Howard C. Badger (1914-1989) was a
Republican member of the
Utah House of Representatives from 1942 to 1944. He also served as president of the South African Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Badger was a real estate developer. He was involved with developments in
Bountiful, Utah.
As a young man in the mid-1930s Badger served a mission for the Church in South Africa.
[Richard E. Turley and Jeffrey G. Cannon, "A Faithful Band: Moses Mahlungu and the Soweto Saints", in ''BYU Studies Quarterly'']
In 1939 he married Eleanor Jeremy Ashton, daughter of prominent leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Marvin O. Ashton and sister of future apostle
Marvin J. Ashton
Marvin Jeremy Ashton (May 6, 1915 – February 25, 1994) was a Utah politician and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1971 until his death in 1994.
Ashton was born t ...
. Together they became the parents of five children.
He was president of the South African mission from 1967 to 1970. He also was a regional representative of the 12.
Bibliography
*1989 ''Deseret News'' obituary
References
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1915 births
Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives
Latter Day Saints from Utah
American Mormon missionaries in South Africa
1989 deaths
20th-century American legislators
20th-century Utah politicians