Dates

• Existence: 1904 - 1988

Biographical History

Irma Grainger Gottfredson (1904-1988) was married to David Booth Gottfredson and raised five children in Richfield and Salt Lake City, Utah.

Irma Grainger Gottfredson was born on April 5, 1904 in Toquerville, Utah, to Benjamin Christopher Grainger and Eleanor Campbell Bringhurst, but spent much of her childhood and adolescence in American Fork, Utah. She was baptized a member of the LDS church on September 1, 1913. She attended West Junior High School and LDS High School, but left school before her senior year to start working. She married David Booth Gottfredson in the Salt Lake LDS temple on September 13, 1922. Irma and David had five children: Marjorie, Joyce, David Booth, Susan, and Peter Shelton. After living in Salt Lake until David received his B.S. from the University of Utah, the couple moved to St. Louis, Missouri, for medical school. After moving back to Salt Lake in 1926, Irma began taking U. of U. extension classes. The family then moved to Richfield in 1928, and Irma was very involved in school and community. She finished her high school education at Richfield High School in 1936, was the president of the Lady Lions and of the Sanpete-Sevier Federated Womens' Club, and was active in the Red Cross and the Richfield Study Club. When the National Guard was called to service in 1941, David was stationed in San Luis Obispo, California, Irma and her children became "camp followers" and before David was shipped overseas, she had followed him to Los Angeles, California, Ft. Lewis, Washington, Camp Pickett, Virginia, and Camp Meade, Maryland. Irma moved the family back to Salt Lake and enrolled in classes at the University of Utah. David was sent home to recuperate from injuries and was eventually discharged in 1944. They then purchased a home in Salt Lake City.

Irma passed away on December 30, 1988 in Salt Lake City.

Citation:

FamilySearch, via WWW, 16 March 2015 (Irma Grainger Gottfredson was born on April 5, 1904 in Toquerville, Utah, to Benjamin Christopher Grainger and Eleanor Campbell Bringhurst; married David Booth Gottfredson in the Salt Lake LDS temple on September 13, 1922; passed away on December 30, 1988 in Salt Lake City). UPB files, 16 March 2015 (Irma Grainger Gottfredson spent much of her childhood and adolescence in American Fork, Utah; was baptized a member of the LDS church on September 1, 1913; attended West Junior High School and LDS High School, but left school before her senior year to start working; after living in Salt Lake until David received his B.S. from the University of Utah, the couple moved to St. Louis, Missouri, for medical school; after moving back to Salt Lake in 1926, Irma began taking U. of U. extension classes; moved to Richfield in 1928, and Irma was very involved in school and community; finished her high school education at Richfield High School in 1936, was the president of the Lady Lions and of the Sanpete-Sevier Federated Womens' Club, and was active in the Red Cross and the Richfield Study Club; had five children: Marjorie, Joyce, David Booth, Susan, and Peter Shelton; when the National Guard was called to service in 1941, David was stationed in San Luis Obispo, California, Irma and her children became "camp followers" and before David was shipped overseas, she had followed him to Los Angeles, California, Ft. Lewis, Washington, Camp Pickett, Virginia, and Camp Meade, Maryland; moved the family back to Salt Lake and enrolled in classes at the University of Utah; David was sent home to recuperate from injuries and was eventually discharged in 1944; purchased a home in Salt Lake City).

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