For more than a century, couples throughout Northern Utah have purchased their diamond engagement rings from S. E. Needham Jewelers. Shopping at S. E. Needham Jewelers has been a tradition for thousands of families over the years. Lulu Holt Needham founded the store in 1896 and her husband Sylvan Eugene Needham Sr., joined her soon after. They worked together and took the store through WWI and the Great Depression. They had three children together, only one of whom lived past childhood, Sylvan Eugene Needham, Jr.