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Francis Cheney LeBaron
Jan 27, 1930 ~ Apr 24, 2013
SAN JOSE, CA-Francis Cheney LeBaron was born in Barnwell, Alberta, Canada, the 4th of 10 children. His hands were held by family members as he passed away in the hospital.
He is survived by his devoted wife of 59 years, Veda (Pilling), and their eight children: Debbie (Dave), Brian (Michelle), Karen (John), Mark (Debi), Linda (Carl), Brenda (Randy), Judy (Kerry), and Gary (Patti). He cherished each of his 42 grandchildren and their spouses, and his 28 great-grandchildren.
Francis served a mission in Australia for the Mormon Church. He graduated with a BS degree in Animal Husbandry from BYU, and a Master's in Agronomy from Utah State. After graduation he was drafted into the Army at the USEUR in Heidelberg, Germany and served as a military policeman.
Francis moved his family to San Jose in 1966 to work for the USP Cannery. After it closed, he opened a health food/survival store in 1970. With great passion and dedication he and Veda ran The Beehive Country Store until 2003, at which time they retired and sold the business to his daughter to work on his research of Dr. Francis LeBaron coming to America from France, a book that will be published this year.
Francis' energetic personality kept him involved in church activities, poetry, traveling, research, photography, gardening, and creating fun family memories!
Please wear colorful clothing to his service in memory of his zest for life and love of nature.
Funeral services will be Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. with a viewing from 9:00-10:45 a.m. in the American Fork LDS 19th Ward Chapel, 1305 North 100 East. Burial in the American Fork Cemetery under the direction of Anderson & Sons Mortuary. Online memories and condolences may be shared at http://www.andersonmortuary.com/node/1096.
Published in Deseret News on May 2, 2013
Willmirth (Wilma) Mary Johnson
April 29, 1915 ~ February 1, 2013
Viewing: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Gillies Funeral Chapel, 634 East 200 South, Brigham City, UT and Friday at Eastland LDS Church in Eastland, Utah from 12 Noon to 12:40 p.m.
Funeral services: Friday, February 9, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.
Interment: Mt. View Cemetery in Eastland.
PERRY - Willmirth Mary Johnson, 97, passed away suddenly on Friday, February 1, 2013 from a heart attack at her home in Perry, Utah. She was born on April 29, 1915 in Mesa, Arizona, a daughter of James Henry and Stella Mary Clark Johnson. Wilma married Donald Agustus McPherson on April 24, 1942 in Mesa, Arizona.
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Wells B. Johnson Obituary
Wells B. Johnson
1924 ~ 2013
Our dear father, grandfather and great grandfather passed away on April 21st 2013 in his home in Pleasant Grove, Utah. He was born on Aug. 1st 1924 in Salt Lake City, UT. to Harold T. and Chloe Brinkerhoff Johnson. He served in the Merchant Marines during WWII. He married Daphney Lund on Sept. 22, 1950 in the Salt Lake Temple. He graduated from the U of U in 1961 with a B.S. degree. He was an active member of the LDS Church and served in many callings including Bishop in N. Las Vegas, NV.
He is survived by his children Wells L. (Ruth), Rebecca (Craig) Lueck, Ronald (Diane), Lamont (Debbie), Bonnie (Richard) Dean, Sharie (Bart) Dowdle, Michael (LeAnn) and Michele (James) Woodmansee; 44 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Also survived by siblings Stanley Johnson and Almeda Ranck. He was preceded in death by his wife Daphney, and son Mark Johnson.
Funeral services will be held Fri. April 26th 2013 at the Garden 6th Ward Chapel, 905 N. 500 W., Pleasant Grove, UT at 12 noon with viewings at the church Thursday 6-8pm and Friday 10:45-11:45am. Interment at Larkin Sunset Gardens 10600 S. 1950 E. Sandy, UT. Online condolences at www.larkincares.com.
Scottish Country Dancing
The son of Benjamin Franklin Johnson, William Sawyer Johnson, married Cynthia Arthusa McClellan who had Scottish ancestors.
Scottish Country Dancing the 4th Saturday each month.
27 April 2013, 25 May 2013, 22 June 2013
6:00-8:00 PM
At the Day Meadow Chapel
The Church of Jesus Christ
Of Latter-day Saints
6050 Chapel Dr (10680 North)
Highland, Utah 14th & 6th ward building
You are invited to join us to learn about our Scottish Heritage.
Doctrine and Covenants 136:28
28 If thou art merry, praise the Lord with singing, with music, with dancing, and with a prayer of praise and thanksgiving.
Family Announcements
90th Birthday Open-House Celebration
for
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
at
The Lions' Park Pavilion (1280 N 950 W, Provo, UT 84604.)
Imogene has very limited vision, so please introduce yourself to her, since she may not be able to see you well enough to recognize you,
unless you tell her your name.
No gifts please. But please bring a picture, a story, or a memory to share.
We will serve birthday cake and drinks, but you are invited to bring your own food for a picnic in the park, and stay to eat and visit with each other.
At 7:30 PM we will have a sing-along led by Imogene,
followed by a snowball dance in the pavilion.
Fred and Doris Stapley of Mesa, Arizona completed 68 years of marriage on January 5, 2013, with four children, sixteen grandchildren (including 2 sets of twins), and 65 great grandchildren (including 5 sets of twins).
My Trip to the St. George Temple
MY TRIP TO THE ST. GEORGE TEMPLE 1897: Samuel Joseph Johnson, Grandson to BFJ
I was married to Cora May Allred, in the fall of 1896, on September 30. We were married by my grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Johnson. Our first son, Joseph Elbert, was born in Nephi, Arizona, July 31,1897.
There were several people planning to take a trip to the St. George Temple in August. I was very desirous to go to the House of the Lord so I commenced saving and planning also.
I started out in the early spring to work on the threshing machines. After putting in seventy days in the harvest fields, the time for leaving on the trip was drawing near, so I began to inquire of those who had made the trip before, how much it would cost me. They said that it would cost $125. After checking my tithing, I found that I only had $70 left. Sunday morning the Bishop asked me if I was going with the company. I told the Bishop that if I payed my tithing, I would not have enough money left to go.
Julia Hills Ancestral Lines
Research Report: Julia Hills Johnson Ancestral lines: Fisher, Man, Metcalf, Partridge
Research by Rue Lynn Galbraith, during the months of November and December 2012
Click here to download and read the Research Report
Family History Corrections
New Corrections Added - Please click the "Read More" button for more details.
The Benjamin Franklin Johnson Family Genealogical Research Committee (hereafter called the JGRC) is currently involved in a project to document as much of the information on the family group sheets of Ezekiel and Julia Hills Johnson and their ancestors as possible. As we have worked on this, some of the mistakes in our classic family books and documents have come to our attention. Writing accurate family history (even our own) is very challenging because of missing or conflicting information or our own very human assumptions, misremembering, and mistakes. Sometimes misinformation from a simple typo can be eternally perpetuated, especially in our electronic age.
While we do not expect that we will ever have completely error-free information, we want family members to have access to the most accurate information available; so we are listing our findings below, and invite you to use it to correct your own genealogical records. We also invite you to submit any additional corrections for inaccurate information of which you are aware. We will update this page as new information is received.
Please click here to see a list of the research we need to get done! We are looking for more help!
Carol Walters
Chair, BFJ Genealogical Research Committee
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801-375-2233
Opting Out of Newsletter by Mail
We wish to thank all those who have sent us current addresses for persons on the Lost Sheep list. A few more of our Lost Sheep are now found!
We also want to express thanks to all of you who have chosen to opt out of receiving the Newsletter by mail, and instead will download it from the bfjfamily.org website. This will result in a substantial savings to our organization! We will notify you by Email when the next Newsletter has been put on the website.
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Lost Sheep
Please Help Us Find Our Lost Sheep!
We have a large list of family members whose addresses have been returned by the Post Office as no longer valid.
Click here to see the USA list
Click here to see the Canada list
Click here to see the BFJ siblings descendants list
If you have current information for any of the family members on the lost sheep lists, or you can point us to someone who does, please send an email with that information to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Thank you very much for your help!!
Next Quarterly Genealogical Research Committee Meeting:
- Saturday, April 20, 2013
- 9:00 am
- SLC Family History Library