The Legacy Lives On

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The Legacy Lives On
Bingham City Cemetery
~The Next Generation~
A Lasting Legacy
Lives On
Addendum book includes new
research and the latest
information from
2004-2014
By: Stephanie Jencks
Girl Scout Gold Project
February 2014
Last Name
Name
Atkinson
Alfred Pritt Atkinson
Atkinson
Joseph Cobb Atkinson
Atkinson
Nancy Pritt Atkinson
Bartell
Ellen Adine Bartell
Beck
Mary Youngquist Finney Beck
Beck
Samuel Beck
Belcolori
Colinda Belcolori
Bogdanovic
Mile I. Bogdanovic
Brown
Rachel Bates Brown
Colver
Lori Melinda Nelson Smith
Devcich
Josephine Devcich
Epling
Abel Epling
Erb
Betty Thomas Erb
Gallegos
Joseph E. Gallegos
Gavrilovich
Helen Owens
Gonzales
Juana (Jenny)
Hulsey
James D. Hulsey
Jaramillo
Anthony Jaramillo
Johnson
Alfred Johnson
LeClaire
Albert LeClaire
LeClaire
Baby Girl
LeClaire
Eugene
LeClaire
James LeClaire
Leyba
Benjamin E. Leyba
Lonvall
Francis A. Lonvall
Lonvall
Isabella May Hicks Lonvall
Lovrich
Baby Girl Lovrich
Mellus
Lee
Monument
International Monument
Monument
Military Monument
Morrissey
John C. (Jack)
Quintana
Francisco Jose Quintana
Quintana
Stonewall Gregory Quintana
Robbins
Samuel Robbins
Stringham
Dan L.
Stringham
Lawrence E. “Buzz” Stringham
Tregaskis
Joseph Tregaskis
Tregaskis
Richard Tregaskis Jr.
Velarde
Juan Benito (Ben)
Westerman
Al “Tex” Westerman
Walton
Patricia (Patsy) Ann Yengich
Yengich
Ante (Anton) M. Yengich (Jengich)
Zdunich
Nick Zdunich
Unknown But Loved - 130 headstones throughout the cemetery
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Name: Alfred Pritt Atkinson
Birth: 6-Sep-1900, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Death: 7-Mar-1940, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Burial: 10-Mar-1940
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Edema after Asthmatic Bronchitis
Father: Joseph Atkinson - England
Mother: Nancy Pritt - England
Grave Location: N 40.56467 W -112.08025
Comments: Additional information from Utah death certificate: “White male. Single. Age: 39
years, 6 months, 1 day. Occupation: Miner for U.S. Mine at Lark.”
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Name: Joseph Cobb Atkinson
Birth: 29-May-1860, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Death: 27-April-1925, Lark, Utah
Burial: 30-April-1925
Cause of Death: Nephritis, Heart Failure, Uremia
Father: John Atkinson - England
Mother: Ellen Atkinson - England
Spouse: Nancy Pritt Atkinson
Grave Location: N 40.56467 W -112.08025
Comments: Additional Information from Utah death certificate: “White male. Married. Age: 64
years, 10 months, 28 days. Occupation: Miner.”
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Name: Nancy Pritt Atkinson
Birth: 29-May-1860, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Death: 3-Nov-1939, Bingham, Utah
Burial: 5-Nov-1939
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage, Arteriosclerosis, Hypertension
Father: Thomas Pritt - England
Mother: Hannah - England
Spouse: Joseph Cobb Atkinson
Grave Location: N 40.56467 W -112.08025
Comments: Additional Information from Utah Death Certificate: “Birth date: 28-May-1860. White
female. Widowed. Age 79 years, 5 months, 5 days. Occupation: Housewife.”
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Name: Ellen Adine Bartell
Birth: 12-Jan-1917
Death: 28-Apr-1918
Buriel: 29-Apr-1918
Cause of Death: Convulsions, Whooping Cough, Pharyngeal Diptheria
Father: Jack Bartell - Finland
Mother: Olivia (Alina) Backlund - Finland
Grave Location: N 40.56519 W -112.08030
Comments: Additional information from Utah death certificate: “ White female. Single. Age: 1
year, 3 months, 16 days.”
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Name: Mary Youngquist Finney Beck
Birth: 28-Oct-1870, Finland
Death: 21-Mar-1941, Salt Lake City, Utah
Burial: 24-Mar-1941
Cause of Death: Hydronephrosis –Infected Chronic Cystitis, Diabetes Mellitus
Spouse: Samuel Beck
Grave Location: N 40.56500 W -112.08022
Comments: Original headstone was updated by a family member. Died in Salt Lake County
Infirmary. Additional information from Utah death certificate: “White female. Widowed. Age: 70
years, 4 months, 23 days.”
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Name: Samuel Beck
Birth: 10-Feb-1867, Vasa, Finland
Death: 15-Sep-1929, Draper, Utah
Burial: 18-Sep-1929
Cause of Death: Chronic Mycarditis
Father: Sam Beck – Varo, Finland
Mother: Mary Glaster – Varo, Finland
Spouse: Mary Youngquist (Finney)
Grave Location: N 50.56500 W -112.08022
Comments: Original headstone was updated by a family member. Additional information from
Utah death certificate: “ White male. Married. Age: 62 years, 7 months, 5 days. Occupation:
miner.”
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Name: Colinda Belcolori
Birth: 14-Oct-1918, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Death: 5-Feb-1920, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Burial: 7-Feb-1920
Cause of Death: Broncho Pneumonia, Influenza
Father: James Belcolori - Italy
Mother: Mary Panes - Italy
Grave Location: N 40.56591 W -112.07967
Comments: Original headstone was updated by a family member. Additional information from
Utah death certificate: “White female. Single. Age: 1 year, 3 months, 21 days.”
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Name: Mile I. Bogdanovic
Birth: 22-Oct-1889
Death: 30-Jul-1928
Grave Location: N 40.56590 W -112.07939
Comments: Original headstone was updated by a family member. It now has a photo emblem
where a cross used to be.
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Name: Rachel Bates Brown
Birth: 15-Oct-1919
Death: 18-Apr-2005
Grave Location: N 40.56587 W -112.08060
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Name: Lori Melinda Nelson Smith
Birth: 11-Feb-1977
Death: 28-Jan-2012
Grave Location: N 40.56505 W -112.08054
Cemetery Plot #: 28-22-2
Colver
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Name: Josephine Devcich
Birth: 22-Jul-1914, Illinois
Death: 13-Oct-1918, Highland Boy, Utah
Burial: 14-Oct-1918
Cause of Death: Cerebrospinal Fever
Father: Mike Devcich – Croatia, Austria
Mother: Mary Sletenivich (Stillinovich) – Croatia, Austria
Grave Location: N 40.56465 W -112.07931
Comments: Additional information from Utah death certificate: “White female. Single. Age: 4
years, 2 months, 21 days.”
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Name: Abel Reed Epling
Birth: 20-Jun-2009, Copperton, Salt Lake, Utah
Death: 20-Nov-2009, Copperton, Salt Lake, Utah
Cause of Death: Hypoplastic left heart
Father: Steven E. Epling
Mother: Jill Steenson, North Carolina
Grave Location: N 40.56507 W -112.08050
Comments: Five month old infant male. Funds for headstone donated by Connecting Families
Across The Globe.
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Name: Betty Thomas Erb
Birth: 14-May-1925
Death: 23-Jul-2008
Grave Location: N 40.56588 W -112.08053
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Name: Joseph N. Gallegos
Birth: 25-Jan-1925 Holman, Mora, New Mexico
Death: 3-Jan-2006 Missoula, Missoula, Montana
Father: Antonio Gallegos
Mother: Maria Valdez
Grave Location: N 40.56583 W -112.08009
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Name: Helen Owens Gavrilovich
Birth: 2-Sep-1928, Poteau, Oklahoma
Death: 5-Apr-2012
Father: Esker Russell Owens
Mother: Leona Scales Owens
Spouse: Gordon Wellington, Sam Gavrilovich
Grave Location: N 40.56568 W -112.07972
Comments: Currently no headstone present. Cremated remains buried in plot with Sam
Gavrilovich
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Name: Juana (Jenny) Gonzales
Birth: 9-Aug-1926, Dinkeyville, Utah
Death: 13-Apr-1927, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Burial: 14-Apr-1927
Cause Of Death: Bronchial Pneumonia
Father: Toma (Thomas) Gonzales - Old Mexico
Mother: Guadalupe Arceo (Sandoval) - Old Mexico
Grave Location: N 40.56500 W -112.08000
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Name: James Douglas Hulsey
Birth: 18-Jan-1876, Indian Territory
Death: 29-Nov-1913, Bingham, Utah
Burial: 2-Dec-1913
Cause of Death: Gunshot wound to chest, homicidal
Father: Charles Hulsey – Georgia
Mother: Felina Stacey - Tennessee
Grave Location: N 40.56525 W -112.08059
Comments: Information from Utah Death certificate: “White male. Single. Age 39 years, 10
months, 17 days. Occupation: Carpenter.”
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Name: Anthony Jaramillo
Birth: 26-Oct-1954, Salt Lake City, Utah
Death: 27-Oct-1954, Salt Lake City, Utah
Burial: 30-Oct-1954
Cause of Death: Premature birth. Lived 12 hours
Father: Raphael Jaramillo, Jr. – Lumberton, New Mexico
Mother: Edilia Lopez – Bingham Canyon, Utah
Grave Location: N 40.56576 W -112.08011
Comments: Additional information from Utah death certificate: “White male. Single. Age: lived 12
hours 16 minutes.”
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Name: Alfred Johnson
Birth: 24-Dec-1870
Death: 1915
Grave Location: N 40.56541 W -112.08028
Comments: Not in Cemetery records. Original headstone was made/updated by a family member.
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Name: Albert LeClaire
Birth: 26-Aug-1930, East Midvale, Utah
Death: 27-Aug-1930
Burial: 28-Aug-1930
Cause of Death: Congenital malformation of heart. Lived 12 hours
Father: James Frances LeClaire – Quebec, Canada
Mother: Lucy Adaline Robbins – Bingham, Utah
Grave Location: N 40.56525 W -112.08283
Comments: Additional information from Utah death certificate: “White male. Single. Lived 12
hours.”
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Name: Baby Girl LeClaire
Birth: Bingham Canyon, Utah
Death: Bingham Canyon, Utah
Father: James Frances LeClaire – Quebec, Canada
Mother: Lucy Adaline Robbins – Bingham, Utah
Grave Location: N 40.56528 W -112.08283
Comments: Died at birth – The exact year is unknown. 3 other siblings born and died between
about 1925 and 1930.
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Name: Eugene LeClaire
Birth: 17-May-1926, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Death: 18-May-1926, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Burial: 19-May-1926
Cause of Death: Premature birth – lived 4 ½ hours
Father: James Frances LeClaire – Quebec, Canada
Mother: Lucy Adaline Robbins – Bingham, Utah
Grave Location: N 40.56528 W -112.07980
Comments: Additional information from Utah death certificate: “Birth date: 18-May-1926. White
male. Single. Age: lived 4 hours 30 minutes.”
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Name: James William LeClaire
Birth: 23-Apr-1927, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Death: 28-Apr-1927, Dinkeyville, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Burial: 29-Apr-1927
Cause of Death: Premature Birth. Failure of heart to close (blue). Lived 5 days.
Father: James Frances LeClaire – Quebec, Canada
Mother: Lucy Adaline Robbins – Bingham, Utah
Grave Location: N 40.56525 W -112.07983
Comments: Aditional information from Utah death certificate: “Whie male. Single. Age: 5 days.”
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Name: Benjamin Ezekial Leyba
Birth: 30-Apr-1943, Salt Lake City, Utah
Death: 14-Oct-1943, Copperfield, Utah
Burial: 16-Oct-1943
Cause of Death: Enteritis, Pneumonia
Father: Ezequiel (Ezekial) Leyba – Chamisal, New Mexico
Mother: Altagracia (Allagracia) Martinez – Chamisal, New Mexico
Grave Location: N 40.56578 W -112.08000
Comments: Additional information from Utah death certificate: “Mexican male. Single. Age 5
months, 14 days.”
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Name: Francis A. Lonvall
Birth: 28-Jan-1835, Illinois
Death: 14-Dec-1904, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Burial: 15-Dec-1904
Cause of Death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis Endocarditis
Father: Antoine - France
Mother: Virginia - France
Grave Location: N 40.56516 W -112.07967
Comments: Utah Death Certificate shows name as Francis A. Louvall. Additional information
from death certificate: “White male. Married. Age 58 years, 10 months, 19 days. Occupation:
Miner.”
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Name: Isabella May Hicks Lonvall
Birth: 31-Jan-1858
Death: 25-Oct-1925
Burial: 5-Nov-1925
Cause of Death: Cardiac Decompensation, Myocarditis, Endocarditis
Father: Joseph Hicks - England
Grave Location: N 40.56516 W -112.07967
Comments: Information for this record was from original cemetery records. Additional
information from Utah death certificate: “White female. Widowed. Age: 70 years, 5 months, 29
days.”
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Name: Baby Girl Lovrich
Birth: 28-Oct-1911
Death: 28-Oct-1911
Burial: 29-Oct-1911
Cause of Death: Stillborn
Father: Steven Lovrich - Austria
Mother: Milka
Grave Location: N 40.56464 W -112.07941
Comments: Information from Utah Death Certificate: “Name: Infant Female Lovagich. Father:
Steve Lovagich. White female. Single. Stillborn”
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Name: Lee Mellus
Birth: 31-Oct-1926, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Death: 1-Nov-1926, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Burial: 2-Nov-1926
Cause of Death: Premature birth, lived 1 day
Father: James Earl Mellus - Utah
Mother: Zina Adamson - Utah
Grave Location: N 40.56566 W -112.07996
Comments: Replacement headstone by family. Information from Utah Death Certificate: "White
male. Single. Lived 18 hours."
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Name: International Monument
Installment date: September 2010
Location: N 40.56598 W -112.08040
Comments: Donations for monument courtesy of Nu-Art Memorial, Bingham Canyon Lions Club,
James and Ruth Anna Goris, and Connecting Families Across The Globe. Designed and installed
by Girl Scouts Tiffany Jencks & Stephanie Jencks. (Tiffany Jencks Girl Scout Gold project). A
multicultural celebration, formal program and dedication was held honoring 30 nations and 38
states in the United States. For more information contact: binghamcemeteryinfo@jensgroup.com
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Name: Military Monument
Installment date: May 2008
Location: N 40.56598 W -112.08053
Comments: In honor of veterans who served in six wars. Monument designed and installed by
Brad Jencks and Nu-Art Memorial. Donations courtesy of Brad Jencks, Nu-Art Memorial,
Bingham Canyon Lions Club, Kearns American Legion Post 132, and The United Veterans
Council. A formal dedication with honors and gun salute by The Kearns American Legion Post
132. For more information contact: binghamcemeteryinfo@jensgroup.com
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Name: John C. (Jack) Morrissey
Birth: 1-Nov-1860, Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wisconsin
Death: 6-Jul-1895, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Cause of Death: Accidental shooting
Father: Michael Morrissey (1816 – 1891)
Mother: Mary Morrissey (1822 – 1898)
Memorial Marker Location: N 40.56527, W -112.08057
Comments: Officer Morrissey was accidentally shot to death by a fellow officer. Morrissey and his
partner were working Bingham's annual Independence Day celebration when they attempted to arrest an
intoxicated man. The suspect struggled with the officers and began to draw a knife. The second officer
struck the man in the head with his pistol. The weapon discharged and the bullet entered Morrissey's
heart. The 35-year-old victim was married and the father of five children.
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Name: Francisco Jose Quintana
Birth: 5-Feb-1948, Murray, Utah
Death: 5-Feb-1948, Murray, Utah
Burial: 7-Feb-1948
Cause of Death: Prematurity, 6 ½ month pregnancy, lived 14 hours.
Father: Rubel Joe Quintana – Amarilla, New Mexico
Mother: Stella Dolores Flores – Copperfield, Utah
Grave Location: N 40.56578 W -112.08002
Comments: Additional information from Utah death certificate: “Mexican male. Single. Lived 14
hours.” Jencks family helped Quintana family install headstone, combined with an honorary
program. Headstone made by Quintana family.
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Name: Stonewall Gregory Quintana
Birth: 30-July-1950, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Death: 20-Sep-1950, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Burial: 23-Sep-1950
Cause of Death: Dehydration, Diarrhea
Father: Rubel J. Quintana – Tierra, New Mexico
Mother: Estella Flores – Bingham Canyon, Utah
Grave Location: N 40.56578 W -112.08002
Comments: Additional information from Utah death certificate: “Spanish male. Single. Age: 1
month, 20 days.” Jencks family helped Quintana family install headstone, combined with an
honorary program. Headstone made by Quintana family.
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Name: Samuel Robbins
Birth: 1804
Death: 15-Mar-1904
Grave Location: N 40.56526 W -112.07986
Comments: Headstone was marked on/updated by a relative or family member.
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Name: Dan L. Stringham
Birth: 22-Feb-1941, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Death: 7-Apr-2012, Tucson, Arizona
Cause of Death: Complications from pneumonia and diabetes.
Father: Lawrence Edward "Buzz" Stringham
Mother: Eda May "Mike" Stringham
Spouser: Linda Lucas
Grave Location: N 40.56570 W -112.08058
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Name: Lawrence E. Stringham
Birth: 1-Apr-1913
Death: 9-Sept-2006
Grave Location: N 40.56567 W -112.08058
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Name: Joseph Tregaskis
Birth: 19-Jul-1868, Devon, England
Death: 24-Jun-1905, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Burial: 28-Jun-1905
Father: Richard Tregaskis – Conrwall, England
Mother: Eliza Jane Allen – Conrwall, England
Spouse: Elizabeth Glidden
Grave Location: N 40.56535 W -112.07991
Comments: Additional information from Utah death certificate: “Birth Date: 31-May-1868,
Conrwall, England.” Headstone installed by The Very Best 4-H Club and Jencks family.
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Name: Richard Tregaskis, Jr.
Birth: 10-Mar-1860, Conrwall, England
Death: 21-Sep-1905, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Cause of Death: Acute Pulmonary Edema
Father: Richard Tregaskis – Cornwall, England
Mother: Mary Ann Seccombe
Grave Location: N 40.56534 W -112.07991
Comments: Age 45 years at time of death. Richard and his brother Joseph Tregaskis were
engineers at the mine. Headstone installed by The Very Best 4-H Club and Jencks family.
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Name: Juan Benito (Ben) Velarde
Birth: 16-Nov-1924 Santo Nino, New Mexico
Death: 29-May-2013 Murray, Utah
Burial: 3-Jun-2013 Bingham Canyon Cemetery
Father: Manuel Velarde
Mother: Lorencita Velarde
Spouse: Dulcinea Giron
Grave Location: N 40.56603, W -112.08087
Comments: Age 88 years at time of death.
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Name: Al Westerman
Birth: September 17, 1917
Death: Died April 20, 2007
Grave Location: N 40.56533 W -112.08065
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Name: Patricia (Patsy) Ann Yengich
Birth: 9-Apr-1939 Bingham Canyon, Utah
Death: 8-Oct-2012
Burial: 16-Oct-2012
Father: Thomas Stanuga
Mother: Viola Yengich
Grave Location: N 40.56478, W -112.07961
Walton
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Name: Ante (Anton) M. Yengich (Jengich)
Birth: 17-May-1917, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Death: 23-Aug-1927, Highland Boy, Utah
Burial: 25-Aug-1927
Cause of Death: Acute Endocarditis Maligna, Septiecemia
Father: Mike Jengich (Mile Yengich) - Yugoslavia
Mother: Rosie Obradovic(h) - Yugoslavia
Grave Location: N 40.56452 W -112.07945
Comments: Additional information from Utah death certificate: “White male. Single. Age: 10
years, 3 months, 6 days. Student.” Headstone refurbished by family.
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Name: Nick Zdunich
Birth: 4-Sep-1914, Bingham Canyon, Utah
Death: 24-Jul-1918, Highland Boy, Utah
Burial: 26-Jul-1918
Cause of Death: Bronchal Pneumonia
Father: Mike Zdunich - Austria
Mother: Lucia Stilinovich - Austria
Grave Location: N 40.56466 W -112.07932
Comments: “White male. Single. Age 3 years, 10 months, 20 days.” Alternate surname might be
Zdunick.
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Name: Unknown But Loved
I would like to thank the many individuals, organizations, and businesses that helped me honor 30
nations buried at this historic cemetery. We honored the world! The unreadable, rusty, metal markers
stand as a witness of special people who lived a life just like you and me. 130 granite headstones are
permanent reminders of people who are unknown but loved! This would not have been possible without
my team of wonderful volunteers-Paul Bergera, Jordan School District Cemetery Sexton,
Peggy Margetts, Jordan School District Auxiliary-Project Advisor, Girl Scouts of Utah-Troop 781,
Bingham High SkillsUSA Club, Bingham High Teachers, River Ridge 1st Ward, South Jordan Utah
River Ridge Stake, Riverton North Stake, The Very Best 4-H Club, Connecting Families Across the
Globe, Nu-Art Memorial, and Stock Lumber.
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