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Show Friday. March 3. 2000. THE DAILY HERALD, (www.heraldcxtra.com I. Prove., Utah Gay LDS man left note before suicide SAN FRANCISCO (AP) death might be the catalyst for A ..... troubled gay LDS man killed himself at an LDS church after . . , i leaving a suiciue note mai saia he hoped his death "might be some good." The suicide note did not mention Proposition 22, the measure on next Tuesday's ballot that would prohibit California from recognizing same-semarriages that were legally performed in any other Activists say the man had recently written a lengthy letter expressing anguish over his church's condemnation of Virtmnooviioliftr of an anti-gameasure. Qi-r- x state. The LDS church supports the measure, and its members have been the campaign's leading source of volunteers and money. if a oimrvntf l marriage ballot y Stuart Matis, oaiua iara, iam., was The body of vi OA, In a telephone call to his parents' home earlier in the day, his mother told The found by an officer last Friday on a covered walkway behind The Church of Jesus Christ of Associated Press that his death had nothing to do with Saints building, said Sgt. Mark Macaulay, a Latter-da- y Proposition 22. "Stuart as a son and brother a on1 o min tirno Pi in r was understood and loved beside the body. unconditionally. He was active A service will be held today in his church and community. in Orem where the family has He loved his family," according '; a plot, according to the San to a statement released by the Francisco Examiner. Matis family. LDS Church spokesman Stuart and Jeanie Besamo of Michael Purdy asked people to Simi Valley, activists in the camrespect the Matis family wish- paign against the proposition, es and not use Stuart's death said they had been corresponfor political gain. ding with Matis, and before his "We endorse the'" statement death, posted on their group's of his stake president, Web site a letter they said Matis President Lowe, who said, 'We had written to a young gay relaexpress our deepest regret over tive some time earlier. the tragic death of Stuart The undated, letter, Matis. Our profound sympathy of the "Stuart,", signed spoke is extended to the parents and writer's1 LDS about the agony family of this young man, who ; was and respected Church's positions on homoto family and sexuality and Proposition 22., ; for his service " the measure passes, the T ' Church,' Purdy said. A suicide note was read letter said, "thousands of frightened young gay church memWednesday night at a memori bers will dig deeper into the al service in an Lua church in dreadful closet in panic that The Santa Clara. San their parents or friends may Francisco Examiner said Matis discover the truth about them. wrote in the note, found by his "The church has no idea that parents, that he had long I as this there are letter, type ..prayed his sexual orientation. i would change, but eventually surely boys and girls on their calloused knees imploring God gave up hope. "I am nowree," he wrote. "I to free them from this pain. ; am no longer in pain and I no They hate themselves. They longer hate myself. As it turns retire to bed with their finger out, God never intended for me pointed to their head in the in Ko ctraiorVif PprKonc m t form of a gun." police spokesman. -I . , . e well-love- d ,If . 2 4" if i'lf MEN'S J j OBITUARIES, MORE ON A7 Ken Bruce Brown Brandon LeRon Healey Bruce Smithfield, U.tah-KeBrown, 64, died Thursday, March 2, ..ii. WW, mm jl. ' 2000, at the Sunshine Terrace in Logan, Utah. He was born December 16, 1935, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Ken Frank Brown and Phyllis Robinson Long. He has lived in Salt Lake City, Provo, Logan, Smithfield, Utah, and Anchorage; Alaska. He attended school in Provo and graduated from Provo High School. He attended ,, Utah State University. He served in the U.S. Army in Alaska for Bruce married Anita Budge on July 20, 1973, in the Logan LDS Temple. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. He served in many positions including; High Priest 2nd Assistant, Membership Clerk, Sunday School School Teacher, Sunday ' Record Superintendency, Family Extraction Program and as a faithful Home Teacher. He worked at Utah State a as Maintenance University Supervisor. He had a love of sports and was a faithful Aggie supporter, attending season basketball games for over 20 years. He is survived by his wife, Anita; Frank C. Long; two brothers; Kelly Long, Orem; Utah and Philip (Jaynee) Long, Lindon, Utah and a sister, Joan (Ed) Cox, Holladay, Utah. He was preceded in death by his parents and grandpar- ents. ; Funeral services will be held Monday, March 6, 2000. at 11:00 a.m. at Nelson Funeral Home, 162 E. 400 N., Logan with Bishop Larry Grunig conducting. Friends may call Sunday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home and Monday from a.m. Burial will be in 9:30-10:3- the Logan City Cemetery. ' 1994. He was assigned to the 21st MP Co. Airborne. In April of 1995. he volun- ' J step-fathe- Our beloved son. brother, husband, and father. Brandon LeRon Healey, age 28, formerly of Salem, Utah, issued his final citation and returned home on February 26, 2000. while providing security at Rockingham Raceway near Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. He was born July 21, 1971 in Provo, Utah, to LeRon Elvin and Connie' Davies Healey. He married Alexandra Houlis on November 4, 1998, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Brandon graduated from Spanish Fork High School and attended the police academy in Salt Lake City, After joining the Army, he arrived at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, on October 18, teered for reassignment to the 118th MP Co. Airborne, to accompany them on their deployment to Haiti. After the deployment, Specialist Healey was to MP 42nd the reassigned Detachment, where he worked as a MP SPC Healey was later dispatcher. assigned to the 108th MP Co. Air Assault, so that he could go with them on their deployment to Bosnia, He served in Bosnia from March to November 1997. Upon his return, he was again assigned to the 42nd MP Detachment, where he worked as a Traffic Accident Investigator and forensic analyst. He and his family were leaving on March 14 for a tour of duty in Germany. He was posthumously promoted to Sergeant. Brandon loved motorcycles, trains, computers, and animals. He loved the outdoors including, hiking, camping, and . ' ma sole. Available in bark grizzly. Whole sizes 6-- Fern Harris Fern Wadley Edwards Harris 29, 2000, in in .passed away February Bountiful, Utah, m after a long and life at the age of 98.. well-live- d She was born April 7, 1901. in Pleasant Grove, Utah, to Richard David and Mary Ellen Olsen Wadley. She was the oldest of 10 children with five brothers and four sisters. She married Vivan Bagley Edwards on June 14, 1922, in the Salt Lake Temple. Her three children were born from this union. They were later divorced. Fern married Stanley B. Harris December 17, 1948, in the Salt Lake Temple and they had many happy years living on the Harris farm in Lindon, Utah, until Stan passed away '''. - 1972. During this time they raised Robinson; Shirley Harris,"Wilford Harris. She also will grandson Michael Hepting and cared for Stan's mother and half sister, At be lovingly remembered by 44 grandStan's death, Fern moved back to' children, 59 and Pleasant Grove until 1990 when she' five She moved to Bountiful to he near family. was preceded in death by son, Richard Fern graduated from Brigham Paul Edwards (who died in WWII); brothers: Glenwood Wadley and Young University in 1921 and taught school for many years in Charleston, .'Albert David Wadley; sisters: Mary Isabel! Wadley and Lucille Wadley Lindon, and American Fork , as she raised her children. She was a memHansen: a grandson: Donald Joseph ber of the Church of Jesus Christ of Hansen and Tyson Latter-daSaints and served in many Michael Hepting. The family wishes to thank the staff at South Davis callings in Relief Society, Primary, and Young Women. Her greatest joys Community Hospital and- - the South life were her family, her church and Davis Hospital Community Branch f6r her gardens. She especially loved her their loving care of Fern for these past few years. association with the Pleasant Grove Garden Club. Funeral services will be held Fern is survived by her son, Max Saturday, March 4, 2000 at 1 1:00 a.m. in the Pleasant Grove, Grove Ward Vivin and Norma Edwards and daughter, Maurine Hansen; brothers; Arvil Chapel, 455 East 200 South, Pleasant and Helen Wadley, Merlyn Wadley. Grove where friends may call one hour Clifton and Mary Wadley; and sisters: prior to services. 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