John Nicholas Udall usually called Nick Udall (July 23, 1913 – June 15, 2005) was

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from 1948–52. He was a member of the Udall political family and was also a nephew of

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, the 12th

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Biography

Udall was born and raised in Arizona. His parents

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and Ruth Kimball were in the same English literature class at the St. Joseph Stake Academy (now

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), and when learning about playwright

Nicholas Udall Nicholas Udall (or Uvedale Udal, Woodall, or other variations) (1504 – 23 December 1556) was an English playwright, cleric, schoolmaster, the author of '' Ralph Roister Doister'', generally regarded as the first comedy written in the English ...

, they joked that if they ever got married, that they would name their son Nick, which they did. Udall attended

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and the

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before enrolling in

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, graduating in 1943. After graduation, he returned home to Arizona, where he began his law practice. He followed in his father's footsteps, and served as mayor of Phoenix from 1948 to 1952. He served with then-City Councilman

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. From 1952 to 1956 he served as judge of the

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Superior Court. Nick left the bench to return to private legal practice at Jennings, Strouss, Salmon & Trask in Phoenix, where he practiced law until retiring in 1992. Phoenix-Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery-John Nicolas Udall

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A lifelong member of

, Nick served in various church positions, including service as a full-time missionary in the Eastern Central States

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from 1934 to 1936, as

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of the Phoenix Third

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from 1970 to 1975 ("the most satisfying calling that a worthy priesthood holder can have" because "he is continually helping people"), and as

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of the Phoenix Arizona

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from 1975 to 1991. Nick and his wife, Sybil Elizabeth Webb, are the parents of seven children. They are buried alongside each other in

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in Phoenix, Arizona. Following Sybil's death in 1998, Nick married Joan Romney in 2001. His autobiography, "The Wonder of It All," was published by FCP Publishing in 2006.

External links

Nick Udall's obituary
at the

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Biography

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