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Show Community SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY APRIL 12, 1995 Obituaries Frank Alien Rasmussen Frank Allen Rasmussen, age 60, died April 5, 1995 in Kanab, Utah. Frank was bom September 24, 1934 in Parowan, Utah to Robert Jay and Ada Rose Rasmussen. He served in theU.S. Navy, and worked most ofhis life as an explosives technician mostly for Kenecott Copper Company. Orderville and was a navy veteran of WWII, serving as a barber. He was a hard working man who owned and operated a sawmill and a coal mine and also ran his ranch at the same time. His delightful sense of humor will be greatly missed as will his music. Dee played the saxaphone, steel guitar and the banjo in dance bands and in his later years enjoyed playing with Valleys Old Time Orchestra. As a devoted member of the LDS Church he served in many callings, including a mission to He enjoyed working on small engines of all kinds and worked in repair shops, as well as for his own pleasure. He married Betty Jo AlexanderonNovember 1, 1971 in Salt Lake City, Utah. with his Survivors include his wife wife Martha Christensen (whom Betty Jo of Cane Beds, Arizona; he married in the St. George children: Michelle Rasmussen on 17, 1939), bishop, and Johnnie Rasmussen of Cane temple May St. George and Council, High Beds and Betty Rowley of temple worker. He particularly Adam-Ondi-Ahm- Gerber, Oklahoma; brother Jay Rasmussen of Kenosha, Wisconsin; five grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday, April 10, 1995, at Mosdell Mortuary in Kanab with burial in the Cane Beds Cemetery. Byron Dee Roundy Byron Dee Roundy, age 76, died April 7, 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dee was born May 17, 1918 in Alton, Utah to Byron D. and Julia I. Seegmiller Roundy. He attended school in Alton and an enjoyed horses. Dee made friends easily and was a good neighbor. His family was his pride and joy. He loved them and they loved him in return. Survivors include his children Glenna Anderson and husband Wayne, Las Vegas; Gene E. Roundy and wife Lenora, Cedar City; thirteen grandchildren; one great grandson; sisters: Valate McAllister Phister, Salt Lake City, and Elva Wilson, Provo. He was preceded in death by his wife Martha and brothers and sisters: Karl Roundy, Horace Roundy, Zora Belle Pollock and Minnie Fuller. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 11, 1995 at the Alton Ward Chapel. Burial was in the Alton Cemetery under the direction of Mosdell Mortuary. Samuel Douglas Stevenson Samuel Douglas Stevenson, age 31, died April 3, 1995 at his home in Blue Ridge, Arizona. Sam was bom September 5, 1963 in Phoenix, Arizona to John Samuel and Norma Cram Stevenson. He graduated from Winslow High School and from Maricopa Tech in Phoenix. He worked as a cable television technician-lineman and loved electronics of all types. Survivors include his parents, John and Norma Stevenson of Blue Ridge; his two children Leigh Anne and Benjamin Samuel Stevenson ofBlue Ridge; Brother: Mark F. Stevenson, Mesa, Arizona; other brothers and sister: Stuart Stevenson, Brett Stevenson and Debra Brandt; grandparents, Cecil and Myra Cram of Fredonia, Arizona. Graveside services were held Friday, April 7, 1995 at the Fredonia Cemetery under the direction of Mosdell Mortuary. Mortgage money available for first-tim- e home buyers Recently the Utah Housing contribution is available to first-tim- e home buyers earning apFinance Agency (UHFA) released $25 million of 7.25 mort- proximately $20,000 annually or gage money that will finance less, and is included within a home purchases for approxi- mortgage loan having a slightly e Utah ihigher interest rate. As a genmately 400 households. The fixed interest eral example, UHFAs new rate mortgage money is avail- 7.25 mortgage interest rate moderate-incomable to low-an- d allows a household earning apfirst-tim- e home buyers, proximately $20,000 annually to whom of have seen their purchase a $60,000 home with a many rents rise to levels beyond their monthly mortgage payment of means. UHFAs low interest approximately $490. rates make buying a home more Informative brochures conaffordable than renting in many taining specifics on UHFAs afcases, and home ownership fordable mortgage loan prothrough UHFA allows families grams are available by contactto control their housing costs by ing Utah Housing Finance or longdisenabling them to escape the spi- Agency at ral of ever-risin- g rent rates. tance callers may dial toll free at Down payment assistance is available for very Interested applicants should home buyers. act quickly UHFAs last issuUnder UHFAs CHAMP pro- ance of $25 million in mortgage gram, a portion of the $25 mil- money lasted only one month! lion in mortgage funds will be UHFAs housing programs e contribvuted toward down pay- have allowed over 34,000 ment and closing cost requirefamilies to buy their own for ments home home and have financed the crevery buyers; this set aside portion of ation of nearly 5,900 rental units e famiUHFA funds may completely affordable to eliminate a down payment con- lies throughout the state. tribution by the home buyer, Check out the inserts from making home ownership posIGA, Glazier's Food sible for many first-tim- e home Honey's Town and Crosby's Home buyers for the first time in their Center for some great buys ! lives. The UHFA down payment lower-incom- e, 359-520- 0, low-inco- lower-incom- low-inco- Do you recognize any of these faces This old photo was taken of the 1949 Kanab High School Choir. Some of the faces may look familiar to you. lower-incom- |