Daughter of Clifford and Chrystal Reed Saville. She was the youngest of two children, having an older brother named Reed.
She lived at 748 Roberta Street in Salt Lake City and was a student at South High School. At school, she was a member of the girls’ basketball team and the glee club. As a teenager, Tess got a job as a salesgirl at the candy counter of the historic Capitol Theatre.
A little after midnight on Christmas day in 1942, following Christmas Eve festivities, her boyfriend Larry Tranter was driving Tess home. He was turning onto Roberta Street, just 100 yards from the Saville home, when a truck driving without its lights on slammed into the passenger side of their vehicle. Tess was the only one seriously hurt.
She was taken to the hospital, where she died a few hours later that early Christmas morning, at the age of sixteen.
Her funeral services were held at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Salt Lake City on December 28, 1942. Pallbearers were the ushers from the Capitol Theatre, where she was still working at the time of her death. Tess was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
“A friend who always found time for the interests of other people, a girl who was close to her family and a pal to her brother, and one who achieved success in every undertaking, was Tess.” — J. Vernon Sharpe, speaker at the funeral services.
She lived at 748 Roberta Street in Salt Lake City and was a student at South High School. At school, she was a member of the girls’ basketball team and the glee club. As a teenager, Tess got a job as a salesgirl at the candy counter of the historic Capitol Theatre.
A little after midnight on Christmas day in 1942, following Christmas Eve festivities, her boyfriend Larry Tranter was driving Tess home. He was turning onto Roberta Street, just 100 yards from the Saville home, when a truck driving without its lights on slammed into the passenger side of their vehicle. Tess was the only one seriously hurt.
She was taken to the hospital, where she died a few hours later that early Christmas morning, at the age of sixteen.
Her funeral services were held at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Salt Lake City on December 28, 1942. Pallbearers were the ushers from the Capitol Theatre, where she was still working at the time of her death. Tess was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
“A friend who always found time for the interests of other people, a girl who was close to her family and a pal to her brother, and one who achieved success in every undertaking, was Tess.” — J. Vernon Sharpe, speaker at the funeral services.
Daughter of Clifford and Chrystal Reed Saville. She was the youngest of two children, having an older brother named Reed.
She lived at 748 Roberta Street in Salt Lake City and was a student at South High School. At school, she was a member of the girls’ basketball team and the glee club. As a teenager, Tess got a job as a salesgirl at the candy counter of the historic Capitol Theatre.
A little after midnight on Christmas day in 1942, following Christmas Eve festivities, her boyfriend Larry Tranter was driving Tess home. He was turning onto Roberta Street, just 100 yards from the Saville home, when a truck driving without its lights on slammed into the passenger side of their vehicle. Tess was the only one seriously hurt.
She was taken to the hospital, where she died a few hours later that early Christmas morning, at the age of sixteen.
Her funeral services were held at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Salt Lake City on December 28, 1942. Pallbearers were the ushers from the Capitol Theatre, where she was still working at the time of her death. Tess was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
“A friend who always found time for the interests of other people, a girl who was close to her family and a pal to her brother, and one who achieved success in every undertaking, was Tess.” — J. Vernon Sharpe, speaker at the funeral services.
She lived at 748 Roberta Street in Salt Lake City and was a student at South High School. At school, she was a member of the girls’ basketball team and the glee club. As a teenager, Tess got a job as a salesgirl at the candy counter of the historic Capitol Theatre.
A little after midnight on Christmas day in 1942, following Christmas Eve festivities, her boyfriend Larry Tranter was driving Tess home. He was turning onto Roberta Street, just 100 yards from the Saville home, when a truck driving without its lights on slammed into the passenger side of their vehicle. Tess was the only one seriously hurt.
She was taken to the hospital, where she died a few hours later that early Christmas morning, at the age of sixteen.
Her funeral services were held at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Salt Lake City on December 28, 1942. Pallbearers were the ushers from the Capitol Theatre, where she was still working at the time of her death. Tess was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
“A friend who always found time for the interests of other people, a girl who was close to her family and a pal to her brother, and one who achieved success in every undertaking, was Tess.” — J. Vernon Sharpe, speaker at the funeral services.
