Rose Ellen PATTERSON

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Rose E, Markham

LELAND, Utah County--Mrs. Rose Ellen Markham, 75, died Monday in an Orem convalescent home after an illness.

Born May 5, 1882, Spanish Fork, to Joseph R. and Agnes Meacham Patterson. Married to Ira M. Markham, May 9, 1901, Salt Lake Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He died 1935.

Survivors, sons, Dr. Don C., Long Beach, California; Ira, Concord, California; daughters, Mrs. Merrill (Agnes) Wasel, Salem, Utah County; Mrs. F. W. M. (Ina) Mangum, Heber, Wasatch County; 21 grandchildren, five brothers, four sisters.

Funeral Thursday noon, Leland LDS Ward Chapel. Friends call Walker Mortuary, Spanish Fork, Wednesday, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday prior.

-Salt Lake Tribune, June 26, 1957, transcribed by Rhonda Holton

Rose married Ira Meacham MARKHAM. Ira (son of Stephen MARKHAM and Mary Lucy CURTIS) was born 20 Dec 1873, Palmyra, Utah, Utah, United States; died 7 Nov 1935, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States; was buried 11 Nov 1935, Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]

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OGDEN VISITED BY NEW DENTIST

Dr. Don C. Markham who received his degree in dental surgery from the University of Southern California on June 7 is visiting this week with his brother, Ira J. Markham, an instructor at Weber College, who lives at 1730 Jackson.

Dr. Markham is a graduate of Brigham Young University. He received the Atwater Gold Plaque Award for excellence in operative techniques and graduated as an honor student with an average of 19 per cent.

-Ogden Standard Examiner, July 3, 1941, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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TOP SCOUTER ANTELOPE AWARD MADE

Dr. Don C. Markham, Long Beach, California and a native of Utah County, was one of the six men who were awarded the Silver Antelope Award by Region 12 of the Boy Scouts of America at the recent regional meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Silver Antelope Regional Award is the second highest in the nation given to scouters, being surpassed only by the Silver Buffalo which is given on a national basis.

Dr. Markham, a Long Beach dentist, has long been active in scouting and was one of two Utahns who received the highest recognition that can be given a scouter by a scout region. The other Utahn is Edwin S. Baggs, Ogden, president of Wasatch Oil Company.

Dr. Markham is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. Markham of Spanish Fork. He is a graduate of Spanish Fork High School, BYU and University of Southern California College of Dentistry, where he was graduated as Phi Beta Kappa.

He has been actived in scouting for many years. He has served as a scoutmaster, on council and regional levels and as chairman of the Regional Explorer Conference.

Dr. Markham is an active member of the LDS Church and is also the advisor to an explorer post in dentistry.

-The Herald (Provo, Utah), November 20, 1966, transcribed by Rhonda Holton

Mary married Merrill Wellington WOODS. Merrill (son of Elizabeth Louvinia FERRIS) was born 3 Sep 1899, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States; died 16 Feb 1983, , Utah, Utah, United States; was buried , Spanish Fork Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet]

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IRA MARKHAM, FOUNDER OF LDS PAGEANT, DIES

ROY - Ira Joseph Markham, 84, church, business and community leader, died Jan. 24, 1989, of Parkinson's disease in an Ogden hospital.

He was founder of the Hill Cumorah Pageant, participating in the first production in 1937.He handled trusts and estate planning at Central Hanover Bank & Trust, New York City, and later became a systems and procedures designer for U.S. Steel. He retired from the Pittsburg, Calif., office after 25 years service.

In 1980, Mr. Markham received a Brigham Young University Emeritus Club award.

He was a high councilor in four stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was the church's first bishop in Concord, Calif.

For three years, he was a member of the Bay Area Writing Committee, which prepared priesthood lesson manuals for the church.

Mr. Markham served in the Canadian Mission in the mid-1920s, was a high priest in the Roy 11th Ward, and taught business and accounting at what was then Weber College beginning in 1939.

He was born Feb. 14, 1904, in Spanish Fork, to Ira M. and Rose Patterson Markham. He attended Spanish Fork schools, graduated from Spanish Fork High School, received a bachelor's degree in accounting and business from BYU and a master of business administration degree from New York University.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Roy 11th Ward, 2175 W. 4250 South. Friends may call at Larkin & Sons Mortuary, Adams Avenue at 24th Street, Ogden, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday and at the ward chapel until 10:45 a.m. Saturday

-Deseret News, Thursday, Jan. 26, 1989
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IRA JOSEPH MARKHAM DIES, A CUMORAH PAGEANT CREATOR

Ira Joseph Markham, 84, church, business and community leader, died Jan. 24, 1989, of Parkinson's disease in an Ogden hospital.

He was appointed to a committee to create the Hill Cumorah Pageant and participated in the first production in 1937.He handled trusts and estate planning at Central Hanover Bank & Trust, New York City, and later became a systems and procedures designer for U.S. Steel. He retired from the Pittsburg, Calif., office after 25 years service.

In 1980, Mr. Markham received a Brigham Young University Emeritus Club award.

He was a high councilor in four stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was the church's first bishop in Concord, Calif.

For three years, he was a member of the Bay Area Writing Committee, which prepared priesthood lesson manuals for the church.

Mr. Markham served in the Canadian Mission in the mid-1920s, was a high priest in the Roy 11th Ward, and taught business and accounting at what was then Weber College beginning in 1939.

He was born Feb. 14, 1904, in Spanish Fork, to Ira M. and Rose Patterson Markham. He attended Spanish Fork schools, graduated from Spanish Fork High School, received a bachelor's degree in accounting and business from BYU and a master of business administration degree from New York University.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Roy 11th Ward, 2175 W. 4250 South. Friends may call at Lar-kin & Sons Mortuary, Adams Avenue at 24th Street, Ogden, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday and at the ward chapel until 10:45 a.m. Saturday.

-Deseret News, Thursday, Jan. 27, 1989
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GETS OFFER OF DIRECTOR POST

Ira J. Markham, instructor in the department of business administration at Weber Colege, has been offered the post of department director for Utah by Joseph DeBrum of the department of business education, National Education Association.

Markham participated in the association convention in San Francisco July 3 to 6 inclusive, directing round table discussions during departmental sessions.

In offering the post, DeBrum wrote Markham as follows:

"Because of the most satisfactory manner in which you handled your convention responsibilities, you are my No. 1 choice for doing department director for Utah."

The position entails direction of membership activities in the state, serving as special reporter for the publication, "National Business News," and making of suggestions to the president and executive committee on the department service program. As department director, Markham will also be asked to cooperate with other officers in planning the 1940 convention. Markham has indicated he will accept the appointment.

-Ogden Standard Examiner, August 17, 1939, transcribed by Rhonda Holton

Ira married Beatrice Ann PARSONS. Beatrice (daughter of Inez COOLEY) was born 12 Sep 1904, Newton, Cache, Utah, United States; died 3 Aug 1979, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States; was buried 7 Aug 1979, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States. [Group Sheet]

Ira married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Helen married Lee WILSON. (son of Lillie CLOWARD) [Group Sheet]

Ina married Frank William MANGUM. Frank (son of Albert Edward BUCKLEY, son of Minnie Louisa HATHENBRUCK) was born 25 Jun 1910, Mountain View, Uinta, Wyoming, United States; died 16 Feb 1974. [Group Sheet]

May married Noall Frank HYDE. Noall (son of Winnifred BARNES) was born 19 Dec 1915, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States; died 22 Apr 1994. [Group Sheet]