He married Idona Goff on October 26, 1926 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.[2][3] They had two children.
His wife Idona died in 1980.
He married Thelma Elizabeth Burr in 1987.
Rulon passed away at an age of one-hundred-two on January 21, 2002 in Salt Lake City. He is buried in the Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Sandy, Salt Lake County, Utah.[4][5][6]
↑ Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Rulon Jensen Whitlock (27 Nov 1899–21 Jan 2002), Find a Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #23298963, citing Larkin Sunset Gardens Cemetery, Sandy, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Ryan D. Curtis (contributor 46858513) .
↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3KX-329 : 19 May 2014), Rulon J Whitlock, 21 Jan 2002; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKGZ-17CJ : accessed 27 June 2020), Rulon J Whitlock, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 23 Jan 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Deseret News, The, born-digital text.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRP-1LH : accessed 27 June 2020), Ruland J Whitlock in household of George A Whitlock, Fayette, Mayfield, Sterling Precincts, Sanpete, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 122, sheet 3A, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,686.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5X4-WSB : accessed 27 June 2020), Rulon J Whitlock in household of George A Whitlock, Mayfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 152, sheet 7A, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1608; FHL microfilm 1,375,621.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29J9-X9H : 6 March 2020), Rulon J Whitlock, 1917-1918.
"Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5S4-66LS : 19 August 2019), Rulon J Whitlock, 1917-1918; citing Draft Registration, Mayfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States, Utah State Archives, Series 2229, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 008461409.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PN-F9G : accessed 27 June 2020), Rulon Whitlock in household of Mary Ann Whitlock, Mayfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States; citing ED 104, sheet 3A, line 47, family 48, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1864; FHL microfilm 1,821,864.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH6D-3X6 : accessed 27 June 2020), Rulon J Whitlock, Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 125, sheet 14B, line 61, family 333, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2417; FHL microfilm 2,342,151.
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:84W4-8YPZ : 25 August 2021), Rulon J Whitlock, 1930.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT47-VH4 : 22 May 2020), J Rulon Whitlock, Bingham Canyon, Election Precinct 10, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-45, sheet 1A, line 1, family 1, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4216.
"Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WP-F1FT : 3 March 2020), Rulon J Whitlock, 16 Feb 1942; records extracted by FamilySearch, images digitized by Ancestry; citing Draft Registration, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, NARA "Draft Registration Cards for Utah, 10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947," NAID 6002234. Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri, FHL microfilm 00388.
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZWM-HS6Z : 26 August 2021), Rulon J Whitlock, 1950.
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZWM-HST2 : 26 August 2021), Rulon J Witlock, 1955.
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZ77-3SN2 : 26 August 2021), Rulon J Whitlock, 1960.
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