Cause of Death: Lou Gehrig's disease
Carroll Austin Seager was born andraised on his parents farm in Tremonton, Utah. He graduated from the Bear River High School in 1926 and graduated from the school of Engineering at the UtahState University in Logan in 1937. He married Fern Barrus in June of 1935 in the Logan Temple and later moved to New York City where he studied vocal music for 2 1/2 years. Austin taught one year at Carbon College, 24 years at Ogden High School, and 13 years at the Weber College in Ogden, where in taught in the department of manufacturing engineering technology until his retirement in 1979.Austin was also an Ogden City Commissioner for 8 years, two of those years asAssistant Mayor. He was active in the LDS Church serving in numerous positionsand was the original bishop of the Ogden 35th ward where he served for nearly9 years. He and his wife, Fern, served a mission together to Hartford, Connecticut. Austin loved music. He won scholarships in voice at both the University of Utah and Utah State University. He won first prize in a bass solo division at Western Music tryouts, which gave him a chance to go to New York for specialtraining. He sang at numerous events throughout his life. He and his wife hadthree sons and a daughter and 18 grandchildren.