Biography of William White Owens: 24th Mayor of Logan
Dates in Office: 1950-1958
Terms in Office 4
Age when Elected: 62
William W. Owens was born 3 April 1888 in Willard, Utah, a son of William Parsons Owens and Agnes Mary White. He married Clotilda Maria Woodyatt 27 November 1912 in Salt Lake City and they had four children. He died 29 March 1969 in Logan and is buried in Willard, Utah.
He was mayor of Logan City, had served as vice president of Utah Municipal League, and in 1956 was chosen president of this state unit. He was president of Cache LDS Stake for 10 years.
Owens was director of Utah Extension Service at Utah State University from 1942 to 1948 and had been with the Extension Service for 32 years. He started as a county agent in Sevier County, and was widely recognized for his service to the farm and home programs of the entire state.
He received a distinguished service award from Utah State on March 7, 1961. He received a bachelor's and master's degrees from USU, and did graduate study at the University of California.
William Owens and his family lived at 297 East 2nd North in Logan. In1929 Mr. Owens was a co agent at the Utah Agricultural College.1946 he was an instructor at the USAC.From 1949 on, he was the superintendent of the Latter-Day Saints Dairy Farm.[1]
George O. Bleak died while serving a mission in the Switzerland and German Mission in 1912 and his remains were sent to Utah in the care of William W. Owens of Willard, Utah a returning Elder.[2] From 1909 to 1912 he served an LDS Mission to Switzerland. He had been a ward and stake superintendent of Sunday Schools and served a number of years as a counselor in the bishopric. He was a member of the High Council of Cache State and had been a manager of the Stake Welfare Farm.He had been a supervisor of guides on the Temple Grounds and in the last few years had done a great deal of Temple work. He had been a member of the Board of Directors of the Logan LDS Hospital.[3]
[1] R.L. Polk & Co.'s Logan City and Cache County Directory, (Salt Lake City : R.L. Polk & Co., Publishers, 1929, 1946 and 1955)
[2] Andrew Jenson, ed., Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, (Salt Lake City, Publishing Press, 1971) 3:603
[3]Obituary, The Herald Journal, March 31, 1969.
