Wesley John Madill, 58, a Utah labor leader for more than 30 years, died Monday in a Salt Lake City hospital after a long illness.
Mr. Madill, who at the time of his death was a staff Representative of the United Steel Workers of America, has served as president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers of Utah, and as a member of the State Borad of Corrections. He was elected vice president of the Utah AFL-CIO in 1959 and headed the organization's Committee for Political Education. Mr. Madill was active in the Davis County Democratic Party most of his adult life, and served as county Democratic chairman for four years. He also had served as national vice president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union and was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of colored People.
Mr. Madill was born Feb. 3, 1910, in Hunter, the son of John and Nora Rasmussen Madill. On Oct. 7, 1936, he married Blanche St. Clair in Salt Lake City. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mr. Madill also served on the United States Commission for Civil Rights.
He is survived by his widow, three sons and a daughter, Dennis, Jimmie, and Kathi, all Bountiful, and Kent, Berkeley, Mich. Also surviving are two brothers and three sisters, Melvern and Delbert, both Bountiful; Mrs. Kenneth (Mae) Booth, Magna; Mrs. Wayne (Vera) Hammond, Lake Point, Tooele County, and Mrs. James (Fern) Marchant, California.
Burial will be in the Memorial Gardens of the Valley.
Salt Lake Tribune (UT) August 6, 1968
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Mr. Madill, who at the time of his death was a staff Representative of the United Steel Workers of America, has served as president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers of Utah, and as a member of the State Borad of Corrections. He was elected vice president of the Utah AFL-CIO in 1959 and headed the organization's Committee for Political Education. Mr. Madill was active in the Davis County Democratic Party most of his adult life, and served as county Democratic chairman for four years. He also had served as national vice president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union and was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of colored People.
Mr. Madill was born Feb. 3, 1910, in Hunter, the son of John and Nora Rasmussen Madill. On Oct. 7, 1936, he married Blanche St. Clair in Salt Lake City. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mr. Madill also served on the United States Commission for Civil Rights.
He is survived by his widow, three sons and a daughter, Dennis, Jimmie, and Kathi, all Bountiful, and Kent, Berkeley, Mich. Also surviving are two brothers and three sisters, Melvern and Delbert, both Bountiful; Mrs. Kenneth (Mae) Booth, Magna; Mrs. Wayne (Vera) Hammond, Lake Point, Tooele County, and Mrs. James (Fern) Marchant, California.
Burial will be in the Memorial Gardens of the Valley.
Salt Lake Tribune (UT) August 6, 1968
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Wesley John Madill, 58, a Utah labor leader for more than 30 years, died Monday in a Salt Lake City hospital after a long illness.
Mr. Madill, who at the time of his death was a staff Representative of the United Steel Workers of America, has served as president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers of Utah, and as a member of the State Borad of Corrections. He was elected vice president of the Utah AFL-CIO in 1959 and headed the organization's Committee for Political Education. Mr. Madill was active in the Davis County Democratic Party most of his adult life, and served as county Democratic chairman for four years. He also had served as national vice president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union and was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of colored People.
Mr. Madill was born Feb. 3, 1910, in Hunter, the son of John and Nora Rasmussen Madill. On Oct. 7, 1936, he married Blanche St. Clair in Salt Lake City. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mr. Madill also served on the United States Commission for Civil Rights.
He is survived by his widow, three sons and a daughter, Dennis, Jimmie, and Kathi, all Bountiful, and Kent, Berkeley, Mich. Also surviving are two brothers and three sisters, Melvern and Delbert, both Bountiful; Mrs. Kenneth (Mae) Booth, Magna; Mrs. Wayne (Vera) Hammond, Lake Point, Tooele County, and Mrs. James (Fern) Marchant, California.
Burial will be in the Memorial Gardens of the Valley.
Salt Lake Tribune (UT) August 6, 1968
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Mr. Madill, who at the time of his death was a staff Representative of the United Steel Workers of America, has served as president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers of Utah, and as a member of the State Borad of Corrections. He was elected vice president of the Utah AFL-CIO in 1959 and headed the organization's Committee for Political Education. Mr. Madill was active in the Davis County Democratic Party most of his adult life, and served as county Democratic chairman for four years. He also had served as national vice president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union and was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of colored People.
Mr. Madill was born Feb. 3, 1910, in Hunter, the son of John and Nora Rasmussen Madill. On Oct. 7, 1936, he married Blanche St. Clair in Salt Lake City. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mr. Madill also served on the United States Commission for Civil Rights.
He is survived by his widow, three sons and a daughter, Dennis, Jimmie, and Kathi, all Bountiful, and Kent, Berkeley, Mich. Also surviving are two brothers and three sisters, Melvern and Delbert, both Bountiful; Mrs. Kenneth (Mae) Booth, Magna; Mrs. Wayne (Vera) Hammond, Lake Point, Tooele County, and Mrs. James (Fern) Marchant, California.
Burial will be in the Memorial Gardens of the Valley.
Salt Lake Tribune (UT) August 6, 1968
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