Person:Chester Mortensen (1)

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Chester Udell Mortensen
b.21 Dec 1919 Virden, Hidalgo, New Mexico
d.10 Apr 1992 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Parents and Siblings
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m. 4 Dec 1894
  1. Arvin Peter Mortensen1895 - 1937
  2. Robert Henderson Mortensen1897 - 1975
  3. Lucinda Mortensen1899 - 1993
  4. Catherine Mortensen1901 - 1991
  5. Elmina Mortensen1902 - 1947
  6. Dorothy Lillian Mortensen1904 - 2000
  7. Erma Mortensen1906 - 1968
  8. Andrew Richard Mortensen1908 - 1979
  9. Martin Hammer Mortensen1910 - 1911
  10. Maybeth Mortensen1912 - 1997
  11. Marion K Mortensen1915 - 2003
  12. Janet Mortensen1917 - 1917
  13. Chester Udell Mortensen1919 - 1992
  14. Jesse Mortensen1922 - 1922
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Chester Udell Mortensen1919 - 1992
  • W.  Janet Udall1924 - 2015
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Facts and Events
Name Chester Udell Mortensen
Alt Name Chet _____
Gender Male
Birth? 21 Dec 1919 Virden, Hidalgo, New Mexico
Other[1] 1920 Virden, Hidalgo, New MexicoCensus - US - 1920
Other[2] 1930 Virden, Hidalgo, New MexicoCensus - US - 1930
Marriage to Janet Udall
Death? 10 Apr 1992 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Burial? 14 Apr 1992 Wasatch Lawn Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Ancestral File Number 1D0T-Q3
Reference Number? 6

!SSN: 553-38-4951

!MILITARY: WW II; Tech Sergeant, US Army Air Corps; 92nd Bombardment Group, England

!OBIT: Salt Lake Tribune Chester Udell Mortensen Chester Udell Mortensen died peacefully in his sleep at LDS Hospital on April 10, 1992. Born in Virden, New Mexico on December 21, 1919 to Peter and Mary Catherine Andersen Mortensen. Married Janet Udall on April 10, 1947 in the LDS Temple, Mesa, Arizona. They have six children. Served in England during World War II. Graduated from BYU in 1947 and moved to Modesto, California where he became part-owner in a farm implement business and later administrator of a hospital. Relocated to Salt Lake in 1979 where he worked as an accountant to a local printing company. Member of the LDS Church, serving in various callings as Stake Clerk, Ward Clerk, Counselor in Bishoprics, member of Stake High Council, youth leader and home teacher. He loved church work. He is survived by his wife of forty-five years; three sons and three daughters, Craig C., John R., Thomas E. and Amy Liljenquist, all of Salt Lake City; Denise Lerch of El Toro, Calif.; and Sally Barrett of Plano, Texas; 16 grandchildren; one brother and three sisters, Marion Mortensen of Mesa, Arizona; Lucinda Crum and Maybeth McDonald of Silver City, New Mexico and Dorothy Jones of Duncan, Arizona; and many cherished friends. He dearly loved his family and friends and will be missed by all who knew him. Funeral services 12:00 noon, Tuesday, April 14th, Salt Lake 13th Ward, 375 East 100 South. Friends may call Monday evening 6 - 8 p.m., at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple, or at the Ward on Tuesday, 11 - 11:45 a.m. Interment, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.

References
  1. ↑ Census; US; 1920; NM; Hidalgo
    4A.

    Virden, ED 59

    Age 1/12, Named as Udell

  2. ↑ Census; US; 1930; NM; Hidalgo
    2A.

    Virden, ED 11

    Age 10

  3.   Viva Cluff Whetten and Lillian Jones Richins, Compliers and Editors Whetten and Richins. The Morten P. Mortensen Family. (Provo, Utah: Brighan Young University Print Services, 1995)
    202, 205, 208.

    Pictures of Chet

  4.   National Archives and Records Administration NARA. World War II Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946.

    Army Serial Number: 18044515
    Date of Enlistment: 06 Dec 1941

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