John Alexander Angus
ROOSEVELT -- John Aledxander Angus, 55, Ioka, died Wednesday at 3 p.m. after a lingering illness.
He was born September 14, 1862 in Spanish Fork, a son of John Clark and Betsy Hislop Archibald Angus.
On Oct. 19, 1882 he married Mary Jane Gribble in the Salt Lake LDS Endowment House. They moved to Ashley Valley in 1886, where she died in 1905. He married Bertha B. Dennis Oct. 6, 1906 in Vernal. This marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
They moved to Roosevelt in 1907 where they settled on a homestead.
He was the first bishop of Ioka Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and remained an active worker until illlness prevented it.
Surviving are his widow, Ioka; five sons and five daughters, Mrs. Mary Merrill and Mrs. Christine Merrill, Vernal; Adelbert Angus, Draper; Elmer Angus, Blythe, California; Wilford Angus, Berry Creek, California; Ray Angus, Latuda, Tooele County; Mrs. Thelma Cook, Bluebell; Edna Angus, Sacramento, California;Mrs. Eva Percival, Ioka; Mrs. Eunice Remund, Duchesne; 53 grandchildren, one brother and one sister, George Angus, Provo and Mrs. Jane Banks, Salt Lake City.
Funeral services will be announced by the Dillman Mortuary.
-Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 25, 1951, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
John Alexander Angus
ROOSEVELT -- John Aledxander Angus, 55, Ioka, died Wednesday at 3 p.m. after a lingering illness.
He was born September 14, 1862 in Spanish Fork, a son of John Clark and Betsy Hislop Archibald Angus.
On Oct. 19, 1882 he married Mary Jane Gribble in the Salt Lake LDS Endowment House. They moved to Ashley Valley in 1886, where she died in 1905. He married Bertha B. Dennis Oct. 6, 1906 in Vernal. This marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
They moved to Roosevelt in 1907 where they settled on a homestead.
He was the first bishop of Ioka Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and remained an active worker until illlness prevented it.
Surviving are his widow, Ioka; five sons and five daughters, Mrs. Mary Merrill and Mrs. Christine Merrill, Vernal; Adelbert Angus, Draper; Elmer Angus, Blythe, California; Wilford Angus, Berry Creek, California; Ray Angus, Latuda, Tooele County; Mrs. Thelma Cook, Bluebell; Edna Angus, Sacramento, California;Mrs. Eva Percival, Ioka; Mrs. Eunice Remund, Duchesne; 53 grandchildren, one brother and one sister, George Angus, Provo and Mrs. Jane Banks, Salt Lake City.
Funeral services will be announced by the Dillman Mortuary.
-Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 25, 1951, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Mary Jane Angus Merrell
1883–1977
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Sarah Christeen Angus Merrell
1885–1967
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DelRoy Angus
1887–1934
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John Elmer Angus
1889–1983
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Joseph Raymond "Ray" Angus
1901–1961
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Alton Dennis Angus
1908–1908
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Lynn Franklin Angus
1909–1945
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Thelma Angus Cook
1910–1984
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Edna Angus Anglikowski
1913–2002
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Eva Angus Percival
1915–2004
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Unice Angus Remund
1917–2012
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