Denzil Earl Jenkins

1902 - 1982  (80 years)

• Name	Denzil Earl Jenkins
  Birth	20 Mar 1902	Freedom, Lincoln, Wyoming
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Jul 1982	Freedom, Lincoln, Wyoming   [1]
  Burial	Freedom Cemetery, Freedom, Caribou, Idaho   [2]
  Person ID	I12684	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	John Franklin Jenkins,   b. 13 Sep 1868, Farmington, Davis, Utah d. 21 Nov 1945, Freedom, Lincoln, Wyoming (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Haskell,   b. 27 Jul 1868, Payson, Utah, Utah d. 4 Oct 1907 (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	18 Mar 1890	Logan, Cache, Utah   [3]
  Family ID	F8424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lafern Hazel Haderlie,   b. 15 Sep 1903, Wyoming d. 26 Jan 1999, Freedom, Lincoln, Wyoming (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1924	Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho   [4]
  Children	1. Don Earl Jenkins,   b. 7 Nov 1924, Wyoming d. 28 Dec 2016 (Age 92 years)   2. Fay Jenkins,   b. 4 May 1926, Freedom, Lincoln, Wyoming d. 8 May 1926, Freedom, Lincoln, Wyoming (Age 0 years)   3. May Jenkins,   b. 4 May 1926, Freedom, Lincoln, Wyoming d. 4 May 1926, Freedom, Lincoln, Wyoming (Age 0 years)   4. Ardell H. Jenkins,   b. 28 Apr 1928, Freedom, Lincoln, Wyoming d. Yes, date unknown   5. Living   6. Elda Jenkins,   b. 1 Apr 1933, Freedom, Lincoln, Wyoming d. 4 Oct 1934, Freedom, Lincoln, Wyoming (Age 1 year)   7. Living   8. Living
  Family ID	F8429	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Star Valley Independent July 16, 1982 Denzil Earl Jenkins, 80, of Freedom died Friday July 16, 1982 at his home in Freedom of natural causes. Funeral services were held Monday, July 19 at 1 p.m. at FreedomWyoming. Burial was in the Freedom Cemetery. Denzil was born March 20, 1902 in a log cabin in Freedom, the fourth child of John franklin and Mary Elizabeth Haskell Jenkins. when he was five years old his mother died following childbirth and when he was nine years old his father married Annis Jessop from England who had been keeping house for them. He spent his childhood days in Freedom. He loved to play baseball and basketball which his brother Leslie taught him to play. He was very good at sports and took many awards in high school. He worked on the farm for his father during early manhood. It was hard times during the depression. He worked in Nevada and at Alexander near Soda Springs. He and his brother Leslie shod horses. He married LaFern Hazel Haderlie on August 6, 1924 in Idaho Falls Idaho. They were the parents of eight children. They lived in Freedom except for the time they spent in Ogden during World War II working at the navy base. the last few years they have spent the winters in Utah and most of last winter was spent in Texas. Denzil loved to hunt and fish and spent many hours with his friends doing this. In August of 1981 he was able to go salmon fishing in Oregon. He was a member of the Freedom LDS Ward and a high priest. He had served as a Stake missionary and many years as a home teacher. Survivors include his wife, LaFern of Freedom; sons, Don Earl Jenkins of Layton, Utah, Ardell H. Jenkins of Bountiful, Utah, Dewain H. Jenkins of Centerville, Utah; daughters, Mrs Larry (Yvonne) Neuenschwander of Lyman, Wyo., Mrs Bobby Ray (LuDene) Perdue of Carrollton, Tex.; five brothers, Byron, Dean and Lyle of Freedom, Harold of Cresent City, Calif,. and Leon of Downy, Calif; three sisters Mrs mark (Claudia) Pixton of Woodland, Calif., Mrs George (Olive) Kopaunik of Rose Park, Utah and Mrs Darrel (Wilda) Gustvasen of Kearns, Utah. He was proceeded in death by three infant daughters, three brothers and two sisters.

  
  

• Sources

  [S60663] Obituary, Star Valley Independent, Denzil Earl Jenkins, (July 16, 1982). [S60657] Cemetery index, Freedom Cemetery, Freedom, Caribou, Idaho, (Find-a-Grave). [S27404] Haskell Journal, Issue 14, 1987, page 3, (The History of One Group of Descendants of Josiah and Sarah (Brayley) Haskell from Massachusetts to Utah.). [S56662] Marriage index, Idaho, Name: Denzel Earl Jenkins Gender: Male Marital status: Single Race: White Age: 22 Birth Date: 1902 Birth Place: Freedom, Wyo. Marriage Date: 6 Aug 1924 Marriage Place: Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho Spouse: Lafern Haderlie FHL Film Number: 14508 (Reliability: 3).