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Show Times Newspaper Wednesday, February 18, 1998 Page 6 E'QCAIi RICHARD MORRIS ANDRUS Richard Morris Mor-ris Andrus, 93, died on Wednesday, Wednes-day, February 11,1998. He was born February 28, 1904, the 6th of nine children, to Moses Willard and Orpha Morris Mor-ris Andrus in St. George, Utah. He settled in Southern California where he met and married Irene Boston Bos-ton in 1929. They were the parents of two children Richene and Richard. Rich-ard. Irene died in 1945. In August of 1946, Richard married Esther Irvine and they became the parents of three children Paul, Beryl and Rolfe. Richard was employed at Anchor Hocking Glass Corp. For 25 years. He served on the Bell City Council in the early 1950's. He was an active member mem-ber of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints. He served in many callings, including Bishoprics, High Councils and was particularly esteemed as the Bishop of the Bell Ward in Southeastern Los Angeles. Richard and Esther moved to Ventura, California, in 1975 and to Orem in 1988. Esther died inApril of 1996. Survivors include one daughter and two sons: Beryl (Tom) Zundel, Las Vegas; Richard (Darlene)Andrus, San Luis Obispo, CA; Rolfe (Merrilee) Anders, Orem; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; one sister, Mary (Bill) Worthen, Las Vegas; one brother, James (Gayle) Andrus, St. George. Funeral services were held Monday, Mon-day, February 16th at 11 a.m. in the Timpview 6th Ward Chapel, 950 West 1200 North, Orem. Friends called at the church from 10 to 10:45 prior to service at the Chapel. Burial was in the Salt Lake City Cemetery under the direction of Walker Sanderson Funeral Home of Orem. JAY HERALD NIXON Jay Herald Nixon, son of S. Reed and Joyce Johnson Nixon of Orem, died February Feb-ruary 6, 1998 at his home. Jay was the youngest of six sons. His funeral will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, February Febru-ary 14, 1998 in the Orem 6th Ward Chapel, 365 South 900 East, Orem. A viewing will be held at the church from 10 to 11:15 a.m. Jay was born in Redwood City, CA on October 4, 1959. He went to elementary el-ementary school and began junior high in Woodland Hills, CA and graduated from Provo High School. In 1977 he graduated from Utah Valley Val-ley Community College. Jay attained the rank of Eagle Scout, received his Duty to God Award, served a mission for the LDS Church in the Wisconsin Milwaukee Mission from 1978 to 1980 and was active in Family History in the LDS Church. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the S. Reed and Joyce J. Nixon Family History Endowment Fund at the Herald Her-ald B. Lee Library, BYU. I 4:? t ; Ma i "In that time, we ve come to know the care they practice in helping families with funeral arrangements. When the time came for my family to call on Walker-Sanderson, we were very pleaseJ with the sensitive service they IZm'ecZ provided. Their staff let us know in advance whatue needed to plan for and handled every detail with the' utmost yjgj professionalism, not ' only 'in the respect they SANDERSON showed their work, hut also the respect they 4 646 E 800 N showea our family. It really helped '.. Orem, Utah PM' us morc casc during a difficult time'.' 226-3500 Terry D.Peterson, Orem . OBITUAKIBS: LELAND BAXTER ' Leland Kirk Baxter passed away peacefully in Salt Lake City, February 11, 1998. Born on December De-cember 2, 1923 in Lindon, Utah to Elwood M. and Nona Kirk Baxter. He married Colleen Smoot on June 23, 1944 in the Salt Lake Temple. - 1 Raised in the Orem area, he loved athletics and graduated from Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove High School. He attended BYU and the Annapolis Naval Academy Acad-emy prior to his service as an officer during World War II. He graduated from the University of New Mexico and received a Ph.D. from Purdue University in mechanical engineering. engineer-ing. He taught at the University of Utah, started the engineering department depart-ment at BYU, and later retired from Hercules in the aerospace division. He served in many positions in the LDS Church including stake executive execu-tive secretary and ordinance worker in the Salt Lake Temple. He served an education mission at BYU Hawaii where he was able to return to teaching, teach-ing, one of his passions in life. He was known for his keen mind and sweet sense of humor. He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather and will be missed greatly by his family. ALVA ROSS Our loving husband, father and grandfather, Alva Alexander Ross, 63, of Orem died February 10, 1998 due to a massive heart attack. at-tack. He was born February 14, 1934 in Pioche, Nevada a son of Lorin Dee and Freda Maud Frye Ross. He married Janet Carter on December 20, 1958 in Elko, Nevada, together they had two sons. Alva was an avid golfer and spent the time that he was not with his family fam-ily oil the golf course. JHe also enjoyed bowling, working on cars, and racing, cars: He loved attehfll n'airshows and learning about planes. He was a kind and giving man who treated his friends more like family. He touched many lives and will be missed by all those who knew him. Survivors include his wife Janet, of Orem, 2 sons, Lorin Dee (Sara), Provo and Kenneth (Kerrie), Palouse, WA. He is also survived by 4 grandchildren grand-children and his mother Freda Ross, Salt Lake City, 1 brother and 3 sisters; Donald Ross, San Diego, CA, Juanita (Dean) Zenger, Lila Mae (Max) Johnson, all of Midway and Jeannie (Neal) Maxfield, of Salt Lake City. He was preceded in death by 1 sister Annette Hall and his father Lorin. Graveside services will be held Friday, February 13, 1998 at 1:00 p.m. in the Orem City Cemetery. A viewing view-ing Will be held 10:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary 495 South State St. in Orem prior to the services. In lieu of flowers Alva requested that donations be made to Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Ml, MS V i ; . ., , it - i s - FRANCIS ERNEST HAM Francis Ernest Ham (Frank), , 81, passed away at his home in Provo, Utah, on February 9, 1998 after a long struggle with Parkinson's Dis ease. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, on November 13, 1916 to Newell and Elizabeth Theressa Boyle Ham. He attended public schools there and graduated from trade school. While serving in theAir Force during dur-ing World War II, he met his life-long companion, Rachel Elison, and they were married in Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 29, 1944.. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on Sept. 17, 1956. The majority of their married years were spent in Burley, Idaho, where he owned and operated Frank's Goodyear Tires for over 20 years. He was active in church and civic responsibilities respon-sibilities and served as District Scout Commissioner, President of Cassia Health Care Foundation, President of the Burley Kiwanis, Stake Mission President, a member of the High Council, Bishopric Counselor, Bishop, and a Counselor in the Stake Presidency. He and his wife served a mission to the Tempe, Ari-; zona Visitor's Center and later served as tour guides at Temple Square. r His hobbies included water skiing, carpentry, and woodworking. He achieved his life-long goal when he completed a cabin for his family in Midway. He loved people and enjoyed serving as master of ceremonies at numerous church and civic functions, as he always had a joke to tell. He is survived by his wife, 3 daughters daugh-ters and 2 sons: Susan (Ray) Hansen of Salt Lake; Mary Ann Woodhouse of Provo; John (Nan) Ham of Henderson, Nevada; Joe (Gail) Ham of Yorba Linda, California; and Janet (Zane) Clement of Blackfoot, Idaho; 15 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. grand-child. Also surviving are a brother, Leo Ham of Dennis, Mass. and a sister, sis-ter, Gladys Gonyea of Auburn, Mass. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, 2 brothers, and 3 sisters. . " ' j , , . Funeral services were held Saturday, Satur-day, February 14, 1998 at 12 noon in Burley, Idaho at the Third-Seventh Ward Chapel, 2300 Oakley Avenue. Friends may call at 10:30 a.m. prior to services in Burley. Interment was in the Malta Cemetery. A viewing was also be held at the Walker Sanderson Mortuary, 646 E. 300 N. in Orem on Thursday evening, February 12 from 6-8 p.m. UVSC to host 8th Annual DanceSport Festival Utah Valley State College (UVSC) Ballroom Dance Company Com-pany will host the 8th Annual DanceSport Festival on February Febru-ary 20 and 21 in the UVSC Activity Ac-tivity Center. Ballroom dancers from the In-termountain In-termountain West will be competing com-peting as individual couples and in team matches at various levels; lev-els; elementary, junior high, high school, and college. "This will be the largest UVSC ballroom contest ever," said Scott Asbell, director of the UVSC ballroom ball-room dance program. "The response re-sponse was so overwhelming we had to plan the competition for two nights instead of bne." Among the competing schools that have already registered are Ricks College, Brigham Young University Youth Team, Pleasant Grove High School, American Fork High School, and Timpview High School. Various other schools are still in the process of registration. The competition will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, February 20, and at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday, February 21. Tickets are $6 for Friday's team competitions compe-titions and $7 for Saturday's individual in-dividual competitions. Combined tickets are available for $10. For reservations and tickets, call 222-8797 or visit www.uvsc.edu ballroom for more information. h J yrffrfriJi jjrk mm Some breeds of sheep look like goats and some breeds of goats look like sheep. In general, sheep's tails hang down and goat's tails stand up. Latter-day Saints encouraged to be 'Actively involved' A call to its members to become actively involved in community, political, and government affairs, and be willing to serve as elected for appointed officials has been issued by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In a letter to Church leaders and congregations throughout the United States, the First Presidency, top governing body of the Church, urges men and . women to be "willing to serve on school boards, city and county councils and commissions, state legislatures, and other high offices of-fices of either election or appointment, appoint-ment, including involvement in the political party of their choice." The First Presidency asks members to use "gospel principles" prin-ciples" as a guide to their own community and political activities activi-ties while cooperating with other like-minded individuals. The letter let-ter refers three times to the Doctrine Doc-trine and Covenants, a volume Latter-day Saints regard as scripture, to remind members of the divine counsel that members "should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness" ' (Doctrine and Covenants 58:27). The letter also observes "through such wise participation as citi-, citi-, zens, we are then in better compliance com-pliance with this scripture: 'Governments 'Gov-ernments were instituted of God for the benefit of man; and that he holds men accountable for their acts in relation to them" (Doctrine and Covenants 134:1). The letter likewise reminds members that the Church does not endorse political candidates, platforms, or parties. Political candidates should not imply that their candidacy is endorsed by the Church, the letter adds, as it urges members to "study the candidates can-didates carefully and vote for the individuals they believe will act with integrity and in ways conducive con-ducive to good communities and governments." Copies of the letter are being sent to Church leaders worldwide. world-wide. RYAN COOK Scholarship awarded to local student Ryan Cook, a Ricks College student, has been awarded a $400 scholarship for the winter semester from a memorial trust established by the late Dr. Harlo . i B. and Elsie Rigby of Rexburg. The Rigby Memorial Fund, which was established in 1965, awards scholarships to students "based on their worthiness and academic excellence. The students stu-dents also were required to come from families with three or more children attending college. t Ricks College is the largest private pri-vate two-year junior college in the United States with an enrollment enroll-ment of 8,350 students. It is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ryan Cook is the son of Douglas Dou-glas and Linda Cook of Orem. He is a sophomore majoring in physical therapy. He graduated ! formAmerican Fork High School in 1992. M ' ' : 7h: J " - : r I , I Matthew Kuhni homecoming Matthew Scott Kuhni, son of Arlin & Kathie Kuhni, has returned re-turned from serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Indiana, Indianapolis Mission. He will be speaking February 22, 1998, at 9:00 a.m. in the Sunset Sun-set Heights 4th Ward, 500 South 600 West, Orem. An open house will be held that same day, at the Kuhni home, 438 West 610 South, Orem. Devin Bybee called to Argentina Devin Cal Bybee, son of Ron and Lynette Bybee, has been called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints in the Buenos Aries, Argentina West Mission. His farewell will be February 22, 1998 at 12:00 p.m. in the Lakeridge 1st Ward chapel located lo-cated at 575 South 400 West, Orem. He is a graduate of Mountain View High School and has attended at-tended BYU for one semester. Elder Bybee will enter The Missionary Training Center on March 4, 1998. Christopher Lynn homecoming Elder Christopher Lynn, son of ' Bart and Lynne C. Lynn of Orem, has recently returned from the Missouri Independence Mission. He will speak in the Orchard 1st Ward at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sun-day, February 22. The chapel is located at 800 East 600 North in Orem. Friends and family are invited to visit with Chris at 659 East 600 North after the meeting. meet-ing. Chris is a graduate of Orem High School and is completing a B.A. degree at Brigham Young University. Horology Is the science of and construction of measuring fJ i j 1 il , i ' j -1 Jeff Francis homecoming Jeff Francis, sort of Mike and Dawn Francis, has returned from serving as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints. He served in the Knoxville, Tennessee Mission. Jeff will be speaking February 22, 1998, in the Lakeridge 10th Ward, at 9 a.m., 450 South 100 West, Orem. Friends and relatives rela-tives are invited to an open house at his home from 12-3, 61 E. Hanover Dr., Orem. Cade Frisby called to Texas Cade A. Frisby, son of Steve and Cathy Frisby, has been called to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints in the Texas Dallas Mission. He will be speaking in sacrament sacra-ment meeting Sunday, February 22, 1998, at 9 a.m. at the Sunset Heights 2nd Ward, 400 West 1200 South, in Orem. An open house will be held that evening from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Frisby home, 876 South 635 West, Orem. All family and friends are invited to attend. Cade will enter the Missionary Training Center March 4. lilliiiililftS $ w L f David Benson called to England David Maurice Benson, son of Richard and Geri Benson, has been called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the London, England Mission. His farewell was January 25, 1998. Elder Benson will enter the Missionary Training Center on February 25, 1998. He attended Mountain View and Orem High schools where he received superior state ratings in Vocal Music. He has attended one semester at UVSC and is an Eagle Scout. measuring time. It includes the design devices, such as clocks and watches. 1 POOR COPY |