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William Henry Adams Sr.

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William Henry Adams Sr.

Birth
England
Death
1 Sep 1957 (aged 89)
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Burial
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
Annex-4-12-1E
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Taken from the Deseret News, Sept 3rd 1957.

Ogden - William (Bill) Henry Adams, 89, 3256 Ogden Ave, died at his home Sunday night of natural causes.

Born Jun 22nd 1868, in London, England, son of Joseph and Eliza Caroline Woodward Adams. Married Wilhelminia Reed Watson on 27 Nov 1889, in Logan Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She died in 1931. Married Susan Ellen Gaut in 1939. She died in 1946. Had been linotype operator for Ogden Standard-Examiner, the old Salt Lake Herald, The Salt lake Tribune and other newspapers. Organized and published Rexburg Idaho Standard, the Morgan Post and Ogden Enterprise. Sole remaining charter member of Ogden Typographical Union and past secretary. Active in directing choirs in various wards, member of Ogden 27th Ward and Ogden Stake High Priests quorum.

Survivors: three sons and five daughters from first marriage: Raymond T., Alfred W., John R., Mrs. Caroline Klenke, Mrs. Ethel Salmond, Mrs. Rose Stewart, Mrs. Dorothy Beede, Mrs. Eva Youngberg, Ogden; brother and a sister.

Funeral will be announced later from Larkin Mortuary.
Taken from the Deseret News, Sept 3rd 1957.

Ogden - William (Bill) Henry Adams, 89, 3256 Ogden Ave, died at his home Sunday night of natural causes.

Born Jun 22nd 1868, in London, England, son of Joseph and Eliza Caroline Woodward Adams. Married Wilhelminia Reed Watson on 27 Nov 1889, in Logan Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She died in 1931. Married Susan Ellen Gaut in 1939. She died in 1946. Had been linotype operator for Ogden Standard-Examiner, the old Salt Lake Herald, The Salt lake Tribune and other newspapers. Organized and published Rexburg Idaho Standard, the Morgan Post and Ogden Enterprise. Sole remaining charter member of Ogden Typographical Union and past secretary. Active in directing choirs in various wards, member of Ogden 27th Ward and Ogden Stake High Priests quorum.

Survivors: three sons and five daughters from first marriage: Raymond T., Alfred W., John R., Mrs. Caroline Klenke, Mrs. Ethel Salmond, Mrs. Rose Stewart, Mrs. Dorothy Beede, Mrs. Eva Youngberg, Ogden; brother and a sister.

Funeral will be announced later from Larkin Mortuary.


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