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Show Thursday, November 17, 2005 NORTH CO UNTY NEWSPAPERS Obituaries Celebrations Page 12 Wayne Jack Lunceford 1920 - 2005 Faye Lelegren On the morning of November 9, 2X)5. after suffering for many years with multiple health problems, prob-lems, our darling father, husband and friend was finally released from his pain While we arc saddened by his death, we rejoice in a life well lived and a jeateful end to his constant suffering Wayne J ("Ja k" Lunceford was born to fieorge Horace and Lutie Hales Lunceford or. May 22, l')20. in Orem. Utah Dad attended school in frem and graduated from the old Uricoln High in Li'lK When he was l'i years old, the catalyst for years of later health crises came alxitif when he contracted rheumatic fever and spent a year remix-rat At the absurd age of Hi. Dad managed to talk his way into a bank loan in the primely amount of S1.HO0 to start a chi( ken business busi-ness - thus marking the beginning of his independent spirit At 2'i, he bought an acre of land and built a home next door to his parents He rented Hie house for several years while he lived at home to i are for his mother who was suffering from ovarian cancer. Tlv day after her funeral in l'M7. he moved into his "little house" next door. He went on to buy i more parcels of land and Ix-gan Ins lifelong passion of raising his "Lunceford Quality" fruit Considered to be a "confirmed ba hcior." Dad proved everyone wr'mg by marrying the love of his life. Gloria Snell, on (Xtober H, I'cri2. in the Salt Lake Temple He was determined to own a home and properly and I as financially v.( lire as possible Ix-fore taking on the responsibilities of marriage and family He was always aware of the heart damage he incurred as a child and he fully intended to die at a young age Instead, he had his first heart surgery inl3and nurai ulously returned to excellent health allowing him to continue his hard work for many years to ( oine We will remember Dad Ix-st as a hard working farmer His greatest joy ame in working in lus orchards from dawn 'Ftil dark with Mom at his side tor sometimes driving the traitor) and offering her constant liA'c and siipjiorl Since it' s dif- From Idaho veterans MMMVPnMMmMMV f tv ;, . if 1 1 joined t he Navy in June 1 943, though he says that he later did more the work of a Marine than a sailor. Thanks to good aptitude test scores. Baxter was trained on Hawaii in the new and ultra-secret "weapon" o (he time radar. What follows is his sforv in his own words. fter basic training fill in larragut, Idaho, J I I went to Fort Hue-CJ Hue-CJ nenie, Calif., where I was assigned to Ithe Argus Unit, a mobile radar unit. We later set up our radar on San Clement e Island. The radar unit was a two-piece two-piece operation: a trailer w here you watched the scope, and then a large antenna about twenty feet long After about a month there, we loaded on a Liberty Ship and headed for Pearl Harbor. (The Liberty Ships were welded together, rather than riveted, and they were nicknamed "Kaiser's Coffins," because they had the reputation for sinking in heavy seas. In fad. the ship I got off of in Pearl Harbor sank two days after it left the harbor.) At Pearl Harbor, our commanding com-manding officer called me and said. "I want you to go to school.'' When I asked him what kind of school he wanted me to go to, he said, "I'D tell you when you get there." The commander could say, "I think this guy has this going for him. that guy has that going go-ing for him. and this guy hasn't got much going for rum." So I showed up at Camp Catlin, near Pearl Harbor, at a school surrounded by sugarcane sug-arcane fields. When we got in the school building, the doors were locked and the blinds pulled down (well, I'm exaggerating exag-gerating a little bit but it was high security). The lieutenant lieu-tenant teaching the class said, "We're going to teach you about radar." . The U.S. didn't have training train-ing films on radar, t.0 our training films were in British English. The British had developed de-veloped radar We got .quite a kick out of theTjigusri accent on the films I did good in school. Another An-other fellow and I tied for the highest scores in the class. f icult to support a family with the urn ertainties Inherent in farming, Dad also worked for many years at Geneva Steel to assure that we were was always secure. We recognized that he worked V A- at a job he ?imm .V disliked so that he could continue to work at something some-thing he loved - farming. Dad retired from Cieneva in 1976 after 25 years . of service, but continued farming farm-ing until it became clear that his health would no longer permit such exhausting work. Over the ensu- ' ing years, he reluctantly sold his beautiful orchards and watched as his lovingly -planted trees were uprooted. We know that he would have preferred to die in an orchard while doing what he loved best. Unfortunately, Dad had many years of heartbreaking health challenges ahead, including a year of chemotherapy chemo-therapy and later valve replacement replace-ment surgery from which he never fully recovered. Dad was an infinitely kind, loving lov-ing and patient man. An eternal optimist, even In excruciating pain Dad always had a smile and a kind word for everyone. He adored his family and we count ourselves blessed to be the children of this remarkable man. We loved him dearly and will miss his loving presence pres-ence in our lives. Dad was preceded in death by his parents and five siblings; Eugene, Kenneth, Gearld, Donald and June Hardy. He is survived by his loving wife and constant care giver. Go-, ria his five children; Craig, Laura (Dave) Diels. Brian (Suzanne), Bruce (Shalauna) and James; his daughter, Laura Lunceford (Dave) Diels; his grandchildren; Chance, Sidney, Jack, Zoe and Nicole; 7 step-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews! ' ' ' "" ' Dad viewing was held on . Sunday. November 13, 2005, from 5-7 pm in the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem. Funeral services were held on Monday. November 14, 2005. at 12 noon in the Sharon Park 2nd Ward Chapel, 225 East 200 North, Orem Internment was held in the Orem City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at: www.walkerfamilymor-tuaries.com. www.walkerfamilymor-tuaries.com. to Hawaii Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series about David Baxter, of Orem, who David Baxter (Ret) Of course radar then was very primitive to what it is now. You had to watch the scope very carefully, because images weren't as clear then as thev are now. ;hCAI'ELLI WtT IHSTITUTJ OF MAID When: Monday Nov. 21st Time: 4:00pm to 6:00pm Cost: $5 00 per person or S8 for mother daughter i.Rm ci p 125 in products) What You Will Learn Basic Skin Care Skin Tones Make-Up Chemistry Hands -On Make Over 's Prize Drawings Gift Bags Gicai Night Out for Mother s and Daughters! Sealing is lunited Call NOW tnRSVP Faye LaVieve Croft Lelegren, age 69 was born October 29, 19.J6 in Provo Utah, daughter of Evan M. Croft and Grace Hildy Croft. She died November 10. 2005 at her home in Lehi from Pancreatic Pancreat-ic Cancer. She married Earl Lelegren on December 12. 1957 in the Salt Lake Temple. Elder Richard L. Evans performed the marriage. Faye graduated from Provo High school and L.D.S. Seminary. She attended Brigham Young University where she was active in Orcheses and other dancing groups. It was there that she met Earl Lelegren. . Faye traveled widely throughout Europe and Hawaii. Her greatest joy resulted from her fifteen years at Lehi High School working with the Special Needs children whom she dearly loved. The teachers and staff there became some of her closest clos-est friends. Faye was always active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Kent David Moeller Kent David MoeUer, 47, passed away November 11, 2005 at his home in Lehi. He was born November 26, 1957 in Wichita, Kansas to William Wil-liam David and Jeneane Fisher Collins Moeller. Kent is a wonderful son, brother, uncle and friend. He was a very patient and gifted teacher. He was a mas ter of stained glass art, tmd rharty homes are . graced by his work. His talents and friendship were greatly appreciated ap-preciated by his family and all who know him. He was known for his positive attitude and fun sense of humor which was legendary. He Betty Mae Calder Larsen Our loving mother, grandmother, grandmoth-er, and great grandmother Betty Mae Calder Larsen, was reunited with her eter nal companion on November 8, 2005. She was born to William EU Calder and Zoe CaroUne Holmes on December De-cember 1, 1925 in Spokane, Washington. She was raised in Salt Lake City and graduated from East High School and attended LDS Business CoUege. Betty worked as a nurse's aide for the Salt Lake County Hospital, and as a secretary at the Kearns Army Depot during WWII. She married Keith Linel Larsen on June 4. 1946 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They were married by Our unit was surface-to-air, for detecting aircraft. We sat in front of a scope, watched for what the radar picked up, then reported it. Our planes had an IFF (Identification, Friend or Foe) signal, and if you didn't see that, it was the enemy. My training was strictly operation, not technical. I didn't do maintenance mainte-nance or repair. From Camp Catlin, I went to Barber's Point, also on Oahu, which was on-the-job training. Now 1 had to put a lot of know-how know-how into my work. Everything was blacked out at night, and security was very tight. A hundred of us in the Argus Unit were put on an LST with a bunch of Seabees and their I M f t- iff t.ru.'t ' V.' T i V 3 1 ; u . f, Saints, having served mainly with the young members with special needs. Of utmost importance to her was paying an honest tithing each month. On Faye's father's side, she was descended from the early pioneers to Utah. On her mother's side she was descended de-scended from the Amish and Mennonites who loved the soil, farming in Ohio and Kentucky. Faye and Earl operate oper-ate Lelegren Ranches which are located in Utah and Kentucky. She is survived by two sons and two daughters along with her husband, hus-band, Earl: Lisa (Scott) Riches of Bountiful; Celeste Chong of Lehi; Jon (Martha) Lelegren of Sandy; Shay Lelegren of Provo; 10 grandchildren; grand-children; and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were held Monday, Mon-day, Nov. 14, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. in the Lehi Bull River 1st Ward LDS Chapel at 3065 N 1300 W. Interment was in the Memorial Estates Mountain Moun-tain View Cemetery, 3115 E. 7800 S., Salt Lake City. ', is greatly loved. Kent was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and had served a mission to Taiwan, Kaohsi-ung Kaohsi-ung Mission.Kent is survived by his parents, brothers, Keith . W. (Shelley) MoeUer, Scott S. . (Kim) MoeUer, Mark M. (Denise) MoeUer, and Nathan R. Moeller; sisters, Marianne (Darren) Wooden, and Caroline L.F. (Brandon) (Bran-don) Pack; 16 nephews, 5 nieces; grandmothers, Ada L. Collins, and Marion Collins; 4 uncles, 4 aunts and many cousins. Funeral services were held Wednesday. Nov. 16th at 11:00 a.m. in the Alpine North Stake Center, 1125 East Alpine Blvd. Burial will be in the Alpine Cemetery Ceme-tery under the direction of Anderson Ander-son & Sons Mortuary, American Fork. Joseph Fielding Smith. She served faithfuUy in many church callings and was a dedicated wife and mother to her fanuly. She was a refined lady and talented tal-ented artist. She is survived sur-vived by her children L John Larsen, Diane Hayes, David K. Larsen, Lars-en, Madehn Pace, Daniel Wells Larsen, and Robert M. Larsen; 28 grandchildren; grand-children; 25 great-grandchildrea She was preceded in death by her husband in 1983. Funeral services were held Saturday, November 12, 2005 the Strasburg LDS chapel in Highland, Utah. Interment, was in Lehi City Cemetery. 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Elder Palmer will enter the Missionary Mis-sionary Training Center in Ghana on Nov. 25. Colt Nehring Elder Colt Adams Nehring, son of Carson and Karin Nehring, of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, has been caUed to serve in the Brazil Belo Horizonte East LDS Mission. He wffl speak in a sacrament service ser-vice Sunday, Nov. 20 at 9 a.m. in the Garden 6th Ward, 745 North 600 West, Pleasant Grove. Elder Nehring wUl enter the Missionary Mis-sionary Training Center in BrazU on Dec. 7, 2005. went about doing it. A lot of people ask what you're afraid of. I think one of the things a man is afraid of more than anything is that he will be a coward you don't want to be that. And you want to protect everyone else. You're there as a group; you're working work-ing as a team effort. The Japanese concrete bunkers bun-kers on Namur were unbelievable. unbeliev-able. The Japanese also had women with them, and I'm told that the last ship sunk in that area was probably a shipload ADVANCE with the best! 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