J. Howard Jenkins, Church Hospital Executive, Dies
J. Howard Jenkins, 62, coordinator of L.D.S. hospitals since 1946, died Monday at six-thirty p.m. at his Salt Lake City residence. Death was attributed to a heart ailment.
Former superintendent of Dee hospital and L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City, Mr. Jenkins was named first coordinator of church hospitals.
Under his administration the church constructed hospitals at Roosevelt, Panguitch, and Fillmore, Utah, and Afton, Wyo.
He was born in Ogden, Aug. 1 1886, a son of John and Harriet Riley Jenkins. He was graduated from Ogden high school in 1905 and attended Smithsonian Business college for a year after which he went to New Zealand on an L.D.S. mission. He served from 1908 to 1910 in New Zealand, and then returned to Utah.
Enters Business
In September, 1910, he entered the employ of J. G. Read & Brothers Co., where he worked with the excetion of 1925 to 1928, when he served as president of the New Zealand L.D.S. mission.
In 1923 he was named treasure of Read Brothers Co., and worked there until 1932, when he was named superintendent of Dee hospital. In 1941 he went to L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake CIty as superintendent.
While living in Ogden, Mr. Jenkins was president of the Ogden area council Boy Scouts of America, a member of the Rotary club and after he returned from New Zealand, was a member of the Ogden Stake high council.
As first bishop of the Ogden L.D.S. Thirteenth ward, he built a $60,000 chapel which was paid for within two years. In 1932-33 he served as chairman of the Weber county-Ogden city relief board. He was also a community chest chairman.
In Salt Lake City he was a member of the Garden Park L.D.S. ward and was secretary of the Aaronic priesthood in that ward from 1941 to 1946.
On Nov. 12, 1912, he married Athleen Woods of Ogden in the Salt Lake L.D.S. temple. She died Nov. 30, 1918, of influenza in the epidemic of that year. He married Cora Stephenson, Dec. 10, 1919, in the Salt Lake temple.
Members of Family
He is survived by his widow and the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Jack Works, Fresno, Calif.; Mrs. C. R. Congdon, San Rafael, Calif.; Mrs. Norman R. Bowen, Spokane, Wash.; Lieut. John S. Jenkins, Spokane, Wash., and Richard Jenkins, now serving on an L.D.S. mission in New Zealand.
Also surviving are four grandchildrena nd two sisters; Mrs. M. E. Purdy, Ogden, and Mrs. R.L. Draper, Ogden.
The body is at the mortuary, 533 Twenty-sixth, Ogden.
Ogden Standard Examiner April 5, 1949
Last Rites Held For J. H. Jenkins
Funeral services today preceded burial in Ogden City cemetery for John Howard Jenkins, 62, coordinator of Latter-day Saints church hospitals.
Mr. Jenkins died Monday of a heart attack. Todays services were set for the Garden Park L.D.S. ward chapel, Salt Lake City.
LeGrand Richard, presiding bishop of the church, was a principal speaker at the services, others were A. Reed Halversen, New Zealand L.D.S. missionary society president: and Ramm Hansen, Frank Foulger, superintendent of the Rock Springs hospital, offered the invocation, and J. Ray Williams, former bishop of the Ogden Thirteenth L.D.S. ward pronounced the benediction. Short graveside rites were planned for Ogden prior to burial.
Ogden Standard Examiner April 7, 1949
J. Howard Jenkins, 62, coordinator of L.D.S. hospitals since 1946, died Monday at six-thirty p.m. at his Salt Lake City residence. Death was attributed to a heart ailment.
Former superintendent of Dee hospital and L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City, Mr. Jenkins was named first coordinator of church hospitals.
Under his administration the church constructed hospitals at Roosevelt, Panguitch, and Fillmore, Utah, and Afton, Wyo.
He was born in Ogden, Aug. 1 1886, a son of John and Harriet Riley Jenkins. He was graduated from Ogden high school in 1905 and attended Smithsonian Business college for a year after which he went to New Zealand on an L.D.S. mission. He served from 1908 to 1910 in New Zealand, and then returned to Utah.
Enters Business
In September, 1910, he entered the employ of J. G. Read & Brothers Co., where he worked with the excetion of 1925 to 1928, when he served as president of the New Zealand L.D.S. mission.
In 1923 he was named treasure of Read Brothers Co., and worked there until 1932, when he was named superintendent of Dee hospital. In 1941 he went to L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake CIty as superintendent.
While living in Ogden, Mr. Jenkins was president of the Ogden area council Boy Scouts of America, a member of the Rotary club and after he returned from New Zealand, was a member of the Ogden Stake high council.
As first bishop of the Ogden L.D.S. Thirteenth ward, he built a $60,000 chapel which was paid for within two years. In 1932-33 he served as chairman of the Weber county-Ogden city relief board. He was also a community chest chairman.
In Salt Lake City he was a member of the Garden Park L.D.S. ward and was secretary of the Aaronic priesthood in that ward from 1941 to 1946.
On Nov. 12, 1912, he married Athleen Woods of Ogden in the Salt Lake L.D.S. temple. She died Nov. 30, 1918, of influenza in the epidemic of that year. He married Cora Stephenson, Dec. 10, 1919, in the Salt Lake temple.
Members of Family
He is survived by his widow and the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Jack Works, Fresno, Calif.; Mrs. C. R. Congdon, San Rafael, Calif.; Mrs. Norman R. Bowen, Spokane, Wash.; Lieut. John S. Jenkins, Spokane, Wash., and Richard Jenkins, now serving on an L.D.S. mission in New Zealand.
Also surviving are four grandchildrena nd two sisters; Mrs. M. E. Purdy, Ogden, and Mrs. R.L. Draper, Ogden.
The body is at the mortuary, 533 Twenty-sixth, Ogden.
Ogden Standard Examiner April 5, 1949
Last Rites Held For J. H. Jenkins
Funeral services today preceded burial in Ogden City cemetery for John Howard Jenkins, 62, coordinator of Latter-day Saints church hospitals.
Mr. Jenkins died Monday of a heart attack. Todays services were set for the Garden Park L.D.S. ward chapel, Salt Lake City.
LeGrand Richard, presiding bishop of the church, was a principal speaker at the services, others were A. Reed Halversen, New Zealand L.D.S. missionary society president: and Ramm Hansen, Frank Foulger, superintendent of the Rock Springs hospital, offered the invocation, and J. Ray Williams, former bishop of the Ogden Thirteenth L.D.S. ward pronounced the benediction. Short graveside rites were planned for Ogden prior to burial.
Ogden Standard Examiner April 7, 1949
J. Howard Jenkins, Church Hospital Executive, Dies
J. Howard Jenkins, 62, coordinator of L.D.S. hospitals since 1946, died Monday at six-thirty p.m. at his Salt Lake City residence. Death was attributed to a heart ailment.
Former superintendent of Dee hospital and L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City, Mr. Jenkins was named first coordinator of church hospitals.
Under his administration the church constructed hospitals at Roosevelt, Panguitch, and Fillmore, Utah, and Afton, Wyo.
He was born in Ogden, Aug. 1 1886, a son of John and Harriet Riley Jenkins. He was graduated from Ogden high school in 1905 and attended Smithsonian Business college for a year after which he went to New Zealand on an L.D.S. mission. He served from 1908 to 1910 in New Zealand, and then returned to Utah.
Enters Business
In September, 1910, he entered the employ of J. G. Read & Brothers Co., where he worked with the excetion of 1925 to 1928, when he served as president of the New Zealand L.D.S. mission.
In 1923 he was named treasure of Read Brothers Co., and worked there until 1932, when he was named superintendent of Dee hospital. In 1941 he went to L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake CIty as superintendent.
While living in Ogden, Mr. Jenkins was president of the Ogden area council Boy Scouts of America, a member of the Rotary club and after he returned from New Zealand, was a member of the Ogden Stake high council.
As first bishop of the Ogden L.D.S. Thirteenth ward, he built a $60,000 chapel which was paid for within two years. In 1932-33 he served as chairman of the Weber county-Ogden city relief board. He was also a community chest chairman.
In Salt Lake City he was a member of the Garden Park L.D.S. ward and was secretary of the Aaronic priesthood in that ward from 1941 to 1946.
On Nov. 12, 1912, he married Athleen Woods of Ogden in the Salt Lake L.D.S. temple. She died Nov. 30, 1918, of influenza in the epidemic of that year. He married Cora Stephenson, Dec. 10, 1919, in the Salt Lake temple.
Members of Family
He is survived by his widow and the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Jack Works, Fresno, Calif.; Mrs. C. R. Congdon, San Rafael, Calif.; Mrs. Norman R. Bowen, Spokane, Wash.; Lieut. John S. Jenkins, Spokane, Wash., and Richard Jenkins, now serving on an L.D.S. mission in New Zealand.
Also surviving are four grandchildrena nd two sisters; Mrs. M. E. Purdy, Ogden, and Mrs. R.L. Draper, Ogden.
The body is at the mortuary, 533 Twenty-sixth, Ogden.
Ogden Standard Examiner April 5, 1949
Last Rites Held For J. H. Jenkins
Funeral services today preceded burial in Ogden City cemetery for John Howard Jenkins, 62, coordinator of Latter-day Saints church hospitals.
Mr. Jenkins died Monday of a heart attack. Todays services were set for the Garden Park L.D.S. ward chapel, Salt Lake City.
LeGrand Richard, presiding bishop of the church, was a principal speaker at the services, others were A. Reed Halversen, New Zealand L.D.S. missionary society president: and Ramm Hansen, Frank Foulger, superintendent of the Rock Springs hospital, offered the invocation, and J. Ray Williams, former bishop of the Ogden Thirteenth L.D.S. ward pronounced the benediction. Short graveside rites were planned for Ogden prior to burial.
Ogden Standard Examiner April 7, 1949
J. Howard Jenkins, 62, coordinator of L.D.S. hospitals since 1946, died Monday at six-thirty p.m. at his Salt Lake City residence. Death was attributed to a heart ailment.
Former superintendent of Dee hospital and L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake City, Mr. Jenkins was named first coordinator of church hospitals.
Under his administration the church constructed hospitals at Roosevelt, Panguitch, and Fillmore, Utah, and Afton, Wyo.
He was born in Ogden, Aug. 1 1886, a son of John and Harriet Riley Jenkins. He was graduated from Ogden high school in 1905 and attended Smithsonian Business college for a year after which he went to New Zealand on an L.D.S. mission. He served from 1908 to 1910 in New Zealand, and then returned to Utah.
Enters Business
In September, 1910, he entered the employ of J. G. Read & Brothers Co., where he worked with the excetion of 1925 to 1928, when he served as president of the New Zealand L.D.S. mission.
In 1923 he was named treasure of Read Brothers Co., and worked there until 1932, when he was named superintendent of Dee hospital. In 1941 he went to L.D.S. hospital in Salt Lake CIty as superintendent.
While living in Ogden, Mr. Jenkins was president of the Ogden area council Boy Scouts of America, a member of the Rotary club and after he returned from New Zealand, was a member of the Ogden Stake high council.
As first bishop of the Ogden L.D.S. Thirteenth ward, he built a $60,000 chapel which was paid for within two years. In 1932-33 he served as chairman of the Weber county-Ogden city relief board. He was also a community chest chairman.
In Salt Lake City he was a member of the Garden Park L.D.S. ward and was secretary of the Aaronic priesthood in that ward from 1941 to 1946.
On Nov. 12, 1912, he married Athleen Woods of Ogden in the Salt Lake L.D.S. temple. She died Nov. 30, 1918, of influenza in the epidemic of that year. He married Cora Stephenson, Dec. 10, 1919, in the Salt Lake temple.
Members of Family
He is survived by his widow and the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Jack Works, Fresno, Calif.; Mrs. C. R. Congdon, San Rafael, Calif.; Mrs. Norman R. Bowen, Spokane, Wash.; Lieut. John S. Jenkins, Spokane, Wash., and Richard Jenkins, now serving on an L.D.S. mission in New Zealand.
Also surviving are four grandchildrena nd two sisters; Mrs. M. E. Purdy, Ogden, and Mrs. R.L. Draper, Ogden.
The body is at the mortuary, 533 Twenty-sixth, Ogden.
Ogden Standard Examiner April 5, 1949
Last Rites Held For J. H. Jenkins
Funeral services today preceded burial in Ogden City cemetery for John Howard Jenkins, 62, coordinator of Latter-day Saints church hospitals.
Mr. Jenkins died Monday of a heart attack. Todays services were set for the Garden Park L.D.S. ward chapel, Salt Lake City.
LeGrand Richard, presiding bishop of the church, was a principal speaker at the services, others were A. Reed Halversen, New Zealand L.D.S. missionary society president: and Ramm Hansen, Frank Foulger, superintendent of the Rock Springs hospital, offered the invocation, and J. Ray Williams, former bishop of the Ogden Thirteenth L.D.S. ward pronounced the benediction. Short graveside rites were planned for Ogden prior to burial.
Ogden Standard Examiner April 7, 1949
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