Gabriel Alonzo Huntsman

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• FamilySearch ID: KW8M-TLR
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Sep 1999, IFALL

Gabriel married Nellie Dean Melville on 29 Dec 1909 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Nellie (daughter of Daniel Dutson Melville and Emma Dean McBride) was born on 16 Nov 1890 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 26 Jul 1977 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZJ-TP3
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 Oct 1938, LOGAN

Alonzo married Sarah Kathleen Robison on 10 May 1934 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Alfred Robison and Mary Elizabeth Keith) was born on 4 Dec 1910 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 8 Apr 1969 in Santa Clara, California, United States; was buried in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alonzo married Helen Louise Rockway on 18 Jun 1971 in Stanford, Santa Clara, California, United States. Helen (daughter of Fred Rockway and Lula M) was born on 3 Nov 1920 in Kanaskat, King, Washington, United States; died on 22 Oct 1987 in Millard, Utah, United States; was buried in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KW8L-QF3
• Initiatory (LDS): 29 Mar 2008, SGEOR

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZB-3X7
• Initiatory (LDS): 10 Oct 1998, PROVO

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• FamilySearch ID: KWC3-4JL
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 May 2005, ARIZO

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• FamilySearch ID: KW69-S9J
• Initiatory (LDS): 29 Mar 2008, SGEOR

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJR-91K
• Initiatory (LDS): 8 Feb 1954, MANTI

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• FamilySearch ID: KW6M-BB4
• Initiatory (LDS): 29 Mar 2008, SGEOR

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• FamilySearch ID: KWHV-547
• Initiatory (LDS): 5 Jun 1963, SLAKE

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• FamilySearch ID: KWHH-WGC
• Initiatory (LDS): 19 Jun 1959, LANGE

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Obituary:
New York Times
By Cade Metz
Feb. 2, 2018

Jon Huntsman Sr., the son of a music teacher in the heart of the Idaho p o tato country who rose to become a billionaire industrialist and philant hr opist in Utah and the father of that state’s governor, died on Frida y a t his home in Salt Lake City. He was 80.

Gary Chapman, a spokesman for the Huntsman Corporation, the specialty ch e mical company where Mr. Huntsman was executive chairman, confirmed th e de ath but declined to give the cause. He had been ill for an extende d perio d of time.

In early 1970s, Mr. Huntsman built a packaging company that created ma n y of the first plastic plates, bowls and fast-food containers, includi n g the plastic “clamshell” that held McDonald’s Big Mac. After selling t h e company, he went on to found the Huntsman Corporation, an $8 billio n mu ltinational operation that produces chemicals used in everything fro m clo thing to automobiles.

He also served in the Nixon administration and in 1988 ran unsuccessful l y for governor in Utah.

But he became known as much for his philanthropy as for his business a n d political ambitions. In 1992, after both of his parents died of canc e r and he, too, battled the disease, he created the Huntsman Cancer Inst it ute at the University of Utah with a $10 million grant, and in the yea r s since, he and his family donated more than $1.4 billion to cancer res ea rch.

“He was a great entrepreneur and a real humanitarian,” said Patrick Byrn e , the chief executive and founder of Overstock.com, the online retaile r b ased in Salt Lake City, and a three-time cancer survivor. “He mad e a to n of money, and he gave it away while he was alive.”

Jon Meade Huntsman was born in 1937 in Blackfoot, Idaho. In an intervi e w with The New York Times in 1994, he remembered hearing stories abou t tw o of his great-great-grandfathers, who crossed the mountains with Br igha m Young on wagon trains in the 1840s and became businessmen in Utah . He w ould eventually make the same trip and join the highest echelons o f the C hurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but he took a more ci rcuitou s route.

After moving to Palo Alto, Calif., where, in junior high school, he me t h is future wife, Karen Haight, Mr. Huntsman won a scholarship from th e Cro wn Zellerbach paper company that sent him to the University of Penn sylvan ia and the Wharton School. But his future was in egg cartons, no t paper.

He joined an egg distribution company run by his wife’s uncle, and, a s h e once told The Times, he noticed that the cardboard cartons were pro ne t o leaks. So, he helped development a plastic carton. In 1965, the co mpan y was bought by Dow Chemical.

Mr. Huntsman’s ambitions were varied.

He spent time repackaging and selling music recordings on television und e r titles like “Greatest Hits of Rock & Roll.” And in 1970, he joined t h e Nixon administration, eventually serving as special assistant and sta f f secretary to the president. But by then, he had already started the H un tsman Container Corporation, which created the Big Mac clamshell in 19 74.

In 1982, he founded the Huntsman Chemical Corporation in Salt Lake Cit y . Then, after acquiring the worldwide operations of the Texaco Chemica l C ompany, the company evolved into the Huntsman Corporation.

Mr. Huntsman is survived by his wife, Karen, and eight children, 56 gran d children and 19 great-grandchildren. His daughter Kathleen died in 2010 .

His son Jon Huntsman Jr. was Utah’s governor from 2005 to 2009, ran fo r p resident in 2012 with financial backing from the elder Mr. Huntsman , an d is now the United States ambassador to Russia. In 2016, another so n, Pa ul, bought The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah’s largest daily paper, and n amed h is father chairman emeritus.

In an interview in 2014, The Tribune reported on Friday, Mr. Huntsman sa i d that he wanted his family to follow his lead.

“I would hope that our children and grandchildren and great-grandchildr e n would feel equally comfortable in public office or philanthropy,” h e sa id.

Fred Esplin, vice president for advancement at the University of Utah, w h o had known the elder Mr. Huntsman since the 1970s, said that Mr. Hunts ma n left “quite the legacy.”

“It is not the Kennedys,” he said. “But it is a dynasty.”

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 4, 2018, Section A, P a ge 22 of the New York edition with the headline: Jon Huntsman Sr., 80 , Bi llionaire Philanthropist.

Jon married Karen Haight in Jun 1959. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZJ-T5J
• Initiatory (LDS): 30 Aug 1990, SLAKE

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The Deseret News, Thursday, April 22, 2010:

Kathleen Ann Huntsman
1966 ~ 2010

The light of our world dimmed substantially with the passing of our belo v ed daughter, sister, mother, wife and friend. Kathleen Ann Huntsman, a g e 44, departed our loving embrace on April 20, 2010 following complicat io ns resulting from cardiac arrest. Her passing occurred in a special pa tie nt room at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital which she very thoughtfully h elpe d design and decorate in 2003. Her unqualified love for all humanit y wil l be sorely missed.

Kathleen was bright and well spoken. She possessed a rare sense of chari t y and kindness that punctuated her every deed and served to inspire tho s e who were fortunate enough to share her company. She projected an unus ua l optimism born of family, faith and conquering adversity. She was alw ay s extremely kind and loving to anyone and everyone. We all will miss h e r unmistakable laugh and charisma which would light even the darkest o f l ife's corners.

Her seven children provided enormous emotional and spiritual sustenanc e t hat made her complete as a person. Indeed, Kathleen's constant dotin g an d attention to developing the talents and interests of her childre n wer e exemplary. Her children best represented her life and priorities . In th e end, her trademark compassion and resilience were hard earned b i-produc ts of life's choices. As is written on the tombstone of her name sake an d paternal Grandmother, "Sweet are the uses of adversity".

During her high school years, Kathleen and her siblings served in the mi s sion field as her father presided over the Washington, D.C. Mission. S h e devoted her energies and efforts always toward the encouragement an d su pport of over 600 missionaries. She loved the work and made her rol e a s a junior missionary the highest priority. Kathleen loved the Lord a nd w as honored to be one of His chosen handmaidens. She was proud of he r stro ng heritage in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Her affection and devotion for her children overrode all the personal ne e ds of her own. She was both a pianist and a creative artist. Her uniqu e p ictures for her children's school work kept everyone in constant humo r. S he loved and adored her six brothers and two sisters and all the res pecti ve nieces and nephews.

Kathleen Ann Huntsman was born January 5, 1966 in Glendale, California . H er early years and schooling were spent in California, Washington, D. C. a nd Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended Brigham Young University and t he Un iversity of Utah where she affiliated with Chi Omega sorority. Whe n she w as operating at peak efficiency, local supplies of Hot Tamales ca ndy, Die t Coke and sunshine were in high demand.

Kathleen is survived by her children James (19), Kate (18), Christophe r ( 16), Mark (14), Amanda (12), Rosie (11) and Lexie (9); parents Jon M . an d Karen Huntsman; husband of two months Gaines Ashley Boyd; sibling s Jo n (Mary Kaye) Huntsman, Jr., Beijing, China; Peter (Brynn) Huntsman , Hous ton, Texas; Christena (Richard) Durham, Salt Lake City, Utah; Davi d (Mich elle) Huntsman, Salt Lake City, Utah; Paul (Cheryl) Huntsman, Sal t Lake C ity, Utah; James (Marianne) Huntsman, Houston, Texas; Jennifer ( David) Pa rkin, Houston, Texas; Mark Huntsman, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sh e was marrie d (sealed in the Salt Lake Temple) to James A. Huffman fro m 1989 until 20 09.

Funeral services will be at noon Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the Monume n t Park Stake Center, 1320 Wasatch Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah. The view in g will be at the Monument Park Stake Center Friday evening, April 23 , fro m 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. There will be no public viewing prior to th e servic es Saturday.

Kathleen's devotion, next to her children, was assisting and inspiring t h ose who suffer from cancer. She served honorably on the staff of the Hu nt sman Cancer Foundation. In lieu of flowers, donations would be gratefu ll y received by the Huntsman Cancer Foundation.

Kathleen married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kathleen married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]