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Show "0 4 Vernal Express Wednesday, September 29, 1999- Obituaries ..... . ft, . "". LaRell Thompson LaRell Thompson LaRell John Thompson, (Ratz). 47, passed away on Sept. 23, 1999 at his home in Vernal. He was born Feb. 11, 1952 in Vernal, a son of Laura Harrison Thompson and Verl Thompson. He married Maria Sorensen and they were the parents of five children. They were later divorced. He was happily married to Angie Cox, with five step-children, Jamie, Cassie, Bevan, Gavin and Shana on May 10, 1999. LaRell worked in the oil field for many years and was a hard worker. He had been employed by Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation for the past six years. He loved his family and friends. LaRell was also a great fan of the NFL Broncos and was given a football that was signed by all of the players. He loved fishing and hunting and being out-of-doors with family and friends. He is survived by his wife, Angie Thompson, Vernal; mother, Laura H. Thompson, Venral; children, John Verl (Malinda) Thompson, Vernal; Kristie (Aaron) Manning, Carrie Thompson, all of Roosevelt; Ronda and Cindy, both of Salt Lake City; five step-children, Jamie, Cassie, Bavan, Gavin and Shana; 15 grandchildren; brother, Clyde (Velma) Thompson; sisters, Clara (Fred) Hardman, Linda (Tommy) Dodson, all of Vemal, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father and a sister, Deon Heed. Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 27, at Thomson's Vernal Mortuary with Bishop Kurt Case conducting. John Russel Thompson gave the invocation with speaker Fred Hardman. Recordings of Celine Dion's songs "Because You Loved Me," "Call The Man" and "Fly" were played. Bishop Case offered closing remarks, Laura H. Thompson, mother, gave the benediction, and Bishop Case dedicated the grave. Pallbearers were Erin Manning, son-in-law; nephews, John Russel Thompson, Jimmy Bristol, Randy Hardman, Robert Bristol and Rusty Dodson. Honorary pallbearers Douglas Hardman, John Thompson, Aldin Bristol, Bevan Cox, Clyde Thompson, Fred Hardman and Gavin Cox. Interment was in the Vernal Memorial Park under the direction of Thomson's Vernal Mortuary with compassionate services offered by the Davis 1st and 4th Wards. There's No Excuse For Domestic Violence. For information on how you can help stop domestic violence call: 1-800-END ABUSE ii a 'ft IfMrf -HMHfl We would like to thank everyone tvho was a part of our mothersgrandmothers heautifid The flowers, the food, friends, the singers, the speakers and the music; everything was beautiful. Special thanks to the home nurses who took loving care and became moms friends. Special thanks to Wendy Bristal, Dr. Jon Hughes and Dr. Teri Hoffman. Also thank you Don Anderson for the wonderful roast that you furnished to the Jensen Ladies for the luncheon. Special thanks also to Ned Oaks, who was always there for mother and who tried hard to save her. God needed an angel in heaven, so he called my dear mother above. But she's only as far away as my heart and she lives 7" . r.....". ' 7 Ralph L Sharp Ralph L. Sharp Ralph Leon Sharp, 83, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, died on Sunday, Sept. 26, 1999 at the Ashley Valley Medical Center in Vernal. He was born Feb. 19, 1916 in Rexburg, Idaho to George Armstrong and Maude Eliza Zimmerman Sharp. He married Betty Louisa Jex on June 21, 1943 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Or ; of the things that Ralph loved most was his garden. He was known as "Farmer Ralph" to his family and friends. He was a veteran veter-an of World War II serving in the Navy, he also served in the Korean War in the Army. He was a faithful member to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served a mission to the East Central States and a family history mission with his wife in Salt Lake City. He had graduated from Utah State University in agricultural economics econom-ics and science. He enjoyed fishing, fish-ing, music and reading. Ralph is survived by his wife, Betty, of Jensen; Ralph Leon "Lee" (Marilyn), Vernal; James Dennis (Kathy), Tridell; Peggy S. (Byron) Tolman, Jensen; George Scott (Kaye), Evanston, Wyo.; Kenneth Brent (Donnie), High Point, N.C.; Gregory Paul (Linda), Santa Clara, UT; Randal Jeffery (Jan), Jensen; and Pauline (Lynn) Merrell, Roosevelt. He is also survived by 41 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; two sisiters, Ruth Beck, Blackfoot, Idaho, and Lois Kunz, Ogden. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Maurice and James. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at 1 p.m. in the Jensen LDS Ward chapel. Friends may call on Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the chapel. Interment will be in the Jensen Cemetery with full military honors by the American Legion under the direction of the Hullinger-Jolley Funeral Home. Temperatures V Precip, Courtesy of Sky West Airlines service. the calls from so many as before in my love. Date High Low Sept. 21 73 35 Sept. 22 78 36 Sept. 23 78 42 Sept. 24 77 41 Sept. 25 81 40 Sept. 26 72 43 Sept. 27 60 27 Jdlji Murray Winslow B. Weber Winslow B. Weber. 77, passed away Saturday, Sept. 25, 1999 in Fairview, Wyo. He had suffered declining health for the past, year due to a congestive heart condition. He was bom the second son of Fred and Hazel Weber of Freedom, Wyo., on May 24, 1922. On April 1, 1949 he married Melba Anna Liechty in the Manti Temple. Melba passed away on Nov. 4, 1986. Winslow was a member of the Church of Jesus .Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints. He was a high priest. He served a mission to the North Central States from 1947 to 1949. He also served with his family for two years in the Uintah Basin Indian Mision in Randlett, during 1966 and 1967. He was a Seventy for much of his adult life and loved to share the restored gospel. He loved to teach and served in many teaching assignments in the church. After his retirement he and Melba spent many happy months in St. George working in the temple. On April 11, 1987, Winslow married mar-ried Elda Smith Allred of Fairview, Wyo. They served a mission spending spend-ing a year laboring in North Platte, Neb.; and neighboring communities. communi-ties. Since that time they serve as temple workers in the Idaho Falls temple. Winslow is a veteran of WWII. He was in the United States Navy and served in several locations in the Pacific theater. After his marriage mar-riage he labored on the family farm and participated in the construction of the Palisades Dam on the Snake River. In 1955 he moved to the Salt Lake City area where he worked in insurance insur-ance and sales professions. In 1960 he moved to Provo, and resumed his studies at Brigham Young University where he received his bachelor's degree in 1962. He was hired to teach school in Duchesne that summer and spent two wonderful wonder-ful years teaching Social Studies at Duchesne High School. In the fall of 1964, Winslow moved to Vemal and began teaching teach-ing at Uintah High School. We remained there in various teaching and administrative positions until his retirement in 1983. He loved teaching school and dearly loved his students. Many of his fondest memories in later life came of his experiences teaching and coaching Gas prices continue upward climb Utah gas prices have broken record highs for the second' month in a row, AAA Utah reported last week. The statewide average is $1.40 for a gallon of self-service regular unleaded, up a penny from last month, according to AAA Utah's monthly gas price survey. "Gas prices typically come down after Labor Day weekend as demand falls," said AAA Utah spokeswoman Rolayne Fairclough. "But Utah pump prices are following follow-ing the national trend by moving higher." City averages in Utah are: Salt Lake City, $1.40 (up a penny since August 24); Ogden, $1.39 (also up a penny); and Provo, $1.41 (up 2 cents). Crude oil prices have risen by about $12 a barrel on the world market since the beginning of the year and are largely responsible for higher gas prices, said Alan Kovski, V Thank For the many acts of kindness shown us at the death of our husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, especially to the staff's of Uintah Care and Day Care Centers, for the excellent care John received during the past few months. We extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation. j The family of To our many friends and relatives. If We are truly grateful for the kind and sincere sympathy shown ) us in the loss or our husband, father, son, and brother. Thank you for the beautiful floral offerings and to the Naples 2nd Ward, Target Trucking, friends and family for the lovely funeral funer-al services. Also to the speakers, the beautiful musical numbers and the prayers offered in our behalf. We appreciate the food brought to our home, the pallbearers and all others who assisted in anyway during dur-ing our bereavement. IK WW K. - t U1UM The family of i v -' f X v Winslow B. Weber in Duchesne and Vernal. Mr. Weber loved sports, enjoying raquetball and golf most of all. He loved following hi high school teams and that of his alma matter, BYU. He was a fine athlete from his youth and actively played raquetball into his 60s. He golfed until as recently as this summer. Winslow loved people and has often been reported to have known everybody. He is preceded in death by his wife, Melba; his parents; older brother, Gerald F. Weber; and a granddaughter, Kaylynn Manwaring. Winslow is survived by his second wife, Elda, Fairview, Wyo.; brother. Merrill B.. Weber, Freedom, Wyo; two sons, Michael (Cheya) and Bradley (Wendy), Vernal; and three daughters, Lee Ann (Gary) Denzer, Anderson, Mo.; Wendy Kay (John) Manwaring, Cincinatti, Ohio and Hazel Dawn (Gary) Broderick, Springville; and his foster daughter, Norma Bega (Victor) Mendoza, Phoenix, Ariz., who remained dear to his heart. He has 35 grandchildren grandchil-dren and one great-granddaughter. He and his children harbor a deep and abiding love for his dear wife, Elda, her wonderful children and grandchildren who loved and cared for Winslow like their own father. Elda's love and devotion sustained him to the very end and is a tribute to her goodness. A viewing will be held Wednesday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. in the Afton Stake Center in Afton, Wyo. Funeral services ser-vices will follow at 1 1 a.m. Burial will be at the Freedom Cemetery in Freedom, Wyo., immediately following the serv ices. an energy analyst with the Kiplinger Washington Letter in Washington, D.C. The national average has risen 2 cents in a month to $1.28, according to AAA. As recently as March, the Utah average was under a dollar a gallon. Since April, OPEC members have tightened up oil production and succeeded suc-ceeded in boosting crude prices. Analysts say that every $ 1 increase in a barrel of crude oil yields a 2.5 cent per gallon increase at the gas pumps. Since August 24, gas prices in northern California cities are down 9 cents, averaging $1.56 a gallon. In Nevada, the statewide average is $1.48, down 8 cents in the same period. Analysts say that West Coast prices are only now recovering recover-ing from refinery turmoil that has plagued the region for much of this year. You John York M. Wl JT rfUtf Darwin Leavitt Ralph Siddoway Henry Ralph Siddoway, 93. our loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and friend, passed away at his home in Vernal on Sept. 27, 1999. He was born Oct. 9, 1905 to William Henry Siddoway and Emily Jane Dunster in Vemal. Ralph was one of nine born to his parents. His younger sister, Lorna Broadbent of Salt Lake City is the only surviving member of that fam-ily. fam-ily. He married Marsale Eaton on April 21, 1924. They are the parents of three children, Charyl Siddoway and Lynn (Kathleen) Siddoway, all of Vemal, and Bill (Nyla) Siddoway of Pleasant Grove. They have seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Ralph has been a lifelong resident of Vemal, except for the four years he lived in Salt Lake City while attending the University of Utah where he graduated with Honors majoring in accounting. While attending the "IP he continued his study of music. He was a gifted saxophone sax-ophone musician. He played in both the band and the symphony orcestra at the University. He also played in a number of dance bands for many years. After college he returned to Vernal and taught business submects at the Uintah High School for sixteen years. During that period he also served as the Treasurer of the school. Always active in community businesses, busi-nesses, he was the accountant for many Vernal companies including the Vemal Milling Company, Calder Bros. Creamery, the refinery in Jensen and the Ashley Coop where he also served as a director. Over the years Ralph operated a number of different agricultural projects including a small herd of Jersey cows, a mink ranch and several sev-eral pieces of farm property w here he raised alfalfa hay. But his most loved and enjoyed business activity was his sheep herd which is now operated by his son, Lynn. For many years Ralph maintained a herd of purebred Rambouillet sheep, known for the high quality of their wool. He ran his sheep on choice properties on Diamond Mountain which he owned. One of his summer locations was the Iron Springs permit leased from the U.S. Forest Service. For rnany years the Counselor Corner Communication with parents The counselors at Uintah High School have set a goal to communicate communi-cate better with parents, and one w ay of doing that is to have a weekly week-ly article in the Vemal Express which discusses information that can be helpful to parents and the community. Please watch for the Counselor Comer in the newspaper each Wednesday. Following are current items of interest: Each student at UHS has been assigned an "advisor teacher" this year. Each teacher will work with about 25 students in the same age group and, hopefully, will be another link to helping the student succeed in high school. The counselors coun-selors will still be responsible for tracking graduation, class schedules, sched-ules, and post-high school plans. Students will meet with this advisor several times during the year and will have SEOP meetings with advisor, parents, and student in the evening of either Oct. 20 or 2 1 for first trimester then again on either Jan. 12 or 13 for second trimester. The SEOP meeting times for third trimester in March will be for ninth-graders, ninth-graders, who will be incoming sophomores. In addition to these SEOP meetings, meet-ings, all seniors will have a meeting with their counselor and parents during first trimester. Seniors have been asked to take home a form where the parents will request three Serving You As We Would Be Served Hullinger-Jolley Funeral Hems ContpL'tt h'unmil Anvrmrnn (435) 7S!)-9223 - iZZZ) UlVJiS 224 L 5M S. - Venul f , ;:j-: i V ! ' V V ' IV I H. Ralph Siddoway family spent their summers at the family cabin nestled in the pines on the south side of Iron Springs park. Continously active in community and church activity he served simultaneously simul-taneously as Bishop of the Vernal First Ward and Mayor of Vemal. In the Church, he served in Bishoprics, on the Stake High Council, Sunday School and many other assignments. assign-ments. Ralph was an officer of the Lion's Club at both the local and District level and took leadership in many projects to develop and improve the city of Vemal. He served on the Uintah School District Board and was the president presi-dent of the Board when Todd Elementary School was constructed. Later in life, after Lynn began managing the sheep and Ralph had additional time, he worked with the State's social service programs. He particularly enjoyed the close association asso-ciation he had with many members of the Ute Tribe. He was the director direc-tor of the Golden Age Center and was responsible for the development develop-ment of many of their, managment and recreational programs. One of the most striking characteristics character-istics of this man was his deep love for and commitment to the Ashley Valley and its families. He has left that legacy for all who live here. This community will forever bear the imprint of the life of Ralph Siddoway. Funeral services will be held Monday, Oct 4. 1999 at 11 a.m. in the Vemal 5th Ward LDS chapel. Friends may call Sunday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Thomson's Vernal Mortuary and Monday morning one hour prior to services at the chapel. Burial will be in the Vemal Memorial Park under the direction of Thomson's Vernal Mortuary. ' different times that will work for them. Then the student should bring that form back to the counselor and verify a meeting time. Counselors are hoping to meet with each student stu-dent and parents early in the school year so that graduation requirements require-ments are checked and, also, so the counselor and parents know what the students' goals are in anticipation anticipa-tion of being as helpful as possible. Also, college admissions and scholarships are discussed at this time. On Sept. 28 and 29, during first, second, and third, hours the SAT (Stanford Achievement Test) was administered to sophomores and juniors at Uintah High School. Juniors who have USU classes attended their USU classes on these days and will take the make-up test on Friday, Oct. 1. A senior meeting was held in the auditorium on Sept. 28 and 29 to discuss post-high school plans such as financial planning, admissions, and scholarships. Seniors met in their advisor teacher's classroom for 20 minutes on Tuesday. Sept. 28, prior to the senior meeting in the auditorium. Please watch for the Counselor Comer each week in the Vemal Express for information that can affect your students at Uintah High School. John Huiimgor; Wayne z1, ft i . . tvunagsr ana uurhB v-c :: ; P 1W X |