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Show Samuel T. Whitaker, Ogden Arehilect Dies; Funeral To Be Held Wednesday 'V, PATVTTTVT. T WWTTflK"PW Samuel T. Whitaker. Ocden archi tect, died at his residence; 874 Twenty third Hlreel, Sunday morning after an Ulneai of eight months Funeral services will be held Wed nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in tho Ixth w;;r.l i liiipi con-lui tod by I!i - h-.' O M. Sanderson Thf body may be' viewed at the home Tuesday evening' ?nd Wednesday forenoon BIOGRAPHICAL. S. T. Whitaker was born in 1'eni or vllle December 20. 185. Fon of Thomas : W. and BUiabeth Mill. Whitaken He acquired his early education in' the school of Centervllie and received private instruction in architecture ana! sculpture. He traveled (or eighteen ear as a sketch artist nnd was aRo- ciated with Paulson & t.nvelle of Bo--jton. dolnc Held work in I'tah. Mrm liana and IdaLo. He afterwards took, charge of the mills of Gibson A; Ec :cles of Ogden. and was superintendent for eight years. Later he look charge of the Barnard A White mills, continuing con-tinuing wilh that firm for six ; r Folloving he entered private prae Uce and won an envJable reputation as , an architect. In Salt lake be built; the Z. C. M. I. and tie- Six: nth tn et . auditorium. He also built, the Colonla H (warei academy in Mexico and a nuni ber of the principal residences h norlh' rn Mexico, the academy ai Hinckley, the academy" a! Alberta, Tnnada, and Ihe academy al Oakley, Idaho. PLANNED OGDEN HOMES. As an architect he made the plans and superintended the construction of the Virginia here, the home of the late D. H. Peery, the Grand opera house, now the Orpheum and a number of Ogden's beautiful residences. In 188S Mr. Whitaker went to Europe on a mission for the L. D. S. church and had charge of the Scotch-Irish mission. He was also immigration agent for the North British and t'ale donia lines. Concluding his work there in January. 1890, he went to Paris to complete his studies, spending six I months In the Julian academy. FAIR DIRECTOR. On returning irom Europe he returned re-turned to fig Jen and for six months had charge ot the police department j " th v. r. ..'. i ml b' gan the tullec- lion of minerals and exhibits for the I Trans M issi;-sippl and International j exposition at Omaha. Neb. He was made director general of the exhibit t the fair. In 1906 he again returned o Ogden. J ii was made director general of the ' li ti exhibits at the St. Iouis exposi jtion. For four years he was manager! of the Utah Light 6c Traction company; :in ogden. Mr. Whitaker then took upj his private practice and designed and, built the Eccles building in assocla tion with Leslie Hodgson. He also waa instrumental in bring lng to the world's attention the natural be;uije! oi Utah'" wonderland in the southern part of the state. CHURCH ACTIVITIES. Mr. Whitakor was first counselor in Hie Sixth ward for a number of years' land while thus engaged he built ihe ward's present chapel He was also a j high priest. During the war he served I on tho food and fuel board under W W. Armstrong, federal administrator. Surviving him are the widow, his i mother and the following children i Samuel P., Thomas W . Joseph L.. Al ' bert L . Dernice. Inez and Warren j Whitaker and Mrs Florence Carver 1 Bight grand children also survive with!. brothers and sisters Mrs. Emily Barberj John M Whitaker. Salt Lake Mrs Mamie Parrish. Centervllie; Joseph Jo-seph J. Whitaker Salt Lake; Walter Wh. taker. KaySTllle; Mrs Josephine fobsom, Salt Lake, and Mrs. George Halverson. tigden. |