Harris Leroy Yorgason, Husband of Odessia Singleton

Birth:	Apr. 18, 1909 Moroni Sanpete County Utah, USA
Death:	Mar. 3, 1972 Utah, USA
Born and raised in Sanpete county, where he married his first wife Frances Marion Coates on September 2, 1930. He was 21 and his wife was 16. Moved to Ely, Nevada. Father of Ralph Harry Yorgason (1931-1957). His wife Frances died at home in 1937, after giving birth to a son. By 1940, Harris was re-married to Beulah (maiden name unknown) Evans, who was the mother of two: Donald Evans (born 1934) and Sally May Evans (born 1937). The marriage ended, either through death or divorce, after the birth of a daughter in 1945. On May 12, 1948, he was married a third time, in Evanston, Wyoming to Odessia Singleton. In June 1952, he became a grandfather at the birth of Ralph Michael Yorgason. In January 1954, Ralph died at age 1, when he was anesthetized for minor surgery and proved to be fatally allergic to the anesthesia. In April 1957, his son Ralph Harry Yorgason died by his own hand, when faced with a return to prison after an arrest for car theft. Harris died one year and two weeks after the death of his wife Odessia. Family links:  Parents:   Orson LeRoy Yorgason (1879 - 1961)   Hannah Christine Anderson Yorgason (1882 - 1956)  Spouses:   Frances Marion Coates Yorgason (1914 - 1937)   Odessia Yorgason (1912 - 1971)  Children:   Ralph Harry Yorgason (1931 - 1957)*  Siblings:   Harris LeRoy Yorgason (1909 - 1972)   Zada Christine Yorgason Green (1912 - 2000)*   Helen Yorgason Sanderson (1915 - 2005)* *Calculated relationship Note: Information taken from Payson City Cemetery Records
Burial: Payson City Cemetery Payson Utah County Utah, USA Plot: Blk 44 lot 2 pos 3