Alumni

Alphabetical Alumni

Fechser, Kenneth F.

Kenneth Fechser

Class of 1925. Kenneth F. Fechser. He received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1925. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 404. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1928. Kenneth F. Fechser. He received a BS Degree in Elementary Teaching in 1928. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 404.

Felt, Paul Ernest, Jr.
37 Banbury Crescent
Craigieburn Vic, Australia AU

Paul Felt

Class of 1962. Paul E. Felt, Jr. Senior Class Vice President. Basketball, Track, Baseball, Dramatics, Band President, Drum Major, Seminary Graduate, Y Club. BYU Geology 1966. LDS Business College AA Higher Accounting & Business Administration 1968. @2007

Felt, Paul Ernest, Sr.

Paul Felt

Faculty & Staff. Paul Ernest Felt, Sr., teacher, 1940-1941.

Felt, Yvonne
64 North Beacon Drive
Cedar City, Utah 84720 US

Yvonne Jordan

Work: (435) 865-1722

Class of 1966 ~ Honorary. Yvonne Felt. Attended BYH in Eighth Grade, 1961-1962. Yvonne married _____ Jordan. BYU 1970.

Fenn, Archie

Archie Fenn

BY Academy High School Commercial Class of 1895. Archie Fenn. He received a Special Certificate in Phonography [shorthand from dictation]. Source: Salt Lake Tribune, May 23, 1895.

Fenton, Maud

Maud Fention

Class of 1918. Maud Fenton. She received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1918. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 110.

Ferguson, Barlow
Boise, Idaho US

Barlow and Rachel Ferguson

Class of 1880. Barlow Ferguson. ~ ~ ~ ~ Barlow Ferguson was born on December 5, 1859 at San Francisco, Yerba Buena, California (sic) [or in Salt Lake City, Utah]. His parents were General James Ferguson and Lucy Nutting Ferguson. Barlow married Rachel Adelia Tanner on May 14, 1885 [or March 11, 1885 -- less reliable source] in Beaver, Utah. Barlow Ferguson died on July 19, 1926. ~ ~ ~ ~ Wallsburg, April 1881. Editor, Deseret News: "Our day school has been taught this winter by Brother Barlow Ferginson (sic), a graduate of the Brigham Young Academy, a rising young man, who will, I have no doubt, make an honorable mark in the world. Your brother in the gospel of peace. ~ ~ George Dabling. [Deseret News, April 27, 1881.] ~ ~ ~ ~ He was listed in the Deseret News as a participant in The People's Party of Salt Lake County in 1890, and in the Republican Party in 1891 and thereafter. ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY OF HIS MOTHER: Mrs. Lucy Ferguson, whose death was recorded in yesterdays NEWS, was born in Hatfield, Massachusetts, October 1, 1825. When at the age of 21, while unmarried, she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and was the only one of her family that ever embraced the Gospel. She had been working in the factory and had laid up sufficient money to pay her passage from New York to San Francisco. All her folks shunned her after having joined the Church. She sailed from New York on the ship Brooklyn in Brannan's Company, was on the water six months, and landed at San Francisco when the place was a village of about 200 or 300 people. She there met and became acquainted with General James Ferguson, who came to California as one of the Mormon Battalion. They were married at San Francisco and then started for Utah. She rode from California to Utah on horseback, landing here in the spring of 1848. She lived in Salt Lake City with her husband James Ferguson until 1861, when she with her family of five children moved to the town of Lehi, Utah county, where she lived until 1890; then she moved to Salt Lake City and has since resided with her son, Attorney Barlow Ferguson. She was a faithful Latter-day Saint up to the time of her death. She leaves a large circle of friends and acquaintances to mourn her loss. She had suffered with a cough for about six years, which with organic heart trouble took her off. She did not suffer a great deal of pain during her last illness. She was surrounded by all her children at the time of her death. The funeral takes place tomorrow, the 9th, at 11 o'clock, in the Fifteenth ward meeting house. Bishop Orson F. Whitney will deliver the funeral sermon. [Deseret Evening News, January 8, 1895.] ~ ~ ~ ~ "Barlow Ferguson, formerly an attorney of Salt Lake, who resides in Boise, Idaho, is in Salt Lake on a business trip". [Salt Lake Herald, February 2, 1906.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS BIOGRAPHY: Barlow Ferguson. Born: December 5, 1859 at San Francisco, Yerba Buena, California. Died: July 19, 1926. ~ ~ "Barlow Ferguson, senior member of the law firm of Ferguson and Cannon. Among the well-known and able attorneys of Salt Lake City, the career of Barlow Ferguson is one that may well furnish both diversion and instruction to the reader of these pages. A native son of Utah, born and reared amid the inspiring associations to be found in this western country, where the very air makes one's pulse beat and the brain clearer, he early took up the study of the law and began active practice in his young manhood, practicing alone for some time and forming his present partnership about 1892. He is alert and wide-awake, level-headed and his uniform success in handling big cases has brought him a large volume of valuable business, and he is at this time attorney for the leading mercantile and manufacturing establishments of this State. Mr. Ferguson was born in Salt Lake City on December 5, 1859, and is the son of General James Ferguson and Lucy (Nutting) Ferguson. The father was born in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, February 23, 1828, remaining there until thirteen years of age, when he went to Liverpool, and there remained until he reached manhood. He was a self-taught man, never having attended school after he was nine years of age. In Liverpool he first heard the doctrines of Mormonism preached, and being convinced of the truth of that religion, was baptized into the Church and came to America in 1847, at the age of nineteen years. He was among those who started for Utah in 1847. He was Adjutant-General of the Utah Militia, and upon the call coming for volunteers for the war against Mexico, was one of the first to volunteer his services, and became a Sergeant-Major in the Mormon Battalion [under Captain James Brown Company "C"]. He made the entire trip across the deserts of Colorado and Mexico with his company, suffering untold privations and hardships, and when the Battalion was divided in New Mexico, was among those who went on to California to the relief of General Kearney. He came to Salt Lake with his company in 1849. He took up the study of the law, practicing up to the time of his death in 1863. He was also prominently identified with the newspaper life of Salt Lake City, establishing the Mountaineer, having associated with him Seth M. Blair, and continued to publish that paper up to a few years previous to his demise. Locally he had quite a reputation as an actor in the early days of Salt Lake City. He took a leading part in all the affairs of the city during his life time, and was well known and highly esteemed. He died at the age of thirty-five years. He married in San Francisco to Miss Lucy Nutting, the mother of our subject. She was the mother of five children. Mrs. Ferguson, then Miss Nutting, at her home in Hatfield, Massachusetts, joined the Mormon Church in 1846. Then a lone girl at the age of twenty-one, left her parents, relatives and friends, took passage on the ship Brooklyn, a sailing vessel, and after a six �months' perilous voyage rounded Cape Horn, touched at Honolulu and landed at San Francisco, then a town of only two hundred people. It was there she met and married Mr. Ferguson. Her first child, Julia, now the wife of C. H. Brown, of Liberty, Idaho, was born in the Old Fort, now the Sixth Ward Square, in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Ferguson was a strong and vigorous minded woman, and endured all the hardships incident to the early times here in Utah with a light heart, having to the end the greatest faith in her religion, which enabled her to endure these hardships without a murmur. After her marriage Mrs. Ferguson made the trip from San Francisco to Salt Lake City on horseback. She died in this city in 1895. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Lehi, and later in the Brigham Young Academy at Provo, from which institution he graduated in 1880. After his graduation he started out in Park City to make his own way in life, beginning by cutting cord wood, teaching school and anything that came to hand. He had always had a strong predilection for the study of the law, and all his spare time was devoted to study along this line. He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court in 1886, and opened his office in Salt Lake City, practicing by himself and building up a fine business. About 1892 he formed a partnership with John M. Cannon under the firm name of Ferguson and Cannon, and this firm has rapidly come to the front as among the best practitioners in the State. Mr. Ferguson was married in 1885 to Miss Rachel Tanner, daughter of Sidney Tanner and Rachel (Neyman) Tanner, who came to Utah in 1850. Five children have been born of this marriage, four of whom are living - Ratie Ferguson, James Barlow Ferguson, Blaine Ferguson and Keith Ferguson. In politics Mr. Ferguson is a Republican and has been quite an active worker for his party. He held the office of County Attorney for Beaver county and was at one time Assistant City and County Attorney for Salt Lake county. He is a member of the Mormon Church in which he is an Elder. He is at this time attorney for the Utah Sugar Company and Zion's Savings Bank and Trust Company, and also for the Bear River Water Company, the State Bank of Utah and the Salt Lake Theater. In social life Mr. Ferguson numbers many warm friends, being possessed of most gentle�manly and unassuming manners, and is quite unspoiled by the honors that have come to him and which have been won by his own undaunted pluck, perseverance and splendid energy." Barlow Ferguson died on July 19, 1926. [Source: See website.]

Ferguson, Carma
3449 Navajo
Provo, Utah 84604 US

Carma and Joe Jackson

Home: (801) 374-0856

Class of 1943. Carma Ferguson. Fauvines 1-2-3, Notre Maison 2, Banter newspaper 1-2, Spanish Club 2, Girl's Athletic Association 1-2. ~ ~ ~ ~ Carma married Joe Jackson. Joe worked in the gasoline business, and they have moved around extensively. They lived in California for 13 years, before returning to Provo. They have children and grandchildren.

Ferguson, Dawna

Dawna Ferguson

Class of 1953. Chorus, Interpretive Contest.

Ferguson, Dixie

Dixie Ferguson

Class of 1960 ~ Honorary. Participated in BYJrH Music. Attended in 1957. Her family owned Ferguson's Grocery Store in the Lower Campus neighborhood.

Ferguson, Kim

Kim Ferguson

Class of 1973. Kim Ferguson.

Ferguson, Luana
1280 Summer Poppy Dr.
St. George, Utah 84790 US

Lue Clifford

Home: 435-673-5894

Class of 1945. Luana "Lue" Ferguson. She married _______ Clifford. Lue was the founder and headmistress of private schools in Sacramento, California and Reno, Nevada. She retired to St. George, Utah in 1999. @2009

Ferguson, Orpha [Fergusen,]

Orpha Ferguson

Class of 1919. Orpha Ferguson graduated from BYH in College Hall on Wednesday, May 28, 1919. Source 1: 1919 Graduation Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Second source: 1919 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, pages 61-74. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1919. Orpha Ferguson. She received a BYH Business Diploma in 1919. Source: Annual Report, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 150.

Ferguson, Roger Nephi
Scottsdale, Arizona US

Roger and Sybil Ferguson

Class of 1950. Roger Ferguson. Married Sybil Clarke, daughter of BYH Principal A. John Clarke. ~ ~ ~ ~ On January 17, 1972, Four Star, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of Idaho. All of the stock of Four Star was owned by Roger and Sybil Ferguson and two other shareholders. On March 10, 1972, Roger and Sybil Ferguson purchased all of the stock of Four Star owned by the two other shareholders. In March 1975, the corporate name of Four Star was changed to Diet Center, Inc. (Diet Center). From 1975 to March 31, 1985, Roger Ferguson, Sybil Ferguson, and their son, Michael Ferguson, were president, secretary/treasurer, and executive vice-president of Diet Center, respectively, and those individuals constituted the Board of Directors of Diet Center. American Health Companies, Inc. (AHC), was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 8, 1983. On or about April 1, 1985, AHC acquired, through a series of corporate transactions, Diet Center, which, theretofore, had been wholly owned by petitioners Roger and Sybil Ferguson and their five children, including petitioner Michael Ferguson. AHC, through franchises operating under the name of Diet Center, provided weight loss and diet counseling services and marketed a variety of vitamins, minerals, and food products. Operate the Roger and Sybil Ferguson Charitable Foundation. Book: THE DIET CENTER COOKBOOK by Sybil Ferguson, Copyright 1986 by Diet Center, Inc.; published by Simon and Schuster, New York. With color photographs by Simon Metz. ISBN# 0671604457. ----- After Sybil Ferguson lost 56 pounds, her neighbors wanted to learn her secrets. A support group began to meet each morning to discuss their weight-loss experiences and to encourage one another. Sybil latched onto this successful support-group idea and franchised it throughout the United States and Canada. The Diet Center, with over $45 million in annual revenues, made a personal dream to lose weight an international weight-loss program. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Roger Nephi Ferguson, born September 6, 1932, returned home to his Father in Heaven on April 7, 2012. He died of asbestosis, peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family. He was born to Byron and Fawn Ferguson in Santa Monica, California. He was the second of seven children. His family moved to Provo, Utah, where in 1950 he graduated from Brigham Young High School and attended Brigham Young University. When he was 19, he married his childhood sweetheart and the love of his life, Sybil Rae Clarke, on July 10, 1952, in the Manti Utah LDS Temple. They were married 60 years this July. His wife and five children were the most important achievements of his life. Roger enjoyed the outdoors; he loved golfing, fishing, hunting and spending time with his family and friends. Roger was always busy and enjoyed people and sharing what he had. He loved his family, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was involved in all of their lives and tried to help each one as he felt they needed. Education was important to him. He set up an education fund for his posterity and a scholarship education endowment fund for others. He was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he devoted much of his time and talents serving others. Roger was a true entrepreneur. Together with his wife, he developed Diet Center International, where they had over 2,600 franchises. He owned farms, ranches, a fish hatchery, an ice plant, a pharmaceutical laboratory and a print shop. He had many real estate holdings and development companies. He had many accomplishments including being the youngest president of the Utah Asbestos Installation Union, receiving the Rexburg Area Chamber of Commerce's Lifetime Achievement award, receiving the Farmers Merchant Banquet's Farmer of the Year award, being named Who's Who in America Business, being named Who's Who in the West, being inducted into the Idaho Hall of Fame, being on the Board of Directors of American Health Company, 7 hole-in-ones, and being president of Diet Center International, Inc. Diet Center Inc. was listed at number 13 in the top 100 Franchises in America by the International Franchise Association. Roger was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Gayla Ferguson and Julie Hamling. He is survived by his wife, Sybil; children, Debra (David) Preece, Michael (VaLene) Ferguson, Wade (Lanell) Ferguson, Lois (Jeff) Webb, Rissa (Eric) Koenig; 28 grandchildren; and 43 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 14, at 11 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Larkspur Ward building, 9565 East Larkspur Drive, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85260. A "Celebration of Life" gathering will be held April 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the same address. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Hospice of Arizona in Roger's name, at 19820 N. 7th Avenue, Suite 130, Phoenix, Arizona, 85027. Arrangements by Bunker's Garden Chapel, Mesa, Arizona. [Rexburg Idaho Standard Journal, April 12, 2012]

Ferre, Rachel Catharine
Provo, Utah US

Rachel and Isaac McEwan

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Rachel Catharine Ferre. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Rachel Catharine Ferre was born the day after Christmas, December 26, 1860 in Provo, Utah. Her parents: Roswell Chapin Ferre and Rachel Catherine Hollister. Rachel married Isaac Higbee McEwan on Christmas Day, December 25, 1879, at the age of 19. She died on February 2, 1889, in Provo, Utah, at the age of 28.

Ferrel, Zella Violate

Zella Ferrel

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1906. Zella Violate Ferrel. She received a Special Certificate in Shorthand and Typewriting. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 176.

Ferrell, Marilyn Kay

Marilyn and Larry Dennis

Class of 1955~H. Marilyn Kay Ferrell. Attended BYH in 1952-53. Married Larry Eugene Dennis in Payette, Idaho, on November 26, 1966. Brent Beck said that Marilyn is living in Wyoming. @2005

Ferrin, Martha E.

Martha Ferrin

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1906. Martha E. Ferrin. She received a Special Certificate in. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 177.

Few, Reba

Reba Few

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Reba Few. She received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 267.

Fielding, Jay S.
1085 South 150 West
Orem, Utah 84058 US

Jay Fielding

Work: (801) 225-6067

Faculty & Staff. Jay Fielding. Counseling & Guidance. 1966-1967. BYU MED Educational Psychology 1990. @2007

Fielding, Phillip D.
4872 Three Fountains Drive Apt 154
Murray, Utah 84107 US

Phil Fielding

Work: (801) 270-5731

Class of 1966 - Honorary Member. Phillip Fielding. BYU 1974.

Fietkau, Elzada Elizabeth
Sandy, Utah US

Elzada and Ward Evans

Class of 1926 ~ Honorary. "Elzada Fietkan" (sic), of Boneta, Utah, was a 1st Year (freshman) student at Brigham Young High School in 1923. She is not listed in later classes. Background sources: BYU/BYH Annual Catalogues for the School Years 1923-24, 1924-25, and 1925-26. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: On 22 December 1999 (Mrs Ward) Elzada Elizabeth Fietkau Evans, 93, of Sandy, Utah followed the setting sun to rejoin her loved ones and her Heavenly Father on the other side of the veil. Born 14 March, 1906 in Milburn, Sanpete County, Utah, to Elmira Mower and Carl Elmer Fietkau. Moved to Boneta, Duchesne County, Utah in 1912 where she attended schools at Boneta and Duchesne. She also attended Brigham Young Academy at Provo, Utah [Note: BYA ceased to exist in 1903 -- she also attended either BYH or BYU.]. On February 1, 1928, she married her neighbor and sweetheart, Ward Evans, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together they built a house, cleared the land and began a family. They lived in Boneta 1928 - 1952, Maeser, Uintah County, 1952 - 1977, and Sandy, Utah 1977 - 1999. Elzada was preceded in death by her devoted husband, Ward; and two sons: Warren Kent, and Gayle Griffin Evans. She is survived by her sons, Gordon (Beth) Evans of West Valley City, Chad (Betty) Evans, Roosevelt, Wendell (Donna) Evans, Coalville, Forrest (Luella) Evans, Murray, Conrad (Pat) Evans of Salt Lake, Val (Joyce) and Burke Evans of Sandy; daughters, (Dawn) Eloise Gatherum of Roy, (Terry) Katherine Thimmis of La Grande, Oregon; brother, Ross (Janet) Fietkau of North Ogden; sisters, Bernice Abplanalp of Yucaipa, California, (Jack) Ruby Fitzwater, Salt Lake City, and (Napier) Alice Swasey of Roosevelt, Utah; Her progeny include 42 grandchildren; 78 great-grandchildren; and 16 great great-grandchildren. Mother Evans, a diligent and active member of the LDS Church, had two main goals in life; leading her progenitors back to the presence of her Father in Heaven by example and serving the Lord in the variety of positions she was called to with all her heart, might, mind, and strength. She felt compelled to comb the earth searching for the records of her ancestors. This she did as long as possible. We know she will continue this process along with her loved ones in her new home. Thanks mom, for your life, your love and your shinning example of goodness. Funeral services were held Tuesday, December 28th, 1999, in Sandy, Utah. Interment, Boneta/Mountain Home Cemetery, Mountain Home, Utah. [Deseret News, Sunday, December 26, 1999]

Fifield, Lola Maxine [Fiefield,]

Lola Fifield

Class of 1946. Lola Maxine Fifield [or less likely, Fiefield]. She graduated from BYH on May 23, 1946. Source: 1946 BYH Graduation Exercises Program.

Fillerup, Albert Frederick [1896]
Provo, Utah US

Albert &Luella/Grace Fillerup

Circa BYA Class of 1896. Albert Fillerup. Albert, at age 18, was a member of the first BYA football team in 1896. Source. ~ ~ See also source.~ ~ ~ ~ Albert Frederick Fillerup was born on May 24, 1878 at Lakeview, Utah. He was a twin to his brother Zenos [or Zenas] Fillerup. They were born on their mother's birthday. They were third from the youngest in a family of nine. His parents were Andrew Peter Fillerup, 1831�1912 and Caroline Rasmussen Fillerup, 1842�1901. His parents were married on June 30, 1867 on the Atlantic Ocean. He first married Luella May Lane, 1879�1916, on April 1905 in Forsyth, Rosebud, Montana. Their children included Arva Fillerup, 1906�1907; Marvan Lane Fillerup, 1907�1980; Luella Fillerup, 1909�2002; Inez Fillerup, 1912�1990; and Albert Lane Fillerup, 1914�1995. Luella died on April 19, 1916 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Albert second married Grace Stevenson McDonald, 1888�1984, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on December 3, 1919. Albert F. Fillerup passed away on June 11, 1959 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ See photographs, stories and obituary.

Fillerup, Albert [1903]
Vinyard, Utah US

Albert Fillerup

BYH Class of 1903~Honorary. Albert Fillerup, Normal & High School Class of 1903 (seniors). Source: Brigham Young Academy & Normal Training School, Catalogue & Announcements, for 27th Academic Year, 1902-1903, Listing of Normal & High School Students, Class of 1903, including Students with 108-144 Hours Credit at the Close of the 1st Semester, 1901-1902, p. 136.