Free, Lorymore

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Dates:
Birth 1911-08-08
Death 2006-03-25
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Biographical notes:

Bishop of the Mormon Church for the Plesant View Ward of the Sharon East Stake at Provo, Utah who officiated at the funeral.

From the description of Funeral services conducted in Provo Tabernacle for five Pleasant View explorere scouts, 1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435491

Lorymore Free (1916-2006) was a prospector and geologist in Nevada and Utah.

Lorymore Free was born August 11, 1916, in Newhouse, Utah, to Wenlock Ammon and Rachel Dibley Wheeler Free. He was raised in Leadore, Idaho, and Pioche and Panaca, Nevada. He served in the Western States Mission and when he returned, married his high school sweetheart, Myrtle Joy Wadsworth, in the St. George Temple in 1940. He worked as a geologist and prospector, particularly in the mountains and valleys in Nevada and Utah. He also worked as a rancher and businessman and worked for Beneficial Life as an agent and manager. He was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served two missions with his wife, worked in the Provo Temple for many years, and served as the bishop of the Pleasant View 1st Ward. He died March 25, 2006.

From the guide to the Lorymore Free papers, circa 1925-1993, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

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Subjects:

  • Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • City and town life
  • Environmental Conditions
  • Environment and Conservation
  • Funeral sermons
  • Funeral service
  • Geology
  • Geology
  • Minerals
  • Mines and mineral resources
  • Mines and mineral resources
  • Mining claims
  • Mormons

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  • Utah--Provo (as recorded)
  • West (U.S.) (as recorded)