Reuben Samuel Collett, 82, prominent early Utah settler, 4190 Olympus Dr., died at his home Friday at 4:30 p.m. of Leukemia.
Mr. Collett was active in the development of the Uintah Basin, and for many years was interested in agriculture and mining there.
He was born in Smithfield May 26, 1864, a son of Reuben and Ethera Merrill Collett. He fulfilled a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to England when he was 17 and when he returned, he was called to help settle the Uintah Basin, Mr. Collett served in the first stake presidency there for 10 years.
He worked for the opening of the Uintah Basin reservation and was instrumental in the formation of the Dry Gulch Irrigation Co. in Roosevelt, where he lived prior to coming to Salt Lake City in 1920. Since that time, he had been interested in various mining ventures.
Mr. Collett was a member of Mt. Olympus LDS Ward.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Flora E. Collett, Salt Lake City; two sons, P. Sterling and Kari Collett, San Francsico; five daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Thomas, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Elsie Richardson, Mrs. Marie Wheeler, Mrs. Flora George and Mrs. Cora Trimz, San Francisco; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Postma, Smithfield and Mrs. Rose Nielsen, Sandy; four brothers, George Collett, Kaysville; Delbert T. Collett, Kaysville; Charles Collett, Brigham City and Clarence Collett, Murray; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
-The Salt Lake Tribune, September 21, 1946, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
Reuben Samuel Collett, 82, prominent early Utah settler, 4190 Olympus Dr., died at his home Friday at 4:30 p.m. of Leukemia.
Mr. Collett was active in the development of the Uintah Basin, and for many years was interested in agriculture and mining there.
He was born in Smithfield May 26, 1864, a son of Reuben and Ethera Merrill Collett. He fulfilled a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to England when he was 17 and when he returned, he was called to help settle the Uintah Basin, Mr. Collett served in the first stake presidency there for 10 years.
He worked for the opening of the Uintah Basin reservation and was instrumental in the formation of the Dry Gulch Irrigation Co. in Roosevelt, where he lived prior to coming to Salt Lake City in 1920. Since that time, he had been interested in various mining ventures.
Mr. Collett was a member of Mt. Olympus LDS Ward.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Flora E. Collett, Salt Lake City; two sons, P. Sterling and Kari Collett, San Francsico; five daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Thomas, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Elsie Richardson, Mrs. Marie Wheeler, Mrs. Flora George and Mrs. Cora Trimz, San Francisco; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Postma, Smithfield and Mrs. Rose Nielsen, Sandy; four brothers, George Collett, Kaysville; Delbert T. Collett, Kaysville; Charles Collett, Brigham City and Clarence Collett, Murray; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
-The Salt Lake Tribune, September 21, 1946, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Phebe Collett
1862–1863
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Elder Sylvester Daniel Collett
1866–1889
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Sylvanus Collett
1866–1932
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Julia Ann Collett Postma
1869–1961
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Adelbert Teancum "Dell" Collett
1872–1959
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Charles Merrill Collett
1875–1969
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Princetta Collett Bills
1878–1939
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Orrin Collett
1882–1883
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Roseltha May Collett Nielsen
1884–1967
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Clarence James Collett
1886–1973
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George Collett
1888–1982
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