Ezra Lorenzo Liljenquest was the son of Ola Nilsson Liljenquist and his wife Annie Christine Nielson. He was a very intellegent man who had many accademic accomplishments, teaching at various institution. He was the first Superintendent of of schools when Madison High School came into being. He wrote a book about Mathematics that have some "tricks" my father suggested for me as I try to help my special education students who struggle with math concepts. I had asked my father, who is a brilliant thinker in his own right, and he said a lot of the "tricks" he uses are in his Uncle Ezra's book.

I remember my great uncle as a retired educator. He and Aunt May lived in the old Sunnydell schoolhouse and when I went to visit them, particularly when my grandmother (Aunt May's sister) would come to stay with them. Uncle Ezra had chinchillas he was raising and he would show them to me. He was a very kind and gentle man.

Ezra married Mary Malinda Wilcox 3 October 1907 in the Salt Lake City Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He and his wife had two daughters: LaVerne (C.M. Hacking) and Laurene (Charles W. Arnett); and three sons: Ermil Ezra, Lorenzo Blaine, and Don C. Liljenquist.

Ezra Liljenquist Services Set
Funeral services for Ezra Liljenquist, 81, former superintendent of Rigby and Rexburg schools, who died Friday morning will be Monday at 1 p.m. at the Archer LDS Ward with Gishop G. H. Munns officiating. The family will meet friends at the Flamm Mortuary Sunday from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. and at the Relief Society room of the Archer Church from 10 a.m. until time of services. Interment will be at Hyrum, Utah, Monday at 6:30 p.m.

Published in The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Sunday, August 26, 1962, page 2.
Published in The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Monday, August 27, 1962, page 2

Funeral: Ezra Liljenquist
REXBURG, Aug 30 – Funeral services were held Wednesday for Ezra Liljenquist at the Archer Ward with Bishop George Munns officiating. Family prayer was given by George E. Liljenquist and prelude and postlude music was by Bessie Wilcox. Opening prayer was by J. Ray Smith and the obituary was read by Don C. Liljenquist. Speakers were Theron A. Cheney, L. Blaine Liljenquist and Munns. Two songs were sung by the Archer Ward choir, a duet was sung by Frank and Bernice Weeks, and the Rigby quartet consisting of Hugo D. Jorgensen, D. Ray Crystal, W. W. Hymas, and J.L. Brown sang on number. Prayer was by William T. Holley and the grave dedication was by Ermil Liljenquist. Pallbearers were Ermil Liljenquist, C. Marion Hacking, L. Blaine Liljenquist, Royle D. Erickson, Don C. Liljenquist, and John O. Wilcox. The Stake High Priests were honorary pallbearers. Flowers were under the direction of the Archer Relief Society. Interment was at Hyrum, Utah.
Published in The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Thursday, August 30, 1962, page 15


If you would like a copy of my Aunt May and Uncle Ezra's 37 page autobiography, email me (Eileen Hacking Lentz) a request.