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Vern George Whipple

Vern George Whipple

Male 1902 - 1991  (89 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Vern George Whipple 
    Birth 10 Jan 1902  Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 1 Dec 1947  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWC2-Y5B 
    Death 9 May 1991  Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 13 May 1991  Lehi City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18622  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Edson Whipple,   b. 10 Oct 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1909, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Beck,   b. 13 Jun 1865, Aichelberg, Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1937, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 9 Dec 1880  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lexia Bateman,   b. 5 Aug 1903, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1994, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 1 Dec 1947  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9147  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Jan 1902 - Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 1 Dec 1947 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Dec 1947 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 May 1991 - Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 13 May 1991 - Lehi City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Vern George Whipple, an Autobiography
      1902-1991

      I was born in Lehi, Utah, the ninth Child of Edson and Mary Beck Whipp l e 10 January 1902. In my early life I had the usual amount of accid e n t s and sicknesses. I cut myself, bruised myself, broke my arm an d c u t m y trigger finger off. I lost my finger in the cogs of the famil y wa s hin g machine. I was always daring. As my sister, Delilah, was tur ni n g th e machine, I stuck my finger near the cogs thinking she would s hu s h me aw ay. But she didn’t see me and the cogs grabbed my finger an d pu l led it i n. I caught every contagious disease as they came along . meas l es, mumps, chicken pox, etc., I’ve had them all. With all the sc ho o l I missed fr om these sicknesses, I wasn’t held back for which I wa s a lw ays thankful.
      The loss of my finger wasn’t much of a handicap, however, except in pl a y i ng marbles. I couldn’t shoot straight. When the older people wou l d s e e my finger, they would tell me, “There is one consolation, you w il l ne ve r have to go in the Army”. Well, I Didn’t, but later joined th e N avy. W hen I was seven our home was saddened by the sickness and deat h o f o ur fa ther. He passed away 26 February 1909 at the age of 56. Th e old e r Child ren were already working. My mother worked to support u s young e r ones an d as we became old enough, we also worked to help sup port our se lves. I w orked on the farm and later in the mines and othe r places s o t hat I coul d buy my clothes and go to school in the winter .
      In my Childhood and school days we had lots of fun. I had my brothe r s a n d there were so many boys in the neighborhood, the Merrills, Kirk ha ms, Gu dmundsens, Fotheringhams, Crabbs and many others. We all love d t o r oam t he fields and hills. this was always fun for me and I stil l lov e t he gre at out-of-doors, roaming the hills, hunting and fishing . Had m y f ather l ived, I am sure we would have enjoyed doing these thi ngs toge ther. He, l ike many Lehi men, did considerable mining and prosp ecting i n th e hills a nd mountains near Lehi.
      All through my younger life I was what is known as painfully bashfu l . W h en I was in the fifth grade they had double seats. The boys sat t og eth e r and the girls together. One day at the beginning of class Mis s Ha rwo o d announced, to my horror, that she was going to seat the boy s wit h th e g irls. I though of leaving the room and not coming back, bu t on s econ d th ought I knew this wouldn’t do. There was just no escape . When s h e got t o me, who did she seat me with? Why, the prettiest gir l in th e r oom. I was scared to death and reluctantly I took my books an d chang e d seat s. The next day, to make things worse, Miss Harwood, for m her de s k said, “Lela, why don’t you move over and give Vern more room , he is h a lfway o ut in the aisle”. Lela was very nice and very friendl y, however . She di d much to relieve my bashfulness during the remainde r of the y e ar. I wa s still a long ways from being cured. At 16 I start ed goin g t o dances. My sister taught me how, then I got up enough coura ge to a s k the othe r girls. I loved to dance and went to all of the m I could . I was neve r known to be forward but wasn’t painfully bashfu l anymore.
      I attended grade school and high school and then went to one yea r a t t h e University of Utah, but I couldn’t make enough money during t he s umm e r to take me thru the next school year, so I was forced to qui t . A fe w y ears later when I had saved enough money, I went to Chicag o an d gradu ate d from an Electrical Trade School. I worked there for tw o yea rs gett in g experience in my trade. I came back to Utah and in 193 7 my g ood mot he r passed away at the age of 72. I have always been grat eful fo r her m an y sacrifices for us. She taught us to honor the priest hood an d that w e s hould keep the commandments that our Father in Heave n has gi ven us.
      I worked for a while as an operator in the Lehi Municipal Power Plan t . A t the beginning of World War II, I went to the Small Arms Plan t i n S alt L ake as an Electrician. In September of 1942 I enlisted in t he N avy. Whe n I went in for my physical examination I went through th e whol e p roces s without them noticing my trigger finger until I was t o be fin gerp rinted. I asked the man which finger he wanted me to use. H e becam e ex cited a nd wanted to know how I got through. He told me to w ait an d wen t out t o find out about it. He soon came back and said he t hough t it wo uld be a lright. I was sure it would be.
      I went through boot training at Farragut, Idaho, then was sent to Ma r e I s land, California. While awaiting a ship to be assigned to I ser v e d a s a shore patrolman in San Francisco. We had to patrol the toug h se c tio n of the City. It was a good experience for me, but I didn’t l ik e i t muc h.
      I was assigned to a large submarine tender. We went to the South Pac i f i c where I served 18 months and during this time had the privileg e o f vi si ting many of the beautiful island of that region. I was disch arge d i n Oc tober 1945.
      I married Lexia Bateman in the Salt Lake Temple, 1 December 1947.

      Note: Vern George Whipple died on 9 May 1991 in Lehi, Utah, Utah . H i s s weetheart, Lexia Bateman Whipple died 25th of July 1994. They h a d n o chi ldren.



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