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Show Thursday, April 7, 2005 NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Page 13 Obituaries Wanda Ruth Andrus Roberts Wanda Ruth Andrus Roberts passed away March 31, 2005. She was 90 and a blessing to the end and stilL Born Nov. 6, 1914 in Hol-laday, Hol-laday, Utah, to Clarence Loyal Andrus and Ruth Viola Christ ensen, she was the eldest of nine children. Wanda attended at-tended Irving Grade School, Granite High, (she was the first female fe-male "cheerleader," there) and graduated gradu-ated from BYU in 1939. On June 6, 1940 she married her BYU sweetheart, Charles Henry Roberts. Rob-erts. The couple raised 6 children and taught school for 39 years in the Big Horn Basin area of Wyoming, before retiring to Lehi Wanda is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and always served faithfully in church organizations and in the community. These past few years she agonized over her memory loss, but she never forgot her testimony of Jesus Christ. She never forgot to keep His commandments com-mandments and express gratitude. She never forgot her positive attitude and cheerful disposition. Proverbs is true. for her price is far above rubies ... Strength and honour hon-our are her clothing;" Survived by children, Duane (Susan) (Su-san) Roberts, Springvilk; Kurt (Jackie) (Jack-ie) Roberts, American Fork; Ruth ( Jim) CXinn, Or em; Reese (Diane) Roberts, Kaysville; Mar alee (Zeke) Francis, Moab; Gerald (Candice) Roberts, Rob-erts, BarUesville, Oklahoma; 32 grandchildren grand-children (3 serving IDS missions)-, and 22 great-grandchildren; brothers, Clarence Andrus, of Draper; Willis Andrus, of Murray; James Andrus, of GJenwood; and Jay Andrus, of Price. Preceded in death by her dear Charlie, brothers Roger, Doug and Stan, sister, Vaudis Swenson, and a grand-daughter, Danielle Roberts. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 9, 2005 at 1O30 am in the Lett 17th Ward Chapel (851 N. 1200 E) Viewing at Wing Mortuary, (118 E Main, Lehi), Friday evening from 6-8 6-8 p.m. and an hour prior to services on Saturday at the church. In lieu of flowers, donate to the charity of your choice. Interment, Lehi City Cemetery. Eden Pauline Peel After bravely enduring worsening wors-ening brain seizures and mental illness and after a heroic struggle to accept her condition and peacefully sacrifice sac-rifice most of her life goals, that were no longer possible, pos-sible, with very little complaint, no bitterness, and no self-pity, self-pity, Eden PeeL was lovingly taken from mortality, as she slept, on April 2, 2005. She is survived by her parents, par-ents, Thomas F. and Muriel Murley PeeL her sister, JaNae Ayala, and niece, Dazhay Ayala. Eden was born August 27, 1975. She was a graduate of American Ameri-can Fork High School and of LDS Seminary. She loved her work, as a CNA, in nursing homes and received many letters of thanks V J, and appreciation for her cheerful thoughtful care. On Sundays, she enjoyed working with the youngest children at church. The illness and her inability to serve a full-time mission were the greatest devastations in her life. Eden will be remembered for her magnificent, generous, helpful heart, enthusiasm, and friendly smile. In her youth, she participated in Softball and in track and field events in which she competed, at the national level, twice. Recent interests were hiking, cycling, and collecting rocks and shells. She was devoted to her family. She and her niece were very close. There will be viewings on Thursday, April 7, at the Anderson & Sons Mortuary, 49 E 100 N., American Fork, Utah, from 6-8 pm., and April 8, at the American Fork North Stake Chapel, 965 N. 60 E, from 9:45 -10:45 am., followed by the funeral at 11:00 am. Interment American Fork Cemetery. Neldon S. "Dick" Evans Our family patriarch, Neldon S. "Dick" Evans, passed away peacefully peace-fully on April 2, 2005, surrounded by his loved ones. Dick was born June 15, 1912, in Lehi, to Sylvester and Edith Evans. He was the 2nd of five chil-drea chil-drea Heat-tended Heat-tended school in Santaquin and Lehi, Utah. Dick also attended at-tended BYU. On April 3, 1933, he married mar-ried Dorothy Smith at the Salt Lake County Courthouse. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They were blessed with 5 children. After living in Susanville, CA for 3 years, Dick and Dorothy returned to Lehi where Dick lived out the rest of his life. Dick and Dorothy established "Dick's Diner" which they ran until 1941 when Dick went to work for the Utah Highway PatroL Dick worked as a State Trooper for 35 years. He enjoyed his years in public service and received many awards and recognitions including includ-ing "Outstanding Patrolman of the Year." Dick enjoyed spending time with his family and friends at the cabin at Strawberry. Reservoir. He was an active member of the LDS Church. He and Dorothy spent many years serving on the Old Folks Committee. Dick was a member of the Elks Lodge and they always enjoyed traveling in their motor home. Dorothy preceded him in death in 1986. Dick married Velda Fox in 1989. They spent nearly 16 years together traveling and enjoying time with their family and friends. Dick is survived by his wife, Velda; children, Donna (Grant) Gordon, Sandra (Rick) Worthen, Lehi; JoAnn Evans, Napa, CA; Bob (Martha) Ev ans and Jay Richard Evans, Salt Lake City; step-children. Burke (Mir-Lyn) (Mir-Lyn) Jackson, Lehi; and Sam (Rene") Jackson, Jack-son, Kanab;23 grandchildren and 41 greatgrandchildren. Dick js survived sur-vived by sister Karma Whimpey of Lehi, and brothers, Keith Evans, Pleasant Grove and Sterling Evans Ev-ans of El Paso, TX; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded pre-ceded in death by his parents; wife, Dorothy; a sister, Verland; and a step-daughter, Eudean Morley. Funeral services will be Friday, April 8, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. at the Lehi Stake Center, 200 N. Center. Family and friends may call Thursday Thurs-day evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Wing Mortuary, 118 E. Main, Lehi, and at the church on Friday one hour prior ro services. Interment, Lehi City Cemetery. The Utah State Highway Patrol will honor Dick with a 21 gun salute observance at that time. Your family is thus grateful for the privilege of having had your brave and strong influence in our lives and for the example you have been to all of us. Just as you said to Grandpa Vess, "You've left us a right good heritage. If we can do the same for our children, well be okay." Well done Dad. Thanks for being our 'Safety Net.' With all you've bestrewed upon us, we're ready to fly solo now but will miss you every step of the way! 1 Curtomef eivice Wanted $8.00 Per Hour Or more to start with paid training included m -s SALES & SERVICE Representatives ExceM Benefits MedicalDentalVision, 401(k) Tuition Reimbursement Variety cl Shifts Flexible mornings, afternoons & evenings available Great Benefits! All you have to do is click or call. Contact or take incoming calls from current customers regarding products and services. If you have great customer service and sales skills, call us today! Apply online today at www.convergys.greatjob.net Media Code: 424 Job Code: GE77 From California to Belgium : An infantryman in WWII Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on Shirl Richardson, an Orem veteran who first trained in a field artillery unit, then later in an infantry company that was sent to counter the German offensive called the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes Forest, Belgiurh. How he got from boot camp to Belgium is a long and complex story, typical of the story of many servicemen suddenly thrust into that battle. These notes are taken from Richardson's history, which he himself has written. n October 1941, the President Presi-dent of the United States, Congress, my family and my neighbors thought it would be nice if 1 represented repre-sented them in the Armed Services. I trained at Camp Roberts in California, along with 21,000 other soldiers. You could not walk down the sidewalks of Paso Robles, only in the streets, because there were so many soldiers in that nearby town. I was assigned as-signed to Battery "D," 52nd Field Artillery. My artillery piece was a French "75," which shot a projectile about three inches in diameter about two miles. We learned everything there was to know about it how to clean it, sight it, and place it in firing order. I really re-ally enjoyed the work and the training. On Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, having no extra duty, four or five of us went to a matinee at the post theater. When we came out, it was dark, and many excited people had .gathered around the theater to get in, all talking about Pearl Harbor. My first reaction was disbelief dis-belief someone had made a mistake. The next day we listened lis-tened to President Roosevelt's famous "Day of Infamy" speech. I was first assigned to an observation post on the coast of Oregon. The western half of the state was divided into grid coordinates, each including about 25 miles of ocean and reaching about 150 miles out to sea. All the ground radar posts reported to a designated filter room, which in turn reported to someone over the big map of Oregon. The radar stations reported any blip that came on the screen. As the ranking noncommissioned officer on one shift, I was in charge of all operations. I was later assigned for two years to the headquarters building in Portland, where I was made the noncommissioned noncommis-sioned gas officer. My job was to teach all personnel to use gas masks. Shortly after I was married, in July 1943, 1 was shipped out to Miami Beach, Fla.; then I was shipped back to Portland, where physical training was added to my duties. But in the spring of 1944, things started to change. In June, our outfit was deactivated and we were transferred to just outside of Fresno, Calif.; then I was sent to Arkansas for infantry training, train-ing, then to Camp Gruber in Oklahoma, and then to Fort Meade, Md. Finally we shipped out of Fort Shanks, N.Y. on the P O o f i Courtesy photo Shirl Richardson trained in a field artillery unit, then fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Queen Mary. There were close to 30,000 of us on that ship. My bunk in the bow of the ship had just enough room to get into the stateroom had two stacks of five bunks, with just enough room to walk between them. We took our boots off to sleep, but that was all. We washed in sea water once a day. We had two meals, which were samples of English cooking, and the food was terrible. ter-rible. We docked just off Glasgow, Scotland, traveled by train all day and most of the night, arrived ar-rived in Southampton, England at midnight, and were put on a boat. We went to bed in England Eng-land and woke up in Le Havre, France the next morning. In a nearby tent city (it was very cold), we had mail call (the first in several months) and went to chow, but just as we were going to bed that evening, a whistle called us to formation. After an early breakfast, we prepared to move out and got on a train of boxcars, known as "forty and eights" forty men and eight horses (leftovers from World War I). The boxcar was bare, and we had only the clothes on our backs, an overcoat, and our packs. Toward evening, we stopped in a small railyard, where straw, knee-deep, was loaded into our car, and we spent a much better night than we otherwise oth-erwise would have. After three days and two night, we were detrained at a little town in Belgium, where we lodged in a schooUiou.se with no heat. Two days later, we fell into formation and 1 was told that I was now part of the 2nd Platoon, Company E of the 137th Regiment, 35th Division Di-vision of the 3rd Army, under General Patton. Our job was to spearhead for the company contact the enemy, and seek and destroy. By this time, the Germans had attacked in force, trying to split our lines and get to the North Sea. Conditions Con-ditions were very bad! I Next week: Richardson fights in one of the worst battles in World War II, during one of Europe's worst winters on record. These excerpts from Orem veterans are courtesy of the Orem Heritage Committee. Complete stories of the veterans will eventually be put onto the Orem City Web site, www.orem.org. Readers aware of any veterans who have written about their military service, are asked to arrange to have these archived in the Veterans History Project, Library of Congress. Phone Don Norton (225-8050) on how to do this. PoliceBeat I SELECTED INCIDENTS AS COMPILED BY STAFF. Alpine Highland DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - An 18-year-old man was arrested for domestic violence in Highland. Damage was done to the bedroom bed-room door and to the telephone. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - A 38-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman were both cited for domestic violence following a confrontation. This occurred in Alpine and has been referred to the city attorney. American Fork DUI A 23-year-old man was arrested for DUI and possession of drug paraphernalia after officers offi-cers received a report of a suspicious suspi-cious person sitting in a parking lot slumped over the wheel of his vehicle. Officers found that the male was under the influence of a controlled substance. Upon further fur-ther investigation, officers located drug paraphernalia. RETAIL THEFT - A 19-year-old woman was cited for retail theft after she was observed changing price tags on items at a local business. RETAIL THEFT - A 23-year-old man was arrested for retail theft after he attempted to take a Leatherman tool, a GPS electronic device, and miscellaneous tools from a local business. RETAIL THEFT - A 24-year-old man was cited for retail theft after he attempted to take a cell phone from a local business. DISORDERLY CONDUCT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - A 36-year-old man was cited for disorderly conduct and domestic violence after officers responded to a report of a family fight. DRUG POSSESSION - A 25-year-old man was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance after officers responded respond-ed to a report of an overdose. Cedar Hills DIG BITE - Officers responded to a report of an animal problem where a 13-year-old was bitten by a dog. RUNAWAY - Officers were called regarding a runaway juvenile. juve-nile. The runaway returned home several hours later. Eagle Mountain CRIMINAL MISCHIEF Crosswalk signs in the City Center were damaged, and some were removed on March 19. The case of criminal mischief is under investigation. Deputies want to remind the public that tampering with or damaging street signage is considered destruction of government gov-ernment property and is a third-degree third-degree felony. UNDERAGE DRINKING Deputies responded to a party in the South Ranches on March 20 and arrested five juveniles for underage drinking and for providing provid-ing false information to an officer. Lehi DRIVING-UNDERTHE-INFLUENCE - An officer was dispatched to a possible DUI. The vehicle was located at Wines Park. The driver was sitting behind the wheel with the keys in the ignition. igni-tion. He was found to be under the influence of alcohol and was arrested. DRUGS A woman approached an officer with a baggie of meth-amphetamine meth-amphetamine that she had found. Orem WARRANT SERVICE - Orem Neighborhood Preservation Officers received information Friday afternoon on the whereabouts where-abouts of 32-year-old Robert Messersmith, of Orem, who was wanted on six felony, nonbailable warrants issued for his arrest. Messersmith was contacted near 800 West and 600 North, and he was arrested. Messersmith's girlfriend, 18-year-old Yvette Brimhall, lied to officers about Messersmith's presence at the home after being told he was wanted. 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