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Cannon, Winnifred Morrell, 1888-1974

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1888 - 1974

Biographical History

Winnifred Morrell Cannon (1888-1974) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wife and mother from Logan, Utah.

Winnifred Morrell Cannon was born February 7, 1888, in Logan, Cache County, Utah. She married Clawson Y. Cannon on September 11, 1913, in the Logan Utah Temple. She died after a short battle with illness on March 12, 1974. Mrs. Cannon was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving frequently as an organist and as both a youth organization and Relief Society Ward president and as Relief Society president of the Iowa District for many years. She served as president of the Brigham Young University Women from 1929 to 1930, and was a member of the Nelke Reading Club and Thursday Club. She resided in Provo for eighteen years while her husband was a faculty member of Brigham Young University. In 1965, Mrs. Cannon with her husband were awarded the Joseph F. Smith Family Living Award by Brigham Young University. Winnifred passed away in 1974.

Citation:
NewspaperARCHIVE, obituary from the Provo Daily Herald (1974 March 13), accessed July 3, 2012 (occupations, name, birth and death dates, hobbies, clubs). http://access.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=121982853&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=0&currentPage=0&fpo=False

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Clawson Y. Cannon correspondence, 1948-1976

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7793 Series 3
Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence from family, friends, and acquaintances sent to and received by either Clawson Y. Cannon or his wife Winnifred; all date between the years 1948 and 1976. Most of the correspondence is from Cannon's family, especially his children. Events that generated the correspondence include the following: Christmas well-wishes, Cannon and his wife's 60th wedding anniversary, his wife's passing away in 1974, and her sickness before her passing. The notes include views on...
Dates: 1948-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7793, Clawson Y. Cannon papers

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