RICHFIELD – Dr. Thomas Ray Gledhill, 72, prominent Richfield physician, died Friday at 3:40 a.m., of complications following an appendectomy last Sunday. He was born Feb. 13, 1883, at Mount Pleasant , a son of Thomas and Lillie Belle Ivie Gledhill. When a small child he moved with his family to Vermillion, Sevier County. He attended LDS High School and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and was graduated from the Northeastern University Medical School at Chicago in 1909. Following his graduation, he came to Richfield, where he has practiced for the past 45 years. Dr. Gledhill was one of the first doctors in this area. Dr. Gledhill was the first president of the Central Utah Medical Society and has been an honorary president of the Utah Medical Assn. He was Sevier County physician for over 35 years and Richfield City physician for 25 years. On July 18, 1907, he married Rebecca May Eames in the Logan LDS Temple. Survivors include his widow of Richfield; four daughters and three sons: Mrs. Neil (Utahna) McKnight, Provo; Mrs. Hugh Vern (Evelyn) Wentz, Orem; Mrs. Thad R. (Ivah Dean) Williams, Monterey, Calif.; Miss Ora Gledhill, Salt Lake City; Preston Ray, Provo; T. R. Jr., Salt Lake City, and David E. Springville; a sister and two brothers. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in the Sevier Stake LDS Tabernacle.
Salt Lake Tribune, February 19, 1955, page 22.
RICHFIELD – Dr. Thomas Ray Gledhill, 72, prominent Richfield physician, died Friday at 3:40 a.m., of complications following an appendectomy last Sunday. He was born Feb. 13, 1883, at Mount Pleasant , a son of Thomas and Lillie Belle Ivie Gledhill. When a small child he moved with his family to Vermillion, Sevier County. He attended LDS High School and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and was graduated from the Northeastern University Medical School at Chicago in 1909. Following his graduation, he came to Richfield, where he has practiced for the past 45 years. Dr. Gledhill was one of the first doctors in this area. Dr. Gledhill was the first president of the Central Utah Medical Society and has been an honorary president of the Utah Medical Assn. He was Sevier County physician for over 35 years and Richfield City physician for 25 years. On July 18, 1907, he married Rebecca May Eames in the Logan LDS Temple. Survivors include his widow of Richfield; four daughters and three sons: Mrs. Neil (Utahna) McKnight, Provo; Mrs. Hugh Vern (Evelyn) Wentz, Orem; Mrs. Thad R. (Ivah Dean) Williams, Monterey, Calif.; Miss Ora Gledhill, Salt Lake City; Preston Ray, Provo; T. R. Jr., Salt Lake City, and David E. Springville; a sister and two brothers. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in the Sevier Stake LDS Tabernacle.
Salt Lake Tribune, February 19, 1955, page 22.
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