Show Page 8 - Thurs Feb USPS Millard County 25 1988 the Hunter family on Saturday After the services they all gathered at the home of Fern’s daughter Carol for dinner after which they returned to‘ Fern’s where they enjoyed visiting and taking family pictures This was the first time all but one of Myrtle’s father’s grandsons were together Her son Don was ill and couldn’t attend The DUP Old Mill Camp met Feb 9 1988 at 1:30 pm at the home of Allie Hatton Captain Berna Davies opened the meeting and greeted the daughters including visitor sponsor Dixie Funk Lena Snyder gave the prayer The pledge was led by Inez Beeston a letter from President Angie B Green and the minutes were read by Secretary Myrtle Rowley The history “The Mountain Meadows Massacre” was read by Christie Whicker and Finlinson read a song “Oh Ye Mountains High” which was composed in England by Charles W Penrose in the home of her grandfather Charles Swallow Afton also presented the lesson which was the history of Benjamin Thomas Clark taken from the DUP Book February Lesson Refreshments were served by hostesses Allie Hatton and Teen Sistrunk 13 daughters were present The funeral of Edwin Imer Christensen was held in Fillmore at the LDS Stake Center Feb 17 1988 He died Feb 13 1988 at the age of 91 He was born and raised in Oasis a gentle and loving person who loved all things He was a loving and obedient son and a devoted and loving husband to his wife Celia They owned and operated a farm in Oasis until their retirement years when in 1976 they built a home in Fillmore where they settled down and continued their lives Many friends and relatives came from near and far to attend Edwin’s funeral and pay their last respects to one who they held most dear Among them were: Mrs Ella Christensen Oasis her daughter Vera her husband Dee Stevens and their son David N Stevens Genola Coming from Delta were: Florence Lowder Drew Roberts Nelda and June Ivie Gwen Ivie Kay and Fred Rowley Jim and lone Christensen Hinckley Howard Roundy Oasis Marlin and Jean Craft Hinckley Deon Garmon and Dean Winget Salt Lake City Tom and Norma Shein Oasis Maurine Peterson and her daughter Mrs David Peterson Mrs Roy Clark Salt Lake City Mrs Leora Simmons Salt Lake City Mark and Ethel Sorensen Logan UT Mrs Larry Trimble Layton Gerald Hanson Santa Maria Ca Dale Hanson Durango CO lone Johnston and daughter Salt Lake City Adele West Fruit Heights Nancy Cramer Sandy Mrs Lee West Bend OR and Fillmore Mrs Harry Bell Las Vegas Mrs Bee Welch Las Vegas and Mrs Lamoyne Bond Salt Lake City Many friends and relatives from the Fillmore area also attended Following the funeral the relatives gathered at the church dining hall where they were dinner after which they drove ' Nona Call Tomkinson William H (Bill) Bishop William H (Bill) Bishop Funeral services for William H (Bill) Bishop age 66 were held Thursday Feb 18 1988 at the Delta 5th Ward Chapel He died Feb 15 at the Delta Hospital of cancer He is survived by his wife Merilyn Starley of Delta sons Wm Ken Richfield Jack S Cedar City daughter Beverlee Nelson brothers Hawaii 6 grandchildren Wm Van Delta Frank Santee CA Neil Cedar City sisters Ella Oasis Neva Memmott Christensen Mt Pleasant Bishop Bart Simmons conducted the services and Van Bishop brother gave Deloris Meyers the family prayer played the prelude and postlude music Frank Bishop brother gave the vocation Verla Jenson Sharon Clark and Choral Clark sang “How Great Thou Art” and “Going Home” accompanied by Deloris Meyers They also sang a medley of Bill’s favorite songs accompanied by Glena Moody Thorpe Waddingham and W Ken Bishop son spoke Cherie Morris gave Benediction was by Neil a tribute Jack Bishop son Bishop brother dedicated the grave Interment was in the Delta City Cemetery Military rites were by the American Legion Post 135 Pallbearers were Sam Bishop Kent Bishop Ryan Bishop Jim Christensen Vance Bishop and Jerry Huff were Don pallbearers Honorary Scott Memmott Darrell Morris Bishop Dase Haw ks Douglas Bishop and Rod Staples e Nona Call Tomkinson age 81 died Feb 18 1988 in the Fillmore Hospital She was born Feb 17 1907 in Riverside ID to Albert Vincent and Hannah Lucretia Tolman Call She married Melville A Tomkinson June 4 1924 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple He died Oct 30 1985 She served as an officer and teacher in all organizations of the LDS Church She was twice president of the Relief Society served two stake missions and was an oralong with her husband dinance worker in the Manti Temple She also served on the Fillmore Hospital Board and was a president and member of the Crystal Springs DUP and she was a friend to all Nona is survived by five sons Roy Howard Salt Lake City Fillmore Max Aurora CO Don Flowell and Fred Rockland ID 28 grandchildren brother and 53 great grandchildren and sisters Vernon Call Mrs George (LeOta) Steele and Zola Hill all of Boise ID Erma McIntyre Caldwell ID Mrs George (Wanda) Poppleton r Nampa ID Mrs Marvin (Elsie) Marsen ID She was preceded in two death by a daughter Remola and 7 brothers and grandchildren sisters Funerals services were held Monday Feb 22 at 11:00 am in the Fillmore 1st and 4th Ward Chapel Interment was in the Fillmore Cemetery under the direction of the Olpin Mortuary FILLMORE Angie Green Nada Melville’s grandson Jeffery Staples who is the son of Devere and Meridean Staples of St George stopped for a Valentine visit with Nada Jeffery is the manager of the Skaggs Alpha Beta store in Orem He arrived in St George in time to celebrate Valentine’s Day and his birthday with his parents Gail and Sue Smith of Lubbock TX came to Fillmore on Feb 13 to spend a week with Gail’s parents Jim and June Smith Also coming from Bloomington on the same day were LaVey and Madelene Smith who spent Saturday visiting with the Smith family Myrtle Rowley reports the death of Pearl Hunter who was the wife of her brother Sheldon Hunter She died in St George and was taken to Idaho Falls for burial On Tues Feb 9 Myrtle and Sheldon drove 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Hospital More Valentine surprises included a Sunday visit with Velma’s son Joe and wife Sherry Jackson who stopped in on their way home from a business trip to Salt Lake City bringing a beautiful potted flower and lots of happy valentine wishes Joe and Sherry’s son Bary stayed in Salt Lake to do some shopping for things he will need on his mission He will enter the MTC in Provo in May where he will study the Portuguese language to prepare for a mission in Brazil His farewell will be in May on Mother’s Day in Cedar City and he will leave on his mission in July Lucille Ricker went to Yuma AZ on Jan 22 with her daughter Pat and her husband Floyd Teeples of Delta to spend a month in the sun There was lots of sun alright but also a cold sharp wind that blew most of the time making coats and other warm clothing a necessity They visited with Lucille’s other daughter and her husband Clara Mae and Clyde Shaver who spend their winters in Yuma In spite of the cold winds the families enjoyed tours of Mexico Arizona where they panned for gold and Lucille found two gold nuggets Bullhead City on the Arizona side of the Colorado River and a new city which is quickly growing into a busy metropolis Laughton NV on the Nevada side of Colorado Alta Shumway spent Feb visiting at the home of her son Lafe and and their his wife Joyce Parrish children They attended Ward Conference on Sunday where Lafe and their Stake President were the principle speakers On Friday Feb 12 they all went to Maple Dale a recreation area in the mountains east of American Fork which was built by their 9 wards Roy and Gwen Rowley enjoyed a with their weekend visit Feb daughter Mary Lynn at their home in She returned to Midvale Fillmore Tuesday night SUTHERLAND Dora Rose Ph: Eugene and Nayon Young made a trip to West Jordan for the blessing of their granddaughter and daughter of Danny and Loma Young Clayton and Betty Jeffery also attended the blessing The baby received the name of Heidi Ann and was blessed by father with the Bishopric and grandfathers standing in There are three other children in the family two boys and one girl There were a group of people who traveled to St George to attend the Farm Bureau Hay Symposium held for two days last Tuesday and Wednesday Those from their area were Kenneth and DeAnn Ashby Kenneth and Bernice Fowles Clyde and Nan Bunker LaVar and Bertha Owens Clyde and Nan visited with folks Lyle and Lorna Bunker Kenneth and Bernice Fowles stopped in to see Nadine Smith Nadine has been attending school and is on the honor roll She is carrying 18 credits Norma Thatcher’s mother Ruth Hazel Hunsaker in Arizona passed Norma and husaway on Tuesday band Hazel and husband will be going to Arizona on Friday We send our deepest sympathy to the Thatcher family for their loss and sorrow Kay and Colonel Merrill Nielson from Burke VA are here visiting with mother Mary Henrie They came for the funeral of their Carol Ann Nielson who died last week Colonel Nielson has retired and he and his wife work in the Washington DC Temple They plan to make their home in Utah within the next two years The Nielson’s son Bruce was graduated from Harvard University last spring and is working with a law firm in Washington DC They have three boys and one girl Mary Henrie was enjoying the visit of the Nielsons and loved the of Kay with helping on the quilt she was making to the Brodericks Congratulations for their new little baby who came to them just recently The little son of Kay and Jeanette We Fitzgerald has been hospitalized hope he is on the improve and will soon be home Tenna Johnson returned a few days ago from the hospital where she had surgery She is on the improve now and glad to be home We are glad too Max and Laurel Johnson spent last weekend in St George where they attended the blessing of the granddaughter of Kathy and Kent Freeman and the first great granddaughter of Max Max stood in with the Bishopric and the father and grandfather for the blessing Jim and David Walker hauled a semi load of hay out to Ibapah last week It took them 12 hours to make the trip They had to go by way of Wendover and had to unload the hay by hand To unload a semi load of hay by hand runs into a lot of work and time Roger and Erma Walker made a trip to Moab last week for the USDS They stayed for 3 days and even though KANOSH Dathel Whitaker Ph Sally Kanosh DUP meeting for February was held at the home of Jean Phillips on Tuesday 16th 1988 The meeting was called to order by Captain Nora Price Following the an article written by Preliminaries Ronald Ahrens on the Mountain Meadow Massacre was read by Dathel Whitaker Velda Behunin gave the interesting lesson on the life of Caroline Barnes Crosby Those in attendance to enjoy the afternoon together were: Hostess Velda Nora Price Jean Phillips Behunin Marguerite Harris Thelma Lueda Blad Lula George Oldfield Maurine Paxton and Dathel Whitaker “Welcome Home” to two of our special ladies: Neca Watts and Nina Black who each missed our two months of deep snow and cold weather which they didn’t mind but report being glad to be home Neca spent Christmas in Bonita CA with her daughter Regina Hunter husband Gail and family Gail’s mother also spent Christmas Zina Hunter there so she and Neca really enjoyed each other’s company Joining the the for holidays was Neca’s son group Bart who attends school in Omaha Nebraska CA Neca visited her In Burbank cousin Merle Onstoll who drove her over to Chatsworth to visit Neca’s first missionary companion Bernidine Wallace where they enjoyed a happy time together Nina enjoyed the Christmas holidays with her daughter Carolyn Little and husband Gary in Cedar City As Carolyn teaches school in Las Vegas Nina accompanied her there to board her plane for Mesa Arizona where she was guest of another daughter Judy Young and family Following a visit ther she flew to San Antonio Texas where she enjoyed a stay with daughter Mary Olson husband Tom and family and enjoyed the nice glad that she missed all the Kanosh snow Glen and Lilly Whitaker returned home Sat Feb 20 having been away for twelve days They spent three days in Fallon Nevada where they visited John and Mike Whitaker and families Roger and Elaine Sorensen and other They reported to family members Willard and Dathel that John’s and Shelly’s new home is coming right along They will surely appreciate more room for their growing family CA Glen and Lilly In Sacramento visited close friends Miles and Harris families who lived in Eureka Nevada when they did which is in the At Elk Grove Sacramento area they had a short visit with Bishbp Sterling George and family Then on to Chehalis Washington where they were guests of the Larson of their family who are daughter Denise Christian Denise and four children are in Hawaii where he is in the service Glen and Lilly attended church with the Larsons They also attended a Tem- it was somewhat foggy they enjoyed their trip Vern and Grace Fowles have returned to their home in Sutherland from their home in Springdale They expect to stay for a few weeks The said it was hard to leave 50 degree weather to come to minus degree and cold Brice and Gwen Chappell spent the weekend with mother Sarah Fowles Their youngest daughter Aleece is getting married on March 12 They are from Lehi HOLDEN Cherry! Wood Ph Ken and Linda Jackson’s old baby son was flown to Salt Lake by Life Flight helicopter last Saturday night where he is a patient in the University of Utah Medical Center with We hope he can come pneumonia home soon Don Gates underwent surgery in the His Utah Valley Hospital Monday wife Ima and son from Bakersfield California are with him in Provo Ima’s sister and husband drove out from Alabama to be with them also Congratulations to Bryant and Clara Stevens on the birth of a baby girl Feb 9 in the Fillmore Tuesday Hospital The new baby weighed 7 lbs oz and will be named Lynette She has two sisters and three brothers at home to welcome her Grandparents are Melvin and Marjorie Stevens of Holden and Glen and Audrey Quigley of Fillmore Ramona Kenney was taken by ambulance to the Fillmore Hospital last week where she spent a few days We are glad she is home again Spending Sunday night with Reed and Virginia Wood of Orem were Robert and Cherryl Wood and six children Spending a few days in the Fillmore Hospital last week wiih pneumonia was t the baby of Marilyn and Lee Marilyn’s parents and brother from Vernal were here to help out in the home Overnight guest of the Robert Wood family Monday night was Keith Baker of Salt Lake who was on his way to Arizona to visit his mother whom he pie session in Bellevue Washington Homeward bound they stopped at La Grange Oregon td spend some time with Lilly’s brother Tom Quigley wife Kerry and Family Then on over to Boise Idaho where they visited Lilly’s sister Roberta Small husband Brent and family Thelma and Homer Oldfield were happy to have family members as guests in their home lately On Friday Feb 19 Thelma’s daughter LaRue Erickson husband Larry and his brother Craig from Las Vegas came to visit On Sat another daughter Virginia Ashby and husband Roger of Ely Nevada joined the group It was a hapespecially for the two py reunion who LaRue and Virginia sisters hadn’t seen each other for some time left to They go their separate ways on Feb 21 with Virginia and Sunday Roger proudly driving home in a new Ford truck from Warner Motors Grant and Ethel Brunson have returned from a nice week’s stay in Lemon Grove CA where they were guests of long time friends Dick and Clara Quiggle They also visited Grant’s sister Darline Wadsworth and husband Frank in Las Vegas Nevada While there they attended the basketball game that Darlene had purchased tickets for On Tuesday evening Feb 17 1988 Anita Higgs Linda Whatcatt Willard and Dathel W’hitaker drove to Delta Utah to attend the viewing of Rodney A Shields a relative of the Whitakers Nola Shields and whose daughter Bunker is a close friend of Amber’s and Linda’s Sacrament Meeting held Feb 21 1988 was conducted by Counselor Terry Higgs who announced the Stake Priesthood Meeting to be held next 28 Feb 7:45 at am at Stake Sunday House Max and Eva Whitaker of West Valley spent last weekend in this area visiting family members They were overnight guests of his sister Evelyn and husband Robert in Frampton Fillmore dinner guests in Kansoh at another sister Nora Price and also visited his brother Willard Whitaker and family Sunday Feb 14 1988 was a special day in the life of Kolby Bond son of Lynette and Lynn Bond of Meadow On his 8th birthday Colby was baptized and confirmed a new member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Saints by his father Lynn which took place at the Kanosh Ward with a large group of family members friends and relatives Congratulations Kolby The “Sweet Heart Dinner” held at Kanosh on Feb 12 1988 and sponsored by the young women of the ward was a great success The leaders of the young women are: President Joyce Minton 1st Counselor Denna ShumSharon George way 2nd Counselor Assistant Cheri Perkins and Myrna Watts and Reveau Newby as Sec The tables were beautifully decorated by Lola Roberts and Teresa Adams 106 guests were present Husbands of the officers were of great help in the kitchen Mac and Roena Shields are happy to have their two trooper sons Dean and York Shields and families so close to home York was working at the Port of Entry at the Utah Wyoming Border and WY but was living in Evanston transferred to our area some time back and living in Fillmore Dean has recently been transferred to our area from the Heber area and is also living in Fillmore He and York are neighbors Congratulations to three of our lovely girls who were chosen to enter the FFA Sweetheart Contest: Kristen Stott Kelby Phillips and Stacy Koyle Stacy was chosen as the FFA Sweetheart hadn’t seen for two years Phil Crosland of Kearns visited at the home of his brother Warren and Ella Crosland and also at his Beth Crosland last Sunday Announcing the arrival of their first child are David and Valarie Edwards of Spanish Fork Amber Lynn a 6 lb 12 oz dark haired baby girl was born to them on Feb 9 1988 in Utah Valley Medical Center in Provo She is the first grandchild for Lee R and Vicki Crosland of Ferron She is also the first great grandchild for Warren and Ella Crosland and Garr and Doreen Ashby Garr and Doreen were in Spanish Fork Saturday afternoon to visit the Edwards Warren and Ella Jason Jeffery and ShaRee Stephenson Russell Lisa and family all drove up Sunday afternoon for a short visit Congratulations to Jason North son of Celine and Dean North who won a Silver Medal for taking 2nd Place in Fine Arts and also won a Bronze Medal for taking 3rd Place in the Social Studies division at the Utah Academic Decathlon held in St George last week Jason was one of nine students selected from Millard High School MHS took 6th place out of 26 schools parJason! ticipating Congratulations Lori and Ken Tuttle flew to Kentucky to attend the Kentucky Young Farmer Convention where they gave a slide presentation on Utah Lori and Ken are on the committee for the National Convention to be held in Utah next December Kimball Jackson baby son of Linda and Ken Jackson is home after being Life Flighted to Salt Lake last week with respiratory problems Don Gates is home after spending several days in the Utah Valley Hospital for surgery last week Fast Sunday will be held this Sunday Feb 28 in the Holden Ward The Bank of Vernal Utah is the only bank knowi to be built with bricks mail ft cost less to have them mailed than shipped sent through the commercially |