Lorenzo Wickliffe Smith And Blanche Rogers Smith

Lorenzo Wickliffe Smith and Blanche Rogers were married in the Salt Lake City temple on June 5, 1918. They moved to the Gila Valley in 1919 where they resided until 1923. During this time, Myreel and Melvin were born. They next moved to Tucson so Wickliffe could attend the university, and while there he worked for the railroad and the Sunset Dairy. Glenn was born while they lived in Tuscon. In a partnership with their friend Bill Tyler, they bought the Modern Dairy from Mr. Whalley in Globe- which is where Norman was soon born. Inez was born not too long after, but only lived for twelve days. Despite the heavy loss of their daughter, Blanche and Wick developed a winning reputation over a dozen rival family dairies, building a new plant and barns during World War II. Four of their sons went on to fight in this war, yet the dairy grew notwithstanding the troubling times. The family was totally involved in the New Modern Dairy in the production and delivery of milk products. In later years, the boys ran the business while Wick and Blanche supported themselves on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Great Lakes, 1952-4. Wick and Blanche and their children fully supported the LDS Globe Ward, 1929-1968. Wick built Blanche a new house on top of a hill. After the family grew up and married, Wick sold the dairy and moved to Mesa where he and Blanche served in the LDS Mesa Temple for several years. Wick passed away October 21, 1970, but Blanche lived eight years longer, leaving us on February 12, 1979.

(Biography contains information from Norman Smith's life sketch of Lorenzo on FamilySearch.)