Leonard Humbert Ballif, Sr.

1894 - 1954  (60 years)

• Name	Leonard Humbert Ballif  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	12 Jan 1894	Logan, Cache, Utah   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Mar 1954	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
  	Attack Fatal To L. H. Ballif ? Retired President Leonard H. Ballif, retired president of the Ballif Distributing company, died at Good Samaritan hospital early Sunday of illness resulting from a heart attach suffered March 9. Mr. Ballif was born in Logan, Utah; January 12, 1894. He was the son of Serge F. Ballif Sr., president of the Latter Day Saints German-Swiss mission. He spent nine years in Basel, Switzerland, during his youth and was a graduate of the Utah Agricultural college at Logan. He was a grandson of Truman O. Angell, architect and builder of the Mormon temple at Salt Lake City. Mr. Ballif married Jeanetta Grow of Salt Lake City in June, 1919, in the Mormon temple at Logan. The couple came to Portland in January, 1930, and Mr. Ballif established the Ballif Distributing company of which he was president until his retirement about wo years ago. He served in the U.S. air corps in World War I. Survivors, in addition to the widow, include two daughters, Rae Ballif Gross and Catherine Lou Ballif; a son, Fred S. Ballif of McMinnville; a brother, Serge F. Ballif of Los Angeles; two sisters, Mrs. Zelnora B. Evans of Oakland, Cal., and Mrs. Evelyn Woodruff of Salt Lake City; three grandchildren and a nephew, Irwin Lingren of Portland. Another son, Leonard H. Ballif Jr., was killed in April, 1942, while serving will the air force at Mather Field, Cal. [The Oregonian, 22 Mar 1954, p13; w/photo]
  Person ID	I2258	Grow
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Serge Frederick Ballif, Sr.,   b. 23 Sep 1859, Ogden, Weber, Utah ,   d. 17 Nov 1942 (alt 16 Nov 1942), Oakland, Alameda, California(possible death or burial Logan, Cache, Utah)
  Mother	Zelnora Eliza Angell,   b. 26 Jul 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. 11 Apr 1924, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jeanette Ure Grow,   b. 18 Feb 1898, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. Sep 1976, Beaverton, Washington, Oregon  (Age 78 years)
  Married	11 Jun 1919	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
  Children	1. Leonard Humbert Ballif, Jr.,   b. 26 Jun 1920, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, ,   d. 09 Apr 1942, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California  (Age 21 years)   2. Rae Ballif,   b. 20 Aug 1928, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah ,   d. 20 Dec 2005, Beaverton, Washington, Oregon  (Age 77 years)   3. Fred S. Ballif   4. Catherine Lou Ballif
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2012
  Family ID	F758	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Jan 1894 - Logan, Cache, Utah Married - 11 Jun 1919 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Died - 21 Mar 1954 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Registration Location: Cache County, Utah; Roll: 1983881; Draft Board: 0.

  
  

• Sources

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