Albert Goodson Brockbank, Civic Leader, Dies at 65

Albert Goodson Brockbank, 65, 1852 Yalecrest ave., business and civic leader for many years and builder of the Brockbank Professional bldg., died in a Salt Lake hospital Sunday at 8 a.m. of coronary occlusion.

He was coowner of Magic Chemical co., 135 E. 2nd South, with a son, W. Hughes Brockbank.

A Salt Lake businessman since 1929, Mr. Brockbank financed construction of the Brockbank professional building, completed in 1947.

Wide Interests

He was a member of Utah Manufacturers Assn., Bonneville Knife and Fork club. Ambassador Athletic club, Salt Lake Executives Assn., Utah Duck club and National Sanitary Supply Assn.

He was an elder in Yalecrest ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Mr. Brockbank was born in Spanish Fork, Utah county, Sept. 7, 1884, a son of Joshua and Sarah
Ann Jex Brockbank, and received his early schooling in Spanish Fork. Prior to founding the chemical concern in 1929, he was affiliated with William B. Hughes Product Co. and Utah Idaho Flour and Grain Co. in Salt Lake City.

Lived in Spanish Fork

He married Jennie Mae Hughes, Feb. 15, 1905, in the Salt Lake L D S temple. The couple resided in Spanish Fork until 1907.

Survivors, in addition to his widow, include three daughters, Mrs. Deward Hopkins and Mrs. Paul Southwick, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Ted Palmer, Berkeley. Cal., a son. W. Hughes Brockbank, Salt Lake City: the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Eliza 'Hales, William Ernest and Willis Brockbank, Mrs. Lillian Boyack, 'Spanish Fork, and Merrill J. Brockbank, Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake Tribune, October 24, 1949, Page 15

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He married Jennie May Hughes on February 15, 1905 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

They raised five children: Anna Louisa, Allene, William Hughes, Norma and Beverly.

Albert started young in his endeavor to be self-supporting. In fact, at thirteen years of age, he helped at the old Spanish Fork Pavilion, selling tickets, checking hats and selling soda pop.

At fourteen, he owned and operated his own bicycle shop where he repaired and sold bicycles.

At sixteen he was Newsbutcher on the Southern Pacific Railroad running between Utah and Idaho.

His experience working on farms in Idaho between runs gave him a basis for the grain business, which he went into at the time of his marriage. He later built his own business, the Utah Idaho Flour and Grain Company.

Then during the depression he established the Magic Chemical Company, which became the center of other enterprises.

At his death he was a member of the Utah Manufacturers Association, Bonneville Knife and Fork Club, National Sanitary Supply Association, Ambassador Athletic Club and the Salt Lake Executives Association.

He was co-owner of the Utah Duck Club, the Sunset Motel in Idaho and he built the Brockbank Professional Building, next door to the Magic Chemical Company.

Albert was generous, honest, true to principle, respected by all who knew him. He was affectionate, kind, understanding, living up to the ideal of love for his fellowman expressed in his favorite poem, "About Ben Adam."

Written by his wife, Jennie May Hughes Brockbank