Entries by Jeff Westover

Memories of Aunt Evie

Evelyn Riggs Westover, Aunt Evie to the entire world it seems, passed over to the other side today, Monday, May 23, 2022. In the coming days there will be no shortage of tributes, memories and histories shared of this wonderful lady. As cousin Lynn Quilter expressed this morning, “Well, that ends an era in the […]

The History of Pascal Henry Caldwell

In March of 2022 we marked the 100th birthday of Pascal Henry Caldwell, an individual who owns a unique place in our family history. For all of us connected to him with the name of Westover none of us are actually blood-related. He is my mother’s step-father, and thus my step-grandfather. Pascal Henry Caldwell married […]

Electa Jane Westover Emett

Last year when I traveled with Dad, LaRee and Will on our “cemetery crawl” in Southern Utah I insisted on trying to find the grave of Electa Jane Westover Emmet. My interest in her was pretty simple. Years ago, I found this image of her taken from a group photo of St. George temple workers […]

Why It Matters More Now

Three years ago I produced the video below for Roots Tech. They were holding a contest for their annual family history event. Their purposes for such a video are obvious but for me it meant more. The video is a variant of a theme I had produced earlier in another video about the importance of […]