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John Lazelle Fish

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John Lazelle Fish

Birth
Parowan, Iron County, Utah, USA
Death
16 Mar 1931 (aged 62)
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Pinetop-Lakeside, Navajo County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
Plot
Plot 30, Grave 2
Memorial ID
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Born in Parowan, Utah, October 28, 1868
Son of Joseph Fish and Mary Campbell Steele.
Reared by stepmother Eliza Fish.
Moved to Snowflake at age of ten.
Married Melvina Cheney in 1888. They had seven children: Mahonri Lazelle, John Elam, Karl Joseph, Julia, Hamilton Murray, Eva and Ambrose Marion. Melvina Cheney died in 1903.

Married Julia Tanner in 1904. They had nine children: Donald, Henry, Rollin, Pauline, Stanley, Lyle Rex, Merlin, Grant and Marva.
Moved from Show Low to Lakeside in 1906.
Served the Lakeside Ward as Y.M.M.l.A. President, Ward Clerk and Counselor to Bishop Leo Ellsworth.
Sustained as Bishop of the Lakeside Ward, March 28, 1920.
First Postmaster of Lakeside and Justice of Peace for many years.

It can truly be said that no Bishop ever loved his people more and he was loved and respected by those he served.
Born in Parowan, Utah, October 28, 1868
Son of Joseph Fish and Mary Campbell Steele.
Reared by stepmother Eliza Fish.
Moved to Snowflake at age of ten.
Married Melvina Cheney in 1888. They had seven children: Mahonri Lazelle, John Elam, Karl Joseph, Julia, Hamilton Murray, Eva and Ambrose Marion. Melvina Cheney died in 1903.

Married Julia Tanner in 1904. They had nine children: Donald, Henry, Rollin, Pauline, Stanley, Lyle Rex, Merlin, Grant and Marva.
Moved from Show Low to Lakeside in 1906.
Served the Lakeside Ward as Y.M.M.l.A. President, Ward Clerk and Counselor to Bishop Leo Ellsworth.
Sustained as Bishop of the Lakeside Ward, March 28, 1920.
First Postmaster of Lakeside and Justice of Peace for many years.

It can truly be said that no Bishop ever loved his people more and he was loved and respected by those he served.


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