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Edmund Bassett Browning

Male 1911 - 1992  (81 years)


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  • Name Edmund Bassett Browning 
    Born 28 Aug 1911  Ogden, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 2099DCC4F149F844963624B84DD63504D334 
    Died 31 Aug 1992  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Edmund Browning worked at Browning Motor Company. Edmund and Blanche Browning lived at 3536 Hermes Drive in Salt Lake City, Utah.

      The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah, 2 Sep 1992
      Edmund Bassett Browning
      Edmund Bassett Browning, 81, died August 31, 1992 in Salt Lake City. He was born August 18, 1911 in Ogden to Archibald and Frances Bassett Browning. He married Blanche Rogers; she died in 1976. They had two children, Joan Slotboom of Centerville, and Penni Browning of Yuba City, California. He married Dorothy Jamison Morgan in 1977. He was educated in Salt Lake City public schools and attended the University of Utah, where he was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity. He was a member of the United States Marine Corps in World War II, serving in Guam and Iwo Jima. His life's work was with Arch Browning, Inc., the oldest automobile dealership in Utah when tthe business was closed in 1969. He was a golfer, a lifelong outdoorsman, and, until recent years, an active skier as a member of the Wild Old Bunch. The descendant of several early Utah families, he maintained a lively interest in the history of Utah and the west. He was a member of the Rotary and the Utah Westerners. He is survived by his wife; his daughters; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and his sister, Ruthann Browning Ricks of Miami, Florida. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Sept. 3, 11 a.m. at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary, 3401 So. Highland Dri., Salt Lake City, with viewing at the mortuary Wednesday, September 2, from 7-8 p.m. and Thursday from 10-11 a.m. Burial, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.
    Person ID I516  12B Oliver Bassett
    Last Modified 12 May 2012 

    Father Archibald Browning,   b. 16 Dec 1885, Ogden, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Francis Ruth Bassett,   b. 10 Aug 1885, Ogden, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 6 Oct 1910  Roosevelt, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F90  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Blanche Marie Rogers,   b. 15 May 1908, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1976  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 24 Apr 1932  Farmington, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F211  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Dorothy Jamison Morgan 
    Married 1977 
    Family ID F418  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart