 1908 - 1995
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| Born |
2 Oct 1908 |
Utah,  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
7 Jan 1995 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT |
| Buried |
11 Jan 1995 |
Elysian Burial Gardens, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT |
| _CRE |
15 Feb 2015 |
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| Notes |
- The following note and obituary provided by Richard K. Hascall:
Rowena attended the Latter-day Saints University Junior College from 1925-1927.
The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 9, 1995
Rowena Jacobson Miller, age 86, passed away peacefully January 7, 1995 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born October 2, 1908 in Salt Lake City to Baltzar Hans and Sarah Rebecca Stay Jacobson. She married Erroll W. Miller on December 21, 1934 in the Salt Lake LDSTemple. He preceded her in death on November 12, 1969.
She attended local schools, LDSU, and University of Utah. Personal secretary to President J. Reuben Clark Jr. in New York City and Salt Lake City from 1937 to his death in 1961. Executive Secretary, Nauvoo Restoration, Inc., 1962- 1982. Participated in Deseret and University of Utah Theaters; church motion pictures, including "Windows of Heaven" local, touring and church theater groups in New York and Utah. Special interest in travel and photography. Member Alpha Beta Theta Literary Society. Active memberof The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, holding positions in all auxiliaries of the church.
Survivors include brothers and sisters: Cecil B. Jacobson (Rose), Dorothy Jacobson, Joseph S. Jacobson (Viola), Leo O. Jacobson (Fern), Rebecca Marie Knaphus, Catherine Walther ( M. Gibbs), Phyllis F. Riches, all Salt Lake City; Margaret R. Williams ( D.Emerton), Berkeley, Calif., sister-in-law, Ruth Miller Hill, Ogden; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, January 11, 1995, 11 a.m. at the East Mill Creek 4th Ward (EMC Stake Center), 3101 East 3600 South. Friends may call Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Holbrook Funeral Chapel, 3251 South 2300 East, and at the church Wednesday one hour prior to the services. Interment, Elysian Burial Gardens. Directors, The Holbrook Funeral Chapel.
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| Person ID |
I4742 |
Moon Anderson Family History & Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
15 Feb 2015 |
| Father |
Baltzar Hans Jacobson, b. 17 Dec 1879, Harrisville, Marquette, WI , d. 17 Oct 1930, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT |
| Mother |
Sarah Rebecca Stay, b. 16 Oct 1881, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT , d. 14 Dec 1966, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT |
| Married |
28 Nov 1907 |
Salt lake City, Salt Lake, UT |
| Family ID |
F2635 |
Group Sheet |
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