Alphabetical Alumni
Brimhall, Faun

Brimhall, Faun

Faun Brimhall

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1909. Faun Brimhall. She received a Diploma in Regular Arts. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 226.

Brimhall, Fay

Brimhall, Fay
Provo, Utah US

Fay Brimhall

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1906 and 1908. Fay Brimhall of Provo, Utah. In 1906 she also received a Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 226. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School, Class of 1908. Fay Brimhall. She received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 226. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1908. Fay Brimhall, a Normal graduate. BYU [& BYH] Class of 1908 Listing of BYH Normal, High School, Commercial, Music, Agriculture, and Arts & Trades graduates. Source: Brigham Young University & Normal Training School, Catalogue & Announcements, for 33rd Academic Year, 1908-1909, pp. 128-130.

Brimhall, George H. II (1959~H)
9211 North Martingale Road
Paradise Valley, Arizona 85253 US

George and Brenda Brimhall

Class of 1959 ~ Honorary. George H. Brimhall II. ~ ~ ~ ~ His parents: Wells Smoot (Smoot) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1932] and Viva Maurine (Maurine) Jones Brimhall [BYA Foundation member], married in Salt Lake City in 1935. Their children: Janelle Brimhall [BYH Class of 1955] (Peter) Lysenko, Provo, Utah; Stephen (Mary Jo) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1958 ~ Honorary], Menlo Park, California; George (Brenda) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1959 ~ Honorary], Paradise Valley, Arizona; Bonnie Brimhall (Dick) Kofford, Orem, Utah; Wells L. (Susan) Brimhall (deceased), Phoenix, Arizona. ~ ~ ~ ~ George H. Brimhall II, BYU BA Sociology 1966. He married Brenda

Brimhall, George Henry (1880)

Brimhall, George Henry (1880)
Provo, Utah US

George and 2 Brimhall

BYA High School Class of 1880. George Henry Brimhall. He was one of the first graduates of the BYA. Brimhall also served as Fourth Principal of Brigham Young High School Principal from 1895 to 1900. He studied at the Timpanogos Branch of the University of Deseret in Provo, a predecessor of both the University of Utah and Brigham Young Academy. The Timpanogos Branch was a Provo high school extension of the school that became the University of Utah; after financial problems forced the closure of its Provo branch, it reopened the next year on January 3, 1876, with the same principal [Warren Dusenberry] in the same building [Lewis Hall] but with a new name: Brigham Young Academy. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. Theology, Pedagogy, and Psychology teacher, 1897-1932. He appears in a photo of the first faculty to serve under Principal Benjamin Cluff in 1892. Fourth Principal of BY Academy 1895 to 1900. From 1900 to 1904 N. L. Nelson became Principal of BY High School. Brimhall became President of Brigham Young University from 1904 until 1921. Students under Brimhall remembered his tenure as "the good old Brimhall days." This is intended as a compliment to the spirit and personality of George H. Brimhall, for he breathed into the school a special charisma which people never forgot. He was particularly known for his short, pithy talks at devotionals. Ezra Taft Benson has written "No man has so inspired me with so few spoken words as has President Brimhall in his famous four-minute assembly talks." The President was equally impressive in his full dissertations. Often when speaking to the students he was both intense and dramatic and could either inspire them or evoke tender pathos or a sense of horrific guilt, illustrated in an incident reported by J. Edward Johnson, who describes a real "scorcher" given by Brimhall after a rash of pilfering had hit the student body at BYU. Brimhall was particularly incensed over the theft of a watch from a gym locker. "None who heard him would ever forget how small, little, unbelievably diminutive he made that thief." With dramatic pauses Brimhall said that if the culprit had "even so much as a trace of conscience and character every tick of that watch would say to him, 'thief." 'Thief, thief; thief, thief; thief, thief.'" He suggested that perhaps the guilty person might want to return the watch. The story goes that when he came into his office early the following morning, Brimhall found several watches on his desk. George H. Brimhall was a strong and compelling personality with wide versatility in talent and achievement. In terms of his time and culture he must be credited with high marks for his devotion to Brigham Young Academy and BYU, the Church, and the state. While rearing 14 children, presiding over the Church University, and serving on the Church Board of Examiners, he still found time to write, teach, preach, and counsel. He not only guided the University through some of its most difficult times, but also guided students in choosing the paths they would follow in life. "The school depends not on man, or any set of men. God planted it and we are but gardeners to take care of it." —George H. Brimhall Born: December 9, 1852 in Salt Lake City. Died: July 29, 1932 in Provo, Utah. Father: George Washington Brimhall (1814–1895); Mother: Rachel Ann Myers (1829–1917). Families: A~~ Alsina Elizabeth Wilkins (1856–1926) md. December 28, 1874 - 1. Lucy Jane (1875–1957); 2. Alsina Elizabeth (1876–1960); 3. [unnamed] (b. ca. 1878); 4. George Washington (1878–1854); 5. Mark Henry (1880–1965); 6. Wells Lovett (1882–1947); 7. Milton Albert (1883–1884). B~~ Flora McDonald Robertson (1865–1950) md. September 11,1885 - 1. Dean Robertson (1886–1972); 2. Fay Robertson (1889–1972); 3. Fawn Robertson (1889–1960); 4. Burns Robertson (1892–1976); 5. Ruth Afton (1895–1965); 6. Alta Robertson (1901–1903); 7. Areo Robertson (1909–1990); 8. One living (Ancestral File). Despite dire financial conditions, George's mother was determined that he get an education. He attended school in Ogden, Salt Lake, Cedar Fort, southern Utah, and Spanish Fork. When a high school was started in Provo —- the Dusenberry school on Second East, then known as Timpanogos University -- George worked odd jobs to pay for his board. When he couldn't find work, the family sacrificed, despite hard financial times, so he could attend. Then, 42 young men decided it would be a good idea to have a high school in Spanish Fork and they contributed $15 each in work and funds. They brought logs down from Santaquin Canyon. In 40 days they had a big house-raising with the whole community present. They called it the Young Men's Academy but women came too. His first wife attended. Tom Beesley taught the first, and Brimhall taught the next two or three years, incuding Algebra, Bookkeeping, Grammar, History, and Elocution. Brimhall became Spanish Fork's superintendent of schools for two terms, then County School Superintendent for two years. He was authorized to be ordained a patriarch by LDS Church apostles in 1887. In 1897 George joined the Brigham Young Academy faculty. When Brigham Young Academy President George Cluff took an expedition to South America in 1900, Brimhall was named acting president, and then succeeded Cluff in 1904. In 1903 the academy had become Brigham Young University. Brimhall introduced the B.S. program in 1904 and the B.A. in 1907. The Maeser Memorial was completed in 1911. It was also the year that a conflict between orthodox church teachings, and evolution and higher criticism, came to a head, leading to the dismissal or resignation of Joseph and Henry Peterson, and Ralph Chamberlain. Brimhall had hired the three and was sympathetic toward the professors, but Superintendent of Church Schools Horace Cummings was determined to rid BYU of "modernists". Despite severe chest and abdominal pain, which he suffered throughout his life, George Brimhall served seventeen years as President of BYU — until 1921. In that year, at age eighty, he took his own life with a hunting rifle. ~~~~ George Henry Brimhall (1853-1932) was the son of George Washington Brimhall (b.1814) and (2) Rachel Ann Mayer (b.1829) of Iron Co., Utah Territory. He married (1) Alsina Elizabeth Wilkins (d.1926), the daughter of George Washington Wilkins and Catherine Augusta Lovett in 1874. He married (2) Flora Robertson in 1885. He was the father of 15 children. He served as an instructor and principal at Brigham Young Academy, and later as a President of Brigham Young University (1904-1921). [Brief profile in The Sons of Brigham by T. Earl Pardoe, 1969, pp. 15-25.] ~ ~ ~ ~ In connection with Brigham Young Academy Commencement in May of 1899, an Alumni Banquet was held at the Hotel Roberts in Provo with about two hundred people attending. Four alumni spoke about different periods of time in the life of the Academy. "Prof. G. H. Brimhall brought the narration from '92 to '99. In 1892 the institution was removed from the old warehouse to the present main [Education] building, and in 1899 it 'swarmed' again to the new college. Furthermore, the parent institution has sent out several healthy colonies." Source: Deseret Evening News, May 27, 1899. [The other three speakers: Mrs. Hannah Stubbs Jones, J. Golden Kimball, and Newton Noyes.]

Brimhall, Golden H.

Brimhall, Golden H.
Provo, Utah US

Golden Brimhall

Class of 1926. Golden H. Brimhall. He was the Senior Class President in 1926. Source: 1926 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. Background sources: BYU/BYH Annual Catalogues for the School Years 1923-24, 1924-25, and 1925-26.

Brimhall, Grace

Brimhall, Grace
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Grace and John Calderwood

BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1896. Grace Brimhall of Spanish Fork. Graduated May 1896 with Bachelor of Pedagogy (B.Pd.). Source 1: Deseret News, May 30, 1896. Source 2: Graduation Program 1896. Source 3: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 1, page 3. ~ ~ ~ ~ Grace Brimhall was born on September 5, 1875 in Spanish Fork, Utah. Her parents were George Washington Brimhall and Rachel Ann Myers. Grace married John Calderwood on June 20, 1900. Grace Brimhall Calderwood died on June 19, 1963 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Brimhall, Helen

Brimhall, Helen
Provo, Utah 84604

Helen and Rex Berry

Class of 1942. Helen Brimhall. Fauvines. She married Rex Berry. She died on Saturday, August 30, 2014. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Helen Brimhall Berry, a valiant daughter of our Heavenly Father, died on August 29th, 2014 in Provo, Utah. She was born in Provo, Utah, on November 28, 1923 to Wilford Woodruff Brimhall and Olva Evans Brimhall. She married Charles Rex Berry in Elko, Nevada, on July 28th, 1945. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. They raised their children, Linda Lee Berry Roberts (Dean), Douglas Charles Berry (Lori), and Julie Ann Berry Slaugh (Leigh) in Sandy, Utah. They enjoyed living in San Francisco, California, and Atlanta, Georgia, but were thrilled to be home in Provo. They have 14 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Helen was the best wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend, grandmother, great-grandmother, Relief Society president, Young Women's president, secretary, primary teacher, Young Women's leader, Relief Society teacher, temple worker, and visiting teacher anyone could ever ask for. She loved to golf, sew, paint, camp, fish, and travel the world with Rex and their wonderful friends. She suffered a debilitating stroke in August of 1997 but always kept a cheerful, positive attitude. She loved meeting each of her new great-grandchildren, the ward salmon fry, and watching the birds enjoy her beautiful garden. Rex passed in July of 2005 and she has been anxious to join him. We know their reunion was joyous. She was preceded in death by her sister Lavonda Brimhall Wilson. She is survived by her sister Ruth Brimhall Johnson (Wendall) of Montpelier, Idaho, many nieces and nephews, faithful friends, and her posterity. She is dearly loved and will be missed. Funeral services will be held September 4, 2014 at 11:00 am at the Riverside Ward chapel, 3500 N. 180 E. in Provo, Utah with viewings Wednesday evening from 6-8 pm and on Thursday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 am at the Riverside Ward. Interment to follow at 3:00 pm, Mountain View Memorial Estates, 3115 E. 7800 S. in Cottonwood Heights. Online condolences at www.mountainviewmortuary.com [Deseret News, September 2, 2014] Source. -

Brimhall, Isabell

Brimhall, Isabell
Provo, Utah US

Isabell Brimhall

BYH Class of 1924. Isabell Brimhall, of Provo, Utah. She is a 4th Year (senior) graduate in the Class of 1924. Background sources: BYU/BYH Annual Catalogues for the School Years 1923-24, 1924-25, and 1925-26.

Brimhall, Janelle
4003 Quail Ridge Drive
Provo, Utah 84604-5270 US

Janelle and Peter Lysenko
  • Work: (801) 224-2323

Class of 1955. Janelle Brimhall. Girls State Mayor, Girls Nation, Debate, Debate State Champs, Band Drum Majorette, Pep Club, Thespians, Spanish Club President, Readings, Childrens Theater, Wildcat Yearbook Index Editor, Seminary President, I Speak for Democracy, U.N. Essay Contest, Honor Roll, Senior Hop Committee, Graduation Committee. BYU BS Child Development & Family Relations 1959. Columbia University - NY MA Elementary Education 1974. Married Peter Lysenko, and they have five children. Brigham Young Academy Foundation Member. Her parents: Wells Smoot (Smoot) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1932] and Viva Maurine (Maurine) Jones Brimhall [BYA Foundation member], married in Salt Lake City in 1935. Their children: Janelle Brimhall [BYH Class of 1955] (Peter) Lysenko, Provo, Utah; Stephen (Mary Jo) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1958 ~ Honorary], Menlo Park, California; George (Brenda) Brimhall, Paradise Valley, Arizona; Bonnie Brimhall (Dick) Kofford, Orem, Utah; Wells L. (Susan) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1970] (deceased), Phoenix, Arizona. ~~~ "My most significant contribution during the past ten years has been serving as the Treasurer of the Brigham Young Academy Foundation, the organization that supervised the restoration of our high school campus. We raised $5.5 million of private money, helped pass a Bond Election that provided another $18 million, then supervised the creation of our new Provo City Library at Academy Square. It has truly been a privilege to work on this project. Suzy Liechty of the BY High Class of 1957 was also a member of our foundation. Currently I teach a Parenting Skills class for Turning Point at UVSC." @2005

Brimhall, Jennie (1927)

Jennie Brimhall

Class of 1927. Jennie Brimhall. Jennie is pictured with the BYH Class of 1927 in the BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section.

Brimhall, Jennie [Lucy Jane] (1895)

Brimhall, Jennie [Lucy Jane] (1895)
Provo, Utah US

Jennie and Jesse W. Knight

BY Academy Collegiate Normal Class of 1895. Jennie Brimhall. Received title of Bachelor of Pedagogy (B. Pd.) on May 23, 1895. She served as Historian, and at Commencement Exercises delivered the Class History. Source 1: Salt Lake Tribune, May 24, 1895. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: Class of 1895. Jennie Brimhall appears in a photograph held by the BYU Archives purporting to be "the graduating Class of 1895" (UAP 2 Folder 038) Source 3: Collegiate Class of 1895: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 1, page 3. ~ ~ ~ ~ She married Jesse William Knight. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff: As Mrs. Knight, Jennie Brimhall Knight served as Matron, Training School, 1897-1898, 1907-1911. ~ ~ ~ ~ ONE OF FIRST TWO SINGLE WOMEN MISSIONARIES IN THE LDS CHURCH: Lucy Jane Brimhall and Amanda Inez Knight were the first single sister missionaries called in the Church. They were called 1 April 1898 to serve in Great Britain. Sister Brimhall had graduated from Brigham Young Academy in 1895 and had taught school afterward. She was a close friend of Inez Knight, daughter of Jesse Knight and granddaughter of Newel and Lydia Knight, who were prominent in early Church history. The two had planned a European tour, but these plans were interrupted by their mission call.

Brimhall, LaVonda

Brimhall, LaVonda
Salt Lake City-Mill Creek, Utah US

LaVonda [and Glenn] Wilson

Class of 1940. LaVonda Brimhall. Fauvines. Opera. Girls' Athletic Association. ~ ~ ~ ~ LaVonda Brimhall was born on June 11, 1922 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were Wilford Woodruff Brimhall and Olva D. Evans Brimhall. LaVonda married Glenn Cullimore Wilson on May 4, 1943 in Ely, Nevada. LaVonda Brimhall Wilson died on October 3, 2005. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: LaVonda Brimhall Wilson, 83, passed away October 3, 2005 peacefully at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born June 11, 1922 in Provo, Utah to Wilford W. Brimhall and Olva Evans. She was married to Glenn C. Wilson for 50 years, then divorced. She is survived by her sisters Helen Brimhall Berry and Ruth Brimhall Johnson, and her beloved children David, Carol, Adrian, Jeanne, Sylvia, Richard, Annette, Patricia, Edward, Marilyn. She is also survived by her pride and joy, thirty-nine grandchildren and twenty-seven great grandchildren. She was loved and served by her sons-in-law and daughters-in-law. Her life was devoted to the family that she loved. She attended BY High and BYU and study was a life-long pursuit. LaVonda was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings. She had a special affection for and service to the Cub Scout Program. An artist herself, she served as a docent at the University of Utah Museum of Fine Arts. A family gathering honoring her life was held October 5, 2005. Interment, Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. The family suggested donations to the University of Utah Museum of Fine Arts: 540 Arapeen Drive, Suite 250, SLC, Utah 84108. [Deseret News, Sunday, October 9, 2005.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HER FORMER HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: Glenn C. Wilson, MD, pioneer physician in the western Salt Lake Valley, took the next step in his eternal progression on Friday, the 22nd of September. He was born June 14, 1922, to Angus and Blanche Wilson in Casper, Wyoming. He was a valued role model and mentor for his extended family as well as many colleagues and patients. His children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will remember his wisdom and counsel in making life's decisions. His qualities of compassion, strength, and unconditional love are part of his family's legacy. Dr. Wilson, himself the father of 10 children, delivered over 3,500 babies through the course of his long and successful career. He was the family physician to a great many families over the years. He was known for his compassionate care and powers as a diagnostician. His patients viewed him as a family member and trusted advisor. He was always available for their needs. He embodied all the qualities of an ideal family physician. Exhibiting the highest degree of professionalism, he stayed current in a science that changed dramatically over the course of his career. He was a devoted student of his art throughout his life. Dr. Wilson was a graduate of the University of Utah College of Medicine. He joined the U.S. Navy, attaining rank of Commander during World War II. He served on the staff of St. Mark's Hospital for 48 years. He taught Family Medicine at the University of Utah. He was the recipient of many prestigious community and professional awards, including the Mitsi award for heroism in the workplace from the Eccles College of Business at the University of Utah. He is survived by his wife Ann Moser Wilson, and her daughter Sonja Moser. Former wife Lavonda Brimhall Wilson, mother of: Marilyn May, Edward B. Wilson, Patricia Baatsen, Annette Burns, Richard G. Wilson, Sylvia Mucha, Jeanne Wilson, Adrian A. Wilson, Carol Astill, and David G. Wilson. Siblings: Bernece Carpenter, Eula Mae Riding, Lowell Wilson, and Larry Wilson. He also leaves 40 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren, and more on the way. Friends and family remembered Dr. Glenn C. Wilson at a memorial service on Tuesday, September 26, at the LDS Chapel at 2795 East Crestview Drive in Salt Lake City, Utah. A private family graveside service was held prior to the public service. The family suggested donations to his favorite charity, The American Children's Cancer Society. [Deseret News, Sunday, September 24, 2000.]

Brimhall, Logan

Brimhall, Logan

Logan Brimhall

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1924. Logan Brimhall. He received a BS Degree in Education in 1924. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 58.

Brimhall, Rulon Wells

Brimhall, Rulon Wells

Rulon Brimhall

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1925. Rulon Wells Brimhall. He received an AB Degree in Music in 1925. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 312.

Brimhall, Ruth (1887)

Brimhall, Ruth (1887)

Ruth Brimhall

BY Academy High School Class of 1887. Ruth Brimhall received a Teacher's Certificate. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 21, 1887.

Brimhall, Ruth (1953)
537 N. 5th Street
Montpelier, Idaho 83254-1021

Ruth Johnson

Class of 1953. Ruth Brimhall. Chorus, Fauvines, Notre Maison, Debate, Thespians, Childrens Theater, Graduation Committee. @2001

Brimhall, Sina - 1927 & 1928

Brimhall, Sina - 1927 & 1928

Sina and Gordon M. Stevenson

Class of 1927 & Class of 1928. Sina Brimhall. Graduated from Brigham Young High School on Thursday, May 24, 1928. She also performed on the piano during the ceremonies. Source: The Evening Herald, Provo, Utah, May 23, 1928. ~ ~ ~ ~ Also Class of 1927. Sina Brimhall. Sina is pictured with the BYH Class of 1927 in the BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section. ~ ~ ~ ~ Photograph in newspaper ~ ~ ~ ~ Another photo ~ ~ ~ ~ Sina Brimhall's parents were Wells Lovett Brimhall and Fern Smoot Brimhall. Sina Brimhall, born on June 5, 1910 in Utah, was engaged to and married Gordon M. Stevenson, and the had at least one son, Gordon Stevenson, born in New York about 1940. In 1940 they were living in Manhattan, New York. Gordon McKay Stevenson was born on December 12, 1909 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died on March 16, 1963 in Summit, Union County, New Jersey. Sina predeceased her brother, Wells Smoot Brimhall, born July 19, 1914 in Provo, Utah, graduated from BY High School in the Class of 1932, and he died March 10, 2011. Sina and Wells have a brother, Victor Owen Brimhall, born December 26, 1921, who apparently did not attend BYH.

Brimhall, Sina [Alsina Elisabeth] 1897

Brimhall, Sina [Alsina Elisabeth] 1897
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Sina and Lafayette Holbrook

BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1897. Alsina E. "Sina" Brimhall. Received the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy (B. Pd.) on May 27, 1897. Source 1: The (Provo) Daily Enquirer, May 27, 1897. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: [Sina Brimhall. Name contained in an informal "Cast of Characters" graduation / advertising program of 1897.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 3: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 1, page 32. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 4: Program, BYA Exercises Class of ' 97, Normal Department. ~ ~ ~ ~ Photo, circa 1900 ~ ~ ~ ~ Alsina E. Brimhall was born in December 1887. Her parents were George H. Brimhall and Floria R. Brimhall. Alsina Elisabeth Brimhall Holbrook (1876–1960) and Lafayette Hinckley Holbrook (1877–1969) first met when both attended Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah. They corresponded during Lafayette’s LDS mission to New Zealand (1897–1900) and they married on 15 May 1901. They had eleven (11) children and lived in Raymond, Alberta, Canada; Provo, Utah; and Salt Lake City, Utah.

Brimhall, Stephen
25 Montana Lane
Menlo Park, California 94025

Steve and Mary Jo Brimhall

Class of 1958 - Honorary. [Students who attended BYH or BYJrH but for one reason or another graduated from other schools.] His parents: Wells Smoot (Smoot) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1932] and Viva Maurine (Maurine) Jones Brimhall [BYA Foundation member], married in Salt Lake City in 1935. Their children: Janelle Brimhall [BYH Class of 1955] (Peter) Lysenko, Provo, Utah; Stephen (Mary Jo) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1958 ~ Honorary], Menlo Park, California; George (Brenda) Brimhall, Paradise Valley, Arizona; Bonnie Brimhall (Dick) Kofford, Orem, Utah; Wells L. (Susan) Brimhall (deceased), Phoenix, Arizona. @2001.

Brimhall, Tirzah

Brimhall, Tirzah

Tirzah Brimhall

Class of 1921 ~ Honorary. Tirzah Brimhall. Member of the Class of 1921 as a freshman in 1918.

Brimhall, Tryphina

Brimhall, Tryphina
Provo, Utah US

Tryphina Brimhall

Faculty & Staff. Tryphina Brimhall, Training School, 1893-1894.

Brimhall, Viva Maurine [Jones]

Brimhall, Viva Maurine [Jones]
Orem, Utah US

Maurine and Smoot Brimhall

Brigham Young Academy Foundation Member. See VIVA MAURINE JONES.

Brimhall, Wells Lorin (1970)

Brimhall, Wells Lorin (1970)

Wells and Susan Brimhall

Class of 1970. Wells Lorin Brimhall. OBITUARY: Wells L. Brimhall was born May 15, 1952 in Provo, Utah. He married Susan, and they lived in Phoenix, Arizona. He died December 3, 1989. His parents: Wells Smoot (Smoot) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1932] and Viva Maurine (Maurine) Jones Brimhall [BYA Foundation member], married in Salt Lake City in 1935. Their children: Janelle Brimhall [BYH Class of 1955] (Peter) Lysenko, Provo, Utah; Stephen (Mary Jo) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1958 ~ Honorary], Menlo Park, California; George (Brenda) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1959 ~ Honorary], Paradise Valley, Arizona; Bonnie Brimhall (Dick) Kofford, Orem, Utah; Wells L. (Susan) Brimhall [BYH Class of 1970] (deceased), Phoenix, Arizona.

Brimhall, Wells Smoot (1932)

Brimhall, Wells Smoot (1932)
Orem, Utah US

Smoot-Maurien-Helena Brimhall

Class of 1932. W. Smoot Brimhall. Graduated from Brigham Young High School on Thursday, June 2, 1932. He delivered the address of welcome during the ceremonies. Source: The Evening Herald, Provo, Utah, Wednesday, June 1, 1932. ~ ~ ~ ~ Smoot Brimhall was a member of the BYH Debate Team during the 1930-1931 school year, according to the 1931 BYU Banyan. ~ ~ ~ ~ Wells Smoot Brimhall is a Brigham Young Academy Foundation Member. ~ ~ ~ ~ DEATH NOTICE: W. Smoot Brimhall, age 96, of Provo, passed away March 10, 2011. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street. 801-373-1841 [Provo Herald, March 11, 2011] ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Wells Smoot Brimhall passed away on March 10, 2011 at his home in Provo, Utah. He was born in Provo on July 19, 1914. His parents were Wells Lovett Brimhall & Fern Smoot Brimhall. He attended the BYU Training School, graduating from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1932, and then he graduated from Brigham Young University in 1935. He spent two years studying at Columbia University in New York City and two years of graduate work at Stanford University, where he received the MBA degree. He married Viva Maurine Jones, from Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1935. They were married in the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City. During their married years they lived in Utah, California, New York and Illinois. They had 5 children. Smoot served two years in the military service during World War II. Then he and his family settled in Provo where Smoot was active in business and civic affairs. Smoot joined with Phil Knight to open and operate Knights Men's Shop on University Ave for 20 years. He served terms on the Provo City Commission, Provo City Council, and was a Director of State Bank of Provo, becoming President of the Bank before it merged with the Springville Banking Company and the name changed to Central Bank & Trust Company. He was a member of the High Council of the first LDS Stake on the BYU Campus. He was appointed to the office of Utah State Bank Commissioner (the name of the office later changed to Commissioner of Financial Institutions) by Governor Calvin L. Rampton. He served in that office for 13 years before retiring in 1988, after which he spent several years with Tracy Collins Bank & Trust Company in Salt Lake, serving as Consultant to the Chairman. Smoot was an Eagle Scout and supported the Boy Scout program throughout his life. He was an active member of the Kiwanis Club in Provo and also in Salt Lake City. He and Maurine were both active in support of their son George, and his associates, in the building of family recreation parks and other business activities in California and Arizona. He and Maurine moved back to Utah Valley in 1988 and lived there during the summers and in Phoenix, Arizona, during the winters. Maurine passed away in 2001. Smoot married Helena Call Jacobsen on August 8, 2002, in Jackson Wyoming. They have traveled together, supported each other's children and enjoyed a very special relationship together for the past 8 years. He was pre-deceased by his wife Maurine, his sister, Sina Brimhall Stevenson [BYH Classes of 1927 & 1928] and his son, Wells Lorin Brimhall. He is survived by his wife, Helena, brother Victor O. Brimhall, daughters Janelle Brimhall (Peter) Lysenko and Bonnie Brimhall (Dick) Kofford, his daughter-in-law Sue (Wells, deceased) Brimhall, and sons Stephen (Mary Jo) Brimhall and George (Brenda) Brimhall; Helena's daughters Jeri (John) Snow, Betty Lynne (Ernie) Middleton, and Barbara (Kevin, deceased) Sondrup; 23 grandchildren, 76 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be sent in his name to Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America, 748 N 1340 W, Orem, UT 84057. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at the Pleasant View 9th Ward Chapel, 2445 N Timpview Dr (650 East), Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Provo Daily Herald, Sunday, March 13, 2011] ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY OF HIS FIRST SPOUSE: Viva Maurine (Maurine) Jones Brimhall, civic and church leader, born February 10, 1915, in Provo, Utah to Ivie H. and Lorin F. Jones, died in her Orem home, Saturday, May 5, 2001. Maurine was the eldest and last surviving of four children: Ray L. Jones, Mae La Vieve Sudweeks, and William Elbert Jones. Her family moved to Las Vegas, New Mexico in 1920, and it is in that environment that she grew up, attending Las Vegas public schools and New Mexico Normal University. To help with college expenses, Maurine designed and made Chimayo Indian Sport Coats for Charles Ilfield Company. To further her education, Maurine attended BYU in 1932, graduating in 1935. She married Wells Smoot Brimhall September 9, 1935 in the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah and moved to New York City where her husband attended Columbia College. She worked at Teachers College, a subsidiary of Columbia University. Maurine was active in civic affairs with the PTA, The Lady Kiwanians and the 4-H Clubs (she started the first 4-H club in Provo, and at a younger age, won trips to Chicago and Washington, D. C.). She developed a city-wide bicycle safety program for Provo school children and won 2nd place in the nation, receiving the award at a National Safety Conference in Chicago. She represented Utah at a National Convention on Children and Youth in Washington D. C. (1960) and at a National Safety Conference in San Francisco. She was appointed by Utah's Governor to serve on a 12-member committee on children and youth. Maurine had a talented gift for music, playing the piano and marimba, and also producing many delightful compositions as a special occasion song writer for family, community and church affairs. During the late 1930's and early 1940's schooling and employment took Maurine and Smoot from Utah to California to New York to Illinois and back again to Provo. There she brought up her family until 1965 when she moved to Salt Lake City, living there for about 20 years before returning to Utah Valley. Some of the highlights of her civic activities in Salt Lake include the Director for ladies lunch programs at the national conventions of The Conference of State Bank Supervisors. She was the founder and director of the Utah Citizens for Decency, working with the national organizations (Morality in Media, C. D. L., The American Family Association and the LDS Church) in her crusade against pornography. Her organization was influential in the passage of strong anti-pornography laws in Utah and other states. Maurine was active in and was a financial supporter of her sons' Family Entertainment Centers and building activities in California, Arizona, and Florida. She moved to Orem in 1988, spending summers there and winters with her children who live in Phoenix, Arizona. She has been an active and life-long member and supporter of the LDS Church and has been prominent among the crusaders for the preservation and restoration of Academy Square in Provo. Maurine is survived by her husband, Wells Smoot Brimhall and by four of her five children: Janelle Brimhall [BYH Class of 1955; BYAF] (Peter) Lysenko, Provo, Utah; Stephen (Mary Jo) Brimhall, Menlo Park, California; George (Brenda) Brimhall, Paradise Valley, Arizona; Bonnie Brimhall (Dick) Kofford, Orem, Utah; Wells L. (Susan) Brimhall (deceased), Phoenix, Arizona. Maurine is also the proud and loving grandmother of 23 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren. "Maurine", "Mom", and "Grandma Brimhall" will be missed by all of us. The family would appreciate that in lieu of flowers, please send a contribution to Brigham Young Academy Foundation, P. O. Box 12, Provo, Utah 84603. Funeral services were held Saturday, May 12, 2001 in Orem, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Wednesday, May 9, 2001.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS SECOND WIFE: Helena Call Jacobsen Brimhall - 1912 ~ 2014. Our adorable mother, grandmother, sister and friend passed away peacefully in her home on January 9, 2014. She was born July 10, 1912, in Rigby, Idaho to Oel Facer Call and Helena Van Der Well (who died when Helena was born) and Myrtle Stowell, the wonderful mother who raised her. In 1933, in Washington D.C., she married her college sweetheart, S.E. (Tug) Jacobsen. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. They celebrated over 60 years of marriage before Tug passed away in 1994. Helena loved life and was loved by everyone whose life she touched. As a long time secretary at Wasatch Elementary School she was loved by students and teachers alike. Throughout her life she was actively involved in community, civic and social organizations. As a lifelong member of the LDS church, her favorite calling was that of visiting teacher. Of Helena one can say she truly loved life and lived each day to the fullest. Mother had a fun and unique sense of humor which she delighted in using to joyfully joke and tease her family and friends. She graciously shared her home, talents, delicious home cooked food and hand crafted articles and stitcheries. In 2002, she married Wells Smoot Brimhall. They spent 8 wonderful years together before his passing in 2011. Helena is survived by three daughters: Geraldine (John) Snow of Salt Lake City, Betty Lynne (Ernest) Middleton of Reno, NV and Barbara (Kevin-deceased) Sondrup of Dallas, TX; 11 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren; brother, Dr. Lloyd Call of Pocatello, ID; sister, Rhoda Vaun Young of Provo; the W. Smoot Brimhall family and many nieces and nephews. The family wishes to express their thanks and gratitude to her nurse Frederika, the student nurses and Alpine Hospice for their professional and loving care these past three years. A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 18, 2014 at the Pleasant View 9th Ward Chapel, 2445 North Timpview Drive (650 East), Provo, Utah. Friends may call at the church from 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment will be at the Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent online at www.bergmortuary.com [Provo Daily Herald, January 16, 2014]

Brimhall, Wendell
836 W. 100 S.
Provo, Utah 84601-4002

Wendell and Joyce Brimhall

Class of 1945. Married Joyce Taylor. @2001

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