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Show HENRIETTA Elected B. 1937 JOHNSON to 1939 Henrietta Batt was the fifth child of John H. and Celia Peterson She was born Dec. 22, 1895 in Paris, Idaho. Batt. She attended school in Brigham City, Utah and graduated from Box Elder High. She also graduated from the University of Utah and then went on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1919. She worked as the Brigham City library in 1914 and greatly aided its development. Then she taught school in Delta, Fillmore and at the Box Elder High School. She married John J. Johnson May 11, 1935 and had one daughter, June. She served as a committee clerk in the State Senate in 1923 and got House of a taste for ran for the She then politics. She served on Appropriations, Representati ves and was el ected. Education, Public Health, Revision and Enrolling, University of Utah and Agricultural College committees. She died in office in 1938 leaving her seven month old daughter. tribute to her at her funeral states: "Are you a lifter or a leaner? If ever there was a lifter, it was Henrietta. She sought and she had the enviable talent of being able to express knowledge her views fluently making her a most valuable person in any Her ability seemed to call for hard and responsible community. and she was tasks, always equal to the occasion." A She was honored by telegrams from State leaders including Governor Blood and his wife. "1 don't remember my mother, because she died when 1 was 7 months old. However, she left diaries and scrap books, and from these treasures 1 have come to know her and appreciate the life she lived 1 know she would have loved to and the work she accompol ished. raise me up and be able to see and enjoy the five grand children and eighteen great grandchildren she would now have. June Johnson Hibley She left a great heritage." 101 |
