1982 - 1957
Vern V. Arrowsmith, 64, died Monday morning, [January 14, 1957] at his home at 615 South State, Orem, of a heart attack. He was born in Provo, Feb. 14, 1892, the son of Thomas and Sarah Bowen Arrowsmith. He spent his boyhood at Colton and attended schools there and later worked at Colton on the railroad for 28 years.
He moved to Mount Pleasant in 1919, and in 1941 he moved to Orem where he has since made his home.
He worked for the Geneva Steel Company during its construction, and later worked for 10 years at the Simmons Lumber Company in Orem, retiring 3 years ago.
He married Ida Jeffs in Provo, Nov. 1914. He is survived by his widow of Orem, and two sons and two daughters: Mrs. Ted (Helen) Bushman, Mrs. George (Ruth) Spivey, and Wayne Arrowsmith, all or Orem; and Ralph Arrowsmith, Irvington, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; one brother, Arnold Arrowsmith of Cedar City; four sisters, Mrs. John Yeager, Mrs. Max Peterson and Mrs. Dob Orton of Provo, and Mrs. Zella Staley of Glendale, Calif.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1 p. m. at the Olpin-Sundberg Mortuary Chapel in Orem, directed by Bishop Luzell Robbins of the Orem Sixteenth Ward. Friends may call at the Mortuary on Wednesday from 7 until 9 p. m. and Thursday until time of service. Burial will be in the Provo Cemtery [Cemetery].
—The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 15 January 1957 | p. 4 | transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley | 5 March 2013.
1982 - 1957
Vern V. Arrowsmith, 64, died Monday morning, [January 14, 1957] at his home at 615 South State, Orem, of a heart attack. He was born in Provo, Feb. 14, 1892, the son of Thomas and Sarah Bowen Arrowsmith. He spent his boyhood at Colton and attended schools there and later worked at Colton on the railroad for 28 years.
He moved to Mount Pleasant in 1919, and in 1941 he moved to Orem where he has since made his home.
He worked for the Geneva Steel Company during its construction, and later worked for 10 years at the Simmons Lumber Company in Orem, retiring 3 years ago.
He married Ida Jeffs in Provo, Nov. 1914. He is survived by his widow of Orem, and two sons and two daughters: Mrs. Ted (Helen) Bushman, Mrs. George (Ruth) Spivey, and Wayne Arrowsmith, all or Orem; and Ralph Arrowsmith, Irvington, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; one brother, Arnold Arrowsmith of Cedar City; four sisters, Mrs. John Yeager, Mrs. Max Peterson and Mrs. Dob Orton of Provo, and Mrs. Zella Staley of Glendale, Calif.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1 p. m. at the Olpin-Sundberg Mortuary Chapel in Orem, directed by Bishop Luzell Robbins of the Orem Sixteenth Ward. Friends may call at the Mortuary on Wednesday from 7 until 9 p. m. and Thursday until time of service. Burial will be in the Provo Cemtery [Cemetery].
—The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 15 January 1957 | p. 4 | transcribed by Annie Duckett Hundley | 5 March 2013.
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Gravesite Details
Interment - 17 Jan 1957
Family Members
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Martha E. Roseltha "Zella" Arrowsmith Staley
1880–1981
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Thomas Albert Arrowsmith
1882–1908
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Isa Lettie Arrowsmith Yeager
1885–1967
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Willie Arrowsmith
1887–1899
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Allison Arrowsmith
1888–1888
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Ray Arrowsmith
1890–1891
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James Harold Arrowsmith
1894–1932
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Marie Arrowsmith
1898–1898
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Arnold Leroy Arrowsmith
1900–1974
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Eva Catherine Arrowsmith Peterson
1903–1989
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Genevie Arrowsmith Orton
1907–1977
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