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Stovall, Victoria Goulding, 1912-2008

 Person

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 1 Collection or Record:

Stovall family papers, 1838-1977

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8247 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains papers relating to the family of Mary Stovall Richards, her mother, Victoria Goulding Stovall and her grandmother, Mary Luella Merza Young Goulding. Includes books on mothering and cooking as well as French children’s booklets used in raising the family. Also includes correspondence with other family members and family friends, and biographical information variously compiled by the three women for genealogical purposes. Majority of the items are from the family’s time in Chicago,...
Dates: 1838-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8247, Mary Stovall Richards collection of family papers

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