Died
at age 85
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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Biography
Alta was born in 1915. She was the daughter of John Houghton Metters and Harriet E Cardwell. She passed away in 2000. [1][2][3]
Alta, known as LaVon, lived with her parents and siblings in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah in 1920[4] and 1930.[5]
LaVon married Edward Sipley White on 8 Nov 1934 in Salt Lake, Utah.[6] The marriage ended in divorce about 1943.
LaVon married Henry Franklin Abell on 13 Oct 1943. He passed away in 1970.
Sources
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP4D-KQS : 19 May 2014), Lavon M Abell, 24 Sep 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182410340 : accessed 23 June 2020), memorial page for Alta Lavon Metters Abell (1 May 1915–24 Sep 2000), Find a Grave Memorial no. 182410340, citing Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Garry Piiparinen (contributor 47487501) .
↑ ”LaVon M Abell”, The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah), 26 Sep 2000, Tue
Page 35, Newspapers.com : accessed 23 Jun 2020 Obituary
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PD-12J : accessed 23 June 2020), Lavon Metters in household of James Metters, Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing ED 79, sheet 7A, line 17, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1865; FHL microfilm 1,821,865.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH6N-F7P : accessed 23 June 2020), Lavon Metters in household of John Metters, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 88, sheet 11A, line 1, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2420; FHL microfilm 2,342,154.
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