Williams, Eleen T., 1915-1996
Dates
- Existence: 1915 - 1996
Biographical History
Eleen T. Williams (1915-1996) was a teacher, Daggett County clerk, Daggett County School District principal and superintendent, and postmaster of the Linwood and (later) Dutch John post offices; executive secretary and later board member of the Flaming Gorge Natural History Association and the Wasatch Cache Interpretive Association; and president of the Daggett County Historical Society.
Eleen T. Williams was born May 31, 1915 in Salt Lake City to Hyrum and Janette Thompson. She spent her early years in Salt Lake. She attended West High School and graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in home economics. She moved to Manila, Utah to begin her career as a teacher, where she met Paul Williams. They were married April 15, 1939. She started a new career of rancher's wife, homemaker and mother. She also was Daggett County Clerk, principal and superintendent of the Daggett County School District. She was the postmaster of the Linwood post office until the water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir covered Linwood and their home. They then moved to Minnies Gap, Wyoming and Mrs. Williams became Dutch John's first postmaster. She retired in 1978 and began a new career as executive secretary of the Flaming Gorge Natural History Association where she worked until 1989. She spent her remaining years in Salt Lake City and Minnies Gap. She was president of Daggett County Historical Society and was on the board of the Flaming Gorge Natural History Association and Wasatch Cache Interpretive Association. She traveled extensively. Her hobbies were reading, crafts and history. Eleen died April 9, 1996 in Salt Lake City at the age of 80.