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| Name |
Aurilla Gay Whipple |
| Birth |
20 Aug 1918 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
1 Mar 2002 |
BOISE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCD-NZJ |
| Death |
5 Mar 2011 |
Midvale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
12 Mar 2011 |
Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I18598 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Anor Whipple, b. 25 Mar 1879, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 23 Oct 1967, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 88 years) |
| Mother |
Aurilla May Watkins, b. 4 May 1884, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States d. 18 Apr 1976, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 91 years) |
| Marriage |
15 Nov 1917 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F8721 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Cecil Allen Saunders, Jr, b. 6 Oct 1919, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States d. 30 May 1965, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage |
31 Jan 1943 |
Quartzsite, La Paz, Arizona, United States |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Children |
| | 1. Living |
| | 2. Barbara Saunders |
| | 3. Cecil Allen Saunders, III, b. 3 Oct 1950, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States d. 27 Jul 2018, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 67 years) |
| | 4. Stephen Saunders |
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| Family ID |
F9129 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 20 Aug 1918 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Marriage - 31 Jan 1943 - Quartzsite, La Paz, Arizona, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 1 Mar 2002 - BOISE |
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 | Death - 5 Mar 2011 - Midvale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 12 Mar 2011 - Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Obituary:
Gay Whipple Saunders passed away peacefully at her home on March 5, 201 1 . She was ninety-two years old. She resided at 3357 South Pioneer Stre e t (2455 East) in East Millcreek, Utah at the time of her death.
Gay was born in Salt Lake City to Anor and Aurilla May Whipple. She gr e w up in Holladay with her brother, Ross, and sister, Helen. Gay attend e d Granite High School and the University of Utah, where she graduated w it h a degree in art. She then continued at Chouinard School of Art in Lo s A ngeles.
She married Cecil Allen Saunders in 1943. They moved to Hawaii, where th e y raised their four children on Niuiki Circle. They later divorced.
Gay was an accomplished interior designer. Her designs were used at Hono l ulu International Airport and Kamehameha schools. She was active with t h e Daughters of the Utah Pioneers in Hawaii and later in Utah.
In 1965, she returned to Holladay, Utah to care for her mother. S h e w a s a decorator for leading Salt Lake furniture stores. Gay love d t o travel and has been a world traveler for years. She bought new lugg ag e last year.
Gay is survived by her children, Kathryn Bob of Mililani, Hawaii, Barba r a Saunders of Bainbridge Island, Washington, C. Allen (Chris) of Sandy , U tah, and Stephen (Patt) of Lahaina, Hawaii, as well as by seven grand -chi ldren and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by he r par ents, and by her brother, Ross Whipple, and sister, Helen Ingalls.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2011 in the East Mi l lcreek Ward Chapel, 2707 East Evergreen Avenue, with a visitation fro m 10 :45-11:45 a.m. Services begin at 12:00 p.m.
Interment: Salt Lake City Cemetery, 200 North "N" Street.
Published in the Deseret News on March 10, 2011.
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