Mrs. Anna Laura Despain Butler, 67, of 160 Fourth Avenue, widow of Alva J. Butler, died Thursday at 9:25pm at the home of a sister, Mrs. Amos E. Jenson, of 1321 Fifth East Street, after a long illness.
Mrs. Butler was born September 1, 1871 in Granite, a daughter of Solomon J. and Susan Dean Despain. Active in L.D.S. Church work she served as Ward organist and later as president of Sandy Ward Relief Society and the Y.W.M.I.A.
Her husband, who was Bishop of the Sandy Ward, died 10 weeeks ago.
Surviving are a son, Leon E. Butler of Sandy; four daughters, Mrs. Clarence L. Giles and Mrs. W. Henry Smith of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Kimball Anderson of Warner, Alberta, Canada, and Mrs. Eugene R. Steed of Downey, CA; five brothers, Lewis E. Despain, George F. Despain, De Bart Despain and Frank Despain of Granite, and A. Ray Despain of Salt Lake City; her sister, Mrs. Jenson, and 12 grandchildren.
Mrs. Anna Laura Despain Butler, 67, of 160 Fourth Avenue, widow of Alva J. Butler, died Thursday at 9:25pm at the home of a sister, Mrs. Amos E. Jenson, of 1321 Fifth East Street, after a long illness.
Mrs. Butler was born September 1, 1871 in Granite, a daughter of Solomon J. and Susan Dean Despain. Active in L.D.S. Church work she served as Ward organist and later as president of Sandy Ward Relief Society and the Y.W.M.I.A.
Her husband, who was Bishop of the Sandy Ward, died 10 weeeks ago.
Surviving are a son, Leon E. Butler of Sandy; four daughters, Mrs. Clarence L. Giles and Mrs. W. Henry Smith of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Kimball Anderson of Warner, Alberta, Canada, and Mrs. Eugene R. Steed of Downey, CA; five brothers, Lewis E. Despain, George F. Despain, De Bart Despain and Frank Despain of Granite, and A. Ray Despain of Salt Lake City; her sister, Mrs. Jenson, and 12 grandchildren.
Family Members
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Martha Eliza Despain Thomson
1863–1899
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Lewis Edgar Despain
1864–1948
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Effie Elzina Despain Park
1866–1924
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George Francis Despain
1869–1946
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Charles Roy Despain
1873–1900
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De Bart Despain
1875–1957
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Frank Parley Despain
1879–1948
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Angus Ray Despain
1880–1949
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Ida Ethel Despain Jensen
1883–1965
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William Joseph Despain
1843–1918
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Hyrum Smith DeSpain
1846–1905
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Henry Waters Despain
1847–1925
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Orson Augustus Despain
1851–1927
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Amanda Caroline Despain Wixom
1854–1928
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Ella Eugena Despain Boyce
1858–1936
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David Alvin DeSpain
1861–1936
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Oscar Newell Despain
1863–1946
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Clara Louisa Despain Thomson
1866–1910
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Mark Lorenzo Despain
1882–1965
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Walter Gustav Despain
1883–1958
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Ina Pauline Despain Haws
1887–1956
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Otto Francis DeSpain
1889–1958
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