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Show Thursday, July 14, 2005 NORTH COUNTY PAPERS Page 13 Obituaries Barbara Ann Girot Barbara Ann Girot, age 50, of Lehi, passed away Jury 7, 2005, in the American Fork Hospital. She was born Janu ary 18, 1955 to Dominick John and Elizabeth DiFulvio Girot. Barbara worked as an associate at K-Mart K-Mart for years, and also volunteered volun-teered many hours at the Rippy Literacy Center. She was a people person with a loving and caring nature. Everyone who knew her, loved her. She loved having happy people around her. Barbara loved to laugh and enjoyed gardening and crocheting rugs for her family and friends. She is survived by her mother, Betty; 3 sisters, Elizabeth Tina" (Leon) Jackson, Suzan Kay Girot, and Ann Marie (Jim) Taliaferro; a brother, Michael Girot; and numerous numer-ous nieces and nephews. Funeral Mass will be held Monday Mon-day July 11, 2005, at 10:00 AM. at St. Peters Catholic Parish, 634 N. 600 E., American Fork. Friends and family may call Sunday evening eve-ning at the church from 7-8:00 PM, with a Rosary at 8:00 PM. Interment Inter-ment will be in the Lehi City Cemetery, Cem-etery, under the direction of Wing Mortuary. Qwenn Dutson Astle October 7, 1920 -July 9, 2005 Qwenn was born October 7, 1920, to Alma Paul and Martha Caroline Dutson Astle, in the town of Grover, Wyoming. He attended Grover Gro-ver Demen-tary Demen-tary and Star Valley High School in Af-ton, Af-ton, Wyoming. While he was in high school he excelled in football and boxing. After graduation, he worked as a sheepherder, and also worked in Imlay, Nevada in the Tungsten Mines. He attended BYU for two years. At the start of World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where he attended school for Visual Communications, and served as a signalman on many ships in the Atlantic Theater. He was discharged from the Navy in 1945. After a year of working the family ranch, he decided to enlist in the U.S. Army, where he served his Country in the Army Intelligence Services. He retired from military service in 1963. He and his family then settled down in Utah where he secured employment at BYU as the first certified laundry manager in the state of Utah. He was a member of the In-termountain In-termountain Area Association of Institutional Laundry Managers, where he served as President from 1972-73. He retired from BYU in 1985 and has since enjoyed traveling, travel-ing, spending time with family and involvement with his church. On May 5th, 1947, he married his sweetheart AnneMarie Stotts. The marriage was later solemnized in the Provo LDS Temple. They were blessed with 2 children. At the time of his death, Qwenn was a High Priest in the LDS church and served faithfully in various positions. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, AnneMarie; daughter, Carol Car-ol Rae DeBack-er; DeBack-er; Son, Steven Lee (Collette); (Children of Carol) Kimber-ly Kimber-ly (Jed), Heather Heath-er (Greg-deceased), Chad; (Children of Steven) Steph anie (Sean), Nathan (Laura), Jacob (Lindsay), Nicole (Wes); great-grandchildren, Robert, Brady, Brandon, Kyra. Amnion, Lexi Jane, with one additional ad-ditional great-grandson to be born in November. He is also survived by 4 brothers, Merle, Sem, Evan, and Dale; and 2 sisters, Zoma Kidd, and Vesta Smith. He is preceded in death by his parents; one granddaughter, grand-daughter, Camille Astle; son-in-law, Ricky Jack Thornton; 2 brothers and 2 sisters. The family would like to thank Dr. Gerald Stephanz and the staff on the 7th floor at UVRMC for the loving care that was given to Qwenn. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Jury 14, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Sharon Stake Center, 545 South 800 East in Orem. Family Fam-ily and friends may call from 6O0 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jury 13, 2005 at the Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary, 495 South State Street in Orem and also one hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will be at the Orem City Cemetery with full military rites provided by VFW District 4. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.sund-bergolpinmortuary.com. Ethel Mecham The family of Ethel Mecham would like to express gratitude for the kind expressions of sympathy to us at the passing of our mother. We thank the people who helped us care for her, Dr. Scott Smith, Home Health, nurses at the hospital and a special thanks to Pauline Gagnon who was so kind to mom for so many years. Also, thanks to the grandchildren for preparing a "last picnic" for the family which was held on grandma's back lawn. Sincerely, Paul, Dick, and Jeanette Judy Mae Hall Peck Judy Mae Hall Peck, age 58, of Lehi, surrounded by her family, returned to her Heavenly Father on July 11, 2005, after a long battle with MS. She was born June 22, 1947 to Louis J. and Vera Gertrude Offrett Hall. She married Roger Tom Peck Jan. 21, 1966, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Judy was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints and enjoyed serving in her many callings. She once belonged to a bowling league and enjoyed playing racquetbalL She loved sidewalk sale shopping and was always into crafts and tole painting, he was a huge Jazz fan, and was happiest on her skis, while vacationing in Lake PowelL She looked forward to the annual family fam-ily deer hunt every year and also loved many outdoor activities. It broke her heart when she had to give-up working in her yard. Survived by her husband, Tom of Lehi and her mother Vera of American Ameri-can Fork, a son, Roger (Missy) Peck, Lehi; daughters, Sandy (Steven) Schoonover, Lehi; Sheri (Dan) Smederovac, Pleasant Grove; 10 grandchildren; brother, Lou (Beverly) Hall, Salt Lake City; twin sister, Joan (Roy) Wanlass, Maui, HI. She was preceded in death by her father, and a nephew, Travis Lehmberg. Funeral services will be held Friday, Jury 15, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. in the Lehi 5th Ward LDS Chapel, 465 E. 300 N., Lehi. Family and friends may call Thursday evening at the Wing Mortuary, 118 E. Main, Lehi from 6-8 p.m. and Friday at the Church one hour prior to services. Interment will be in the Lehi City Cemetery. The family wishes to thank the Heritage Care Center for their kind special care. Mom, well miss you, but we are comforted in the knowledge knowl-edge that you are free from your earthly body and able to walk and talk again! www.CQngarblue.com CHEAP STEEL PRODUCTS.il Immediate Will Calls Welcomedl 7 am Early Bird Service Mon. - Fri. TUBE PIPE PLATES SHAPES MEWJJTiat 768-3332 5 i t iw o Von we accept Q 181 South 1200 East Lehi Store Hours: M-F 7-5 SAT 8-NOON The lighter side of military service Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series about Arline Dyer Johnson, who joined the WAVES (Women Accepted for Vol unteer Emergency Service) in the fall of 1944. Some of the best humor you'll ever run into emerges from military settings. There exists in the military a broad range of competencies, and it often happens that the incompetent are in a position to pull rank. Military regulations, necessarily rigorous, nevertheless sometimes some-times seem senseless, or they are sometimes imposed arbitrarily. Long periods of inactivity (often just plain boredom) contrast with occasional moments of the sheer terror of a battle or the stress of another emergency. emer-gency. When you add to this mix a collection of very bright people, with sharp senses of humor, that humor often surfaces (as it must, to relieve tension). Books have been written on military slang (much of it obscene) and humor hu-mor (for example, see the popular "Beetle Bailey" comic strip). The military slang term snafu is well known: "situation normal, all fouled up" (yes, the word fouled is a euphemism); euphe-mism); a clever variation is janfu: "Joint army-navy foul-up." foul-up." Johnson remembers vividly (though it's been 60 years) some humorous incidents from her service. f V v' Arline Dyer Johnson n r n 11 1 I TO rien we were fat Hunter Col lege in boot camp, we had one 24-hour pass and were able to go into downtown New York City. We walked around to see all the nice shops and the city was amazing, compared com-pared to my hometown Provo in 1944. We had been taught that whenever we saw a military officer whether army, navy, army air corps, etc. to be sure to salute them. They would have a gold braid on their hats. Well, while we were in the city, we saluted taxicab drivers and hotel doorman anyone who had a gold braid on their hats. When we told some of our superiors about it, we all got quite a kick out of it. When I was stationed at North Island, near San Diego, my work was to answer the captain's and the admiral's telephones. tele-phones. We were told never to ask twice what a caller said on a telephone call; we had to get the information right the first time, though that was sometimes some-times nearly impossible. When a call came through to Captain Harrell, I would say, "Captain Harrell's office, Yeoman Yeo-man Arline Dyer speaking." One day a call came through, and the caller said, "This is General Eichelberger" a general I'd read about in the paper who was coming to visit the base. Captain Harrell was in a meeting with Captain Farn-worth Farn-worth and the admiral, and my job was to go into the meeting room and tell the captain that he had a call. I had to ask a Marine Ma-rine standing by the door for permission to talk to an officer, and I had a card that authorized autho-rized me to come in and deliver my "very important message." I stood at the end of the long, mahogany table and said, "General Eichelberger on line one." The captain had a phone in front of him, connected to his office, and I wasn't supposed sup-posed to leave the room 'til he took the call. When he picked up the phone, the caller said, "General Electric." General Electric was calling about a bill and had got the wrong party. The officers laughed, and for a while afterwards whenever they saw me they would say, "Hi, General Electric." When officers came down the hall past me, where I was sitting at a desk with mail slots in front of me, you were supposed sup-posed to stand and salute 'til they passed. After they passed, you could lean back against the bulkhead (wall). One day, I had my square, navy-blue purse over my left shoulder, hanging by a strap. It fell off as I saluted, and my face powder (the consistency of cornstarch in those days) went all over the deck (floor). The admiral just walked over the powder like it was nothing. He didn't miss a step. The other officers called me "Power Puff" for a while. These excerpts from Orem veterans are courtesy of the Orem Heritage Committee. Complete stories of the veterans will eventually he put on 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 archives in the Veterans History Project. Library of Congress. Phone Don Norton (225-8050) on how to do this. Plays, trips and a blood pressure clinic LEHI Brent Fox, the audiologist, will hold a hearing clinic from 10:30 to noon today. A blood pressure clinic is scheduled on July 20 from 11 a.m. to noon at the Lehi Senior Center. The center, located on 123 N. Center Cen-ter St., is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Friday is the center's craft day at 10 a.m. Tuesday and Friday at 11:30 a.m. is bingo. More information is available at 768-7165. 768-7165. AMERICAN FORK The American Fork Senior Center is opening Carolyn's Boutique on July 18. There will be many handmade articles displayed. Articles may be custom ordered. Those who would like to participate in the boutique can reach Carolyn at 785-2818. The center is usually open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is located at 54 E. Main St. Round-trip rides to the center are available for $1. Reservations must be called in to 763-3090 at least 24 hours in advance. The center offers ceramics, porcelain dolls, exercise equip- Menu news ment use, bridge games, pinochle pi-nochle and, on Friday, bingo. OREM There are two more trips planned for July for the Orem Senior Friendship Center: July 23, "Ragtime" at the Hale Center Theatre; and July 27. another Wendover turnaround. More information and reservations reserva-tions are available at the center, cen-ter, 229-7111. Current center memberships are required for all participants on tours. The Orem Senior Friendship Friend-ship Center is located at 93 N. 40 East, Orem, and offers a variety of programs, activities, services and cultural tours. PLEASANT GROVE The Jacobs Center will be closed on July 25. The monthly party is on July 22 from 5 to 8 p.m. and a quilt made by seniors will be raffled off at the party. There will be no accordion meeting this month. Hours for the center are usually weekdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., except holidays. ALL Every senior center in north Utah County provides daily meals and other activities and benefits for seniors. Lunch is served at noon. Funding for the center programs is provided by Mountainland Association of Governments and the Utah Department De-partment of Human Services. The cook should be notified the previous day by 1 so enough meals wil be prepared. A chef salad for $2.25 may be ordered. The suggested donation is $2. Friday, July 1S: Swiss steak, mashed potatogravy, mixed vegetables, tossed saladranch, rice puddingwhipped topping, white rollmargarine. Monday, July 18: Batter-dipped Batter-dipped cod. tartar sauce, cream peas and new potatoes, grape juice, cherry cream crunch, white rollmargarine. Tuesday, July 19: Baked chicken leg, mashed potatoes gravy, whole kernel corn, fruit cocktail, chocolate pudding whipped topping, white roll margarine. Wednesday, July 20: Beefaro-ni Beefaro-ni casserole, broccoli, peaches, apple crisp, whole wheat roll margarine. Thursday, July 21: Baked pork steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, tossed salad with ranch, rice pudding whipped topping, while roll margarine. www.heraldextra.comyellowpages Heating & Air Conditioning "Quality Service At A Fair Price" JsiF7 T ' '''ft f'Zl HZ i it rV'B, i n P ' JULY 18 (Mon) OREM Petco. 85 S. State St. Buy rese'valions prior to July J 8 at Orem Petro JULY 19 (Tue) PLEASANT GROVE Flr Station, 86 E. 100 S. JULY 20 (Wed) EAGLE MOUNTAIN The ProfeM tonal Bwlkflnfi, Ranche Partway For appointments call (801; 7893092. July 5 19 JULY 21 (Thu) ALPINE - Parking Lot at the - Mouth of American Fork Canyon (Junction of Highland Hwy A American Forfc Canyon Rd.) JULY 22 (Fri) LEHI South End of the New Legacy Center Parking Lot, 123 N. Center St Artfmai Prtai Mate cat (20 Female cat $30 Male dog (up to 80 Ibsl (40 Parnate dog (up to 80 Ib6)$50 Family plan (mom t errc t?X)cat musl be less tftar; 6 mos.1 1135ckx! PTBnoesgs wer 80 be HO worn! NO MORE HOMFLF55 STOP VNWANTFD LtTTFRS! 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