Willis Elverton Field

1910 - 1980  (69 years)

• Name	Willis Elverton Field
  Nickname	"Red"
  Born	17 Nov 1910	Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	14 Jan 1920	Provo, Utah, Utah, USA   [1]
  	Census 1920 Utah, Utah, Provo, 3rd Ward, 14 Jan 1920, SD 3, ED 207, sheet 11A, 1003 5S 9W, Dwelling 225, Family 231 Gilbert Field, head, 40. Celestia, wife, 34. Children: Ida D, daughter 15; Frank, son 12; Willis, son 9; Vergil H., son 2 6/12. Owns home with a mortgage. He is a general laborer working for wages. All the children are attending school except for Vergil. All can read and write except Vergil. Gilbert and the children were born in Utah; Celestia was born in Missouri. Next door to Charles W. and Anna L. Robbins.
  	Age: 9
  Died	16 Oct 1980	Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
  Obituary	Aft 16 Oct 1980	Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
  	Willis 'Red' Elverton Field, 69, of 1745 N. 500 E., Provo, died Thursday, Oct 16, 1980 in the Utah Valley Hospital following a heart attack. He was born Nov 17, 1910 in Provo, son of Gilbert H. and Celestia Ellen Kennedy Field. He married Opan Schaerrer on March 25, 1931 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He was educated in the Provo City schools and worked as a welder for many construction companies, including Kennecott Copper at Magna. He worked as a foreman during the construction of Geneva and later worked for U.S. Steel at Ironton. In 1944, he established Field Welding and later in 1950 took over the GMC Dealership for the Provo area. He operated that business for some 27 years before retiring in 1971. He was a member of the LDS Church, serving in various capacities including elders quorum presidency, high priest presidency and Sunday School presidency. He worked as a temple worker at the Provo Temple for six years. Survivors include his wife; four sons and two daughters, Mrs Kenneth (NevaGene) Aston, Simi Valley, Calif; Donald W. Field, Mrs Edmund L. (Sharlene) Davenport, Victor G. Field, Larry G. Field, and Garry A. Field, all of Orem; 18 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother and one sister, Herald V. Field, Provo, and Mrs Lee J (Velma) Taylor of Springville. Funeral services will be Monday at 11 a.m. in the Pleasant View First Ward Chapel, 650 E. Stadium Ave., Provo. Friends may call at the Walker Mortuary in Provo Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday at the ward chapel prior to the services. Burial will be in the Provo City Cemetery.
  		Willis Red Elverton Field Obituary
  Buried	20 Oct 1980	Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA   [2, 3]
  	Block 17, Lot 50
  		Willis E. Field Headstone Block 17, Lot 50
  Person ID	I569	clanSoren
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	Gilbert Hathaway Field 4x ,   b. 01 Aug 1879, Park City, Summit, Utah, USA ,   d. 17 Feb 1962, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Celestia Ellen Kennedy,   b. 1 Aug 1885, Rock Port, Atchison, Missouri, USA ,   d. 19 Apr 1951, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	16 Feb 1910	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F223	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Opal Schaerrer,   b. 25 Mar 1911, Payson, Utah, Utah, USA ,   d. 19 Feb 2000, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	25 Mar 1931	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
  Children	01. Living 02. Living   03. Living   04. Living   05. Living 06. Donald Willis Field 2x ,   b. 2 Dec 1935, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. 9 Jan 2008, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F225	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] 1920 United States Federal Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, (Ancestry.com), Year: 1920;Census Place: Provo Ward 3, Utah, Utah; Roll: T625_1868; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 207 (Reliability: 3). [S19] Provo City Cemetery Sexton Records, (http://provo.org/parks.cemetery_records.html). [S61] Utah State History Cemetery Burials Database, (http://cemeteries.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchburials) (Reliability: 3). [S172] BYU Idaho Special Collections and Family History, (BYU Idaho) (Reliability: 3). Groom's Last Name: FIELD Groom's First Name: Gilbert Bride's Last Name: GIBSON Bride's First Name: Ida Bride's Residence: null Groom's Residence: null State: Utah County: Wasatch Place: Park City Marriage Date: 01 Jul 1903 Partial Date: null Volume: A Comment: null Page: 355