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Lawrence Henson "Lonnie" West
4 Nov 1886 – 27 Nov 1951
| Birth | 4 Nov 1886 |
| Death | 27 Nov 1951 |
| Cemetery | Pleasant Grove City Cemetery Pleasant Grove , Utah County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | SRBentz on 07 Oct 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64046 |
Bio
Son of George Daniel West and Cassa Ann Walker Husband of Lydia Caroline Carlson, 14 December 1908, Provo, Utah, Utah Husband of Sarah Ellen Hatch, 28 December 1921, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado History. Lawrence Henson West was born Nov 4, 1886, in Pleasant Grove, Utah in his Grandmother Walker's home. He was the first child born of George Daniel West and Cassa (Carrie) Ann Walker. He had nine brothers and sisters. Throughtout his life he was called by a nick name, which was Lonnie. In 1900 his parents built a new home in which he was raised. He had a good voice and sang in public for much of his early life. At the age of six, he sang in conference--"I Am A Mormon Boy." He was so small he had to stand on a stool to be seen by the audience. He spent a lot of time with his grandfather, Henson Walker Jr, and he often talked of him and of how much he loved him. He started school in what is now a Pioneer Memorial Building in Pleasant Grove, Utah. When he was fifteen years old, he walked and drove a herd of sheep to Nevada with Jay Freeman. He worked part-time with sheep until he was married. He married Lydia Carlson in Provo, on Dec. 14, 1908. They had four children born to them, the first being a girl- stillborn- then three boys: Therold Charles, Dewey Lawrence (who died at the age of 35 from a heart attack), and George Elwood, who was killed over German during World War II at age 29. Lonnie was a veteran of World War I serving in the Army. He married Sara Ellen Hatch Sarentinos, on Dec. 28, 1920, in Grand Junction, Colorado. Because of both having married previously, they started their marriage with five children. They lived in Hill Creek, Utah, where he worked at an oil well. He was a good father and it seemed that the family got along extremely well. He loved his step-daughters and their families as if they were his own. In May of 1921, they moved to Rainbow, Utah, where he worked in the Gilsonite mines. They had one child born to them in 1926, Joan. He became ill and moved his wife and family back to his hometown, Pleasant Grove, in 1932. He was 45 years of age and could never work again. He contracted a dread disease--Multiple Sclerosis. He was gradually paralyzed all over his body. During his illness, he became an Elder in the Church and a ward teacher; he also collected the ward budget. He and his wife, Sara, were married in the Salt Lake Temple, on Dec. 11, 1936. He became a very humble man and attended Church regularly. He had a good sense of humor and had many friends and through his willpower to walk, he never owned a wheelchair. When some of my friends came to our home to stay overnight, Dad would get us to laugh until he would have to get after us to settle down to bed. He lived 20 years with the disease and succumbed at the age of 65 in the Veterans Hospital in Salt Lake City, on Nov. 27, 1951. He was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, on Dec. 1, 1951. By Joan West Strasburg, daughter.
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Siblings
- Mary Janet "Nettie" West Carter 1888–1974
- George Curtis West 1890–1985
- Pearley West Brodie 1893–1932
- Emma Ann West Gerwien 1895–1959
- Hyrum David West 1898–1976
- Rulon Matthew West 1901–1984
- Louie Milton West 1905–1905
- Owen Daniel West 1909–1978
- Earl Walker West 1911–1953
Children
- Therold Charles West 1911–1992
- Dewey Lawrence West 1913–1949
- 1LT George Elwood West 1915–1944
- Joanne West Strasburg 1926–2012
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