Los Angeles Times
June 10, 1927
McArthur, Samuel L., late of 865 South Fair Oaks avenue, Pasadena, an empl
oyee of the Challenge Creamery Company for fourteen years. Funeral services Saturday at 1 p. m. from the Bramble Funeral Church 1810 Toberman street.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
January 11, 2002Marion G. Donaldson, 91, of Tucson AZ, Born February 6, 1910 in Mesa. Passed away January 9, 2002 in Tucson. His wife, Kathryn Jensen Donaldson, prededed him in death. He was a long time AZ. Teacher & school administrator: Former Principal at Mesa High School. Superintendant of Amphitheater School District, Tucson, Academic VP Maricopa County Junior College District & founding Dean of Scottsdale Community College.
Survivors: 2 sons: George & Bill Donaldson; 2 daughters: Karen Donaldson & Kathryn Donaldson Baker.
Arizona Republic
August 17, 1999Kathryn J. Donaldson, 84, of Scottsdale, a homemaker, died Aug 14, 1999. She was born in Mesa. Survivors include her husband Marion Gray; daughters, Kathryn Donaldson Baker and Karen; sons George and William; sister, Leona Lassen Ellsworth; and five grandchildren.
56285. Helen Elizabeth Donaldson
The Arizona Republic
December 23, 2000Helen Elizabeth Coleman, 88, of Mesa AZ, died December 14, 2000.
The Arizona Republic
October 15, 2004Paul J Coleman, of Mesa, passed away on October 12, 2004. He was born July 30, 1910. He was a life long resident of Mesa and was proud of his Coleman/ Phelps heritage. He pointed with pride to the fact that he was born in his family's home located on the land that is now Pioneer Park. He attended Mesa Public Schools, graduating from Mesa High School in 1928. His father, John Thomas Coleman was a vegetable farmer and labored hard in the fields, so Paul vowed he would try a different occupation. Paul was a good student and while in high school became proficient in math and accounting. Because of his unique talent, he was recommended to one of the local businessmen, Zebulon Pearce, a partner in the Johnson/Pearce Company.
In 1929 Paul went to work for Johnson/ Pearce, later renamed Pearce Development Company. He worked for them an unheard of, 70 years, retiring in 1999, when the company moved to Phoenix from Mesa. Paul said, "The Pearce family always considered me family, not just another employee, and extended many benefits that would not have come from any other employer." In 1937, Paul started keeping books and making income tax returns for the Munoz Family who owned the El Charro Cafe. Fred Munoz, owner of the El Charro Restaurant is one of Paul's closest and dearest friends.
Paul met and married Helen Elizabeth Donaldson, also of Mesa. Helen passed away in 2000, following 67 years of marriage. They are survived by three children, Donna Kay Odom (Art) of Chandler, Nicholas Kent Coleman (Marsha) of Mesa, and Anna Ruth Smith (David) of Piano, Texas, 9 Grand Children and 27 Great Grand Children. Paul was an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and a member of the Fraser Ward. He appreciated the many thoughts of kindness by ward members.
Interment at City of Mesa Cemetery.
Kerrville Daily Times (TX)
January 24, 2011KERRVILLE - Anna Lea Mayhew Donaldson, 87, died peacefully after a short illness on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, at Peterson Regional Medical Center.
Anna Lea was born Jan. 31, 1923, in Uvalde, Texas, to Arthur B. and Anna Cate Mayhew.
At the age of 3 she was taught to read and write by her grandmother, Elisabeth Cate, who resided with them. She attended school in Uvalde before entering Baylor University, graduating in 1943 with a degree in music history.
Anna Lea married John Pershing Donaldson, an Army pilot, in May 1944, and they lived in several locations before settling in Austin until 1952, when they moved back to Uvalde so John could be a flight instructor in Hondo, Texas. During their time in Uvalde, they enjoyed a full life with four children, were active in the community and attended First Baptist Church, where she played the organ for 13 years. They were part of a wonderful group of friends who called themselves the Frio River Beach Club.
Following the death of her husband, she sold the family home and returned to Baylor University in 1970 for a graduate degree in music and then attended the University of Texas and received a graduate degree in library science. She worked for nine years as Reference Librarian at the Abilene, Texas, public library, and then as the reference and music librarian at Hardin Simmons University for nine years.
She loved music, books and the academic atmosphere, remaining at Hardin Simmons until she retired at age 70 and moved to Kerrville in 1993. In Kerrville, she volunteered at the Trinity Baptist Church library and Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library.
Anna Lea is survived by Diane Donaldson and by Sally Donaldson Justice and husband, Clyde, all of Kerrville; Jon Donaldson and wife, Mary, of Austin, and George Donaldson and wife, Tracie, of Las Vegas, Nev.; grandchildren, Lea Anne Nickells and husband, Mark, John-David Wallace, Mathew and Sara Donaldson; great-grandchildren, Cullen, Tucker and Mason Nickells and Cooper Katherine Wallace; niece, Fran Potter; and nephew, Jim Luper.
Anne Lea was preceded in death by her husband, John P. Donaldson; parents, Arthur and Anna Mayhew; brother, Ancil Mayhew; and sister, Elisabeth Luper.
Arizona Republic
September 12, 1985Mesa - Donald Esworth, 81, who had been a prominent rancher in the Queen Creek area and High Priest in the Mesa East Stake Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Sept. 9, 1985, at Mesa Lutheran Hospital. Mr. Ellsworth was born in Mesa. He had served as bishop of the Chandler Ward and president of the Mesa and East Mesa Stakes as well as regional representative on the General Welfare Committee.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret; daughters, Mrs. Max "Carolyn" Schnepf, Mrs. Darel "Margaret Ann" Schnepf and Mrs. Jerry "Juna" Griffiths; sons, D. Delos and Robert; three sisters; 21 grandchildren; and 22 great grandchildren.
The Arizona Republic
June 27, 2001Mildred Adelia Post Cooper, Long time resident of Mesa, Arizona died June 23, 2001 at the age of 91 in the loving home of Priceless Care in Gilbert, Arizona. She was born in St. David, Arizona on May 18, 1910 to Howard Orvil Post and Tressie Mae Evans the seventh child of eleven. She attended school in St. David until her senior year when the family moved to Tucson where she finished high school then graduated from the University of Arizona. She taught school in Round Valley and in the Tucson area.
Mildred married James Leroy Cooper of Gilbert in 1937. They are the parents of six children. The first are twins James Gary (Lucia Espain) of St. George, Utah Gayle Bramwell (Richard) of Gilbert Morris Post (Cheryl Brown), Chandler Conny Johnson Curtis (Paul), Gilbert William Newell (Cathy Forshee), Dublin, Texas Jan Adkins Petersen (Bill), Grand Junction, Colorado. They have 33 grandchildren and 59 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by one sister, Framces Post Luke.
Mildred and family moved to the Mesa area in 1943 where they had a dairy near Southern and Stapley. She played a very vital and supportive role with her husband in business and community and public service. She has been active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints all of her life and has given much service as a teacher and leader, sister and friend. She has been a a true follower of Christ and has endured valiantly to the end. She will be dearly missed and will always be remembered for her testimony and example.Burial at Mesa City Cemetery.
Bunker Family Funerals / Cremation
Eleanor Inez (Dutch) McEntire, 95, passed away October 6, 2013 in Mesa, Arizona. She was born January 1, 1918, the 9th of 11 children born to Sybil and Orson Cooper and the last surviving sibling.
She was preceded in death by her husband John, daughter Shirley and granddaughter Cindy.
She is survived by her children Roger (Connie), Sue (Al), Kenneth (Sharon), and Terry, grandchildren Lori, Dale, Dani, Debbie, Chapelle, Holly, Mike, Kenna, John, Clayton, Johnny, Erin and Megan, 20 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild.
Arizona Republic
November 4, 1989John Washington McEntire, 77, of Gilbert, an irrigation pump mechanic, died Nov. 1, 1989. He was born in Phoenix and was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran.
Survivors include his wife Eleanor "Dutch"; two sons, three daughters; one brother; 14 grtandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
The Arizona Republic
October 5, 2004Jesse Franklin Cooper, age 84, of Mesa, AZ. passed away October 2, 2004.
The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
October 6, 2001COOPER, Paul Henry, of Lugoff and formerly of Moncks Corner, a retired disaster preparedness director with Berkeley County, died Friday.
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The State (Columbia, SC)
October 7, 2001LUGOFF - Services for Paul Henry Cooper, 79, formerly of Moncks Corner, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Moncks Corner, with interment in Biggin Cemetery.
Mr. Cooper died Friday. Born in Mesa, Ariz., on September 11, 1922, he was a son of Orson Prince Cooper and Sybil Cora Newell Cooper. Mr. Cooper served in the U.S. Coast Guard, the Merchant Marines, and the Royal Air Force during World War II. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and was a Sealer at the Columbia Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mr. Cooper was a volunteer at the Kershaw County Medical Center and attended Arizona State University.
Surviving are his wife, Lillie Branham Martin Cooper; daughters, Tookie C. Harrop and Kim J. Cooper, both of Moncks Corner, Coral C. Werner of Provo, Utah; sister, Eleanor C. McIntyre of Gilbert, Ariz.; brother, Jesse F. Cooper of Mesa, Ariz.; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren
Post Register
January 21, 1963Blackfoot, Jan. 21 - Hyrum Alberto Grimmett, 86, resident of Bingham county for 66 years, died at the family fome at Moreland, Saturday at 8 a.m. of causes incident to age. He had been ill for two weeks.
Mr. Grimmett was born Jan. 24, 1877, adt Dangle, Idaho, a son of Hyrum and Emma Pomeroy Grimmett. He moved to Moreland about 1897. He married Annir McBride, Feb. 24, 1897 at Moreland, the first couple to be married in that community. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple.
He worked most of his life as a carpenter. An active member of the LDS Church, he held the office of High Priest. He was superintendent of the MIA and secretary of the High Priest Quorum. He also was a ward teacher. He was also the first scoutmaster in Moreland.
He is survived by his wife, three sons, and seven daughters. They are: Chester, J. Avard and Wallace Grimmett of Moreland; Mrs. Clyde (Pearl) Gravatt and Mrs. Glen (Opal) Peck, Pocatello; Mrs. Roy (Ulilla) Wheeler, Riverside; Mrs. Vernal (Violet) Christiansen, Moreland; Mrs. Irvin (Rose) Goodwin, Thomas; Mrs. Myron (Emma) Dance, Sterling; and Mrs. Roy (Dona) Freeman, Conifer, Colorado.Also surviving are three brothers and six sisters: Wayne Grimmett, Aberdeen; Edward Grimmett, Mountain Home; and Richard Grimmett, Provo, Utah; Mrs. Rose Ockerman, Moreland; Mrs Byron Stodard, Las Vegas, Nevada; Mrs. June Garrett, Boise; Mrs. Juno Monson, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Norma Williams, Moreland; and Mrs. Carma Oldfield, Aberdeen. There are 42 grandchildren, 65 great grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
The Post
August 28, 1964Blackfoot, Aug. 27 - Mrs. Annie Christina Grimmett, 83, one of the first settlers in the Moreland are west of Blackfoot, died wednesday at 4:30 a.m. at the family home in Moreland of causes incident to age.
She was born June 13, 1881, at Hyrum, Utah, daughter of J. O. and Elizabeth Christiansen McBride. The family moved to Moreland in 1894. She was married to Hyrum Albert Grimmett Feb. 24, 1897 at Moreland, the first couple to be married in the community.
She was noted for quilting, sewing and nursing and was a member of the LDS church, serving as counselor in the Ward Primary Assn., and as a visiting teacher in the Relief Society. She was mother of 14 children. Mr. Grimmett died January 19, 1963.
Survivors are three sons, and six daughters, Chester, Avard and Wallace Grimmett; Mrs Vernal Christiansen all of Moreland; Mrs. Roy Wheeler, Riverside; Mrs. Irvin Goodwin, Thomas; Mrs. Myron Dance, Sterling; Mrs. Clyde Pocatello;; ; and Mrs. Roy Freeman, Rumansville, Mo.; 46 grandchildren, 65 great grandchildren, four great great grandchildren. Three children preceded her in death.
Idaho State Journal
February 2, 1970Pearl Grimmett Gravett, 68, of 241 North Eleventh, died Saturday in St. Anthony Community Hospital after an extended illness. She was born Dec. 17, 1901 at Moreland to Hyrum and Annie McBride Grimmett, and attnded schools at Moreland and Blackfoot.
On Dec. 2, 1923, she married Clyde Robert Gravatt in Pocatello and they made their home here. Mr. Gravatt died Nov. 16, 1964.
Mr. Gravatt was a member of the fourteenth Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had been active in Primary and Relief Society. She had been a visiting teacher 42 years, worked at the storehouse and had given the literature lesson in Relief Society. For many years she was Democratic precinct committeewoman. Mrs. Gravatt also enjoyed hunting, fishing and going to the mountains.
Survivors include sons, Clyde J., Seattle; Carl Ray, Sunnyvale, Ore.; and Wesley A., Portland, Ore.; eight grandchildren, four great grandchildren; brothers Chester and Arvard Grimmett, both of Moreland; sisters, Mrs. Roy (Ulilla) Wheeler, Blackfoot; Mrs. Vernal (Violet) Christian, Moreland; Mrs. Ervin (Rose) Goodwin, Thomas; Mrs. Myron (Emma) Dance, Sterling and Mrs. Roy (Donna) Freeman, Hamansville, Ill.
Idaho State Journal
November 24, 1964Funeral services for Clyde Robert Gravatt, 61, 446, North Sixth were conducted today in the Manning Funeral Chapel with Bishop Leland B. Dial of the LDS 14th Ward officiating.
Mr. Gravatt died last week of asphyxiation. Mr. Gravatt was born May 19, in Chariton, Iowa, a son of Charles Wesly and Nellie Parsons Gravatt. He resided for a short in St. Joseph, Mo. When he was nine years old, he came to the Thomas area and then moved to Sterling.
He came to Pocatello in September 1922. He married Pearl A. Grimmett here on December 2, 1922. Mr. Gravatt was a machinist with the Union Pacific Railroad and had worked there since 1923. He was a charter member of the International Association of Machinists, Local 188.
Surviving are his widow, three sons, Clyde J. Gravatt, Seattle, wash.; Wesly A. Gravatt, Portland, Ore., and Carl Ray Gravatt, Pocatello; 13 grandchildren; three great grandchildren; a brother, Warren Gravatt, Pocatello; and two sisters, Mrs. Verl (Doris) Bradley, Springfield, and Mrs. Herschel (Maxine) Pilcher, Rangley, Colo.
Post Register
April 11, 1977Blackfoot - Violet Elll Grimmett Christiansen, 71, a lifelong resident of Moreland, died Saturday at Blackfoot hospital of a heart attack. Mrs. Christiansen was born March 30, 1906, in Moreland, the daughter of Hyrum A. and Annie McBride Grimmett. She attended school in Moreland and was a member of the first graduating class from Moreland High school.
Vernal P. Christiansen became her husband on Feb. 2, 1925, in Blackfoot. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on Jan. 10, 1970.
She was an active member of the LDS church and served for 47 years in the Primary, eight years on the stake Primary board, she had been scout leader for more than 40 years, and served as a visiting teacher in the Relief Society. She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and enjoyed flowers, gardening, handiwork, an quilting.
Survivors include her widower of Moreland, four daughters Mrs. Sam (Gwen) Baker of Moreland, Mrs. Rex (Joyce) Parris of Pocatello, Mrs. Charles (Elaine) Lohr of Goleda, Calif., Mrs. LaMar (Elsie) McLellan of Provo, Utah; 15 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Roy (Donna) Freeman of Collins, Mo., and Mrs. Myron (Emma) Dance of aberdeen; brother, J. Arvard Grimmett of Moreland.
She was preceded in death by one son, one daughter and one grandchild.
The Idaho State Journal
November 15, 2007BLACKFOOT � Norma June Grimmett, 91, of Blackfoot, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, at Bingham County Extended Care Facility.
Interment will be in the Moreland Cemetery.
Post Register
March 21, 1963Pocatello - March 21 - Opal Ortell Peck, 45, died in a Pocatello hospital Tuesday after an extended illness. She was born March 29, 1917, in Moreland, daughter of Hyrum Albert and annie Chriatianna McBride Grimmett. She graduated from Moreland High school and the Wright's Beauty school in Pocatello.
She married Glen Dale Peck March 15, 1941, in Pocatello. During World War II she worked at Ros's Beauty Shop. Mrs. Peck worked for an insurance company for 10 years.
She was a member of the LDS Church and had been secretary of Sunday School in Moreland and a primary teacher there. She was also a member of women of the Moose.
Surviving are her husband,, Pocatello, her mother, Mrs. Annie Grimmett, Moreland; two sons, Glen D. Peck, serving an LDS mission in Texas, Robert Dean, Pocatello; three brothers, Chester, Avard and Wallace Grimmett, all of Moreland; six sisters, Mrs. Clyde (Pearl) Gravatt, Pocatello; Mrs. Roy (Ulilla) Wheeler, Riverside; Mrs. Vernal (Violet) Christiansen, Moreland; Mrs. Ivan (Rose) Goodwin, Thomas; Mrs. Myron (Emma) Dance, Sterling and Mrs. Roy (Donna) Freeman, Conifer, Colo.
Post Register
July 8, 1965Blackfoot, July 8 - Wallace Reed Grimmett, 45, died at noon Wednesday at Bingham Memorial Hospital following a lingering illness.
He was born April 14, 1920 in Moreland, the son of Hyrum A. (Burt) and Annie McBride Grimmett. He married Donna June Mitchell, June 9, 1947 in Butte, Mont. They were later divorced. He was an ardent hunter and fisherman and had a fondness for music.
He is survived by three sons and one daughter. They are Max Reed, Eugene Ray, Val and Patricia Ann, all of Kelso Wash. There are two brothers and six sisters also surviving. They are Chester A. Grimmett, J. Arvard Grimmett, and Mrs. Roy (Ulilla) Weaver, Mrs. Vernal (Violet) Christiansen and Mrs. Irvin (Rose) Goofwin, all of Blackfoot; Mrs. Pearl Gravat, Pocatello; Mrs. Myron (Emma) Dance, Springfield; and Mrs. Roy (Donna) Freeman, Missouri.
Post Register
August 31, 19647Blackfoot, Aug. 30 - Mrs. Rose Ella Ockerman, 86, resident of Moreland for 70 years, died Friday at a Blackfoot Nursing Home of causes incident with age. She was born Dec. 23, 1877, at Lander, Wyo., daughter of Hyrum and Ella Pomeroy Grimmett. She was married to Olin W. Ockerman, Jan. 8, 1908 at Blackfoot. He died Dec. 8, 1945. She was a member of the LDS church and had been active in the Relief Society and Primary Assn.
Survivors are three sons, James O. Ockerman, Moreland; Hyrum A. Ockerman, Olympia, Wash., and Darrel P. Ockermam, Concord, Calif.; three brothers and five sisters, Wayne Grimmett, Aberdeen; Edward G. Grimmett, Mountain Home; Richard Grimmett, Provo, Utah; Mrs. Byron Sterling, Las Vegas, Nev.; Mrs. John Garrett, Boise; Mrs. Hugh Monson, Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Harold Oldfield, Aberdeen; and Mrs. David Willias, Moreland; 13 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren. Two children preceded her in death.
Post Register
March 11, 1968James Olin Ockerman, 64, of 195 Wadsworth Dr., a carpenter of Groveland and for the past year in Idaho Falls, died in a local hospital Sunday morning following an extended illness. He was born on May 30, 1903 in Groveland, a son of Olin Wilford and Rose Elle Grimmett Ockerman. He was educated in Groveland.
He married Zelma J. Durant in American Falls on July 21, 1930. The marriage was solomnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on March 29, 1950. They lived in Groveland until last year when they moved to Idaho Falls where he was employed at the LDS Temple.
Survivors include his widow; two sons, John Ockerman and terrill Ockerman of Idaho Falls; a daughter, Mrs. Wendell (Doris) Adams of Groveland; seven grandchildren, two brothers, Ordell Ockerman of Olympia, Wash.; and Darrell Ockerman of Concord, Calif. He was preceded in death by a son.
56322. Adelia Mathilda Grimmett
Post Register
November 26, 1974Moreland - Adelia Grimmett Belnap, wife of Lawrence O. Belnap, 68, of Moreland, died Sunday morning in an Idaho Falls hospital of natural causes. Mrs. Belnap was born Jan. 19, 1906, at Moreland, a daughter of John Francis and Bertha Benson Grimmett. She grew up and lived most of her life in Moreland.
She attended Moreland schools and later Ricks College, Brigham Young University and Idaho State University. She taught for a number of years in East Idaho. She was married to Lawrence O. Belnap June 11, 1936 at the Salt Lake City, Utah, LDS Temple.
She was an active member of the LDS Church having served in the Primary, Relief Society and Sunday School. She and her husband served two missions for the LDS Church.
She is survived by her widower of Moreland; two sons and a daughter, John Belnap of Blackfoot; Burke Belnap of St. George, Utah, and Mrs. William (Judith) Sperry of Boise; two brothers and five sisters, Mrs. Kenneth (Ella) Hammond of Moreland, Jack Grimmett of American Falls; Mrs. Hugh (Marie) Baldwin of Moreland; and Mrs. Dan (Verna) Hoopes, Bishop T. P. Grimmett, Dorothy Grimmett and Naida Grimmett, all of Idaho Falls; and eight grandchildren.
Post Register (Idaho Falls, ID)
November 8, 1996Dan Bickmore Hoopes, 81, a pioneer Idaho Falls realtor and one of the Democratic Party political leaders in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, died Nov. 7, 1996, at Life Care Center of natural causes.
He was born Jan. 12, 1915, at Cache, near Driggs, to John Clark and Ivy Irene Bickmore Hoopes. He grew up in the Teton Valley and attended schools in the Rexburg area. A graduate of Madison High School, he attended Ricks College in Rexburg and Utah State Agricultural College in Logan.
On June 15, 1937, he married Verna Bertha Grimmett in the Logan LDS Temple. He farmed mostly in the Teton Valley and Moreland areas for many years, but at one time he was farming simultaneously in four counties, Teton, Jefferson, Bonneville and Bingham. In 1941 he moved to Boise and served as Chief Clerk of the Idaho State House of Representative. He later settled in Idaho Falls, where he was a realtor and owned and operated Hoopes Realty. His wife died Sept. 10, 1993.
A lifelong Democrat, he served as Bonneville County Democratic Central Committee chairman. He attended nearly every state convention from 1940 to 1968, taking a leading part in many of them. He also served as a delegate at nine Democratic National Conventions. He was a strong advocate that the voting ticket should be filled for every election, as it offers voters a choice.
He was an active member of the LDS Church. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, politics and current events.
Survivors include his children, Dan Fredrick Hoopes of Idaho Falls, John Douglas Hoopes of Fallbrook, Calif., Kathryn Marie Flint of Idaho Falls, Kristine Ivy Reynolds of Midvale, Utah, William K. Hoopes of Libby, Mont., and Mary Pamela Welsh of Nephi, Utah; a sister, Gwen Hart; 22 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons and three brothers.
Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT)
September 6, 2003WASHINGTON TERRACE - Myron Alvin Lund, 95, passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at the Washington Terrace Health Services, Washington Terrace, Utah.
He was born April 23, 1908, in South Bayport, Minnesota, a son of Christian Andreasen and Inger Eliasen Lund.
He married Virginia Belle Young on June 11, 1932 in Olympia, Washington. The marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Virginia preceded him in death on September 29, 1974.
Myron"s family moved to Kootenai, Idaho, shortly after his birth. He lived in Kootenai until graduating from high school, and then moved to Shelton, Washington, where he met and married Virginia Young. They lived in Shelton until 1952 when they moved to Kodiak, Alaska. They moved to Eureka, California, in 1959, and then to North Bend, Oregon, in 1960, where he served as a counselor in the branch presidency for a time. Myron moved to Murray, Utah, in 1977, shortly becoming blind from the effects of macular degeneration. He lived in Holladay for several years before moving to the Meadowbrook Assisted Living facility in Clearfield and then to Ogden, after which he was moved to the Washington Terrace Health Services facility in Washington Terrace.
Myron was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was a High Priest.
Surviving are son, Wallace A. (Lorraine), nine grandchildren, and 26 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and four sisters, and daughter, Marcia Ellen Evans.
The Oregonian
March 27, 1996
HELEN EMMA MEYERSA funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 28 for Helen Emma Meyers in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Northeast 37th Avenue and Going Street. She died March 24, 1996, at age 78.
Mrs. Meyers was born May 8, 1917, in Blackfoot, Idaho. Her maiden name was Young. She was a housewife and lived most of the last 20 years in Portland.She married Earl in 1952. He survives along with sons, Terry Seljestad of Zillah, Wash., and Dennis Meyers of Portland; daughters, Elizabeth Bachand and Jan Meyers, both of Portland, and Cheri Sheedy of Port Orchard, Wash.; 18 grandchildren; and six great-grandschildren.
The Oregonian
February 28, 2004A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, March 1, 2004, in the chapel of the Irvington Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Earl M. Meyers, who died Feb. 24 at age 84.
Mr. Meyers was born Sept. 3, 1919, in Snohomish, Wash. During World War II, he served in the Army. After the war, he lived in Alaska and also lived in San Pedro, Calif., before moving to Portland in 1974. He was a civil engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers. In 1939, he married Lorraine Wilcox; they divorced. He married Helen Young in 1952; she died in 1996.
Survivors include his sons, Richard and Dennis; daughters, Kathy Brough, Kristy Rameriz, Elizabeth Buchand, Cheri Sheedy and Jana Meyers; stepson, Terry Seljestad; 24 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Post Register
February 10, 1965Blackfoot - Feb 10 - George W. Ferrel, 86, carpenter in the area since 1919, died Tuesday at an Idaho Falls rest home. He was born May 5, 1878, at Bartlett Iowa, son of John Green Ferrel and Bethany Harless Ferre
He attended school in Bartlett and was married to Albertie Statler in 1898. He moved with his wife to Lincoln, Neb., in 1914, because of her wife's health. She died in 1915 and the following year he moved to Blackfoot. On Nov. 12, 1919 he was married to Francelle Young. She died March 25, 1937.
He lived for many years with a daughter, Mrs.Glenn (Maxine)Kopp, at Swan Valley and with another daughter, Mrs. Alf (Ruby) Olson, Idaho Falls. He had been in poor health for years.Other survivors include a son, George O. Ferrel, Blackfoot, and daughters, Mrs. Edward (Lovina) Solberg. Oakland, Calif.; Mrs. Hugh Hugh (Mabel) Thompson, Albany, Ore.; Mrs. Alberta Randall, Chico, Calif.; Mrs. Larry (Francelle) Hilts, Auburn, Wash.; Mrs. C. V. (Rose) Campbell, Swan Valley.
The Leader
September 16, 2014Frances "Fran" Hilts, 92, following a short illness, passed away peacefully at Jefferson County Hospital, surrounded by her family and friends, on August 24, 2014.
Fran was born on August 28, 1921 in Moreland, Idaho to George Ferrell and Francelle Grimmett Ferrell. She was one of fourteen children. Fran is survived by her "baby" sister Maxine Kopp of Roosevelt, Utah.
In 1939, Fran graduated from Moreland High School, and was awarded "Girl of the Year" for her participation in basketball, a sport she always loved. After graduation, she moved to Shelton, Washington. Fran found employment, as a waitress and a clerk at Woolworths in Olympia, Washington.
In Olympia she met Melvin Milton Mitchell, "Mitch," they were married on April 18, 1941 in a double wedding ceremony with Mitch's brother Aubrey Mitchell and his wife Jean. Fran and Mitch owned and operated a service station in Naches, Washington. Due to the war and the short supply of gas and rubber they sold the business and moved back to Olympia, where they lived on Black Lake. They had three children; Gail Crawford, born in 1943, Melvin M. Mitchell, Jr., born in 1944, and James P. Mitchell, born in 1945.
They moved to Bremerton, Washington, where Mitch worked in the ship yard. Then Mitch found employment in Enumclaw, Washington with Hoffman Chevrolet. They moved to Enumclaw and Fran found employment with Pacific Northwest Bell. Fran and Mitch were divorced in 1959. Fran took a telephone Supervisor position in Auburn, Washington, which enabled her, as a single mother, to raise her three children.
At the Auburn telephone plant she met Lauren "Larry" Hilts. He courted her and they were married in Reno, Nevada on August 21, 1961. This extended Fran's family to include Larry's two daughters, Janet Collins, her three children and Delores Schorgen, all of whom are now deceased.
In 1967, Fran and Larry retired from Pacific Northwest Bell and moved to their cabin on Oak Bay, Port Ludlow, Washington. They had no amenities, no indoor plumbing, but they loved it. They gardened, raised chickens, fished, hunted, went camping, enjoyed their grandchildren, went boating with their friends Alyce and Gene Hansen and volunteered for the local Port Ludlow Fire Department. Larry was elected Fire Commissioner and Fran worked part time at Mats Mats Quarry.
In June 1985, Larry unexpectedly passed away under his apple tree. Fran's life changed again. Their neighbor Clyde Harris, aka "Beach Clyde," was supportive of Fran during this very stressful time. Over time they became life partners. This extended Fran's family to include Clyde's son Phil and his wife Mary Harris, and their children Leah and Paul.
Fran and Clyde kept an open house; they were always entertaining those who lived on Oak Bay and family. They would have their afternoon cocktail hour at 4 pm and follow
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: George O Ferrel
Birth Year: 1923
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Idaho
State of Residence: Idaho
County or City: Bonnerville
Enlistment Date: 20 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Idaho
Enlistment City: Pocatello
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emerge
ncy, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Apprentices to other trades
Marital Status: Single, with dependents
Height: 70
Weight: 104
Find-a-Grave
SWAN VALLEY, ID -- Georgia Rose Ferrel Campbell, 82, of Swan Valley, passed away May 8, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
She was born September 24, 1923, in Moreland, Idaho, to George Washington Ferrel and Sarah Emma Francelle Grimmett Ferrel, thirty minutes after her twin brother, George. She finished 10th grade in Moreland, then moved to Idaho Falls to live with her sister, Ruby.
She married Cornelius Villet Campbell August 18, 1949, in Elko, Nevada. Their marriage was solemnized April 24, 1965, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They made their home in Swan Valley, where she was a homemaker and mother. Her husband passed away September 19, 1994.
An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she taught Primary for over 20 years and served faithfully as a visiting teacher. She enjoyed crocheting, needlework, crossword puzzles, and reading.
Surviving are:
Daughter: Linda (Pili) Saluone of Provo, UT
Son: John C. (Gail) Campbell of Rexburg, ID
Daughter: Francelle (Ron) Orme of West Richland, WA
Sister: Maxine Kopp of Swan Valley, ID
Sister: Ruby Olsen of Idaho Falls, ID
Sister: Francelle Hilts of Port Ludlow, WA
15 Grandchildren and 23 Great Grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her twin brother, George O. Ferrel, and a grandson, David Cory Campbell.
Los Angeles Times
May 28, 1966
Died
Rich, Dr. Odis O., beloved husband of Leona Rich, father of Charlene Scher
merhorn, Ronald William and Julie Ann Rich, also survived by 3 grandchildren.
Services 2 p.m. Tuesday at San Pedro L.D.S. Chapel, 1639 W. 9th St., San Pedro. Pierce Brothers' Southwest, directors.
The News Bulletin
April 16, 1998West, Evelyn - 88 of Roseburg, passed away Monday, April 13, 1998 in a local hospital. She was born May 3, 1998 in Afton, Wyoming to Leslie and Zula (Rich) Cole. On March 30, 1930 in Tempe Arizona she married Roland R. West, who preceded her in death in 1987. The Wests moved to Roseburg in 1946.
They co-owned and operated West Brothers Jewelers and also owned and operated Roseburg Jewelers until they moved to Henderson, Nevada in 1964. The Wests later moved to Mesa, Arizona. Mrs. West moved back to Roseburg in 1996. She was a member of the Rotary Anns, the U of O Mothers Club and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mrs. West enjoyed enjoyed gardening, traveling and mostly spending time with her family.
Survivors include her daughter Barbara A. Coen and her husband Michael of Roseburg; sons, John L. West and his wife Joanne of Portland, Oregon and William R. West and his wife Charmaine of Bloomington, Illinois; sisters Glenda Landon of Vernal, Utah and Sybil Dunn of Tucson, Arizona; grandchildren Rick Coen, Michelle Coen, Marri Fluhrer, Meredith Cobb, Brad West, Lisa Mann, Todd West and Charmelle Watkins; great-grandchildren Davis, Brad, Marri, Michael George, Hayley, Riley, Alicia, Malia, Jenna, Megan, Matthew, Maggie and Alice, one great-great-grandson, Noah and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. West was also preceded in death by her brother Don Cole.
Vernal Expres
January 22, 2010Glenda Cole Landon, 98, of Blackfoot, Idaho, passed away Jan. 14, 2010 due to causes incident to age.
Glenda was born April 13, 1911 in Afton, Wyo. to Ursulia (Zula) Rich Cole and William Leslie (Les) Cole. She grew up on a ranch in Wyoming in a home with little of the conveniences we know today. She first went to school in a one-room building for grades one through eight, she started in the third grade because there were no younger students that year.
They later moved to Paris, Idaho where she worked and went to school, graduating in 1927. She continued working until 1936 when she started college, first at BYU and then at Utah State University.
Glenda married Doyle Y. Landon, Aug. 21, 1940 in the Logan LDS Temple following graduation in Secretarial Science from the Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University); and later moved to Vernal, in 1942. Following a brief time when Doyle worked for the government, Doyle worked as the agricultural teacher at Vernal High School and Glenda became a homemaker. Vernal became their home for the next 64 years, until ill health required Glenda to live with her daughter in Blackfoot.
Doyle and Glenda were blessed with five children: Glen, Laraine, Dean, Ross and Joyce. Those years of raising their family were filled with hard work. Glenda managed the home, even when some ill health limited her activity. She served in many church callings including being a secretary for two patriarchs for over 15 years, genealogy librarian for over 19 years and meeting house librarian for more than 20 years. During this time the family served a mission in the White Rocks Indian Reservation. Doyle preceded Glenda in death in 1990.
Glenda is survived by one sister, Sybil Dunn, of Colorado Springs; her children, Glen (Lorna) Landon, of Salt Lake City, Laraine (Ron) Nyman, of Lindon, Utah, Dean (Barbara) Landon, of Farmington, Utah, Ross (Jean) Landon, of Provo, Joyce (Darrell) Lewis, of Blackfoot, Idaho; 25 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Glenda was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Doyle; her sister, Evelyn; her brother, Donald; and granddaughter, Laurie Nyman.
The Deseret News
September 17, 1990Doyle Y. Landon, 77, passed away September 16, 1990. Born November 4, 1912 in Kimball, Idaho, to Charles Francis and Maria Young Landon. Married Glenda Cole, August 21, 1940 in the Logan LDS Temple. Graduated from U.S.J. with master's degree. Outstanding teacher for 36 years. Involved with many community projects. Was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in many various positions.
Survivors: Wife, Glenda, Vernal; three sons, two daughters, Glen Landon, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Ronald (Laraine) Nyman, American Fork; Dean Landon, Bountiful; Ross Landon, Orem; Mrs. Darrell (Joyce) Lewis, Blackfoot, Idaho; 20 grandchildren; one brother, three sisters, Leon Landon, Blackfoot, Idaho; Carrie Jolley, Blackfoot, Idaho; Pearl Smith, Tucson, Arizona; Elvada Elliott, Shelley, Idaho.
Valley Courier
March 12, 2013Sybil Cole Dunn , 96, died Thursday March 7, 2013. Sybil was born to William Leslie and Ursula Cole on September 23, 1916, in Paris, Idaho.
She graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Home Economics. Sybil moved to Manassa to teach school and met her future husband, Marcel (Scott) Dunn. During World War II Sybil was an officer in the Navy. After being discharged she returned to Manassa and married Marcel in Taos, New Mexico in 1945. They resided in Bountiful, Manassa, and La Jara until 1963, but returned to the valley often. Family was the top priority for Sybil and Marcel. Much time and sacrifices were made for their children. Sybil was also a positive thinker who would figure a way to solve what looked like impossible problems.
Sybil taught home economics, elementary school and was a school librarian, involved in education for 40 + years. She had a lifelong dedication to learning and helping others learn. (There is probably still an English and Spanish vocabulary list in her purse.)
Sybil was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She served in a variety of organizations. She and Marcel served two missions to Peru.
Sybil is survived by her 3 children: Darryl (Carolyn) Dunn of Tucson, AZ; Susan (Bruce) Crowther of Colorado Springs, CO; and Marianne (Jerry) Hamm of Fresno, CA. She is survived by 7 grandchildren: Brent (Anjanette) Dunn, Emilee (Tim) Hardt, Richard (Whitney) Dunn, Steven (Suzanne) Hamm, Matthew (Sally Hamm), Richard Hamm, and Elizabeth Hamm. She has 3 great grandchildren.
The Arizona Daily Star
August 28, 2002
DUNN, Marcel, 83, teacher, Aug. 24, Bring's Broadway
The Deseret News
July 25, 2009On July 23, 2009, our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend left this earthly life to rejoin her Heavenly Father. She lived a full, happy, and contented life, and was well prepared to finish her journey here. She passed away at The Wellington in Millcreek Township, Utah.
She was born April 20, 1911 in Logan, Utah to Peter and Rose King Nielsen.
She attended Logan High School and then went on to Utah State Agricultural College (now USU).
She met her future husband, Lothaire Rogers Rich, when they were paired as partners in a dance festival. They were married on May 11, 1932 in the Logan Temple.
They had daughters Kathleen and DeeAnn prior to World War II, and sons Douglas and Gordon afterward, as some of the first of the baby-boomers.
To help her husband get through school and afterward in his law practice, she was a legal secretary for most of her life. She worked the last several years with the Utah State Department of Employment Security in the Appeals Division, from which she retired at age 65.
She was a faithful and active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints throughout her life. She served the Lord and her brothers and sisters in many callings, including Relief Society President, Ward Librarian, Nursery Leader, and for nearly 14 years as a worker in the Salt Lake Temple. She loved the Lord all her life, and showed it every day.
She loved being with her family. Even though children and grandchildren spread across the country, whenever they came through Utah they would always make sure to visit Grandma Rich. Her home was the hub for family to gather, and everyone knew that her door would be open with food on the table anytime they needed a place to stay.
She often filled every room in the house with happy grandkids. Whenever her grandchildren were performing music, playing sports, or doing anything that was important to them, she did all she could to be there with them, including attending a wedding just three weeks before her passing at age 98.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother and four older sisters, husband Lothaire, daughter DeeAnn Rich Nickle and one grandson, Levi Peter Rich. She is survived by daughter Kathleen Rich-Sackett (Bill), Douglas Nielsen Rich (Linda), and Gordon Lothaire Rich (JoLynne). She has 20 grandchildren, 72 great-grandchildren, and 18 great-great-grandchildren.
The Herald Journal
June 13, 2004Logan -- Rhea Rich Garr, age 92, passed away on June12, 2004, at Terrace Grove Assisted living, where she resided for the past year and a half. Rhea was born Jan. 5, 1912, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois., a twin to Russell and the daughter of Jesse P. Rich and Louise Rogers Rich, the first girl and second child in a family of nine children.
After high school, Rhea went to work at Utah Poultry, where she met her husband, J. Vernon Garr. They were married Oct. 24, 1931. The marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple. Later on, she worked for J.C. Pennys, as a sales clerk, for 25 years and for five years as a cook in the Mendon nursing home. Rhea was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in several leadership positions, Primary, junior Sunday School and Relief Society presidency. She worked with the 4H club and other civic organizations. Rhea loved to do handiwork, sewing, crocheting and embroidery. She loved giving her children and grandchildren her handiwork. She entered a lot of her work in the County Fair and won many first prize ribbons.
Rhea is survived by her sons, Russell (Carol) of Riverside, Calif., and Jay (Chris) of Logan; eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren; sisters, LaRelle Rich of Tucson, Ariz., Yvonne Quayle (Don) of Bethesda, Md.; and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, J. Vernon; her grand-daughter, Michelle Garr; and six brothers and sisters.
A short graveside service will follow at noon at the Logan City Cemetery.
The Deseret News
November 18, 1999Margaret Roundy Cardon Rich, 87, of Orem, died Monday, November 15, 1999, at her home. She was born September 24, 1912, in Benson, Utah, a daughter of Hyrum M. and Esther Roundy Cardon. She married Russell Rogers Rich June 3, 1936, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died April 25, 1988.
She was survived by her children, Merilynne (Bill) Smith, Athens, Ohio; Suzanne (Gene) Sadler, Arlington, Texas; Renee Mounteer, Springville; Stephen (Calva) Rich, Frisco, Texas; David (Ginger) Rich, Park City; Barbara Rich, Salt Lake City; Charles (Barbara) Rich, Rancho Cucamonga, California; 35 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; three brothers and one sister, Doyle (Lucille) Cardon, Lindon; Kenneth (Alice) Cardon, Benson; Wayne (Sharlene) Cardon, Benson; and Nada Stevenson, Orem.
She was preceded in death by her husband, two granddaughters, Briona and Krisaundra Mounteer; and his son-in-law, Paul Mounteer.
Burial will be in the Orem City Cemetery.
Salt Lake Tribune
August 2, 1967Mrs. Nada Rich Brockbank, 53, 1700 E. 4620 South, wife of Elder Bernard P. Brockbank, assistant to the Council of Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died of a heart attack Tuesday at home.
Elder and Mrs. Brockbank presided over the North British LDS Mission and then the Scottish-Irish LDS Mission from 1960 to 1963. Her last assignment with her husband was at the Mormon Pavilion of the World's Fair in New York.
She earned a teacher's certificate in 1933 from Utah State Agricultural College, Logan.
She was past president of the Utah Home Builders' Women's Auxiliary and a member of the Lady Lions.
She had worked in Primary, Sunday School, MIA, and had taught the Relief Society at the Holladay Second LDS Ward.
Mrs. Brockbank was born Sept. 4, 1913, Paris, Idaho, to Jesse Pomeroy and Louise Rogers Rich. She was married to Bernard Park Brockbank, Nov. 1, 1935, in Washington, D.C. The marriage later was solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Her survivors include her husband, five sons and one daughter, Loren Rich, Bernard Park Jr., Bruce Rich, Von Rich, all of Salt Lake City; Roger Rich, serving an LDS mission in Scotland; Mrs. Diane Sweeten, Malad City, Idaho, and 17 grandchildren.
Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Lothaire R., Sterling R., Mrs. LeGrand J. (Elda) Baer, all of Salt Lake City; Russell R., Orem; Mrs. J. Vernon (Rhea) Carr, Logan; Mrs. Elna LeFrenlere, Layton; Mrs. Robert (LaRelle) Always, Ontario, Calif., and Mrs. Donald R. (Yvonne) Guayle, Arlington, Mass.
The Deseret News
October 15, 2000Elder Bernard P. Brockbank, an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, died at his Holladay home Oct. 11, 2000. He was 91. He was named a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Oct. 1, 1976, after serving as an assistant to the Quorum of Twelve for 14 years. He became an emeritus member of the Seventy on Oct. 4, 1980. He was managing director of the Mormon pavilions at the New York World's Fair; Hemisfair '68 in San Antonio; Man and His World in Montreal; and Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan.
A well-known building contractor, Elder Brockbank built more than 700 houses in the Salt Lake Valley and was a member of national and local building associations. He was an officer of the Utah Home Builders Association and the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. He served as president of the Holladay Lions Club and the Sons of the Utah Pioneers. He was also president of the Granite School District Board of Education and a member of the Southern Utah University Board of Regents.He was born on May 24, 1909, in Holladay to Taylor P. and Sarah LeCheminant Brockbank. He attended Holladay Grade School, Granite High School, Utah State Agricultural College, George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and the University of Utah.
He married Nada Rich in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 11, 1935. The marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple on May 4, 1937. Elder Brockbank was preceded in death by wife Nada and two sons. He is survived by his second wife, France Morgan, whom he married in 1968 in the Salt Lake Temple; five sons and three daughters; 38 grandchildren and 86 great-grandchildren.
Burial will be at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.
_____The Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT)
October 15, 2000Elder Bernard P. Brockbank, age 91, quietly passed from this life at his home in Holladay, Utah, Oct. 11, 2000. He was born May 24, 1909 in Holladay, Utah, the fourth child of eight children born to Taylor Park and Sarah Henrietta LeCheminant Brockbank.
He graduated from Granite High School and attended Utah State University, George Washington University and the University of Utah. He entered the real estate profession and worked as a broker, builder and developer, building over 700 homes in the Salt Lake Valley. He was an officer of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors, Utah Home Builders, Holladay Lion's Club and Sons of Utah Pioneers. He served as President of the Granite School District Board of Education and on the Board of Regents for Southern Utah University.
At the age of 18, Elder Brockbank served an LDS mission in the British Isles. He served as Chairman of the Jordan Valley Welfare Region, Counselor to two Bishops, Bishop, High Counselor and Stake President of the Holladay Stake. In 1960, President McKay called him to open and preside over the North British Mission. Within the first two years under his leadership, the tremendous growth of the North British Mission produced the need for two additional missions, the Scottish-Irish Mission over which he presided which soon became the Scottish Mission and Irish Mission. In 1962, while serving as president of the Scottish Mission, President David O. McKay called him to be an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. As a General Authority, Elder Brockbank served as Managing Director of the Mormon Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, at the Hemisphere in San Antonio, Texas, at "Man and His World" in Montreal, Canada, and at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan. For seven years Elder Brockbank served as the first president of the newly organized International Mission which included all areas of the world without a full-time mission. Elder Brockbank returned to the British Isles as Area Administrator over Great Britain and South Africa. At the time of his passing, he was an Emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy.
Elder Brockbank was preceded in death by first wife, Nada Rich Brockbank, sons Loren Rich Brockbank and Roderick R. Brockbank.
Survivors include his widow, Frances Morgan Brockbank; sons Bernard Park Jr. (Arlene) Sandy, Utah; Bruce (Jeanne) Provo, Utah; Von (Vickie) Lehi, Utah; Roger (Leda) Salt Lake City; and Michael San Antonio, Texas; daughters Diane (Garth Sweeten) Logan, Utah; Dr. Linda Brockbank, Chadron, Nebraska; Patricia Ann Brockbank Arlington, Virginia; and daughter-in-law Rosalind (Jim Mayfield); 38 grandchildren and 86 great-grandchildren.
Interment, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.
The Deseret News
July 9, 2001Elda Rich Baer passed away July 6, 2001, her 84th birthday. Born in Preston, ID 1917 to Jesse P. and Louise Rogers Rich. Married LeGrand J. Baer June 16, 1940 in the Logan temple. Graduated from Logan High School, attended LDS Business College, worked as a secretary for many businesses throughout her life. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints served faithfully in many callings. Served four missions with her husband; Western Samoa, Dearborn Michigan, Washington D.C. Temple twice.
Survived by her husband, children, Ronald (Kathy), WI, Elna Kaye Holmes (Paul), Ralph (Lynette), Brenda Munk (Richard), Joe (Brendalyn), Jesse (Liz), Trudy; 24 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and sisters, Rhea Garr (Logan), Larelle Rich (AZ), Yvonne Quayle (MD). Preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Sheila; three brothers; and two sisters.
The Deseret News
April 22, 2002LeGrand Joseph Baer passed away from complications after surgery 18 April 2002. He was born to Joseph Richard Baer and Gertrude Leishman Baer 8 Sept 1914 in Providence, UT, with his twin brother Marcell. He was raised on a fruit farm in the foothills of Providence where he gained a love for working in the soil.
He served a full time mission in 1936 to the Swiss-German mission; his was the last group of missionaries to complete the full two years before the 2nd World War. He met Elda Rich and was married to her June 6, 1940 in the Logan LDS Temple. Eight children were born to them between 1941 and 1960. Six were born in Cache Valley, UT two were born in Salt Lake City where they moved in 1951.
LeGrand worked as a carpenter until he retired. In 1961 their daughter Sheila died at age 17. His life was an example of service to his Father in Heaven as well as to others. LeGrand and Elda served their first mission to Western Samoa as a construction supervisor building an elementary school and several chapels. Their second mission was to the Ann-Arbor Michigan Mission, and two more were served in the Washington D.C. Temple.
After his missions, LeGrand continued his example of service and love of the Gospel serving in the Jordan River Temple as a sealer. He conducted several sessions a week with many of his friends; he was asked to perform live sealings, including several of his grandchildren. He continued serving in the temple after the death of Elda in July, 2001. He loved his family; his greatest reward in life were his eight children, 24 grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren. He was happiest when his grandchildren were gathered around. They will never forget his bear hugs.
He is survived by his children, Ronald and Kathy Baer (three children, 10 grandchildren), Elna Kaye and Paul Holmes (four children, five grandchildren), Ralph and Lynette Baer (seven children, two grandchildren), Brenda and Richard Munk (four children, four grandchildren), Joe and Brendalyn Baer (three children), Jesse and Liz Baer (three children), and Trudy. "Grampa, it was our blessing knowing you."
Interment, Holladay Memorial Cemetery, 4900 Memory Lane (1900 E).
The Deseret News
April 1, 1998Elna Rich LaFreniere, 80, passed away on March 28, 1998. Born July 6, 1917 in Preston, Idaho, the daughter of Jessie P. and Louise Rogers Rich. Elna was a graduate from Logan High School and went on to graduate from Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah, as a registered nurse. Later serving her country as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps in France during World War II. After her discharge she served 35 years as a civilian nurse at Hill Air Force Base. Her goal in life was to help others, often without recognition.
Elna is preceded in death by three brothers, Lothaire, Russell and Sterling; and one sister, Nada Rich Brockbank.
She is survived by four sisters, her twin Elda Baer, LaRelle Rich, Rhea Garr and Yvonne Quayle; along with a son, Stephan R. LaFreniere; and two grandchildren, Julian Christopher and Crystal Ann LaFreniere.
Burial Holladay Memorial Park Cemetery.
The Deseret News
February 28, 1994Sterling Rogers Rich died February 26, 1994 of a heart attack at his cabin in Pine Mountain. He was born February 4, 1919 in Preston, Idaho to Jesse Pomeroy and Louise Rogers Rich. He grew up in Logan, Utah. Attended Utah State University until called to served during World War II. Sterling married Beth Hazel Pocock in 1943, later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. She died October 1, 1991.
Dad was a master craftsman, an inventor and handyman and expected perfection in everything he did. He worked extremely hard to provide for his family. He was tenderhearted, trusting and trustworthy, quietly supportive and had a quick sense of humor. He was proud of his family and grandchildren. Dad, we love you!!
Survived by children: Mary Ellen Reading, Salt Lake City; Michael, Colorado; James (Joanne), Salt Lake City; Paul (Shelley), Salt Lake City; Ann Busico (Joseph), Salt Lake City; Jane Steffensen (Brian), Salt Lake City; Dan (Becky), California; and 24 grandchildren; by five sisters: Rhea Garr, Elna LaFreniere, Elda Baer, LaRelle Rich, Yvonne Quayle.
The Deseret News
October 3, 1991Beth Hazel Pocock Rich died October 1, 1991 of leukemia, at home surrounded by her family. She was born March 12, 1920 in Wilford, Idaho to Hazel McLaws and Luke B. Pocock. Beth grew up in Wilford, the daughter of farmers. She graduated from Utah State University where she was student body secretary, and also received an MA degree in English at Westminster. Beth married Sterling Rogers Rich in 1943; later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDSTemple. She loved literature, and passed that love to students over 23 years, teaching at Bryant Jr. and Highland High schools. The mountain cabin, Sunday nights with family, traveling, flowers, and reading were her loves. Utah Heritage Foundation, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, and Kappa Delta educational sorority were her favored service organizations.
Beth is survived by her husband, Sterling; a brother, Ray Pocock; sisters, Elda Dixon and Twylla Johnson; sons, Michael (Colorado), James (Joanne), Salt Lake City; Paul (Shelly) Salt Lake; Dan (Becky) Calif.; daughters, Mary Ellen Reading (Bruce) Salt Lake; Ann Busico (Joseph), Salt Lake City; and Jane Steffensen (Brian) Salt Lake City; and 22 grandchildren.
Find-a-Grave
LaRelle was born in Logan, Utah, August 24, 1924 to Jesse Pomroy Rich and Louise Rogers Rich. She attended Logan High School and for one year, she attended the Agricultural College in Logan, Utah. She was married to Jack J. Saunders who was killed in action during the Korean War. She married William R. Alway. They were later divorced.
She worked as an executive secretary at the West End District Attorney's Office in San Bernadino County, Calif. Her favorite hobby has been reading. She loves murder mysteries. She also enjoyed crocheting afghans.
LaRelle's children are Kim Saunders Padelsky, Cindy Michelle Alway, and Janelle Lynn Alway Curry.
She is survived by grandchildren Debbie Findlay, Cindy Padelsky, Jared Curry, Tyler Mills, and great-grandchildren Shaley Peck, Jamar Hicks, Logan Findlay and her sister Yvonne Quayle who is the last surviving of 9 children.
Korean War Memoral
==============================First Lieutenant Saunders was a member of Battery B, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Hoengsong, South Korea on February 13, 1951 and died while a prisoner on April 30, 1951. First Lieutenant Saunders was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
The Washington Post
August 3, 2011YVONNE RICH QUAYLE died on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, from complications from pulmonary fibrosis. She returned home in Bethesda, after a ten day hospital stay, to celebrate her 80th birthday surrounded by her family.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Don Quayle, and five children, Sharla (Robert) Hellie, Debra Travis, Karen (Phillip) Marble-Hall, Kathleen (Tom) Specht and Bryce (Kate) Quayle. She also had 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Vonn was a graduate of American University and had a career as a Property Manager until her retirement in 1994.
Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
April 23, 2015Donald R. Quayle, a public broadcasting executive who helped establish National Public Radio in 1970 and served as its first president, died April 16 at a hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was 84 and a Bethesda, Maryland, resident.
The cause was complications from brain surgery, said a daughter, Sharla Hellie.
In the 1960s, Quayle was director of an NPR forerunner called the Educational Radio Network and executive director of the Eastern Educational Network, a Boston-based educational television network.
He joined the Corporation for Public Broadcasting soon after it was formed by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. Three years later, he was named president of Washington-based National Public Radio at a time when it had a few dozen employees and 90 member stations (there are now more than 900).
Michael McCauley, the author of the 2005 history "NPR: The Trials and Triumphs of National Public Radio," said Quayle was an "immensely talented manager whose goal was to take an organization with scant resources and begin to have a vision and launch it with legitimacy."
NPR's flagship drive-time newscast "All Things Considered" began airing in 1971 with Robert Conley as host and won a prestigious Peabody Award the next year. But the network remained obscure and its early broadcasts were rough, McCauley said.
Quayle helped forge the network's structural bones, but he was limited by forces beyond his control. NPR was regarded at the time as the starving stepchild to the more-glamorous Public Broadcasting Service, which received the bulk of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.
In 1973, when Quayle left the presidency, the radio network received $3.2 million of the $35 million public broadcasting budget.
As much as Quayle was an educational broadcasting insider, he lacked both the political connections and publicity skill to raise the organization's profile and the savvy to win a greater share of the public broadcasting funding, McCauley said.
A turnaround began for the radio network in the late 1970s under the presidency of Frank Mankiewicz, who had been a top aide to presidential candidates Robert Kennedy and George McGovern. While Mankiewicz was able to wrestle greater funding, his ambitious programming efforts couldn't keep pace financially with the aggressive growth in hiring, and his tenure ended in 1983 with a $5.8 million deficit that required a massive bailout from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
After leaving NPR, Quayle was a senior vice president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and then vice president for administration at WETA, the Washington-area public radio and television station. He retired in 1989.
Donald Ramsey Quayle was born on July 26, 1930, in Logan, Utah. He was a 1952 speech graduate of Utah State University, where he also received a master's degree in theater. Around that time, he was involved in efforts to start the state's first educational radio station, which would later become Utah Public Radio.
"I started listening to radio when I was working at a commercial station in Logan," he later told Utah Public Radio. "I felt that the quality of the program service wasn't sufficient and that if we could have radio with high-quality programming without commercials that would help a great deal. That's why we needed the educational background and the backing of Utah State University."
He served in the Air Force in South Korea and did post-graduate study in broadcasting at Ohio State University, where he was a booth announcer for the university's television station and later its manager.
The Times-News (Twin Falls, ID)
October 9, 1999Ennis Bates Matthews, 86 year old Oakley resident, died Thursday, October 7, 1999, at the Rockhaven Retirement Home in Oakley. He was born on September 14, 1913, at Oakley, the son of Harrison Parley and Clara Leona Bates Matthews.
Ennis attended schools in Oakley, graduating from Oakley High School. After graduation, he attended Albion Normal College, and the University of Utah. He married Mabel Sutton on January 13, 1939, in the Logan Utah LDS Temple. After teaching school in Oakley, he returned to ranching and farming. An active member of the LDS Church, he had served in various capacities. Ennis loved spending time with his wife Mabel as officiators in both the Logan, Utah, and the Boise, Idaho, LDS Temples. Ennis' greatest love was spending time with his family, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Norman Sally McMurray of Oakley, Mrs. Douglas Karen Hall of Rupert, Mrs. Robert Deanne Manning of Oakley, Mrs. Darrell Mary Clare Behunin of Shelley, Mrs. Brent Tina Searle of Oakley, and Mrs. Kim Mabel Stultz of Idaho Falls; one son, Jared Scott Matthews of Oakley; 20 grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, and three sisters.
Burial will follow in the Oakley Cemetery.
The Deseret News
March 31, 1995Iva Sutton Sorenson, 79, passed away March 30, 1995 at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born September 17, 1915 in Paris, Idaho to Richard Jacob and Mabel Rich Sutton. Married Edward Adolph Sorenson October 1938, later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple. He preceded her in death on January 23, 1990.
Active member of the LDS Church. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Known for her love of people, caring of others and her unselfishness.
Survived by two daughters, Judy Anderson of Sandy; and Joan Sorenson of Midvale; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren ; brother, Richard Sutton, and sister, Delores Bowring.
The Deseret News
January 25, 1990Edward Adolph Sorenson, age 76, passed away Janaury 23, 1990 in a Salt Lake hospital of cardiac arrest. Born November 24, 1913 in Dingle, Idaho; to Charles S. and Amalia Hunzeker Sorenson. Married Iva Sutton, October 15, 1938 in Oakly, Idaho. He was a graduate of Idaho State University, elementary school teacher for four years. Retired store keeper and purchasing agent after 35 years with Union Pacific Rail Road. Active member of the L.D.S. Church, worked in the temple, the extraction program, special interest group, loved people, golf, fishing, farming and the out of doors.
Survivors: Wife, Salt Lake; daughters, Judy Anderson, Orem; Joan Matthews, Burley, Idaho; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brothers, Dr. William Sorenson, Arthur Sorenson, Harold Sorenson; sisters, LoNetta Messerley, LaMoyne Wright.
Reno Gazette-Journal (NV)
August 28, 2001Reno, Nev. - Klea Alice Sutton, 78, died Saturday, August 25, 2001, in Reno at the home of her daughter, Lynda, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born January 11, 1923, in Oakley, Idaho, a daughter of Edward Harold and Martha Emerald Poulton Hunter. She married William Rich Sutton on August 17, 1940, in Burley, Idaho. They were later sealed in the Ogden Temple.
Klea was a member of the LDS Church, serving faithfully in various positions in the Relief Society, including counselor in a Relief Society presidency. She worked at S&H Green Stamps in Ogden, Utah for 30 years, managing the store for the last 15. Klea loved serving others and after her own fight with breast cancer worked with the American Cancer Society's Reach to Recovery Program to assist women recovering from breast cancer.Surviving are her four daughters, Pamela (Kenneth) Bindrup, Mt. Green, Utah Sue Harris, Ogden, Utah Lynda (Roger) Odell, Reno Cindee (John) Morrison, Kapolei, Hawaii 12 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren. Her husband, parents, 3 brothers, 3 sisters, and 2 grandchildren preceded her in death.