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Show New Utah - Thursday, March 27, 2003 - Page 8 Obituaries j'M '," v vjy.-s i v Sv Joyce Lucille Joyce Lucille Holt Col-born Col-born was born January 14, 1930 in Los Angeles, California, to Milda L e o n a Olsen and Victor C h e s s o n Holt. Victor passed away Janu ary 15, 1933. She was raised by her mother and step-father, Richard Weldon Tubbs. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday in the LDS church at the corner cor-ner of Black Cat Rd. and Cherry Lane in Meridian with a viewing an hour prior to the services. Also, Friday from 6 to 8 pm at the Relyea Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow the services serv-ices in the Dry Creek Cemetery. Ceme-tery. Joyce grew up in Los Angeles. She enjoyed all sports both participating in and as a spectator. She enjoyed bowling and volleyball volley-ball at which she was very accomplished. She married Robert Emery Colborn in Los Angeles on September 12, 1948. They made Long Beach, California their home for 44 years. They enjoyed an annual vacation Holt Colborn Leo Poulson i my m . i .-. . , ,- -ii . v , -L1 U with their family, camping being the favorite. They moved to Meridian, Idaho, in October of 1992. She was a member of the LDS Church and served in many callings throughout her church service career including the Stake Primary, Prima-ry, Stake Young Women's and Stake Relief Society. She and Grandpa served two, 2-12 year stake missions mis-sions to the Cambodian Branch in Long Beach, California, Cal-ifornia, the first being in 1980. She is survived by her husband of 54 years; a half-brother, half-brother, Vernon Victor Holt; Sons, Richard Melvin (Nyla) Colborn of American Fork, Utah, and Kevin Patrick Colborn of Provo, Utah; Daughters, Susan Dianne (Robert) Dransfield of Meridian, Idaho, and Debra Lynn (Shane) Carlson of American Fork, Utah; 18 grandchildren and 5 greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. She was preceded pre-ceded in death by her parents, par-ents, a brother Gail Victor Holt, and grandson James Curtis Tisdale. Mamie Alena Calton Butterfield i Mamie Alena Calton Butterfield, age 81, died March 23, 2003 in American Fork, Utah. Her family was by her side as she peacefully passed on to what must sure ly have been a grand reunion on the other side of the veil. She was born at home on Oct. 4, 1921 to Hyrum and Mamie Ault Calton. This was the same home where ; she lived her entire life. She attended elementary school j in Cedar Fort and graduat-i graduat-i ed from Lehi High School. On June 24, 1955, she j married her eternal companion, com-panion, George Jefferson Butterfield, Jr. (Jeff), in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. In recent years Dad has been truly valiant in caring for Mom. Mom loved life and serving serv-ing others, but her biggest joy was her family; both immediate and extended. We have no doubt that we meant more to her than anything else in the world. We miss her already. She was a member of the LDS Church and served faithfully in many different callings and in all the various vari-ous organizations throughout through-out her life. She is survived by her husband, Jeff, and children, chil-dren, Michael (RaeVone) Butterfield, Claudia (Dave) Rose, all of Cedar Fort; and Valerie (George) Stermer, Richfield; a sister Ardella Smith; sister-in-law Beu-lah Beu-lah Calton; 11 grandchildren; grandchil-dren; 6 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. We wish to thank Dr. Mower and his office staff and the nurses at American Fork Hospital for the kind and expert care Mom has received these past years. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 27, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. in the Cedar Fort LDS Chapel. Friends and family may call at the Wing Mortuary, 118 E. Main, Lehi, Wednesday evening from 6-8 p.m. and Thursday at the Church one hour prior to services. Interment Inter-ment will be in the Cedar Fort Cemetery. Marie D. Jonsson "Granny J" Alice Marie Degelbeck Jonsson, age 86 of Bancroft, Idaho, for merly of Lehi, died March 18, 2003 in the hospital at Soda Springs, Idaho following fol-lowing a short ill ness. Born Feb. 24, 1917 in Lehi, Utah, daughter of John Henry and Alice Ann Young Degelbeck. Married Lawrence Thomas Jonsson, Feb. 24, 1939 in Salt Lake City. He died July 16, 1996. Marie was a homemaker and partner with her husband hus-band in their family turkey ranch. She worked as an aid at the Utah State Developmental Develop-mental Center. A devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she served in the Primary organization and i also in the Relief Society. She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Pio-neers and had many social friendships and clubs. She was a faithful journal keeper keep-er and enjoyed handiwork including embroidery, and crochet. Survived by two daughters daugh-ters and two sons, Joan Marie (LaVell) Russon, Lehi; Kathy Lee (Hardy) Baum, Highland; Jon L. (Kay) Jonsson, Bancroft, Idaho; Thomas II. (Jan) Jonsson, Jon-sson, Lehi; 14 grandchil-dren; grandchil-dren; 17 great-grandchildren; sister, Donna (Walt) White, Kanab; brother-in-law, Stanford Taylor, Draper. Drap-er. She was preceded in death by siblings: Edwin, Harold, Glen, Merlin, and Grant Degelbeck, Orma Vario, and Nelda Taylor. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 22, 2003 in the Wing Mortuary Chapel, Lehi. Interment, Lehi City Cemetery. i i ; Leo Alma Poulson passed away Wednesday March 19, 2003. He was a lifetime life-time resident resi-dent of O r e m , Utah. Leo was born February Feb-ruary 17, 1910 in Orem, where he continued to live and raise his family. He married his childhood sweetheart Virginia Bird Booth in the Manti Temple in 1937. They attended school together, and enjoyed their group of friends who they endearingly called "Our Gang" for many decades. Leo served as a missionary mission-ary 1930-1932 in Sweden, the country of his family origin. He took great joy in his heritage. His parents were among original pioneers of Orem and built one of the first homes there. He attended Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. Leo worked at Utah Power and Light for 37 years and served in virtually every capacity in the Hale Steam Plant at the mouth of Provo Canyon. Leo was an active member mem-ber in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in many capacities capaci-ties and most recently served 7 years as an ordinance ordi-nance worker in the Provo and later Mt. Timpanogos Temples. He generously gave of his time and resources and his home was opened to any in need. He secretly gave support sup-port to many missionaries, hijjjiiwi T W I u " " - 1 individuals 1 and fami- lies. His life ' 1 was dedi- cated to f - sweet serv- -t ice. His ii " i friends and - family knew him as a man of impeccable honor and integrity. His loving wife Virginia preceded our father in death in 1995. One son and two daughters survive him: Lynn O. (Ellina) Poulson, Los Angeles, CA; Karma (Keith) Swain, American Fork, UT; and Charlotte (Dale) Astle, Providence, UT. They have 17 grandchildren grandchil-dren and 25 great grandchildren. grand-children. He did reside the last two years of his life at the Hearthstone Manor in Spanish Fork, owned and operated by his family. He had loving family and caring car-ing staff to care for him. He was always appreciative of their care, and expressed it often. He was also attended by Hospice for Utah the last month of his life, the family is most grateful for their loving and sensitive care. Funeral services for family fam-ily and friends were held Saturday, March 22, 2003, in his (Old Timpanogos Ward) where his father served as Bishop and his grandson currently serves as Bishop, of the Hillcrest 4th Ward, 4 40 East 800 South, Orem, UT. Ida Mae Huff Hay ward Our beloved Wife, Moth er, Grandmother, Aunt, and Friend, Elda has gone home to her Father in Heaven and is now free of the suffering she has borne over the past several months. She passed away in Salt Lake City on March 23, 2003. Her wit, her wisdom, and her unequaled love for her family and wide circle of friends and acquaintances will be sorely missed. She was born to George Elmer and Annie Westring Huff,. May 5, 1914 in Lake Shore, Utah County, the 6th of 8 children. Her father was a farmer and rancher and she learned the meaning mean-ing and value of work at an early age. She attended schools in Lake Shore and Spanish Fork, graduating high school in 1932. She had many interests, notably sports and the dramatic dra-matic arts. Her family was especially proud of her poetry poet-ry and stories. Many of her family have been vividly described and extolled by her pen. She was a giRed athlete, she played basketball basket-ball as a young woman and retained her strong baseball base-ball arm well into her later years. She took up bowling in mid-life and became highly competitive in that. port. Her home was full of of Vancouver, Washington r ...cwo jiuin urian ,rvini n,,. r Hardy, Arkansas; brothers Theron Huff of Lander, ini nit- T " ii t .w c,cd counts ,, r , 5 - - Piecinrf and mi t r,,T 1 i . w i,t)ns, B MU uav 1'. mir f. .... j - viu i,ri iiiwi build and repair heavy bombers at Hill Field. She had an excellent ability in commerce and owned several sever-al restaurant-related businesses busi-nesses during her life. For a time, she operated a pie-making pie-making business in Utah County. Her pies were much in demand. One Thanksgiving, Thanksgiv-ing, she sold 2 10 pies. Her marriage to Wilson Hayward of Lehi in 1977, was solemnized in the Provo Temple. It was a joyous joy-ous occasion for both Elda and Wilson. Thev have been bl essed with unbounded love and companionship for 25 years. They serv ed a mission mis-sion and labored together in the Provo Temple. Elda has been a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, having served in many callings. She always presented her faith and convictions in quiet, but powerful ways. We all know where Elda stood on that and important subjects. Her family has always been her first priority. The auction of her pies has kept our family reunions festive and functioning for many years. Her first and last thoughts were always open to family and friends are among those of her traits that will be remembered. Elda is survived by her husband, Wilson; daughter, Marilyn Jensen of Salt Lake City; sons Jerrv vuumnw warier ot Spring Glen, Dennis (Shauna) Dav her many victories. Another of her great pas sions was quilting. She showing her works. Many of her quilts have become the prized possessions of lived ones. As a young mother was challenged with raising of children in difli cult circumstances. Always industrious, she was employed in various sot-tings. sot-tings. She did her part for victory in WWII by helping she the Robert Leon Day preceded her in death. Elda's legacy includes 18 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren, and 5 great-great grandchildren. grandchil-dren. , Amoral services were Tuesday, March 25, 2003 in the Wines Park LDS Ward in Lehi. Interment was in (h0 Lehi City Cemetery. ! ' "s ) ' ' V fou: tM k'an H,,mn tary U1 3 al arc oo; or ,1 Sti an g a ru- TV i Aj. 34t truck; j I a; Castle n j Robert i h: Henriclng Doreenji hi Childress ' Randal r v HatheniV Travis ge Hatheen Scott l jr ni Byron tc Laird, :ve Lehi X- Joyce Garrick Our motner, sister, and friend, Joyce Henrichsen Garrick, has added a new destination des-tination to her travels. A long awaited vacation from a body consumed with cancer and lupus. (Bon Voyage my darling little girl, I will see you on the other side. I will love you forever, I will love you for always. "Your Baby Daughter.") At age 72, she died at her home in Lehi, March 22, 2003. She was born January Janu-ary 9, 1931 in Holladay, Utah, the 5th child of Harold Ralph and Ruth Stevenson Henrichsen. She was preceded in death by sister, Janice, brother, Harold Ralph Jr., brother, Kenneth Dale, her parents, and numerous special relatives rela-tives and friends. Joyce was a homemaker, an outreach worker, and raised Arabian horses. She had lived in Holla-day Holla-day and Midvale before settling set-tling in Lehi. She served in the LDS Church as Relief Society teacher, counselor and President, a counselor, President and teacher in the YWMIA, Sunday School Secretary, Ward and Meeting House Librarian. She was the first Woman President of the Utah Ara- Jack Thorne So- Jack Thorne Strong, the hzj beloved father, brother, g r a n d f a - ther, great g r a n d f a -ther and friend completed com-pleted his journey through this mortal existence last Sun day and slipped quietly into eternity with the same strength of character and good nature that typified his life. Born August 19, 1919 in Alpine, Utah to Mark Fields Strong and Alice Delilah Thorne, Jack died peacefully in his sleep on March 23, 2003, marking 83 years of a life well-lived. Raised on the family farm in the beautiful hillside hill-side community of Alpine, Jack was the fifth of eight children born to Mark and Delilah... four sons and four daughters. His was a family full of love for one another that always extended a helping hand to friends and neighbors alike. His legacy includes that same love of family and helpfulness coupled cou-pled with a unique sense of humor and an almost childlike child-like awe and appreciation for the beauty of the world that surrounded him. During Dur-ing the depression the family fami-ly moved to Salt Lake City to find work. Jack graduated graduat-ed from East High School in 1938 and then served his country honorably during World War II being stationed sta-tioned in the Pacific with the 205th Field Artillery Battalion. Jack worked a variety of jobs following the war before settling into a career as a Letter Carrier with the U.S. Postal Service. He married mar-ried Patricia Ann Hardy in April 1917. Their union produced pro-duced three sons, Steve, Dave, and Tom. Jack kept 3 rg( death h three i:. ,JimlItie his son -survive " Mauree: Tru Allen. 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