Source
Source for: Norma Brockbank, 03 APR 1918 - 26 APR 1918
Index
Name source: S137Page: Richardson Line
Text: Record for Jennie May Hughes - 2014-09-10 http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=-2047165077&indiv=try
Burial source: S137Page: Richardson Line
Text: Record for Jennie May Hughes - 2014-09-10 http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=-2047165077&indiv=try
Birth source: S137Page: Richardson Line
Text: Record for Jennie May Hughes - 2014-09-10 http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=-2047165077&indiv=try
Death source: S137Page: Richardson Line
Text: Record for Jennie May Hughes - 2014-09-10 http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=-2047165077&indiv=try
Source
Source for: William Hughes Brockbank, 27 JUN 1915 - 25 AUG 2003
Index
Name source: S137Page: Nicol Family Tree
Text: Record for William Hughes BROCKBANK - 2014-09-10 http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=20009911297&indiv=try
Birth source: S137Page: Nicol Family Tree
Text: Record for William Hughes BROCKBANK - 2014-09-10 http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=20009911297&indiv=try
Residence source: S137Page: Nicol Family Tree
Text: Record for William Hughes BROCKBANK - 2014-09-10 http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=20009911297&indiv=try
Death source: S137Page: Nicol Family Tree
Text: Record for William Hughes BROCKBANK - 2014-09-10 http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=20009911297&indiv=try
Death source: S383Page: William Hughes Brockbank
Text: Birth: Jun. 27, 1915
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Utah, USA
Death: Aug. 25, 2003
Coronado
San Diego County
California, USA
Following a lengthy illness, W. Hughes Brockbank, 88, died Monday in Coronado, California.
He was born in Salt Lake City, to Albert Goodson Brockbank and Jennie May Hughes.
He is survived by his wife Lee Craig Brockbank and two sons, Gary Hughes and Norman Lee, and daughter, Bonnie Jeanne; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife Fawn Jones Brockbank, a son Stephan Lane, a daughter Judith Lynn, and his sisters Anna Lou Hopkins, Allene Rolfe, and Beverly Southwick.
He served four terms in the Utah State Senate and two terms in the Utah House of Representatives. Much of his legislation still benefits the state and community to this day. In 1969 he was elected President of the National Legislative Conference, the first Utahan to hold this office. He served as Chairman of the President's Advisory Council on Continuing Education under Pres. Reagan and on the President's National Advisory Council on Vocational Education under Pres. Nixon.
He served on the University of Utah Hospital Board, was a founding member of the University Hospital Foundation, served as President of the Utah Transit Authority, and as a member of the State Board of Regents. He also served on the boards of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Utah Cancer Society, Utah Heart Association, United Way, and Utah Manufacturers Association.
He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by the University of Utah in 1976 in recognition of his many contributions to state government. In 1984 the University's College of Business presented him with the Distinguished Service Award and in 1986 he received the Honorary Alumnus Award from the Alumni Association of the University of Utah. As a young man in 1947, he was named Salt Lake City's Outstanding Young Man and Man of the Year by the Utah Junior Chamber of Commerce. He held local, state, national, and international positions with the Jaycees.
His business career has included operation of an oil and gas exploration, drilling, and producing company; real estate holdings, development of a patented filing system, and operation of Magic Chemical Company, a business founded by his father. In 1972 he was named Utah's Small Businessman of the Year by the S.B.A.
He was Founder and Chairman of the Board of Pine Mountain Corporation, a family owned manufacturer and distributor of processed fireplace logs. He was the original developer of formulas for fire logs that burn in multiple colors.
At age 82, he founded a new company, Plumb Mining Co. which holds extensive claims on the "Old Comstock Lode".
Family links:
Parents:
Albert Goodson Brockbank (1884 - 1949)
Jennie May Hughes Brockbank (1886 - 1975)
Spouse:
Fawn Jones Brockbank (1912 - 1977)*
Children:
Stephen Lane Brockbank (1938 - 1965)*
Judith (Judy) Lynn Brockbank Beesley (1944 - 1973)*
Siblings:
Anna Louisa Brockbank Hopkins (1907 - 1994)*
Allene Brockbank Kinney Palmer Rolfe (1910 - 1967)*
William Hughes Brockbank (1915 - 2003)
Norma Brockbank (1918 - 1918)*
Beverly Brockbank Southwick (1924 - 2003)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Cremated, Ashes scattered.
Specifically: in particular location per his request.
Created by: Bonnie Huish
Record added: Oct 07, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 30412420@M1164@ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30412420
Residence source: S137Page: Nicol Family Tree
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Text: Record for William Hughes BROCKBANK - 2014-09-10 http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=20009911297&indiv=try
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Text: Record for William Hughes BROCKBANK - 2014-09-10 http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=20009911297&indiv=try