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Show A4 Wtdwsday, August 30, ZOW .Vernal Express, Obituaries Barbara Kirkham Jolley Barbara Kirkham Jolley, age 86 of Vernal, died Monday, Aug. 28, 2006. She was born Jan. 19, 1920 to Ebenezer John and Mary Ethel Wright Kirkham in Salt Lake City. She grew up in the "Avenues" in Salt Lake City and graduated in 1936 from East High School In high school she was involved with many groups such as EHAG (East High Athletic Girls). She went to college at the University of Utah and Utah State University. She graduated graduat-ed with a degree in Education with certificates in both Secondary and Elementary Education from University of Utah in 1939. While attending the universities, she was also associated with many groups and sororities. After graduating, she taught at Longfellow Elementary in Salt Lake City. After Pearl Harbor she visited her brother, Homer, in Hawaii. She then returned to San Francisco where she worked. After a courtship in San Francisco, she married Joseph Arben Jolley Dec. 2, 1942 in the Salt Lake Temple. A son, Arben Kirkham Jolley was born Sept. 23, 1943. A daughter, Kathleen was born August 7, 1945. On April 1, 1946, her husband hus-band was discharged from military mili-tary service and started school at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science. They returned to work in Salt Lake. On April 12, 1948, a son Jesse Ebenezer Jolley was born dead. On Jan. 19, 1949, twin sons, Robert Kirkham and Richard Kirkham Jolley were born. On April 22, 1949, the family fam-ily moved to Vernal and started the Vernal Mortuary. A son, Joseph Kirkham Jolley was born dead on Feb. 13, 1952. A son, Stephen Kirkham Jolley was born on Dec. 7, 1954. A son, William Kirkham Jolley was born on Nov. 4, 1957. They owned and operated the Vernal Mortuary. On the Nov. 15, 1972, they sold it. She was active in civic groups including includ-ing President, Beaux Arts Club; President, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers; President, Joe Cranford Joe Cranford was a life time resident of the Uintah Basin. Joe was born in Vernal on Feb. 4, 1953 to Jennie Alice Karren Cranford and Jack T. Cranford. He passed away August 27, 2006 after a long courageous battle with cancer. Joe is survived by one daughter: Jennifer (Raymond) White and three grandchildren, Raymond White, Tarry White & Tymarie White of Vernal. Two brothers: Jack M. Cranford of Rock Springs, WY & Jerry L. Cranford of Las Vegas, NV. Joe is also survived by one very special friend and confidant, confi-dant, Robert (Bud) Covington of Vernal. Bud was a lifetime friend of the family. Joe was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Jennine Cranford. Joe was employed most of his life by Craig Caldwell and Hiko Bell Mining & Oil Company as a mud logging engineer. Craig Caldwell was a mentor and long time friend and advisor. He often referred to Joe in comparison compar-ison to Frank Sinatra in that he "did it his own way." Joe didn't do anything in his life for any length of time that he did not want to do. Joe lived his life the way he wanted to live it; Rock & Roll Music and John Wayne Movies. Some of his We would like to exoress I fjT thanks for the love and support extended to our family fJe during the passing of our mother Beverly Murray. Our deepest gratitude to the many friends who called, brought food, sent floral arrangements and other expressions of sympathy. A special thanks to the Ashley Valley Medical Center, University Hospital Staff and Mitch Blackburn for their, care, empathy and compassion to our family. Thanks to Bishop Keiih Foley and the Glines Ward Relief Society for the wonderful luncheon. A . , " , - AS Barbara Kirkham Jolley Lady Lions Club International; President, Utah Funeral Director's Auxiliary; President, Uintah Historical Society; and the Knife and Fork Club and many more. She and her husband were involved in different businesses business-es in Vernal including Jolley Travel and Tours. The two of them, together, have served in many capacities in these different dif-ferent organizations including president of most. She was an extremely active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in many organizations organiza-tions of the church, including a visiting teacher, ward and stake Relief Society. With her husband, she served a mission at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Vernal Employment office. She loved the gospel of Jesus Christ. Those members of her immediate imme-diate family who preceded her in death are Arben, husband; Kirk, Jesse Ebenezer, and Joseph, sons; Patricia, granddaughter; grand-daughter; Tessa, great-granddaughter. Those who have survived her are Margene Hall Jolley, Provo; Kathleen (Jim) Fox, Spokane, Wash.; Robert (Cheryl) Jolley, Vernal; Richard (Lisa) Jolley, Vernal; Stephen (Terrie) Jolley, Phoenix, Ariz; William and (Marilyn) Jolley, Vernal; 38 grandchildren; 57 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday, Sept. 1, 2006 at 11 a.m. at the Maeser LDS Stake Center, 2700 West 1000 North. Friends may" call Thursday evening at the church from 6 to 8 p.m. and 1 hour prior to the service. Burial in the Vernal Memorial Park under direction of the Hullinger Mortuary. favorite musicians were Pink Floyd, Grand Funk Railroad & Fleetwood Mac among many, many others. Joe also appeared with Robert Redford as an extra in the movie Jeremiah Johnson. Joe also accompanied accompa-nied his friend Bud Covington on many mining and mineral expeditions. The greatest love of Joe's life besides his family was the mountains and a stream or lake to fish in. He would tell you, "No fish was safe when he had a fishing pole with him." He delighted in hiking and spending spend-ing time either alone or with friends on a camping trip. He was the master of the camp fire. He also enjoyed hunting for arrowheads, relics and unusual rocks. Joe was an avid gardener garden-er and very attentive to anything any-thing he planted. He especially enjoyed growing tomatoes and . peppers. God has a new angel in heaven heav-en and he came with fishing pole in hand. Joe had a great love for life and saw only the good in everyone he met. He will be missed by friends and family. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, August 31, 2006 at Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary. A viewing will be held Wednesday evening from 6-8 PM and at the Mortuary one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the Rockpoint Cemetery under the direction of Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary. our heartfelt Charles Thomas Hayes Charles Thomas Hayes, age 63, passed away August 22, 2006 as the result of an ATV accident. acci-dent. Charlie was born Sept. 18, 1942 in Evansville, Ind. to Connettie and John Thomas Hayes. He married Maralu Schnee. They later divorced. He married Patricia Lee Judd Stewart, June 13, 1989. Charlie lived and worked as a journeyman plumber and pipe fitter until moving to Vernal in 1987 when he met Pattie on a blind date (Thanks, Helen). He retired from Utah State University in 2003 where he was a maintenance man for the Vernal campus. At home or at work Charlie could fix or do anything. He was always working on projects at home or for one of the kids. Every room in the house had something that had been fixed or improved by Charlie. He was happiest when the whole family fam-ily was home together. After he retired from USU he went to work full time for us. Charlie loved playing on the computer, watching old westerns, weekends week-ends in Salt Lake, camping trips, his grandchildren, playing play-ing dominoes with Pattie, and his recliner. From Chefs first JV game to Todd's last varsity game, together with Pattie, he never missed a football game. He treasured this last year having hav-ing Leasha at home again. He enjoyed trips to Cheyenne to be with Stacey's family in her new home, but missed having them close. He was planning a trip to Indiana to spend time with his children and grandchildren there. Two days before his death, while driving home from a Thomas Robert Lube Thomas . RobertH Lube of Vernal, passed on to his loved ones on June 24, 2006. Tom was born in Vernal on March 28, 1952 to Jim and Amy Lube. He was the great-grandson of Josie Morris. He worked as a ranch hand and hard rock miner as a young man, and later worked for Art Melton as a mud-logger. He married Valeska Francke in 1984. After training to become an EMT, Tom moved to Salt Lake City and worked at Kennecott Copper as a safety engineer. He became EMSHA, OSHA certified and worked at the Dugway Proving Grounds, the Kennecott Mines, the U.S. Army and the BART subway project in Los Angeles, Calif. Tom is survived by three brothers, Jim, John and Joe Lube. Tom has a daughter, Candice Brazelton in Ft. Worth, BLM plans burns for Diamond Mountain and Book Cliffs The Vernal Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) would like to advise the public of a prescribed burn in Rat Hole, Tent and West Tent Canyons and in the Marshall and Pitt drains located in the Diamond Mountain areas of Northeastern Utah. The Rat Hole burn will take place in the middle of September and will encompass 7,500 acres. The purpose of the burn is to reduce hazardous fuel loads and improve wildlife habitat. Due to concerns for public safety, access in the area will be limited during the burning burn-ing operations of the Diamond Mountain burns. The Marshall WE Heather Heiiberg We Service All Makes of Hearing Instruments Auioioriw Medicaid clients now accepted! 1 Charles Thomas Hayes project at Todd's house, Charlie said, "If I died today, it would be OK because I've been so blessed. My life is so good." Charlie was a loving husband, hus-band, father, and grandfather. grandfa-ther. He became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after moving to Vernal. He had a strong testimony tes-timony and knew he was meant to come to Vernal for Pattie and the gospel. He was a Primary teacher for several years and loved that calling. He enjoyed watching "his boys" grow up and pass the sacrament. Charlie is survived by his wife Pattie; children, Neeve Hayes, Krista Doolittle, Christopher (Teresa) Hayes all of Evansville, Ind.; Scott Stewart; Stacey (Bill) Kirsch of Cheyenne, Wyo., Leasha Stewart of Vernal; Chet (Mary) Stewart of Price, Utah; Todd (Bri) Stewart of Logan, and twelve grandchildren. Charlie was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters. Funeral services were held Saturday, August 26, 2006 at 2 p.m. in the Naples 2nd LDS Ward Chapel. Burial in the Vernal Memorial Park, under the direction of Thomson-Blackburn Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary. Thomas Robert Lube Texas. Tom and Valeska were divorced in 2002, but remained friends. A special thanks to the members mem-bers of Vernal AA and NA who were there for Tom when he needed them. Those who knew Tom will miss him and his great sense of humor and positive attitude no matter what happened. Karen, Valeska, Ron, Dylan, and Lara want to say "Via con Dios mi amigo, God bless you." Draw Rx is approximately 8,000 acres and is designed to reduce hazardous fuels and improve wildlife habitat. The Crouse Canyon road is located in the burn unit and may be closed at times to insure public safety. The burn is scheduled for Sept. 5 2006 and will take four to six days to complete. This is a tentative start date and is weather dependant. depen-dant. The start date may be moved further into the month of September. For further information please contact Steve Strong at 435-781-4472 or Hank Barela at 435-828-0143. II uL VW HilK isB tdSsm- bsE" Iftnju UU-ifrjiI$v CAN HELP! 91N.100W. 789-0709 Elaine Hall Elaine Richens Hall, age 66 of Vernal, and wife of Ivan Ashby Hall, passed away on July 19, 2006 in the Uintah Basin Medical Center, Roosevelt. Elaine endured many health problems over several years. Elaine was born July 11, 1940 to Iona Annel Hatch Richens and Charles Ray Richens in Vernal. She was preceded in death by her parents and older brother, Sylvon Hatch Richens. Elaine's other brothers broth-ers and sisters include: Duane Richens (Myrna) of North Salt Lake; Charles Ray Richens, Jr. (Donna) of Vernal; Sarah Kettle (Jerry) of Ioka; Calvin Richens (Jeanie) of LaPoint; and Nancy Benson (Mike) of West Valley. Elaine married her eternal eter-nal sweetheart in the Salt Lake Temple on August 25, 1958. Elaine and Ivan have six children: Cheryl Merkley (Blaine Joe) of Salt Lake City; Keith Hall (Trudi) of Mont Belvieu, Texas; Janet Simmons (Arnold) of Vernal; Sylvon Hall (Kimberly) of Salt Lake City; Kayla Chamberlain (Rob) of Layton; and Annel Andersen (Kelton) of South Jordan. Elaine and Ivan have 29 grandchildren and one great-grandson. great-grandson. Elaine will be greatly great-ly missed by her family and friends. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elaine had a fervent testimony of our Heavenly Father and His plan of happiness for us. She loved James Wilson Elliott James Wilson Elliott, 35, died August 21, 2006 from injuries sustained in an ATV accident. He was born Jan. 12, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas, to Dayton Wayne and Phyllis Sharlene Murray Elliott Sr. James married mar-ried Crystal Thomas on Feb. 2, 1999 in Vernal. James loved being outdoors camping, hunting bear, mountain moun-tain lions and most of all coons. He enjoyed watching football foot-ball and NASCAR and spending spend-ing time with his family and friends. James is survived by his wife, children: Preston, Gunner, Spring, Payton and Ashley. Father and mother-in-law Dale and Suzette Boren; brothers, William, Dayton Jr. (Renea), Charles (Jen), Conan, John (Casey), Nathan (Sara), and Kevin; sisters, Melissa (Kenny) Cantrell, Evonne Leggett, Sheila (Tim) Jones, Jeri Marie Robertson, and many uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Executive benefit plans cJS Si reward by Delmer Hyde One way to reward key employees is to offer them executive benefit plans. These plans are also called non-qualified plans, since they do not qualify for the tax benefits of 401(k) or defined benefit plans. Executive benefit plans, which may include bonus, split dollar and deferred compensation com-pensation plans, have more flexible funding options, vesting vest-ing requirements, distribution distribu-tion guidelines and reporting requirements than qualified plans. By contrast, tax-qualified plans offer a number of tax benefits but can be expensive expen-sive to administer and have complex regulatory requirements. require-ments. They also must generally gener-ally cover all eligible employees employ-ees of a business who wish to participate. If a small business busi-ness owner wants to provide a retirement benefit for just himself and maybe two or three key people, a non-qualified plan can be the answer. Executive benefits are designed primarily for highly compensated employees and key people. They allow the employer to choose which select group of key employees employ-ees participate in and receive benefits from the plan. This can create the opportunity to I HMHHMHHHHHHHIHHiHiiHHHBBHIB 1 j j a. iljl Elaine Hall our Lord Jesus Christ. She was never bashful in sharing the restored gospel with others. oth-ers. Elaine inspired many missionaries mis-sionaries through the letters she wrote to them each month. She loved serving in the Vernal Temple. She enjoyed serving the young women of the church at girl's camp, and as sports director. Elaine loved fishing, ward campouts, family reunions, horseshoes, riding motorcycles, motorcy-cles, playing softball and volleyball, vol-leyball, playing the harmonica and guitar, oil painting and playing card games. Elaine will long be remembered for her sense of humor. She entertained enter-tained everyone with her stories sto-ries and jokes! Her funeral was held Saturday, July 22, 2006 at the Maeser Stake Center. Burial was in the Maeser Fairview Cemetery under the direction of the Hullinger Mortuary James Wilson Elliott Friday, August 25, 2006 at 11 a.m. at the Uintah LDS Stake Center, 4080 South 2500 East. Friends and family visited at Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary on Thursday evening eve-ning from 6 to 8 p.m. and one hour prior to the services at the Chapel. Burial was in the Vernal Memorial park. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to James Wilson Elliott Trust Fund at Mountain America Credit Union. Routing 324079555 Acct. 8547742 Attn: Christy Griffs. reward key employees, provide pro-vide powerful incentives for those employees to remain with the company and fill gaps where other benefits may fall short. Executive benefits can also be structured to provide a beneficial arrangement to the business owner. Executive benefits can help meet the needs of a small business at a competitive cost with fewer administrative requirements. Depending on the plan and its structure, funding may be the responsibility of the employer, the employee, or shared. Tax benefits may be available for some types of plans. For more information, contact your financial professional. profes-sional. AXA Advisors, LLC does not provide legal or tax advice. Please consult your tax or legal advisor regarding your individual situation. Delmer Hyde offers securities securi-ties through AXA Advisors, LLC (member NASD, SIPC) 1218 W. Hwy 40, Vernal and offers annuity and insurance products through an insurance insur-ance brokerage affiliate, AXA Network, LLC and its subsidiaries. subsid-iaries. GE-35630 (0406) (Exp. 0408) 1 |