Lester Clay Essig, Jr b. 8 Nov 1923 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA d. 26 Feb 1974 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA: Essig Family History

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Suffix	Jr
Birth	8 Nov 1923	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [1]
Gender	Male
Died	26 Feb 1974	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA [2]
Buried	1 Mar 1974	Logan, Cache, Utah, United States [3]
Person ID	I39	Essig Family
Last Modified	07 Aug 2008

Father	Lester Clay Essig, Sr, b. 6 Aug 1889, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA , d. 20 Feb 1961, Alta, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Mother	Margaret Whitney, b. 24 Aug 1889, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA , d. 1 Jan 1968, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Married	28 Apr 1917	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Family ID	F23	Group Sheet

Family	Joan Darlene Tingey, b. 21 Aug 1927, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States , d. 9 Aug 1974, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
Married	1 Jun 1948	Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
Notes	Married: Lester & Joan were married by President Elray Christiansen
Photos		Lester & Joan Essig Wedding
Histories		Memories of Lester & Joan Essig by Wanda & Wanee Israelsen who were taught Sunday School by them and participated in several road shows with Joan & Lester
		Memories of Lester & Joan Essig by Wanda & Wanee Israelsen who were taught Sunday School by them and participated in several road shows with Joan & Lester
		Memories of Les & Joan Essig by Wanda & Wanee Israelsen who were taught Sunday School by them and participated in several road shows with Joan & Lester
		Memories of Les & Joan Essig by Wanda & Wanee Israelsen who were taught Sunday School by them and participated in several road shows with Joan & Lester
Recordings		1963 Essig Family Report Introduction by Lester C Essig, Jr
Last Modified	17 Mar 2008
Family ID	F2	Group Sheet

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	Birth - 8 Nov 1923 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
	Died - 26 Feb 1974 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

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Photos		Lester Clay Essig, Jr
		Lester Clay Essig, Jr
		1934 Drawing by Lester Essig Jr
		Bison Hunting Lester Essig Jr with the Bison he shot with an arrow

Documents		Lester C. Essig, Jr., USU educator, dies Deseret News article
		Obituary (page 1) Lester Clay Essig, Jr.
		Obituary (page 2) Lester Clay Essig, Jr.
		Utah Death Certificate Lester Clay Essig, Jr
		Bison Hunting Article Article from a Chicago newspaper about the Lester Essig, Jr. in hunting for a bison.
		Bison Hunting Article Article about Lester Essig's successful Bison Hunt.

Notes

Lester's parents were the owners of Lester Ltd., a large costume company. He was raised in Chicago, an only child. A nanny was with him all day as his parents were working. He had many different kinds of lessons. As a young boy, he excelled at hunting. At age 15, he shot a buffalo with a bow and arrow while riding horseback. Also, at a young age he shot and killed a large polar bear.

He spent three years in the U.S. Army stationed in Germany during World War II. In the fall of 1946 he enrolled at the Utah State Agricultural Collge in Logan, Utah. While there, he met and married Joan Darlene Tingey. They spent the school months living in North Logan while Les worked on finishing his degree. Joan also took classes. They attended church in North Logan where they worked with the youth. They produced several plays and road shows while there that the youth and community enjoyed very much. Besides the creative talents of Les and Joan, they had the advantage of being able to get costumes from Lester, Ltd.

During the summers, Les and Joan lived in Chicago and helped out at Lester, Ltd. Lester Sr. was hoping that Les would take on the business but Les did not share that same interest. During that time, they put in for a mission and were able to serve in the Southwest Indian Mission, in New Mexico.

At the end of their mission they spent some time in Hawaii. This was a beautiful place and they always wanted to return someday. (They finally did, almost 20 years later with their teenage children.)

When the mission was over and they returned to Logan Les received his Masters degree in education and Joan worked on her master's in psychology. They received a most wonderful blessing, a beautiful baby girl, Darlene, was born, followed a few years later, by twin boys, Lester and Fred. Then came another boy, Clay, to complete the family.

After graduation from USAC Les went on to Indiana University to get a Doctorate in education degree (Ed. D.). After he received his Doctorate he stayed at IU and worked the department for two more years.

In 1966 the family moved to Logan, Utah, where Lester served as associate professor of education and head of the department of instructional media.

In the 1970s, Lester and Joan were both diagnosed with cancer. They both died in 1974, just 6 months apart.

Sources

[S49] Birth Certificate, Board of Health, City of Chicago (Reliability: 4).
[S42] Death Certificate, State of Utah, Department of Health (Reliability: 4).
[S42] Death Certificate, State of Utah, Department of Health (Reliability: 3).