Stovall, Victoria Goulding, 1912-2008
Dates
- Existence: 1912 - 2008
Biographical History
Victoria Goulding Stovall (1912-2008) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ in Illinois and Mississippi.
Mary Young Victoria Goulding Stovall was born on February 8, 1912 in New York City, New York to Howard Oliver Goulding and Mary Luella Merza Young Goulding. She was raised in New York City, Salt Lake City, and the California Bay Area. She moved to Chicago in 1929, where she supported her mother through the Great Depression and World War II by working as a hotel cafeteria worker, a bookkeeper, and an insurance claims processor. Stovall was a great devotee of the symphony, opera, ballet, and theatre. She was also an artist working with paint, embroidery, needlepoint, and quilts.
She married Max Lee Stovall on May 19, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. They had one child, Mary Stovall Richards in 1951. They moved to Greenville, Mississippi in the early 1950s, where Stovall was active in the Greenville Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Due to declining health, she moved to Orem, Utah in 1999 to be with her daughter and son-in-law.
Stovall passed away in Orem, Utah on June 19, 2008.
Citation:
FamilySearch.org, via WWW, Nov. 5, 2013 (Mary Young Victoria Goulding; b. Feb. 8, 1912 in New York, N.Y.; parent: Mary Luelle Merza Young; m. May 19, 1945 in Chicago, Ill. to Max Lee Stovall; d. June 19, 2008 in Orem, Utah)FindAGrave, via WWW, Nov. 5, 2013 (Victoria Goulding Stovall; b. 1912 in New York, N.Y.; parents: Howard Oliver Goulding and Mary Luella Merza Young; raised in New York, Salt Lake City, the Bay Area (Calif.), and Chicago, Ill.; m. Max Lee Stovall (d. 1978); moved to Mississippi Delta, 1950s; member of the Greenville Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; moved to Orem, Utah, 1999; d. June 19, 2008 in Orem, Utah)
Heraldextra.com, via WWW, Nov. 12, 2018 (moved to Chicago, 1929; supported mother through Great Depression and World War II by working as hotel cafeteria worker, bookkeeper, and insurance claims processor; was a great devotee of the symphony, opera, ballet, and theatre; was an artist working with paint, embroidery, needlepoint, and quilts; moved to Orem due to declining health to be with daughter and son-in-law)
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Stovall Richards collection of family papers
Stovall family arts papers, 1929-1951
Series includes papers relating to the art scene in Chicago, Illinois collected mostly through Victoria Goulding Stovall’s patronage. Includes programs, playbills, and newsletters relating to Chicago’s ballet companies, theatres, symphonies and operas. Materials dated 1908-1977.
Stovall family church papers, 1933-1991
Series includes papers relating to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Papers include booklets on Church exhibitions, LDS ward directories, Relief Society lessons and courses of study. Generated from the family’s activity in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, specifically Victoria Goulding Stovall’s activity in the Greenville Ward in Greenville, Mississippi. Materials dated 1933-1991.
Stovall family newspaper clippings, 1913-1963
Contains newspaper clippings of major historical events. Clippings were saved by Mary Luella Merza Young Goulding and/or Victoria Goulding Stovall, probably in Chicago, Illinois. Materials dated 1913-1963.