George Osmond

George Virl Osmond Sr. (October 13, 1917November 6, 2007) was the patriarch of the singing Osmond family. Life and career He was born in Etna, Wyoming, the youngest of Agnes (née Van Noy) and Rulon Osmond's 3 sons. Rulon's father, George, emigrated from England and became an early leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rulon died on November 24, 1917, 42 days after George was born. Agnes married then divorced John Neyman, with whom she had a daughter. She then married Clarence Hoopes, a widower with 5 children, and remained with him until his death; they had no children. A devout Mormon, Osmond served two missions (Hawaii; the United Kingdom) after his discharge from the United States Army. Stationed at Defense Depot Ogden in 1944, he met Olive Davis who worked there as a secretary; they married that December 1st. The couple had nine children: George Jr. (Virl), Tom, Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny, Marie, and Jimmy. Virl and Tom were born with a degenerative condition which left them nearly deaf. Doctors warned the couple that future children had a higher chance of having a hearing loss, but George and Olive wanted a large family. All of their other children were born hearing.