OBITUARY: Augustus Finlinson Faust; Delta, Millard co., Utah
surname: Faust, Finlinson, McKean, Smith, Dustman

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The Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday, 22 Jul 2003:

Augustus F. Faust
1918 ~ 2003

     Our loving husband, father, grandfather and friend, Augustus Finlinson
Faust, passed away July 20, 2003 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

     Gus was
born July 5, 1918 in Delta, Utah to George A. Faust and Amy Finlinson Faust.

     He married Afton McKean, on April 30, 1941 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. 

    He graduated from Granite High School, and received his B.A., M.A.,
and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Utah in Comparative Education.
He served in World War II in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy in the U.S.A.
North Africa, Sicily and Italy. He later joined the U.S. Naval Reserve.
He commanded Utah Surface Division 12-53, Surface Battalion 12-13 and Naval
Reserve Officers School 12-5. He retired with the rank of Navy Captain.
He was a professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University
of Utah for 39 years. His research and educational assignments took him
to many nations in South America, Europe, North Africa, and the Middle
East. He was fluent in many  languages. As an active member of the LDS
Church, he served a mission in Brazil. He served in many different capacities
at ward, stake, and general church levels including: teaching, bishop,
high council, Adult Correlation Committee, and as chairman of the Adult
Instructional Development Committee of the Church. 

     He is survived by his loving
wife, Afton; daughters, Martha Smith,  Tina (Todd Dustman), Chelsea Faust;
10 grandchildren; brothers, President James E. Faust and Daniel Faust.

     Preceded in death by his parents, George and Amy Faust; son Philip;
and one grandchild. 

    Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July
23, 2003 at 12:00 Noon at the Holbrook Mortuary, 3251 So. 2300 East, where
friends may call Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and on Wednesday
morning from 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. prior to the services. Interment:
Murray City Cemetery.

     Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on 7/22/2003.