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Show Times Newspaper zv ELFRIEDE JOHANNA EHRLER POECKER OREM, Elfriede Johanna Ehrler Poecker 78, of Orem passed away peacefully in her home with her family fam-ily around her on April 27, 1999. She was born September 2, 1920 in Steinpleis, Germany to Kurt Arthur and Martha Rose Stoeckigt Ehrler. She grew up in Germany, where she joined the LDS church at the age of 9. The church played a major role throughout her life. Elfriede introduced intro-duced her husband, Rudolf, to the church in which he was also baptized. Elfriede and Rudolf were married on December 14, 1942 while he was on a military leave from the German Army. She waited for his return from the war for 6 years and supported him as he was called to serve as a full-time missionary mis-sionary a few months later. Faithfully she supported her husband and family fam-ily and served selflessly in many church positions. Shortly after Rudolfs mission release they served in the Hannover and Halberstadt Branches. They emigrated with their two sons to the United States in 1952. Their marriage was solemnized in the Mesa Temple that same year. They had two daughters born in Mesa and then when the family moved to Orem in 1959 another daughter was born. , Elfriede has resided in Orem until the time of her death. . Elfriede served faithfully as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She was known for her dedication and unwavering testimony and for serving serv-ing in many leadership positions in the church. She was a pillar of strength and the cementing force of the family when Rudolf was Bishop of the Orem 21st Ward, Stake Patriarch, Patri-arch, Mission President of the Duesseldorf Central German Mission and Frankfurt, Germany Temple Presidency. Her life was not easy, but, because of her love and testimony of Jesus Christ it gave her strength to endure many years of pain and suffering due to her health problems, which she endured with out compliant. Elfriede's greatest passion in life was her love of music. Her life long dream was fulfilled when she became a member mem-ber of the Tabernacle Choir. She taught her children to love the Lord and was a guiding light and pillar pil-lar of strength to the family and will greatly missed. We love you dearly mom but we will see you soon. Elfriede was proceeded in death by her parents and a beautiful grandson, David Kurt Lowe. Survivors include her husband, Rudolf; a younger sister, sis-ter, Hannelora (Richard)Mueller, Bountiful; two Sons, Rudy (Cindy) Poecker, Lindon; Nephi (Teeny) Poecker, Mesa, Arizona; three daughters, daugh-ters, Susan (Phillip) Lowe, Leadville, Colorado; Darlen (Roger) Stubbs, Sandy; and Sonja (Kent) Peterson, West Valley. She was blessed with 22 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren grandchil-dren who love her dearly. Funeral services were held Saturday, Satur-day, May 1, 1999 at 1:00 p.m. at the Sunset Heights Stake Center Chapel, on University Parkway and 4th West Orem, Utah. Friends and family called Friday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary 495 South State Street, Orem, and one hour prior to the services at the stake center. On June 6, 1994 the 50th anniversary of D-Day the Pentagon Pen-tagon received a record, 1,502,415 phone calls. The Truth About Hearing Aids And Stearins Loss. Don't Be Fooled. Fret Repsrt exposes With you Gearing aia. secrets mat me bearing industry doesn t want you to mowi now u) avow paying n,UUU tor your hearing aids. To have &foreportmaUedtoyouatiK)cost,CtHTol-I-l- 710-2537. : . 24 Hr. Recorded Message ZULA MARCHANT Zula Duke Sutherland Nash Marchant, 82, of Orem, died May 2, 1999. She was born October 1, 1916 in Provo, Utah a daughter of Earl and Ethel Dangerfield Duke. She married James Sutherland, they were later divorced, she married Robert Nash, later divorced, she then married Grant Marchant, he preceded her in death. Zula loved people and socializing, she also loved dancing and singing. She had a great love of flowers and the outdoors. She was also an avid Utah Jazz fan and loved a good game. Mom also had a great love for animals. ani-mals. Survivors include her children: Nina (Phil) Morgan of Provo, Utah, Janet (Glade) Durrant of American Fork, Sherry Lewis of Columbia, Montana, Barbara (Don) Hunter of Lehi, Utah, Mike Nash of Albuquerque, Albuquer-que, New Mexico and Ken Nash of West Valley City, Utah. She is also survived by a brother, Morris (Virginia) (Vir-ginia) Duke of Provo, 22 grandchildren, grandchil-dren, 26 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and 4 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 5, 1999 at 1:00 p.m. at the Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary 495 South State St. Orem. Friends may call 12:00 to 12:45 p.m. prior to the services. Interment will be in The Meadows Cemetery, 7800 South 1300 West, West Jordan, Utah . Northridge Elementary (from page 3) Song,",and the ever-popular "Rubber Ducky!" One of the highlights of the evening was a special song that was written 100 Years ago, titled "100 Years From Now." The author au-thor of the song, Randy Hale, flew out from California to hear the Chorus perform his song, which was taken from a song he found while researching early American music. He kept the original text, but re-set the music mu-sic to make it more contemporary. contempo-rary. It was fun to hear the predictions pre-dictions of the original writer, which spoke of how 100 years from now there would be machines ma-chines for picking corn, nursing a baby, preaching and praying, and many other things; many of which have come to pass. It was a great honor for the Chorus to have a visit from Mr. Hale, who was "Very impressed with the quality of sound of the Northridge Chorus these kids sing way beyond their years, and have a fine director in Mr. Don Harvie." CD's and videos of both the Chorus and Orchestra performances perfor-mances are available at the Northridge Office, and help with the support of the programs, such as purchasing music, producing the CD's, buying" more strings and instruments, etc. Past year's performances can still be ordered as well. These programs are gaining some real recognition, and we are fortunate to have them available to our children. , need to know before vou buv a Wednesday, May Gladys Knight (frontpage, the Stadium of Fire, the lareest 4th of July Celebration in the Nation. Originally started by Alan Osmond, this traditional celebration will take place at Brigham Young University's state-of-the-art Football Stadium. Sta-dium. According to Ron Clark, BYlTs Public Relations spokesperson, spokes-person, "We couldn't be more thrilled we think this promises to be one of the greatest celebrations celebra-tions ever! We're very pleased to have Gladys Knight accept this invitation!" Ron Strobelt, UNLVs.LDS Institute In-stitute Director, teaches an adult Gospel class attended by Knight whenever she is in town. "She comes in all enthused, usually bringing someone. She speaks up and takes part, and is a real joy to work with. She has a grand spirit," according to Strobelt, who tutors her when she misses classes while on the road. Gladys shared her story of always al-ways knowing, from the beginning begin-ning teachings of her mother and grandmother, that there is Someone Some-one who holds a 'grand plan' for us here. Her family gave her a background of faith, and a sense of purpose. She spoke of always feeling a responsibility to have dignity in her performances and in the material she chooses, and spoke of many "discussions" she's had on the subject while standing stand-ing up for how she wanted her show to be. She spoke of how easy it is for entertainers to feel "lost," though many feel a sense of hope; of wanting something greater in an industry that can be empty at times when the applause is ended and the curtain closed. Gladys shared her tender feel-ings feel-ings for her three children, daughter Kenya, and sons Robert Rob-ert and Shanga, and is the very proud grandmother of "Ten and 12!" She spoke of the strength and closeness with her two brothers, broth-ers, and her sister Brenda. She has sought for years to find a support to her faith, and was recently re-cently (1977) baptized a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, (nicknamed (nick-named "Mormons" for their scripture scrip-ture in addition to the Bible called "The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Christ.") Her children had joined ten years ago, and she saw the happiness and peace in their lives. She was especially touched by the LDS Church's belief that families can be forever through being 'sealed' in one of their Temples; which insures that marriages and families fami-lies will be intact after death if they live the teachings of Jesus Christ, who is the head of their Church. Knight also embraces the LDS belief in a living Prophet and continued con-tinued revelation today. According Accord-ing to Knight, "This is a dream-come-true I have always wished to live in the time of Moses, and Abraham, and other great Prophets; and to know that God is still in contact with us and he is; I know it of a certainty. I have always known it, really. It makes sense that a loving Heavenly Heav-enly Father would love his children chil-dren just as much today as he did then. It's so simple to see." Knight got a laugh as she said she finds a ward (church) to attend at-tend wherever she happens to be performing "Heck, I'm better than the postman no rain, snow, sleet, hail anything...will keep me from my appointed Sacrament Sac-rament Meeting!" She spoke of how some new to the Church might question the attendance of young children and babes at church meetings, but said, "I think it's marvelous! From the COMPLETE CHIROPRACTIC EM Iv.FDBEEgg Exam Consultation Adjustment Therapy 1st visit only. One coupon per person CENTER STREET CHIROPRACTIC 200 East Center Street, Orem 434-HELP (434-4357) 5, 1999 time our babies are born and breathing, they're exposed to the gospel light my little grandchildren grandchil-dren might be sittin' there doing their little coloring; but I have a sense the Word is getting through." She shared her great love and testimony of Jesus Christ as her Savior "Imagine, if your earthly brother gave bis life for you my brothers Bubba and Davie have always been there for me, always seen me through times I needed them. But our elder brother What an amazing gift!" Knight also said that having faith doesn't mean the Lord won't chasten us at times That is the sign of a good parent!," she said. She spoke of having come through some very difficult times: "The Lord knew I was lonely, The Lord knew I was hurting, and the Lord knew I was confused. I am so pleased that God has chosen me Little ol' me and I'm so ready to shine His light!" When asked in the Press Conference Con-ference how she felt about the fact that Blacks were precluded from membership until a recent Proclamation, Knight responded, "You know, there were times the gentiles didn't have it there have been times through history when others didn't have it. I could spend my time questioning, being bitter over something that's so small; that I don't have all the understanding to. I'm just glad to rejoice in the fact that now is the time; that I can have this light." Gladys gave special mention of "The awesome element of service ser-vice in the 'sisterhood' of this Church," citing the hours donated do-nated by attendees during the three-day conference; crocheting leper bandages, assembling hygiene, hy-giene, newborn, education, and sewing kits by the 20,000 women in attendance who volunteered in 30 minute shifts to complete the various projects. There were a total of 4,469 total hours of service ser-vice donated in less than three days, with many of the kits slated for delivery to Kosovoand other needed areas. The service efforts garnered National Media attention, atten-tion, and a write-up is being forwarded for-warded to both the Guinness Book of World Records and the Make A Difference Day Committee. Commit-tee. This was the largest number of women ever assembled in a service effort on record! Gladys spoke of how "Music can influence us, from the singing sing-ing of a lullaby calming the tiny spirit of a newborn to the comfort com-fort found in the Spirituals sung by my people during the times of slavery that helped them bear their heavy burdens, and celebrate cel-ebrate their times of joy. Music has that same powerful influence today." She shared three songs that are special to her "With a Smile You Can Do Anything", "You Don't Have To Worry," and an emotional "To God Be The Glory;" a tearful and deeply emotional emo-tional rendition of her heartfelt faith and gratitude. According to Ron Strobelt, "We were absolutely thrilled with the way Gladys delivered her message mes-sage I believe it was a significant signifi-cant moment in recent LDS Church History. Gladys has a special knowledge of the Lord she believes He has given her this gift of music as a platform to share His Light, and she is always al-ways eager to do so." The echo of 20,000 women's grateful and enthusiastic applause, ap-plause, accompanied by many like tears, is evidence that Gladys Knight has surely listened lis-tened to the call of an inner voice; and that she knows full well how Auto Accidents & Headaches Sports injuries 1 Neck& "Back Pain THTLLr III iWJt-J. I - III I J i K' Expires 0 416799 I ii Reverend Dean Jaclrcon opGaIlG t0 Oroni njl7anj. In time of stressful situations such as family disturbance, fire, hostage situation, auto accident, or even death, what strength does an individual call on to get him through that frightening experience? People have their own source of spiritual strength, but Reverend Rever-end Dean Jackson, of the Rock Canyon Assembly has made it a practice to be on call 24 hours a day if the Provo Police Department Depart-ment calls him to a crisis situation. situa-tion. Reverend Jackson told the Orem Kiwanis that his counsel is available not only to the victims, vic-tims, but members of the Provo Police Department. According to Jackson, "Before you can be available to crisis victims you must gain the respect and confidence confi-dence of the police force." Reverend Jackson started this service when he was a resident in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He noticed that in crisis situations individuals seemed to be looking for answers, some confidence and someone to lean on for support. This was not always available in the emergency situations. In Wyoming, Reverend Jackson Jack-son went to the police chief with an idea that his service could be available if the police department depart-ment called him in a crisis situation. situa-tion. The chief told him that his service was not needed. However, Reverend Jackson to sing with more than just her voice, but with her heart and soul. This will be a performance, and a testimony, never to be forgotten. for-gotten. Gladys recently completed the recording of her newest Gospel CD, "The End Of The Road," which features a tribute to both Princess Diana and Mother Theresa. The title song is a collaboration col-laboration of lyrics by Senator Orrin Hatch, with music by Janice Kapp Perry, noted Na-tional Na-tional Composer. This project honors both women for their legacy of service and humanitarian humanitar-ian aid. Taking a. wheelchair or bed-bound patient or family member to a medical destination can be next to impossible. 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Reverend Jackson not only gained confidence of the police po-lice officers, but they went to their chief and asked for permission permis-sion to notify Reverend Jackson when the department was called out to a crisis. As one police officer of-ficer said, "we need someone that understands the crisis situation that we can talk to and receive strength to get us through that difficult situation." Reverend Jackson has performed per-formed this service the last two years for the Provo Police Department De-partment and receives no monetary mon-etary pay. "It is a process of trust that is gained by being with police po-lice officers," according to Jackson. Jack-son. His service not only assists victims, vic-tims, but he can help police officers offic-ers through the stress and emotional emo-tional situations. 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