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Show DELLA LISONBEE Elected Elected LOVERIDGE 1943 to 1945 1959 to 1971 born August 9, 1904 in'Monroe, Utah, a daughter Sarah Petersen Lisonbee and was one of a family of had a furni ture store and moved the Her parents family to Provo so the children could attend Provo High School and the Brigham Young University. They moved into a 13 room house and a business building on West Center st. where they established a Della Lisonbee of Lorenzo and six chi ldren. shoe was store. Della attended Timpanogas school and graduated from Provo High. She married Elmo S. Loveridge and they had one son, Max. Della entered the beauty business; Elmo was a barber and they worked side by side for many years. Elmo bought and remodeled a house on the corner near her parent's, and turned it into an apartment house. He left the barbering profession and went to wo,k for the state, and Della gained prominence in the Beauty field bcoming State President and ;Editor of "The Beauticians" magazine. the beginning of World War II, Max married and joined the Navy. Elmo remodeled eight apartments and Della went to the BYU adding further business training, law and other desired subjects. At She served in the Democratic Party from the voting district level the chairmanship of Utah County. She was o the state Central Committee for many years and was charter president and one of the organizers of the Democratic Federated Women's Clubs from 1958 to to 1961. Della was employed as a stenographer and mailing clerk Utah Senate. Then in 1942 she ran for the House of Representatives and won without a contest. In 1939-41, for the She sponsored and passed many bills. Some dealt with the length of the old the Central utah legislative sessions, age pensions, Vocational 'School and welfare. Governor Maw appointed her to the Committee of the State Welfare committee where she served Advisory as vice chairman from 1943 to 1947. In 1947 on a visit to Ogden, Della became acquainted with Mrs. Heap who owned a beauty school. Della had passed her teachers license for beauticians, and when they found out Mrs. Heaps wanted to sell, Max just out of the service moved they bought the school and shop. to Ogden as did Elmo. Sometime later, they sold the business back to Mrs. Heaps at a good profi t, and used the money to see the world. After making more 110 their apartments, home in Salt Lake, where Elmo had invested in a little cottage up Little Cottonwood they bought |
