She was born Nov. 27, 1904, in Mona, a daughter of Reuben D. and Eleanor Lane Kay Young. She was reared and educated in Utah County schools and attended Brigham Young University. She was a graduate of Utah State University in Logan. She married Rollin Showell on Dec. 22, 1926, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They made their home in Stone. She worked as a school teacher, teaching in in Mars, Deweyville and Snowville. A member of the LDS church, she served as ward organizer for many years and was a Relief Society visiting teacher, also served as secretary of the Primary.
Survivors are her husband, of Stone, three sons and a daughter, Jess R. Showell, Steven E. Showell and Sidney D. Showell, all of Stone, and Mrs. Eugene (Jeanette) Hansen, Salt Lake City; 15 grandchildren; a brother and two sisters, Jess Young, Mona; Mrs. Marie Strong, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Lew (LaVon) Averett, Salt Lake City.
Ogden Standard Examiner, April 4, 1971
She was born Nov. 27, 1904, in Mona, a daughter of Reuben D. and Eleanor Lane Kay Young. She was reared and educated in Utah County schools and attended Brigham Young University. She was a graduate of Utah State University in Logan. She married Rollin Showell on Dec. 22, 1926, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They made their home in Stone. She worked as a school teacher, teaching in in Mars, Deweyville and Snowville. A member of the LDS church, she served as ward organizer for many years and was a Relief Society visiting teacher, also served as secretary of the Primary.
Survivors are her husband, of Stone, three sons and a daughter, Jess R. Showell, Steven E. Showell and Sidney D. Showell, all of Stone, and Mrs. Eugene (Jeanette) Hansen, Salt Lake City; 15 grandchildren; a brother and two sisters, Jess Young, Mona; Mrs. Marie Strong, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Lew (LaVon) Averett, Salt Lake City.
Ogden Standard Examiner, April 4, 1971
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