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Show Volume XVII Issue IX The Ogden Valley news Page October 15, 2009 Announcements Obituaries Avon June Fairchild June Fairchild, 80, died Sunday, September 27, 2009 at her home following a short illness. She was born June 23, 1929 in Ogden, Utah to Lester and Nellie Felt. She grew up in Huntsville, Utah where she attended school. She graduated from Weber High. On September 9, 1948 June married Omer Fairchild and settled in Ogden. The family later moved to Roy, Utah; then Twin Falls, Idaho before returning to Ogden where she remained for the rest of her life. June was a fulltime homemaker who passed on to her children many talents such as sewing and cooking, along with sharing her love of reading, puzzles, cats, and the importance of a family dinner. She enjoyed camping and fishing until Omer became ill, then became his full time caretaker for over 15 years before his death in 1998. She celebrated her 75th birthday with her first Gwynne May Jones Gwynne May Jones passed peacefully from this life at the home of her eldest daughter on September 5, 2009 in Cedar City, Utah. Born on October 6, 1924 to Charles and Henrietta Paxton, Gwynne grew up in Ogden and was educated in the Ogden School System. She married her high school sweetheart Clermont Arave Oborn in the Salt Lake Temple on April 29, 1942. They had five children—Carrie Lynne (Gary) Plager, Clermont Paxton (Sherry) Oborn, Celestia (Wally Stewart) Whitehead, Howard “Butchy” Oborn, and Charles Benjamin Barnes (Arlene) Oborn. Although a hardy pioneer, she had a sensitive artistic spirit and left an enduring legacy. At the time of her passing, she had 38 grandchildren and 109+ great grandchildren. She also left a sister, Cheryl (Gary) Cope and numerous nieces and nephews. As a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, she nurtured, guided, and supported her extensive family with a selfless, gentle spirit. She enriched the lives of countless others she befriended along the way. Gwynne and Clermont drove the Alcan Margaret Leone Winter Richardson cruise and enjoyed the many high school reunions she attended. She will always be remembered for her quick wit, her love of cats, and her determination. June is survived by her four children: Cindy (Dennis) Gill, Les (Karen) Fairchild, Vicki Childs, Kathy (Rich) Youngers; her five grandchildren, Krista Phillips, Dennis (Autymn) Gill, Shannon Frederick, Robert Knutson, Stephanie (Todd) Lake; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and her brother Wayne. Special thanks to her VistaCare friends for all their help over these past three years. Graveside services were held Thursday, October 1 at the Huntsville Cemetery. Funeral Directors, Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary. Send condolences to the family at <www. lindquistmortuary.com> Highway when it was opened to civilian traffic in May 1947 and used his priority as a veteran to homestead in the Interior of Alaska. Clermont died in a plane crash on October 21, 1955, leaving Gwynne to raise her children alone, until she married Eugene Johnson on March 1, 1962 in Anchorage, Alaska. Gene was a kind and generous stepfather to her children and a “real” grandpa to her grandchildren. She was widowed again in January 1974. Gwynne married Wilbur “Woody” Jones on July 7, 1976; they summered in Huntsville, Utah and wintered in Mesa, Arizona. She was a member of Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She studied watercolor and oil painting at Weber College, was a member of the Utah Watercolor Society, and won numerous awards for her work. She was widowed in January 1992 and spent the rest of her life primarily in Utah. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she fulfilled many positions, including Relief Society president, Primary teacher, and Young Women leader. Funeral services were held at the Southern Utah Mortuary in Cedar City, Utah on Saturday, September 12, 2009. Graveside services were held at the Ogden City Cemetery on September 14, 2009. Deceased Shanna Lee Perry Garrard, 45, died September 23, 2009. Thelma Mary Perry Priest, 91, died Margaret Richardson, September 25, 2009. 85, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2009 at McKay-Dee Hospital in the company of her loving family from complications resultMargaret ing from Pulmonary Richardson Fibrosis. Margaret was born August 17, 1924 in Ogden, Utah, a daughter of Elmer Jens Winter and Thelma May Wright. Margaret grew up in Huntsville, Utah in the Winters Grove Homestead. She graduated from Weber High School and soon after met the love of her life. She married Jewel A. Richardson on September 12, 1943. They just recently celebrated their 66th Wedding Anniversary. They moved to Ogden in 1956. Together they had four children who adored them. Although she worked outside the home for short periods of time, Margaret was best known as being a great wife and mother. No one could bake a pie like she could. Margaret leaves behind many loved ones who will all miss her deeply including her husband, Jewel; children Robert (Katheryn) Richardson and Michael (Tina) Richardson, both of Layton; Nancy Richardson, Harrisville, UT; grandchildren, Heather (Glenn) Ellis, Abilene, TX; Matthew Ellett, Overland Park, KS; and Emilee Richardson, Layton, UT; great-grandchildren, Caden, Connor, Courtney, and Corbin Ellis; one brother, Elmer “Bob” Winter, Riverdale, UT; and one sister, Beverly (Weston) Hirschi, Bountiful, UT. She was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter Barbara Kay Ellett, her sister-inlaw May Winter, and many special aunts and uncles—all of whom she loved deeply. The family extends a special thank you to Dr. Mark Baxter and his assistant Terri Porter as well as the kind nurses and specialists at McKay-Dee Hospital who loved and attended to Margaret’s every need. We also appreciate the kindness of many friends whose thoughts and prayers helped so much. Graveside services were held Monday, October 5 at the Ogden City Cemetery. Send condolences to the family at <www. lindquistmortuary.com> Inspirational Thought “The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart—this you will build your life by, this you will become.” -- James Allen Construction of Five New LDS Temples Announced Plans to build five new temples were announced by President Thomas S. Monson, worldwide leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, during the Church’s 179th Semiannual General Conference in Salt Lake City held October 34. With 130 temples currently operating and with another 16 in some phase of planning or construction, these five temples bring the worldwide total to 151. The locations of the new temples will be Brigham City, Utah; Concepción, Chile; Fortaleza, Brazil; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; and Sapporo, Japan. The exact temple sites will be made known at a later date. Brigham City will be home to Utah’s fourteenth temple. Two Utah temples were dedicated earlier this year; the Draper Utah Temple dedicated in March, and the Oquirrh Mountain Temple dedicated in August. The Concepción, Chile temple will be the second temple in Chile. The first, the Santiago Chile Temple, was dedicated by President Gordon B. Hinckley, then a counselor in the First Presidency, in September of 1983. There are currently 14 temples operating in South America, with another three announced and in some phase of construction. There are currently five operating temples in Brazil. In May 2007 the Church announced plans to build a temple in Manaus, Brazil making a temple in Fortaleza, Brazil the seventh in that country. There are now over 1,060,000 members of the Church in Brazil. The temple in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida will serve members living throughout South Florida, as well as the Bahamas. There are currently eight temples in the southeastern part of the United States. The Sapporo temple will become the third in Japan and the sixth in Asia. Dedicated in October 1980, the Tokyo Japan Temple was the first temple in Asia. The Fukuoka Temple was dedicated in June 2000, and became the eighty-eighth Temple worldwide. Latter-day Saint temples differ from ordinary church buildings where members typically meet for Sunday worship services, midweek classes, and activities. There are thousands of such chapels throughout the world, all open to visitors. For members of the Church, temples are the most sacred places on earth. They are used solely for the performance of sacred ceremonies such as marriage, and religious instruction aimed at strengthening members’ relationships with God and their fellowman. The temples provide a place of holiness and FINDING UTAH cont. from page 1 has been regarded by more than one connoisseur as the finest cheeseburger in Utah. I couldn’t leave the valley without visiting a garden. I stopped at the small homestead where Chris and Sandy Hogge are raising their three children. It’s located just a block from the “Welcome to Eden” sign at the Eden City Park. There are comfortable chairs on the porch, a basketball hoop in the driveway by the barn, and in the front yard they grow corn, tomatoes, beans, peas and squash. “So is this the garden of Eden?” I asked Sandy, wondering how many times the locals have heard that line. But she didn’t look annoyed. Instead she motioned across the street and said, “Oh, there’s a lot better one on the corner.” I asked if it’s easy growing stuff in Eden. “Well, we do have a shorter growing season,” she said. “Sometimes we have to cover the plants at night, although we haven’t had a frost yet this year.” I mentioned that she and her husband sure did pick a heavenly little valley to live in. “Yeah,” said Sandy, “the joke is we’re just over the hill from Paradise.” That would be Paradise, Utah, located on the other side of the mountain going toward Logan. It turns out I’m heading there next. From Eden to Paradise. I’ll let you know how that turns out. Lee Benson’s column runs Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday in the Deseret News. Please send e-mail to <benson@desnews.com> NEW TEMPLES cont. on page 10 Wendy McKay, a clan member who lives next door, said between 20 and 100 visitors stop by every Saturday. “Whole tour groups come by. The tour buses park right out front,” she said. “It’s still way popular.” Not far away, in the foothills above Huntsville, sits the Abbey of the Holy Trinity, a Catholic monastery established in 1947 by Trappist monks from Kentucky, who took one look at the Utah hillside and saw a slice of heaven. The monks are cloistered on 1,800 acres, 700 of which are cultivated. They used to farm the land themselves, but the 16 monks in residence are getting up there—none will see his 60th birthday again—and there hasn’t been a newcomer who has stuck it out in 30 years. So these days they rent out the land to local farmers, although they still sell honey and jams and jellies in the abbey store, alongside Catholic books and custom-built wooden boxes made by Brother Nicholas. Brother Leander was working the store the day I pedaled up. He explained that the Trappist order adheres strictly to the rule of St. Benedict, who stressed stability. And what better place for that? Hence, the 16 monks don’t venture out much, but they are very well known to one another, Brother Leander affirmed. “Oh, yes. Even from the way they’re walking, you know who they are,” he said. The valley’s soberness, if you will, is counterbalanced by the Shooting Star Saloon in Huntsville, the oldest continually operated bar in Utah (since 1879). It’s located just around Note: This article was originally published the corner from the McKay house, where, Thursday, September 17, 2009 in the “Deseret among other things, you can purchase what News,” and is being reprinted by permission. |