George Trevor Proctor

George Trevor Proctor

1907-1981

     George Trevor Proctor was born 14 June 1907 in Leland, Utah to Franklin DH Proctor and Elizabeth Sarah Williams. 

Birth Certificate

I really don't know a lot about Uncle George but I will write what I know and what the facts say are so.  Uncle George lived most of his life in Utah so I am not sure but think he must have been visiting his sister and brother-in-law Atha and Opal Staker who lived in Robert, Idaho, when he met and married Louella Poulson.  They were married 15 June 1932 in Roberts, Idaho.  To this union was born 2 children Afton Ann Proctor 31 Jan 1933 and David Trevor Proctor 19 May 1936.

      Uncle George and Louella's marriage wasn't to last.  Shortly before or after David was born they were divorced.  The 1940 census shows Louella and the 2 children living with her parents in Pocatello.  This record states that they were living at the same place in 1935.  So I am not sure just when the divorce took place.

      Uncle George was inducted into the army 5 June 1942 at Fort Douglas, Utah.  His enlistment was for the duration of the war plus 6 months.  I don't know if he ever saw any action or just how much this affected his life. 

     He married Lydia Elizabeth Staker 22 July 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Lydia Elizabeth Staker Proctor

I only ever knew of Uncle George and Aunt Libby as she was called.  They never had any children but were a super great Uncle and Aunt to me.  When my family lived in Lovelle, Wyoming, Uncle George and Aunt Libby lived in a trailer house right next to the basement I lived in with my family. 

Joyce and Lois Cook 

Uncle George and Aunt Libby's trailer in the background

So we saw a lot of them.  Dad and Uncle George were working on the high power lines there in Wyoming.  I remember that we would go to Yellowstone National Park nearly every weekend and camp there with them.

     I remember him as always being happy and good natured.  He was quite a tease and was always a barrel of fun to be around.  There was never a dull moment when Uncle George was there.  I loved him and Aunt Libby and enjoyed being around them.

    This entry was taken from a booklet that was published for the reunion of the Spanish Fork Class of 1925.  It appears that the reunion was held in 1970 with the sketches from the class members being gathered the prior year:

     George Proctor-2400 South 4th East, Salt Lake City, Utah - Spouse: Luella Polson (Div); Lydia Elizabeth Staker.  "I have had a very good life.  I have lived in Salt Lake most of my life.  I work on construction (electrical) and at present working as a maintenance man for Utah Power.  I travel around a lot and work where I am needed.  I have been married twice and have had two good companions.  At present I am in Idaho doing work on a pole line."

Ruth, Atha, George, and Annie Carol Proctor

Bill, Annie Carol, George, Atha, and Ruth Proctor

     Uncle George died 3 March 1981in Salt Lake City, Utah at the age of 73.  He is buried in the West Valley City Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah.

     Aunt Libby lived to the ripe old age of 100.  She was born 2 March 1904 in Sunnyside, Utah and died 23 August 2004 in Bountiful, Utah.  She is buried next to Uncle George in the West Valley City Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah.