David Greaves Eames

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCW-8H9
• Initiatory (LDS): 8 Oct 1902, LOGAN

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DAVID GREAVES EAMES

David Greaves Eames was born Sept. 29, 1879 in Logan, Utah, a son of Dav i d
Cullen Eames and Elizabeth Cluley Greaves. He was the oldest child i n a f amily of five
boys and four girls.

His family moved to Preston, Idaho, when he was five years old. He spe n t his
boyhood on his father's farm north of Preston. He attended the Central S c hool and the
Oneida Academy in Preston. He also attended the Brigham Young Colleg e i n Logan, Utah.

He was called on a mission to represent the Latter-day Saint Church on O c t. 13,
1902. He was sent to the northwestern states and labored in Tacoma, Wash i ngton, and
British Columbia, Canada. He was the first missionary to represent the P r eston Third
Ward.

He married Pearl Geddes of Preston, Idaho, 25 Jan. 1905, in the Logan Te m ple at
Logan, Utah. They bought a farm two miles northwest of Preston and spe n t their married
life there.

He has always been active in scouting. He helped initiate the early orga n ization
of scouting when It was introduced into Cache Valley. He has been a memb e r of the
Executive Board, the Finance Committee, Chairman of the Oneida Distric t a nd also Vice
President. He received the Silver Beaver award in recognition of his out s tanding service
to boyhood in 1945.

He has served his church and community in various capacities. He serve d s ixteen
years as superintendent of the YMMIA of the Oneida Stake. He was superin t endent of
his ward Sunday School for four years. He was a member of the Bishopri c o f the Preston
Third Ward for several years. He served as a Stake High Counselor an d a m ember of
the Genealogical committee for ten years. He served as first counselo r i n the Oneida
Stake Presidency for ten years when President Taylor Nelson was presiden t . He was
made a Stake Patriarch in the Oneida Stake in 1939 .

He represented Franklin County twice in the Idaho State Senate and was P r obate
Judge in Preston for two years. He was a trustee of the Preston school b o ard for twelve
years.

The spirit of the gospel has always been in our home ,
People who have come here to visit have felt this spirit and commented a b out it.

I have always had such profound respect for my father and I am so very p r oud of
him. I am truly thankful for the good name he and Mother gave me and I h o pe to merit
their association in the eternities .

Sketch written by Ruby Geddes Eames Boot h

David married Pearl Lorena Geddes on 25 Jan 1905 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Pearl (daughter of Joseph Stewart Geddes and Isabelle Dora Neeley) was born on 22 Feb 1883 in Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States; was christened on 3 May 1883 in Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States; died on 5 Aug 1967 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States; was buried on 8 Aug 1967 in Preston Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCW-845
• Initiatory (LDS): 22 May 1931, SLAKE

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David Eames was a loan officer for the government. Lots of people call e d him Ivo. When Grandma and Grandpa Bullock got married, he gave the m a g reen book with the words budget written across the front. He taugh t the m how to budget their money. He told Grandpa once to save until yo u had d ouble the money you needed to buy something. That way you could b uy it an d still have the same about of money saved that you spent.

David married Sarah Estella Richardson on 22 May 1931 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Sarah (daughter of Hiram Sylvester Richardson and Kjerstin Jerusha Nielsen) was born on 11 Feb 1904 in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States; died on 17 Aug 2001 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States; was buried on 20 Aug 2001 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCP-6GN
• Initiatory (LDS): 26 Apr 1975, LOGAN

Melba married Max Rodney Parker on 17 Jul 1934 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Max (son of John Alma Parker and Mary Catherine Gilbert) was born on 20 Mar 1910 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States; was christened on 4 Dec 1910 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States; died on 12 Jun 1970; was buried in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWC2-KQL
• Initiatory (LDS): 10 Apr 1998, LOGAN

Waldo married Reda Hadley on 20 Dec 1939 in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States. Reda (daughter of James Andrew Hadley and Ida Ione McNeil) was born on 17 Nov 1912 in Swan Lake, Bannock, Idaho, United States; died on 3 May 2006; was buried in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: K239-5BQ
• Initiatory (LDS): 5 Oct 2009, PROVO

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Roberta Geddes Eames was born 25 April 1913 in Preston, Idaho. She lov e d the outdoors and spent her childhood on the family farm helping her f at her with his many farm chores. She graduated from Preston High Schoo l an d then attended Utah State University, graduating in June 1935 wit h a B . S. degree and a teaching major in secondary education. She worke d two y ears and then married Rufus Ridddlesbarger, Through his busines s interes ts they traveled extensively in the United States, Hawaii, an d Central Am erica.
Roberta married Layne L. Daily November 1, 1951. He had served in t h e United States Army during World War II, and after became a contracto r a nd builder. Roberta and Wayne purchased a cattle ranch in Hamilton, M onta na, and built a home there.They buil t a second home in Arizona an d often spent the winters there, avoiding Mo ntana's bitter cold. Robert a has always been very generous. She sent on e sister to the University o f Arizona for two and a half years, helped fi nance Ruby's mission in Fin land, and was always concerned her father an d mother had the things the y needed. (Sketch written by Ruby Eames Boot h 1966)

Roberta married Wayne Lafayette Daily on 1 Nov 1951. Wayne (son of Lafayette Daily and Louisa Belle Honn) was born on 10 Nov 1916 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States; died on 28 Feb 2001 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWC8-ZJF
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 Jun 1961, LOGAN

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Venice Eames Conrad, Journal

This is a copy of a journal I started years ago and when a bishop t o l d m e that I should do it. He suggested I do it, before he gave me re co m men d for the temple. I’m Venice Eames Conrad. Geddes was left ou t o f m y bi rth certificate, somehow. I was born April 23, 1915 in Prest on , Ida ho. In May, 1941, Rielly Daniel Conrad asked me for a date a s a tha nk y o u gesture. We had a pleasant evening, so we continued to s ee eac h othe r. He was a tall blond young man with incredible blue eye s from Se attl e, Washington. We are both in San Francisco Bay, area work ing for th e A rm y. He was stationed on the north side of the Golden Gat e Bridg e a s a fir st lieutenant at Fort Cronkrite for one year’s activ e duty . A s a newly c ommissioned second lieutenant I was a nurse at th e Presid io a t Letterman' s General Hospital on the south end of the bea utiful br idge. We enjoye d dancing, movies, sightseeing rides out in th e country a n d just being to gether. Rielly was and is a sweet man in s o many ways . He was an only c hild and missed his home very much. It see med he tal k ed of marriage so m uch, I wondered if he could be sincere s o soon . A s a middle Child in a f amily of nine children, I wasn't sure , even a t 2 6 years, I was Ready to s ettle down. He was about two year s older an d v ery persistent. He was fr om a city while I grew up in a s mall town o f P reston, Idaho in the nort h end of the lovely valley an d surrounded b y mo untains. We didn’t know e ach others folks. He ha d a strong Christia n u pbringing, but no formal re ligion. For 17 year s I had a rather ster n LD S training. Now I was inact ive. Rielly’s lov e and caring was just w ha t I needed to change my life. On November 20 , 1941, we were marrie d i n Reno, Nevada. We had a beaut iful trip plann ed in the Southwest. W e w ere still on our honeymoon whe n Pearl Harbo r was announced over th e radi o. We were in Phoenix, Arizona. This was D ecember, the seventh, 19 41, of course. His leave was cancele d, and we r eturned to San Francisc o an d almost three more years of Army l ife.

Venice married Rielly Daniel Conrad on 20 Nov 1941 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States. Rielly (son of Leslie Daniel Conrad and Alma Christina Danielson) was born on 20 Sep 1913 in Pasco, Franklin, Washington, United States; died on 27 Feb 1997 in Renton, King, Washington, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZJ-8TX
• Initiatory (LDS): 8 Aug 1956, LOGAN

Wendell married Nedra Cole on 6 Apr 1939 in Gooding, Gooding, Idaho, United States. Nedra (daughter of Leslie John Cole and Louie McKinnon) was born on 29 Dec 1919 in Fairview, Franklin, Idaho, United States; died on 28 Mar 2005; was buried in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZ4-MM1
• Initiatory (LDS): 4 Nov 1949, IFALL

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She was born at her home in Preston, Idaho, July 19, 1919, the daughte r o f Pearl
Geddes Eames and David G. Eames. Her childhood was a happy one spent wi t h her
family on the farm in Preston, Idaho .

She was graduated from Preston High School In 1937, She attended the U.S . A.C. at Logan, Utah and received her B.S. degree in 1941 with a majo r i n child development and elementary education. She attended Merrill Pa lme r School in Detroit, Michigan the spring quarter of her senior year a t co llege. Her first teaching assignment was the second grade in Cedar C ity , Utah, for one year. She was head teacher in the child care center s in S alt Lake City, Seattle and San Francisco for five years. She was g uidanc e teacher at the University of Utah nursery school for one year .

She wanted to go overseas with the Red Cross during the war and receiv e d an assignment as overseas staff assistant to go to England in 1945. S h e was sent to Washington, D. C. to attend a school before leaving and t h e war ended, so the class she was scheduled to go with was cancelled .

She has been active In church work all her life. She graduated from Prim a ry and seminary and was play leader in the Primary organization when s h e attended high school. She has taught classes in Primary, Mutual or Su nd ay School nearly continuously since she finished college. She taught t h e teacher training class In the Preston Third War d
Sunday School . She was coordinator of the Junior Sunday School at Ame s , Iowa while attending school there in 1955. She served as a stake miss io nary in the San Francisco Stake for nearly two years in 1947 and 1948 . Sh e was called on a foreign mission to Finland in 1949. She and her co mpani on Merle Lloyd were the first two lady missionaries ever assigned t o Finl and. It was a very challenging and spiritual experience. She toure d fifte en different countries on her way home from her mission .

She was a graduate assistant at Iowa State College while working for h e r Master's degree She received her Master's degree in child developmen t i n August 1955 from the Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa. She is an As sist ant Professor in the department of Family Living and Child Developme nt an d Supervisor of the Child Development Laboratory at Utah State Univ ersit y at Logan, Utah, where she has taught for the past four years .

She has done temple work since she returned from her mission and she hel p s record sealings once a week at the Logan Temple. She has enjoyed th e co mpanionship of her parents, brothers and sisters and their children . Th e past few years she has traveled with her parents to visit the diff eren t temples and to visit with members of her family .
This summer she plans to attend the University of Honolulu and to do tem p le work in the Hawaiian Temple.

Ruby married Floyd Richard Boothe on 14 Jun 1961 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Floyd (son of Nathaniel Boothe and Eunice Jane Wickham) was born on 5 Oct 1909 in Honeyville, Box Elder, Utah, United States; died on 5 Nov 1976 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States; was buried on 8 Nov 1976 in Preston Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZ5-9LD
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Aug 1964, IFALL

Dora married Grant Bodily Hall on 1 Sep 1946 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States. Grant (son of Thomas John Hall and Harriet Matilda Bodily) was born on 25 Apr 1921 in Fairview, Franklin, Idaho, United States; died on 2 Dec 2010 in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States; was buried on 11 Dec 2010 in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWHQ-BLW
• Initiatory (LDS): 3 Sep 1947, IFALL

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Garth Geddes Eames, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-gran d father, brother and friend, passed away the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 1 3 , 2011, at home.

He was born May 10, 1927, to David Greaves and Pearl Lorena Geddes Eam e s in Preston, Idaho, the last of nine children. He graduated from Prest o n High School in 1945 and joined the Merchant Marines. Later, he enlist e d in the U.S. Army Air force and was stationed on Okinawa. He was call e d on a mission to England, where he came to love the country and its pe op le. Returning to Preston, he met Shirley Rae Robinson, and they were m arr ied in the Logan Temple on April 4, 1951. In 1954, on a Veteran's Hom este ad Draw, they moved to Rupert, Idaho, to farm. With sheer determinat ion a nd pioneer fortitude, they cleared sagebrush, dug ditches and succe eded i n making their dream a reality.

He found great joy serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S a ints as bishop, stake president, patriarch and many other callings. H e lo ved Scouting, was active in the Snake River Council and was honore d to re ceive the Silver Beaver Award. He blessed many lives through miss ionary w ork. He and Shirley served a mission in Charleston, W.Va. She be came il l and passed away in 1984. In 1987, he married Edna Lou Harper-Sm ith in t he Los Angeles Temple, and they served additional missions to Bo ise, Idah o; Spokane, Wash.; and Adelaide, Australia.Garth Eames was a ma n of faith . He will be remembered for his fine example of service, love , a soft spo ken voice, good humor and obedience.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley; his parents; three brothe r s; and four sisters. He is survived by his wife, Edna Lou H. Eames; hi s s ister, Dora Deane Hall; children, LaRue McKenzie (Benton) of Idaho, C hris tine Beach (Wade) of Virginia, Jill Lloyd (Barry) of Utah, Tim Eame s (Car i) of Idaho, Donald Harper-Smith (Jeni) of Arizona, John Harper Sm ith (Ra eLynne) of Utah, Melanie Ysasaga (Michael) of California, Kelly M cGuire ( Doug) of Washington, Teresa Pesci (Giancarlo) of Nevada and Step hanie Lan gi (Jake) of Texas; 41 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildre n.

Garth married Shirley Rae Robinson on 4 Apr 1951 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Shirley (daughter of Orval DeWain Robinson and Mary LaRue Golightly) was born on 11 Apr 1932 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States; died on 7 Nov 1984 in Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States; was buried on 10 Nov 1984 in Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edna Lou. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KK15-PR1

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• Initiatory (LDS): COMPLETED
• FamilySearch ID: KWDJ-PCX

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• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: K4JK-44J

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZ5-952
• Initiatory (LDS): 10 Aug 1977, OGDEN