Ilah Eames

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCD-Q7P
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 31 Mar 1953, SLAKE

Notes:

DEATH: Social Security Death Index

Obituary: Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT) 19 May, 1994

Ilah Eames Carpenter, 91, long time resident of Salt Lake City, died Tue s day, May 17, 1994 in Provo.

She was born June 8, 1902 in Preston, Idaho, a daughter of David and Eli z abeth Greaves Eames. She married Kenneth Mosher Carpenter August 9, 19 2 6 in Brigham City, Utah. The marriage was later solemnized in the Sal t La ke LDS Temple. He died August 28, 1990.

Mrs. Carpenter graduated from the Onieda Stake Academy in 1921. She w a s a graduate of Utah State University in home economics. She taught sch oo l in Magna for four years before moving to Salt Lake City where she sp en t the remainder of her life. Her husband was the national advertisin g coo rdinator for the Newspaper Agency in Salt Lake City for over twent y years .

She was active civically as a longtime member of the YWCA Board of Di r e c tors and the PTA. Mrs. Carpenter was a very active member of the Ch ur ch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in various position s i n the Primary and Young Women.

Survivors include her son, Stephen Paul Carpenter, of Springfield, Virgi n ia; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Graveside services under the direction of Walker Sanderson Funeral Hom e o f Orem will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in the Preston City Cemetery, Pr esto n, Idaho.

Ilah married Kenneth Mosher Carpenter on 9 Aug 1926 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. Kenneth (son of Louis Martin Carpenter and Martha Mary Pack) was born on 7 Feb 1902 in Kamas, Summit, Utah, United States; died on 1 Aug 1990 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried in Preston Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]