Robert Ingersol Munn 1881-1956 Verna Belle Harris 1886-1953

Robert Ingersol Munn

Obituary

Robert Ingersol Munn 

Parents Edward Frederick Munn and Sarah Ann Pearson

Born 14 Oct 1881 in Hooper, Weber, Utah 

Note: at the time it was part of Davis county

Occupation:  Farmer
Married 1) Verna Belle Harris 1 Jun 1904 Layton, Davis, Utah
The story:  He met her in Weber Canyon at Strawberry Bridge where he politely pumped some water for her at a celebration.  Due to the fact he had to travel by horse and buggy, their courtship was short.  Verna's uncle (Bishop) Daniel Harris performed the wedding ceremony. 

2) Melvie Manning 19 October 1955 Hooper, Weber, Utah
Note:  He lived less than three months after they married
Died 2 Jan 1956 Dee Memorial Hospital, Ogden, Weber, Utah
COD: Generalized Peritonitis due to Colon resection

Burial:  Hooper Cemetery, Hooper, Davis, Utah

Sources

Robert Ingersol Munn headstone

1900 US Census for Hooper, Davis, Utah sheet 5A (as son)

Note:  His middle name is given as "J" in the Census
1910 US Census for Hooper, Davis, Utah page 3 (age 27)
1920 US Census for Davis County, Utah sheet 10 (age 38)
1930 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 48)

1940 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 58)

WW1 Draft Registration (see photos)
Marriage:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 1324669 Batch M74769-9
Deceased LDS member record
Obituary: Ogden Standard Examiner 3 Jan 1956 page 11
Utah Death Certificate

Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26749249/robert-ingersol-munn

Verna Belle Harris

Verna Belle Harris

Born 3 Sep 1886 in Layton, Davis, Utah
Parents:  Thomas Eagles Harris and Mary Ann Nichols

Activities: Daughters of Utah Pioneers Camp U, President and Vice president of Women's local Farm Bureau, loved drama, sewing, gardening (she won awards at the flower shows)

Note:  When Verna was 15 or 16, she had a steady boyfriend (John Jacob Fife) who lived in Clinton, Utah.  He left on a mission a few months after they met and he took sick in the mission field and died.
Died 7 Dec 1953 Hooper, Davis, Utah
COD: Cancer
Buried Hooper Cemetery, Hooper, Weber, Utah

Sources

Obituary:  Ogden Standard Examiner 8 Dec 1953

Marriage to Robert: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 1324669 Batch M74769-9

Verna Belle Harris Munn headstone

1910 US Census for South Hooper, David, Utah pg 3 (age 23)
1920 US Census for Hooper, Davis, Utah sheet 10 (age 33)
1930 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 43)
1940 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 58)
Deceased LDS member record

Utah Death certificate
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26749163/verna-belle-munn

CHILDREN

Verna Leoan Munn Harmer

Verna Leoan Munn (went by Leoan - pronounced Lee-own)

Born 30 Jan 1905 Layton, Davis, Utah
Occupation:  Teacher
Married 1) Bergess (Bert) Elmo Harmer 12 Jun 1928, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Note:  her name is misspelled as Levan in marriage record.  Bergess died in 1937 in Hazen, Nevada (Ogden Standard Examiner Obituary 15 Mar 1937)
Children:  Leoann, Carolyn
2) Ray Carroll Marston 8 Jul 1938

Bert Harmer

Note:  She was his second wife.  He died a few months after they married 

Verna Leoan Munn Burningham Harmer

3) Harry Burningham 26 Jun 1944
Died 8 Nov 1996 Los Angeles, California
Buried Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber, Utah

Sources

Birth:  http://archives.state.ut.us/

Marriage to Bergess: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 1324683 Batch M74789-9 Reference # 5949

1910 US Census for South Hooper, David, Utah pg 3

1920 US Census for Hooper, Davis, Utah sheet 10

1930 US Census for Lucin, Box Elder, Utah (age 25, as Leoan Harmer)

1940 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 35, as Leoann Marston)

LDS deceased member record

Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59772584/verna-leoan-burningham

Othella Robert Munn

Othella Robert (not Othello) Munn

Born 9 Oct 1906 West Point, Davis, Utah

Occupation: Lift Operator at HAFB

Married 1) Belva Jay 29 Nov 1930 Ogden, Weber, Utah (Divorced)

2) Mabel Goodrick 31 Oct 1944 (Divorced)

Children:  2
3) Delores Henrio? (Divorced)
Hobby: collecting stamps

Died 11 Nov 1974 Nursing Home, Ogden, Weber, Utah
Buried 17 Nov 1974 Hooper Cemetery, Hooper, Weber, Utah
OBITUARY
Othella R. Munn

Othella's headstone

OGDEN — Othella Robert Mum, 88, Ogden, died Nov. 11,1974, in an Ogden

nursing home after a long illness. Born Oct. 9,1904, Ogden, to Robert I.and Verna Harris Munn. Married Mabel Goodrick; divorced. Lift operator, Hill Air Force Base. Member LDS Church; Eagles.Survivors: daughters, Mrs. Dennis (Sharyol) Mansfield, Mrs. Kevin (Caryol) Patterson, both Roy; stepson, stepdaughter, Gary Henrio, Clearfield; Mrs. Roberta Rhees, Uintah, Weber County; 3 grandchildren; brother, sisters, Lorin E., Mrs. Samuel (Thora) Moore, both Nyssa, Ore.; Mrs. Leoan Burningham, Hooper, Weber County; Mrs. Clark (Florence) Taylor, South Ogden; Mrs.Blaine (Velma) Fisher, West Point, Davis County. Funeral Thursday 1 p.m., Hooper 1st LDS Ward Chapel. Friends call Myers Mortuary, Roy, Wednesday 4-8 p.m.,at the chapel 1 hour before services. Burial, Hooper City Cemetery.

Sources

Marriage to Belva: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 1324689 Batch M74776-5

LDS deceased member record

1910 US Census for South Hooper, David, Utah pg 3

1920 US Census for Hooper, Davis, Utah sheet 10 (age 12)
1930 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 23)
1940 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 33)
SS Death Index (his name is spelled Othello on the record)
Obituary in Salt Lake Tribune 12 Nov 1974 page 26
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26749101/othella-robert-munn

Florence Many Munn
enhanced pic

*Florence Mary Munn

Born 23 Jan 1912 in Hooper, Davis, Utah
Married: Clark William Taylor 28 May 1928 Ogden, Weber, Utah
Occupation:  Teacher 1954-1974
Children: Robert, Stanton, 2 others
Died 13 Sep 2001 Ogden, Weber, Utah (at home of her daughter)
Buried:  Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber, Utah

Sources

1920 US Census for Hooper, Davis, Utah sheet 10 (age 7)
1930 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 18)
1940 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah (age 28, married)
LDS deceased member record

Florence Munn Taylor and Clark Taylor headstone

Article in Standard Examiner 8 Oct 1944 page 20 states the following:
West Point Reports Social Events
WEST POINT — S1/C Fisher, husband of Mrs. Munn Fisher, is home on leave from Miami, Fla.
S2/C Clark Taylor, husband of Mrs. Florence Munn Taylor, was home on
leave last week. Seaman Taylor has been aboard a destroyer and in four major battles in the Pacific. He left for duty Friday. 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Munn entertained with a family dinner last Sunday afternoon in honor of Seaman Fisher and Seaman Taylor. Twenty-nine guests were present.
Personal knowledge

Obituary

Funeral Program

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55712825/florence-mary-taylor

Sam and Thora - from their 50th wedding
anniversary invitation

Thora Harris Munn 

Born 17 Apr 1914 Hooper, Davis, Utah

Married: Samuel Lionel Moore 8 Feb 1934, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children:  Gerald, Jack, Colleen
Died 4 Jul 2001 Nyssa, Oregon
Buried Nyssa Cemetery, Nyssa, Oregon
Obituary:
Thora Harris Munn Moore, 87, Nyssa, beloved mother and grandmother, died 4 July 2001 of natural causes.Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Nyssa Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bishop Cecil Blair conducting.  Burial will follow in the Nyssa Cemetery under the direction of Lienkaemper Chapel, Nyssa.

Thora Harris Munn and Samuel L Moore headstone

Thora was born April 17, 1914, in Hooper, Utah, the daughter of Robert and
Verna Munn, and she was raised and educated in Hooper.  Thora met Samuel Moore at a community dance and February 8, 1934, they were sealed for time and eternity in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.  
The Moores farmed in Utah for several years and moved to Nyssa in 1956.  For three years they lived and worked in Ontario, finally settling in Nyssa and working on their daughter's farm. 

Thora Harris Munn  and Samuel Moore

Thora was an active member of the LDS church and served in many teaching and leadership capacities until ill health made it impossible for her to continue.  Her favorite hobbies were fishing and family history.  Thora spent many hours searching out and writing histories for her deceased loved ones.
Thora is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law Gerald and Sally Moore of Fruitland, and Jack and Pam Moore of Idaho Falls; a daughter and son-in-law, C.R. and Colleen Kesler, of Nyssa, 15 grandchildren, 54 great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Florence Taylor and Velma Fisher of Ogden, Utah.  Thora is preceded in death by her parents, husband, three brothers, and a sister.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 pm today at Lienkaemper Chapel, 207 Ehrgood Ave., Nyssa, and from 9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.Monday prior to the services at the Nyssa LDS Stake Center.
Thora will always be remembered for her good sense of humor and her love for her family.  

Sources

1920 US Census for Hooper, Davis, Utah sheet 10 (age 5)
1930 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 15)
1940 US Census for South Weber, Davis, Utah (age 25, married)
LDS deceased member record
50th wedding announcement
Wedding announcement:  Ogden Standard Examiner 25 Feb 1934 p 19
Obituary: Argus Observer, Ontario, Oregon Sunday 8 July 2001 Edition
Social Security Death Index
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163937647/thora-harris-moore

Headstone:  Billion Graves

Lorin E Munn

Lorin E Munn 

Born 4 Oct 1918 in Hooper, Weber, Utah

Lorin's side of headstone

Married: Fay Cora Stark 3 Jun 1936, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children:  Robert, Marilyn, Elaine, Duane, Jean
17 Feb 1954:  moved to Nyssa, Oregon
LDS Mission with his wife to Holbrook, Arizona to work with Native Americans
Died: 31 Aug 1999 Benton, Washington

Buried Prosser Cemetery, Prosser, Benton, Washington
Sources

Marriage:  Western States Marriage Index ID# 326078
1920 US Census for Hooper, Davis, Utah sheet 10 (age 3)
1930 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 13)
1940 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 23, married)
Article:  "Whatever Became Of Lorin E Munn" which was written by Hooper LDS church members
LDS deceased member record

SS Death Index
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50999841/lorin-e.-munn

Velma Irene Munn 

Velma Irene Munn
Born 29 Sep 1918 in Hooper,Weber, Utah

Award:  Queen of Hooper's Tomato Day Celebration
Occupation: Grocers

Married: Blaine Delmar Fisher 16 Dec 1938 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children: Dan Kelly, Mary Beth, 4 more
Died 28 Mar 2005 West Point, Utah

Burial:  West Point Cemetery, West Point, Utah

Sources

Tomato Day Queen info: Ogden Standard Examiner 5 Sep 1936 page 10
1920 US Census for Hooper, Davis, Utah sheet 10 (age 1)

Blaine Delmar Fisher

1930 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 11)
1940 US Census for West point, davis, Utah (age 21, married and living with Blaine's mother)
Wedding announcement in Ogden Standard Examiner 25 Dec 1938 page 14 reported: Velma Munn and Blaine Fisher Are Wed In Temple

Velma Irene Munn Fisher and Blaine D Fisher headstone

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Munn of Hooper, announce the marriage of their daughter, Velma, to Blaine D. Fisher, son of Mrs. Lavina Fisher of West Point. The wedding took place in the L. D. S. temple at Salt Lake City December 16. Following the ceremony a reception was held, in the ward recreational hall for the couple. A large Christmas tree beautifully lighted added color to the hall resplendent with other appropriate adornments.A large number of friends and relatives attended the affair. The bride was elected queen of the tomato festival held at Hooper two years ago
Obituary:  Ogden Standard Examiner
LDS deceased member record
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68653890/velma-irene-fisher

Oral H Munn  in March 1946

Oral H Munn 

Jessie Browning

Born 24 May 1921 in Hooper, Weber, Utah
Married: Jessie Browning 10 Jun 1938 Riverdale, Weber, Utah
Children:  Claire and Wayne
Died 3 Oct 1960 Veteran's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Note:  He was injured on the job in 1954, sustaining severe brain injuries when struck by a falling steel beam, causing him to fall while working on First Security Bank in Salt Lake City, and never fully recovered.
Military: Navy, WW2 Inducted 8 Feb 1945 and honorably discharged 23 Nov 1945 in Shoemaker, California

Oral's headstone

Obituary from Ogden Standard-Examiner:
Oral H. Munn, 39, 3882 Grandview, died Monday in the Veterans Hospital in Salt Lake City. Mr. Munn was born May 24, 1921, in Hooper, a son of Robert I. and Verna Harris Munn. He lived in Hooper until 1946 and later in Oregon and Montana. He moved to Salt Lake City six years ago. On June 10, 1939, he married Jessie Browning in Riverdale. He had been an ironworker from the American Bridge Co. and was a member of the Iron Workers Union. He was a member of the LDS Church. During World War II, he served in the Navy. Surviving are his widow, four sons, Wayne, M. Munn, with the Army at Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, S. D.; Lynn R. Munn, Rick 0. Munn, Shane Munn, all of Ogden; two daughters. Mrs. Bryan (Jacqueline Joy) Bickmore, Salt Lake City; Miss Sandra Sue Munn, Ogden; two brothers, Othella Munn, Roy; Lorin Munn, Nyssa, Ore., four sisters, Mrs. Harry (Leoan Burningham, Hooper; Mrs. Clark (Florence) Taylor, South - Ogden; Mrs.Sam (Thora) Moore. Nyssa; Mrs. Elaine (Velma) Fisher, West Point. Funeral services will be conducted: Thursday at 1 p.m. in Lindquist and Sons Colonial Chapel by Bishop D. Norman Read of the LDS Hooper First Ward. Friends may call at the mortuary Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Thursday prior to services. Interment in Hooper Cemetery.
Sources

1930 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 8)

1940 US Census for West Point, Davis, Utah (age 19, married) 

Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah Territorial to 1966

Article in Ogden Standard-Examiner  12 Aug 1945 about Oral and his Military training:
Utah Military Records
Marriage License permit for Oral and Jessie in Ogden Standard-Examiner announced in 11 Jun 1939 issue page 4

LDS deceased member record

Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26767032/oral-h.-munn

Article in the paper about Oral after his injury: 12 Nov 1954 (Ogden Standard-Examiner) page 13 Ex-Hooper Ex-Hooper Man in 'Critical Condition With Head Injury
HOOPER — Oral H. Munn, recently of Hooper, is still in very critical condition in a Salt Lake City hospital after being struck in the head last week by a 1,000-pound steel beam, crushing his skull. The Munn family lost their eldest son in an automobile accident last summer in Washington. Mr. Munn and his family moved to Salt Lake City just three weeks ago. He has not regained consciousness since the mishap.
Article in the paper about Oral's DUI: 9 Dec 1946 (Ogden Standard-Examiner) Two motorists drew stiff penalties in city court today on their pleas of guilty. Oral Munn, 25, Hooper, charged with drunken driving and hit-run driving, was sentenced by Judge J. Quill Nebeker to pay a total fine of $350 or serve 175 days in jail. Traffic Sergeant T. Clark Olsen said Munn December 7 drove his car into one operated by Olaf Lassen at twenty-second and Monroe, continued on without stopping and smashed into two other vehicles at Jackson and twenty-second, No injuries were reported.  

Update in Ogden Standard-Examiner about Oral's accident: 20 Jan 1955 page 7 Oral H. Munn, Hooper, still in very serious condition in a Salt Lake City hospital following an accident 10 weeks ago in which a 1000-pound steel beam struck him on the head while he was working with a construction crew. Mr. Munn has still not regained consciousness from the blow.