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Show Page A7 Thundny, January 23, 2003, THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HarkTheHenSi.com), Provo, Utah Obituaries John Milton Whitaker, age 78, passed away Jan. 17, 2003 la Salt Lake City, UT. He wsj bonk April 29, 1923 in Denver CO to Orson Adul- bert and Clara Fatheringham. Whitaker. Jack grew up in Southern California and served hitch a a aer- geant in the Marine Corps. He later studied Fine Arts at UCLA, at Brigham Young Universi-ty- , and earned his Master's Degree at the University of Utah. He pursued a successful career in the full spectrum of the performing arts including stage, opera, radio, TV and the recording industry. For a time he worked as a cartoonist and character voice narrator at Walt Disney Studios. He assisted in the production of such films as "Bambi," Dumbo" and The Reluctant Dragon." Jack excelled as a vocal talent for radio stations, Living Scriptures, and the Listening Library, among others. He devoted much of his time to teaching, directing and performing in dramatic productions and for two successive seasons played the role at the Goodspeed Opera House in ' Connecticut Jack's favorite author, who he loved to perform, was Mark Twain, and he was thoroughly familiar with all of his ' writings. He also loved the story of Don Quixote which he performed in the leading role. In Salt Lake City during the 60 and 60 Jttdk wwUmbo the Clown on channels 2 and 6 and oa channel She was also "Roderick, host of hor- kt-nig- ror shows. He was a resident at er the Valley Music Hall and was an opera singer in Provo and Salt L&ka City where he performed as a bass soloist and narrator with the Utah Symphony. He taught school in West Valley City, UT and also in Stamford, CT where he taught opera. Jack is survived by his sons, Jeffrey John Whi taker and Anthony (Tony) Whitaker, his former wife Dixie Mecham Whitaker; and by his sister-in-laBeth Whitaker. He has two granddaughters, Madilyn Anne and Joy Elise. He is preceded in death by his sister, Jessie Whitaker Turner, his brothers, Berlin, Ferrin, Wetzel "Judge, Russell, Scott M., and Don; and by his infant son, John Kevin Whitaker. The Whitaker brothers are once again a complete and loving set ... singing up a storm. r Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 25, 2003 at 11 a.m. at the University Ward in Salt Lake City, 160 & University Street Friends and family may call Friday evening from 8 p.m. at Larkin Mortuary, 260 E. & Temple, and 1 hour prior to services on Saturday. Interment, Monday Jan 27, 2003 at the Annabella City Cemetery, Annabella, Utah. 6-- Czrry Grant Clement Barry Grant Clement, age 57, passed away peacefully, Jan. 18, at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, finally freed from the captivity of his quadriplegic body, brought about by a diving accident in 1964. Barry was born in Salt Lake City, August 25, 1945 to Grant L and Val Stewart Clement He graduated with honors from Springviile High School in 1963, and fromBYU with independent Bachelors degrees in German, Russian and History. ' He held the office of High Priest in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, and spent countless hours in the Family History name extraction program. He is survived by his parents, one brother, James Atene, foster brother and sisters, Antonio and Daisy Merino, Carol (Joe) Ludlow and Laura (Keith) Pilling. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 25, at 11 a.m. in the Springviile Stake Center, 600 E. 245 S. Viewings will be held Jan. 24, at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 E. 200 & from p.m. and at the . church Sat morning from 9:30- 10:30. Burial will be at the Fairview City Cemetery. (Approximately 2:30 p.m.) The family would like to express sincere appreciation for the expert care and kind consideration shown us by the doctors, nurses and staff atUVRMG Those wishing to send condolences to the family may do so at i 6-- 8 www.wheelermortuary.com Lucille Sumsion Brown returned to her loving Heavenly Father, Monday, January 20, 2003 after 83 years of a wonderful life. She was born January 13, 1920 in Springviile, Utah, the first of 11 children, to Elvin and Belle Sumsion. Early years were ' spent in Springviile, until she met her sweetheart Stan, from Provo. They married June 30, 1941 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, and moved to Hollywood, California where Stan worked for Lockheed Aircraft Their first child Dennis, was born there. Stan joined the , Army Air Corp and Lucille returned to Springviile. Three more children came to their loving home, Judy, Steve and Caralee, all were bom in Provo. Some of her best times were camping and boating with her family. During her life she worked in retail sales. After Stan's passing, she discovered travel, and enjoyed many trips with her daughters throughout the world, her favorit e place was Greece. She loved to read, and enjoyed sewing, quilting, and crocheting. As an active member of the LDS Church, she served in Primary and Relief Society, and quietly as a Bishop's wife. Lucille served many sisters and families as Relief Society president in Pasadena, Texas. She served a mission with Stan to Canada and went as far north as Slave Lake. They worked together in the Spanish Extraction program, and up until the year 2000, she was a temple ordinance worker at the Provo Temple. She loved to serve the Lord and was a great example to others. Lucille is survived by four children: Dennis (Joan) Brown, CA; Judy (John) Sand- -' strom, SLC, UT, Steven (Susan) Brown, Sandy, UT, and Caralee (Jerry) Grace of Provo, UT, 16 grandchildren, 27 3 brothers and 4 sisters. She was preceded in death by her eternal companion, Stanley Howe Brown, parents, 1 brother and 2 sisters. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 24, 2003, at 11 a.m., in the Bonneville 2nd Ward Chapel, 85 S. 900 East, Provo. Friends may call Thursday evening, at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 E. Center Street, from pjn., or Friday morning, at the Ward Chapel, one hour prior to services. Interment, Springviile Evergreen Cemetery. January 21, 2003. Raleigh was born November 3, 1912 in Spanish Fork to Herbert Reece Williams and Caroline Pace Williams. He was the 11th of 13 children. He attended schools in Spanish Fork and excelled in track at Spanish Fork High School. He attended Utah State Agricul- ture College in Logan, Utah where he later served on the Board of Trustees. He was a successful and prominent Rambouillet sheep rancher, and became an international sheep consultant And in that capacity ht , Fall-broo- k, . Rocky D 0!sen 21st, 2003. Rocky was bora Sept 11th, 1954 in Am. Fork, UT to Dean Olsen and Roberta (Jones) Olsen. Rocky was raised by his aunt Betty. He was a 3rd degree black belt and Tae Kwan Do Sen Sei. He enjoyed flying airplanes, watching football and playing pool and golf He loved his friends and family very much and will be missed by them Rcba M. Turnbcw Johnson October 8, 1907 in Woodland, Utah to Ben- ! jamin Octavius and Effie Eliza Jones Turnbow. Reba grew up in Tabiona, Utah and married her high school sweetheart, John Lamar Johnson on June 2, 1926 in the Salt Lake Temple. They were the parents of six children, their oldest son, Lisle, having died only a few hours after his birth.. Reba was first of all a wonderful wife and mother. Her family was her life. She was a devoted member of the LDS church, serving in various organizations within the church. Together with her husband, Lamar, she served for many years in both the Salt Lake and Provo Temples as an Ordinance Worker. She loved genealogical work and spent years doing this work. In 1965 she compiled and wrote a wonderful history of her Jones family which she had published. Mother was a wonderful cook. . ' For several years she specialized in making beautiful wedding cakes for loved ones, friends and even some commercially. She and Lamar raised their family in Tabiona until 1943 when they moved first to Duchesne and then to the Provo-Orearea. Since 1946 they resided in Orem, Utah. Lamar passed away on July 7, 1998 and Reba has been living in an assisted living home in Orem since that time. Reba is survived by a daughter, Glena LaMar (Joe) Moody, Delta, Utah; sons Jay Lorus (Norma), Roy, Utah; Milton Lee (Petra), Flagstaff) Arizona; and Richard Boyd (Soni), Peach tree, Georgia. She is also survived by two sisters, Twila Rhoades, Tabiona, Utah and Lois Hunt, St George, Utah. She was preceded in death by her husband, infant son, Lisle, a daughter, WildaIaxine (Howard) Smith, her parents and five brothers and four sisters. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 25, 2003,,at 11 a.m. in the Cascade Chapel at Sundberg-Olpi- n Mortuary, 495 S. State St in Orem, Utah. Friends 5 may call Saturday from a.m. at the mortuary. Interment will be in the Tabiona Cemetery. 9:45-10:4- daughters Alicia Charlotte and KaitlinK. He is survived by his wife, children and siblings Cindy and John Hansen, Bonnie and Lonnie Shaw, Kelly (Moe) Olsen, Rona Harding and Larelei and Ronnie Lister. Also survived by Grandma Charlotte Carson, Dan and De Nelson, Gene and Anita McGee, Donna and Russ Rawlings and Betty Olsen. He was preceded in death by his parents. The family would like to thank the wonderful people at Timpano-go- s Hospital Same Day Surgery and Vista Care Hospice for their loving care of Rocky. Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 24th, 2003 at noon in the Cherry Hill 4th Ward Chapel 200 E. Orem. A viewing wil 1649 be held Thurs. , Jan. 23rd, 2003 from p.m. and also 1 hour prior to funeral services both at the church. Interment will be in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. Rocky D Olsen, 48, passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 6-- 8 Reba M. Turnbow Johnson passed away on January 21, 2003 in Orem, Utah. She was born traveled to New Zealand, Australia, China and Russia. He was active in the community and was a member of the Spanish Fork Kiwanis. He was passionate about sports and held season tickets to BYU for over 30 years. Raleigh married Naomi Tietjen December 24, 1948. She preceded him in death on Jury 22, 1996. He is survived by his sister Vera' W. Shelton of Spanish Fork and several nieces and nephews. There will be a viewing Saturday, January 25 from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. at Walker Mortuary, 187 S. Main, Spanish Fork, followed by graveside services at 1 p.m. in the Spanish Fork Cemetery. The family extends their appreciation to Kelly Thorpe for her loving care of Raleigh over the past several years. Raleigh Floyd Williams, age 90, died peacefully at his home in Spanish Fork on all. In 1973 he married Avonne Marie Fitch and was blessed with two daughters Heather Lynn and Carissa Marie. Rocky was later divorced and in 1989 married his soul mate Kris ten Dawn McGee and was blessed with two more a 6:30-8:3- 0 National Deaths He retired from scouting in 1976 after 36 years and recounted his career in a 1994 memoir, "Recollections and Reflections, 50 Years in Alden Barber SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -Alden Barber, a former Boy Scouts of America chief executive who . the Boy Scouts of America, opened up scouting opportunities to girls and leadership positions for women, died Friday from a stroke. He was 83. Russ David ST. LOUIS (AP- )- Russ David, a prominent St Louis bandleader Barber joined the Boy Scouts in 1931 in Chico at age 12. Thirty-si- x years later, after stints as a newspaper reporter, editor and Army Air Corps bombardier, he was named leader of the national organization after serving as a field executive. Barber served as chief scout ' executive from 1967 to 1976, a time when the Explorer program was expanded and extended to high school girls, and women were given leadership roles in scouting. and pianist who played everything from bawdy riverboats in the late 1920s to Lyndon B. Johnson's inaugural ball, died Tuesday. He was 89. He suffered from congestive heart failure, but his son said he died from a stroke. David, whose career spanned seven decades, performed for St Louis' high society, ' and American presidents from LBJ to Dwight Eisenhower to George H.W. Bush and Gerald Ford. L Cartoonist of WWII soldiers dies at 81 OBITUARY I The Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Pulitzer Calif cartoonist Bill Mauldin, who as a young Army rifleman during World War II gave newspaper readers back home a sardonic, foxhole-levview of the front .with his drawings of weary, dogface GIs Willie and Joe, died Wednesday at 81. Mauldin died at a nursing home of complications from Alzheimer's disease, including pneumonia, said Andy Mauldin, one his seven sons. "Ifs really good that he's not suffering anymore," he said. He had a terrible strug- , editorial cartoonists of the 20th century, writing and drawing 16 books. It was at the Chicago Sun-Tim- es where Mauldin drew one of his most famous cartoons, published after Presi- coln Memorial. With Willie and Joe, Mauldin became the voice of the World War II infantryman. From 1940 to 1945, the laconic pair of unshaven, soldiers slogged their way through d Europe, surthe viving enemy and the elements while sarcastically mocking everything from slump-shoulder- ed battle-scarre- y Remember Life. charge and must be placed by the funeral home. Ore- Walker Sanderson m- 226-35- The Daily follows: ture. Herald obituary rates are as per inch, $15 per pic- Prov- $18.31 For further information You may also Fax o- Walker Mortuary 373-666- call "'J to dh(itrixr0aldextra.com Payson . 8 - Walker Mortuary 465-38- - Walker Spanish Fork 1 Mortuary 798-21- DEADLINES ' Tuesday Saturday: 1 he Associated Press Pvt. Robert L Bowman, left, poses for artist Sgt. Bill Mauldin on the Anzlo beachhead in Italy during World WaHl in May 1944. The completed picture was known as "G.I. Joe." their orders to their equipment and even their allies. In one drawing, soldiers are marching, Says Willie: "Maybe Joe needs a rest. He's talking in his bone-wear- dent Kennedy's assassination. 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