrs. Herman (Amelia) Eichmeir of Idaho Falls, and Mrs. Homer (Jean) Dyer,
Seattle.

Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the First LDS Church in Firth with Bishop Alton Croft officiating. Interment will be in the Firth Cemetery. The body is at the Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.

Published: The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 9, 1956
Turrell was the son of William Turrell and Matilda (Nokes) Pixton. He married Leila M Jorgensen July 5, 1926 in Madison County, Idaho.


Added by Find a Grave Contributor LDR (#47300676) December 1, 2014.

Eugene Turrell Pixton, 49, long-time Idaho farmer and potato broker, died at his home Sunday following a lingering illness.

Mr. Pixton, son of W.T. and Matilda Pixton, was born April 1, 1907, at Taylorville, Utah. He was married to Leila M. Jorgenson, Firth, on July 5, 1926, at Rexburg. On June 25, 1935, their marriage was solemnized at the LDS Temple in
Salt Lake.

Mr. Pixton farmed near Kimball, Idaho until 1945 when he joined in the potato warehouse business with W.P. Wilson at Firth. Illness forced his retirement about a year ago.

Besides his wife, Mr. Pixton is survived by four children, Ferris T., Mrs. Bill (Joan) Mecham, Sharon and Shirley Pixton, all of Firth; two grandchildren; his mother; brothers Wayne W. and Burdette N. Pixton of Blackfoot and Kenneth H. Pixton of Warden, Wash.; and sisters Mrs. Ray (Bernice) Jensen of Fairfield, Mont., Mrs. Herman (Amelia) Eichmeir of Idaho Falls, and Mrs. Homer (Jean) Dyer,
Seattle.

Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the First LDS Church in Firth with Bishop Alton Croft officiating. Interment will be in the Firth Cemetery. The body is at the Nalder Funeral Home in Shelley.

Published: The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho, July 9, 1956


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