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  3. William Garn Rowsell: Birth: 18 Dec 1940 in Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Ut. Death: 15 Jul 2002 in Price,Utah

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a. Note:   BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY He was taken to County Seat of Elco Nevada & was then returned to Salt Lake BURRIED AT WASATCH LAWN CEMETERY IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
  HE WAS THE ONLY BOY IN THE FAMILY,
 MILKED COWS FED CHICKENS AND WORKED IN HIS FATHERS STORE IN MAGNA.
 DELIVERED FOOD IN HIS FATHERS WAGON WITH HORSES PULLING THE WAGON.
 TOOK FREE FOOD TO THE NEEDY.
 HIS FATHER WAS WELL TO DO AND HAD THE FIRST MODLE T FORD IN MAGNA.
 HE GRADUATED FROM CYPRUS HIGH SCHOOL. WHERE HE PLAYED THE SAXAPHONE COMPETING IN CANADA. HE ALSO PLAYED IN DANCE BANDS AT THE U OF U BLACK ROCK, SALTAIR AND SERVERAL OTHER PLACES.
 HIS FATHER WAS GOING TO SEND HIM TO COLLEDGE JUST AS THE DEPRESSION HIT THE COUNTRY. KENECOTT CUT WAY BACK, PEOPLE WERE STARVING SO GRANDFATHER GEORGE ALMA HAD GARN STAY AND HELP HIM GIVE PEOPLE FOOD BECAUSE THEY WERE STARVING. HE LOST THE STORE, ONLY ONE PAYED HIM BACK 100 DOLLERS YEARS LATER. AFTER THAT ALMA WENT TO WORKED FOR HILLFIELD, UTAH POWER AND LIGHT, A FURNITURE STORE, AND PEARSON HARDWARE IN SUGAR HOUSE,WERE HE WAS ALWAYS THE TOP SALESMAN. GARN WENT TO WORK AT ROYAL BAKERY JUST OFF 3RD S. AND MAIN ST IN S L C. HE BUILT A LITTLE HOME ON 1465 E HIGHLAND DR IN SL. WHILE BUILDING HIS HOME HE ALSO PLAYED IN A DANCE BAND & GOT UP EARLY AT TWO TO WORK AT THE BAKERY. HE WAS THE SUPT OF THE CAKE SHOP. HIS HOME HAD BEAUTIFUL GARDENS FRUITS, FLOWERS,AND AND VEG. EVERY ONE LIKED HIM, AND HE WAS VERY HONEST,NEVER DRANK,SMOKED,OR SWORE. HE BUILT THE FIRST HOME IN 1933 WHERE SHARON,CHARLENE, AND BILL WERE BORN. HE LATER MOVED TO 1767 GARFIELD AVE IN SALT LAKE TO A CUTE LITTLE WHITE HOME WITH TWO BEDROOMS. HE ALWAYS SAW THAT HIS CHILDREN WENT TO CHURCH.
 GARN WORKED AT SEVERAL SAFEWAY STORES IN SL. WHERE HE ALWAYS GAVES THE BEST QUALITY HAMB. STEAKS, AND ROASTS. HE TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF HIS WIFE WHILE SHE WAS ILL. LATER IN HIS YEARS HE MOVED TO BOUNTIFUL. WERE HE WORKED AT SAFEWAY STORE AT FIVE POINTS MALL HE LIVED IN A APT ACROSS THE STREET FROME THERE.
 IVA LOU HIS WIFE ENTERED SEVERAL HOSP. AND WAS ILL FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. HE LOST HIS HOME AND THAT'S WHEN HE MOVED TO BOUNTIFUL. HE HAD TO PLACE IVA IN A REST HOME IN BOUNTIFUL WHERE HE WENT TWICE A DAY AND BROUGHT HER WASH HOME HE DID THIS FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS UNTIL SHE WAS GONE. HE MISSED HER VERY MUCH AND COULD HAVE GIVEN UP LOTS OF TIMES. BUT HE STUCK WITH HER UNTIL THE END, ALWAYS GIVING HER A BIG HUG AND KISS WHEN HE SAW HER. HE DIED ONE YEAR LATER. HE LOVED TO FISH, HAD A SMALL BOAT AND LOVED TO TAKE HIS KIDS AND GRAND KIDS WITH HIM.
 WHEN YOUNGER HE WOULD WALK INTO THE UINTAHS AND FISH AT MOHOKE LAKE WHERE HE WOULD BRING 40 FISH HOME AND WE WOULD COOK SOME FOR BREAKFAST.
 HE MADE GOOD WAFFLES, WEDDING CAKES,
 HE ALWAYES HAD A PRESENT FOR EVERYONE AT CHRISTMAS USUALLY HAM FOR THE GROWNUPS AND TOYS,DOLLS AND MONEY FOR THE KIDS. HE MISSED THE GRAND KIDS THAT COULDN'T BE WITH HIM. BRET & JODY. BRET ROWSELL , DON'S BOY BRET IS THE ONLY TO CARRY ON THE ROWSELL NAME. CHAD ROSS SEAN & CLINT SALMON ALL HAVE THE MIDDLE NAME OF ROWSELL. SHARON & DEAN'S CHILDREN.
 GARN ALWAY'S HAD DEER TO CUT FOR PEOPLE AFTER THEY WENT HUNTING, SOMTIMES HE HAD 100 DEER AT A TIME AND ALL OF HIS CHILDREN HELPED HIM SKIN, CUT AND WRAPP THE DEER. WE ALL HAD LOT'S OF FUN,LOTS OF TREATS AND LOT'S OF LAUGH'S LATER HE TOOK HIS BUISNESS TO BOUNTIFUL IN DEAN AND SHARONS GARAGE WHERE HE STARTED TO TRAIN HIS GRAND CHILDREN TO HELP. HE ALWAY'S HAD TO CLEAN AND CUT THE DEER PROPERLY FOR EVERYONE, AVERAGING ABOUT 6 TO 10 DOLLERS A DEER.
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.


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