| Show ' 'r The Salt Lake Tribune Founder Sports-Stor- e Miller: Hubert Wolfe 98 Dies Hubert Wolfe who founded a store where outdoor sports enthusiasts could find a serviceable fishing rod and still ogle a $10000 special edition Browning rifle will be buried today in Salt Lake City Wolfe died Thursday at 98 in Salt Lake City One of his friends avid fisherman Dick Schubach said on Sunday night "There is not such a thing today as the store that Wolfe founded It was a family-owne- d store and had production fishing equipment but also carried handmade fishing rods worth hundreds of dollars It was a neat store" Wolfe's Sportsman's tions included those to the Un- iversity of Primary Children's Medical Center the American Cancer Society the American Heart Association the Utah Symphony Westminster College Ballet West Hogle Zoo the United Jewish Appeal and the League — Especially fond of which he enjoyed until he was 96 years old — Wolfe fished every major river and stream in the West during his 88 years of casting At 95 he still played several rounds of golf a week Wolfe helped pioneer the sport of skiing in Utah helping to found the Wasatch Mountain Club and to build the club's cabin in Brighton His store was one of the first retailers to carry ski equipment in the state The funeral will be at Evans and Early Mortuary 574 E 100 South Salt Lake City at 1 pm today Interment will be at B'nai Israel Cemetery Salt Lake City Head- quarters was founded after he bought his brothers' interests in Wolfe Bros Surplus stores He added six more sportsman's locations to the chain before selling it in 1981 Wolfe also was known as a phi- His list of contribu lanthropist Utah OBITUARIES B From Previous Page Donald Claude Turner FILLMORE—Donald Claude Turner died Friday December 5 1997 in the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center of respiratory failure Bom August 26 1929 in Fillmore Utah to Clau-di- e A dnd LaNola Swallow Turner He served an IDS mission in the Southern California Mission Married EllaVee Gurine Hatch June 1 1 953 in the Monti LDS Temple He was a bus- Mary Nicolaides Stathis March 4 1922 -- Dec 5 1997 Yia Yia inessman providing petroleum products Beloved wife mother and grandmother She was always doing for others always loving her criiiuieii uiwuys luvmu her grandchildren Well miss the twinkle in her eyes the sound of her sweet voice the sight of her waiting to greet us She passed away peacefully resrfully We (now that she is dancing in Heaven and preparing a home so that she can greet us again at Heaven s aoor Yia Yia we'll love you forever and we will miss you until we meet again Good people will be t throughout East Millard County Survived by his wife nine children Terry (Nona-Lee- ) Idaho Falls ID Gary (Diane) West Jordan Sandra Fillmore Valerie (Mike) Hathaway Oak City Tammy (Larry) Shelton Layton Regena (Mark) Hansen Tacoma WA Lan (Denice) Logan Aileen (Tim) Schmitz West Jordan Holly (Troy) Quigley Keams 33 grandchildren two sisters Karen (Royden) Hill Tonga Mission Joyce (Gary) Hutchings Taylorsville: a brother Roland (Jacquie) Fillmore Preceded in death by his parents and one grandchild Funeral services will be held Monday December 8 1997 at 1 pm in the Fillmore 4th Ward Chapel Friends may call at the Olpin Mortuary Sunday from pm and Monday from 1 1 am to 12:30 pm at the chapel prior to services Interment Fillmore City Cemetery 'If mi 1 remembered as a blessina' Proverbs 10:7 Member of Philoptochos and Athanasios Dia-kand member of the Greek Orthodox Church Mary is survived by her loving husband George Stathis: son Michael: daughters Connie Condie and Joni Buehner seven adding grandchildren: sister Niki (Bessie) Oaraban Friends may visit Sunday Dec 7 1997 at pm with Irisagion Service at 7:30 Evans and Early Mortuary 574 East First South Funeral services will be held Monday December 8 1997 at noon at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church to be followed by a graveside service at Mt Olivet 1342 East 500 South Salt lake City afterwhich a Makaria at the Holy Trinity Helenic there will Center 279 So 300 W Salt Lake City In lieu of flowers please make donations in memory of Mary Stathis to the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church T 126 N 127 Hubert Wolfe MM Hubert Wolfe founder of the Wolfe's Sports-ma- n s Headquarters department stores avid sportsman philanthropist and humanitarian died Thurs Dec 4 1997 in Salt Lake City at the age of 98 He was bom Jan 9 1 899 me son of Ettas Wolfe and Etta Lena Katz at their home in Salt Lake City He was the youngest son and the last survivor of the ten Wolfe children He married Shirley Mitchell Dec 25 1926 at the Covenant House in Salt Lake City He was preceded in death by his beloved Shirley who died in 1974 and his son Elliott who died Nov 1996 Mr Wolfe served during World War in France as a sergeant in the US Army After the war he opened a small retail store m Pocatello ID In me earty 20 s he joined his brothers in developing the Wolfe Bros Surplus stores and managed the Ogden Store Mr Wolfe eventually bought out his brother's interests in the stores and founded Wolfe's Sportsman's Headquarters at 225 So State SI in Salt lake The store flourished and by the mid thirties moved to a larger home at 250 So Slate Six more stores were added to the business before it was sold in 1981 Hubert loved his sporting business but he loved being a sportsman even more In his youth he helped pioneer the sport of skiing m Utah He was one of the founders of the Wasatch Mountain Club and helped build their cabin m Brighton He was also one of the first retailers to carry ski equipment in Utah Mr Wolfe was especially fond of fishing storting on the Jordan Brver in 1907 In 1922 he rented a model Ford and drove on dirt roods to fish Yellowstone Park He was an expert fty fisherman and was able to enioy the art until he was With his son Eldott and the rest of his family he fished every maior river and stream m the West ona took several excursions to Canada and Alaska His touch and timing after fishing more thon 88 years allowed him to regularly ojr fish the younger members of his family Mr Wolfe was also on avid hunter and dog trainer and hod several ctiampion English Pointers He was a member of the New Slate Duck Club and a Director of the Utah Gun Dog Association Golf was another one of Mr Woite s great loves He sported a low hondicop (6-- and was able to shoot his age on more than one occasion He had three holes in one ond won numerous golf tournaments including the state senior championship At the oge of 95 he still played three or few icjn of golf every week Mr Wolfe was a member of Willow Creek Country Club m Salt Lake as wen as the Canyon Country Club m Polm Springs CA Mr Wolfe shored his good fortune by generously supporting both family members ond the Salt Lake community He contributed to many civic organizations including- The University of Utah Primary Children s Medical Center American Cancer Society American Heart Association Utah Symphony Westminster College Battel West Hogle Zoo United Jewish Aooeal ond the Anti Defamation league He was a 32 Degree Mason a Shnnet and a member of B oat B nth Temple Kol Ami ond the Jewon Community Center Mr Wolfe it survived by his daughter Kayta Wolfe Grodskv (Gerokfl San Francisco his ctaughter-in-loJudy Wolte Salt Lake his Andrea Grodskv Ht toer (Peter) grandchildren Jamie Gfodsirv Washington DC oHe both Sott Michael Wolfe (Kelly) Jeffen WA: Wolfe Seattle Amy WoKe Salt lake: Juke lake City: and seven Funeral services will De heia at Evan s and Early Mortuary 574 East 100 South Salt Lake City at 1 pm Sunday Dec 7th Interment to follow at B'nai Israel Cemetery 4th Ave tn lieu of flowers the family sugoests a donation to the FJiott Mitchell Wolte Memorial Fund C 'O the Soft lake Jewish Community BkJg Fund 2416 East 1700 So SIC UT 84108 1 N 125 127 127 N Mavis L OGDEN— Our beloved Mother ond Granny Mavis labrum Williams passed away December o iw rouowing a oner illness She lived her life to the fullest and contributed to ail who knew her in a very special way She team grow and ure ana mar sne aia ro the end ot her life She will be missed by all who knew and loved her She was bom to Thomas Orren ond Evelyn Peorse labrum on October 9 1919 in Bennion Utah She was married to Dean Evans Williams of Malad Idaho May 29 1940 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple She was employed at HAFB for 23 years retiring in 1976 She loved her later avocation of interior decorator in which she was involved until her death Mavis was an active member of the Ogden LDS 60th Ward and faithfully served in numerous positions throughout her life She was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers for many years recently serving as a chapter CamD Director She was also a member of the Altruist Club and Litra Chimes Study Club Her life was filled with church civic work and her family She and her husband Dean met through music and remained involved in music throughout their married life They travelled and performed in chorale groups and performed at the 1960 Seattle Worlds Fair She loved her home in South Ogden which was the hub and center for her loving family n She is survived by one daughter Kafhy (Rogei) two sons D Curtis Williams (Suzanne) Scott L Williams (Gail) and her daughter-in-law Kathy Salimeno Williams Also surviving are 12 grandchildren Jill Brown Matt Chafterlon Amy Steele Megan Koger Chris Greg Wirick Torrey Wirick Cassie Terklesen Nathan Williams Erica Williams Carrie Williams Andrea Williams and two She is also survived by her close family of brothers and sisters George labrum Velda Pearson Marie Breinholt Janet Breinholt and Kent labrum She was preceded in death by her husband her daughter Paula Williams Wirick ond two grandsons Also preceding her were her brothers and sisters Pearse labrum Eileen Poutsen T John labrum Evelyn Hoskins Avon EUanck Melvin labrum and Gerald labrum Funeral services will be conducted by lind-qui8 Sons Mortuary Friends and family are invited to visit with the family from pm Sun7 and Monday December 8 December day 45 am at the Mortuary Funeral serfrom vices will be conducted Monday December 8 1 1 m at a at the Undauist Colonial Chapel 3403 Washington Blvd Interment win be at the Heights Cemetery contnb- - T 127 OBirJARY Mondoyfridoy I am to 5 pm Satjrdcryv 10 am to 5 pm Strday 12 noon to 5 pm TRIBUTE TO VETERANS the Aroencon flogs ffvjt appear with some obrtuoiv deceased ws a mitoTf notices sonify tiot service veteran t jCOBY ft T 127 Victim or Insider? D Continued from B-- the state's thrifts have waged a protracted battle to regain their lost savings So far they have recaptured about $90 million or 88 cents for every dollar deposited Part of it came from a $44 million settlement with the state More came from liquidation of thrift assets and settlements with a host of attorneys accountants and thrift officers involved in the debacle A Few More Cents: On Monday Stolebarger and his partner George Haley along with California attorney Malcolm Misuraca will ask Utah's 3rd District Court to approve three more settlements to give depositors a few more cents on the dollar The settlements according to a depositor newsletter involve: BRoy Moore a director of Western Heritage Thrift who has agreed to pay $1 million Touche Ross the firm that audited the thrifts' private deposit insurance has consented to give depositors $18 million And Deloitte Haskins and Sells the auditors for Interlake thrift will pony up $12 million Two other defendants — Paul Frampton and Merrill Bean di- rectors of Western Heritage & Loan — have not yet come to terms with depositors They are considered to have few Thrift financial resources That will leave Miller the only remaining defendant among dozens named in a 1987 depositors lawsuit Depositors are resigned to never collecting an estimated $50 million lost in interest and attorney fees But at this point the Utah Jazz owner represents depositors' last chance to meet their ultimate goal — recovering all their principal Commerce depositor Marge Ward says she once had all the confidence in the world in Miller and his thrift "At first after the failure I was angry at him" Ward says "Now I'm no longer angry I'm just disappointed he has not done something more It is time that he settles up with his depositors" For a time after the failure of Commerce Miller stepped into hero He the role of would-b- e came forward with what was perceived as a generous offer promising depositors 70 percent of their savings in five years if he could invest their money and sell off thrift assets At the time it appeared customers of other thrifts might lose as much as 70 percent of their savings Many Commerce depositors applauded Miller More than four out of five voted for his offer to become Commerce's receiver and liquidator Some however were skeptical Leavitt: Kids Need $41 Million R Continued from B-- UTAH DEATHS Compiled by Scott Morgan and Julie De Herrera The Salt Lake Tribune notes the following deaths by name age date of death residence and mortuary handling the funeral arrangements BARTON Grorft P 75 Dec 4 Tooele Evans and Early Mortuary Salt Lake City BATTY Avonda S 91 Dec 5 Manassa Colo Thompson Mortuary Vernal BRIEN Robert O 82 Dee 1 Rock Island Ill Cottonwood Mortuary Salt Lake City ETHINGTON Miriam L 72 Dec 5 Dayton Ohio Russoa Brothers Mortuary Salt Lake Cirv GRIFFITHS Richard 76 Castlegate Larkia Sunset Gardens Mortuary Sandy GROO Annie T 91 Dec 5 Neston Cheshire England ienkins-Soff- e Mortuary HANSEN Sherman V 73 Dec 5 American Fork Anderson k Sons Mortuary American Fork HAROLDSEN Cleo J 77 Dec S ML Pleasant Berg Mortuary Provo HAl'GAN Harry L 73 Dec S Stanton Island NY Deseret Mortuary Salt Lake City HEPWORTH Mehrin R 69 Dee 4 Hinckley NirMe Mortuary Delta HOWARD Russell M 81 Lowell Mass Redwood Memorial Estates Mortuary Taylorsville 83 Dee 5 Monarch JENSEN Antonina Wto Riuson Brothers Mortuary Bountiful LARSON Robert M 25 Nov 27 Prom Anderson k Sons Mortuary American Fork LEE Donna B 87 Dec S Whitney Idaho Walker Mortuary Prove NICHOLS Erda V 77 Dec 6 Fayette Metcalf Mortuary St George Price Mitchefl OSSANA Lucille M 84 Dec Mortuary Price OTT Stanley RL 72 Dec S Tropic Magleby Mortuary RichTiekL PACE Alfred W 85 Dec NepM Anderson Sons Mortuarv American Fork PETERSON Helen B 86 Dec S Hoktem Olpm Mortuary Beaver SAGE Mary B 88 Dec 8 Duchesne HuDinger- Otptn Mortuary Roosevelt TURNER Donald C 68 Dec S Fillmore Olpm Mortuarv Beaver WILLIAMS Mavis L 78 Dec S Beumoa Lind- quist 8: Sons Mortuary tion" unemployed people into jobs said Leavitt "We're not here proposing that the state pay for the child care of every per- C An estimated 14200 children child-car- e are now in centers Leavitt's proposal would put an additional $25 million into higher rates paid to child-car- e provid state-subsidiz- Homeless Get A Chance to Christmas Shop Continued from B-- y l n up with items displayed by age group she said No money will be exchanged but shopping will occur within established limits so all residents will be treated fairly Dec 19 children will shop in the store for gifts for their parents and siblings knowing the categories of items they selected in their surveys They will use the remaining retail-fashio- return phone calls Miller did seeking comment on settlement talks or Commerce's downfall Still court documents offer some insight into the reasons Miller has resisted a settlement so far He argues in a motion to dismiss that he was not involved on a y basis with Commerce He also maintains depositors released him from all liability when they agreed to let him be the thrift's liquidator Says Donald J Winder one of Miller's attorneys: "You can sum up Larry's feeling easily 'I do not f"ull L-si- bce - Mi Xr a Settlement: Resisting not f'fk' fj day-to-da- think I wrong' " have done anything Miller has insisted the state knew about directed and supported his actions And his version of events is bolstered by a 1991 affidavit from Richard M Robinson Commerce's president On the question of the pension funds Robinson says the plan's administrator Rocky Mountain Pension Administrators told Miller to move the money to a federally insured financial institution in January or February of 1986 nearly half a year before the state seized the thrifts "Prior to honoring this request I conferred with Commissioner Elaine Weis of the Department of Financial Institutions who authorized the transaction" Robinson says Blames State Officials: The former Commerce officer blames state officials for allowing the thrift to accept deposits while failing "It was reported to me by Ed Leary of the Utah Department of Financial Institutions that Commissioner Weis and Gov Bang-erte- r felt it was imperative that Commerce Financial continue to ers and an equal amount for additional children He also proposes $75000 to cover the costs of newly mandated health and safety inspections for e centers An espart-tim- e timated 338 inspection sites will be added under a law approved last March that includes day-car- e facilities under drop-i- n state regulation The governor's proposal also includes $108 million to pay for treatment services and care of abused and neglected children The biggest chunks of money under the plan would go to pay for additional foster care and to assist in adoption of minors in state custody Leavitt wants the state to pay $440000 in annual operating ex days until Christmas to wrap and hide their packages Parents will select gifts on their children's lists on Dec 22 Some of those gifts will be set aside for delivery from Santa "The idea is to get everyone involved and to provide them with choices" Wadley said The shelter's new approach to Christmas grew from the work of a special team created last summer to explore ways to better serve homeless families which Flynn said make up the facility's fastest-growin- g population This winter the shelter at 210 S Rio Grande St in Salt Lake City is home to nearly 70 children another 60 reside at a nearby temporary winter overflow shelter Despite their growing numbers families also are the group most content of Tribune Salt is available daily on the Web Mumujsltrih- - com "77? cz 'SuV had that opportunity except Larry Miller" day-car- l B9 Sunday December 7 1997 Cat Watching the Canary? "I didn't vote for Larry Miller to act as liquidator of Commerce Financial's assets" says depositor Randy Harden "To me that was like having the cat watch the canary" In 1992 as depositors prepared to press their lawsuit against the defendants Miller stood accused of conspiracy fraud and deceit along with a passel of other alleged modern-da- y bandits They alleged Miller having received a knowing nod and wink from state regulators helped cook the books at Commerce to make it appear healthy "Just days before the thrifts failed I was still making deposits in Commerce and they happily took it without a word of caution about what was coming" Harden says Their most damning condemnation: Just weeks before the state shut down the thrift Miller withdrew more than $300000 of his employees' pension funds from Commerce "We depositors were not given an opportunity to withdraw our savings" Ward says "No one thrift-industr- l son" t DESK HOURS 127 Williams iA UTAHOBITUARIES Tim KfllyThv Salt Lake Tribune Craig Ludwig of the city clerk's office piles up the documents connected to the lawsuit over Larry Miller's failed thrift accept deposits because the failure to do so would alert the public to the financial distress of the thrift industry and may precipitate a run on the company's assets" Robinson savs in his affidavit Weis did not respond to re- quests for interviews In retrospect some observers point to the state as the architect of the thrift disaster even though it since has joined the depositors' lawsuit as a plaintiff to try to get back its settlement money In 1992 a inde- three-memb- pendent state panel said the crisis grew due to a conspiracy of silence involving state regulators thrift owners and others The panel even blamed the state for allowing the gasping thrifts to prop themselves up with "funny money" Officially called "net worth certificates" the worthless vouchers essentially allowed the thrifts to appear prosperous Insurance a Sham: The state scrambled to keep the bankrupt thrifts afloat since regulators also knew the insurance fund created to protect depositors the Industrial Loan Guaranty Fund (ILGC) was a sham too Although set up to give depositors confidence in their thrifts shelter for penses for a abused and neglected children The $2 million facility is being built with donations from the Christmas Box Foundation — a nonprofit organization founded by Utah author Richard Paul Evans Salt Lake County is donating land for the project The budget recommendations include $16 million for the Children's Health Insurance Program aimed at eventually providing medical insurance to 45000 children currently uninsured 38-be- d Much of the money will come from the federal government under a new block-gran- t program The state's $6 million contribution actually comes from special assessments charged hospital pa likely to escape homelessness with help that makes their envi- ronment less institutional and more enabling Flynn said "We want to give them the tools they need rather than just giving" she said "We want them to have a good Christmas but we want it to be a realistic Christ- mas" The change is one shelter resident Susie Smith looks forward to Smith had a broken ankle w hen she and her family came to the shelter seven months ago She since has recovered and is looking for work In the meantime though she has fretted over the fact that her sons ages 13 and 3 will have to spend Christmas at the shelter private deposit insurance funds like the ILGC collapsed across the country in the early 1980s Utah regulators schemed to keep Utah's thrifts afloat long enough to qualify for reliable federal deposit insurance urging owners of healthy thrifts to take over troubled ones by promising special treatment Troubled thrifts were allowed to take new deposits and expand their loan portfolios in hopes they couki grow out of their problems Miller and Commerce were swept up in the state's effort Commerce's Robinson says Miller agreed in 1984 to acquire Cottonwood Thrift and Loan a troubled financial institution and merge it with Commerce — at the urging of Commissioner Weis Robinson says Weis threatened to pull the plug on the whole industry if Miller and Commerce did not cooperate Miller consented but Robinson says it didn't take long to discover Cottonwood was in far worse shape than they were led to believe The additional burden meant Commerce needed $5 million to become solvent "The state begged him Miller to bail out Cottonwood" says Winder Miller's lawyer "In hindsight the best thing he could have done is said "no" " tients Sometimes referred to as a "bed tax" the charge has been imposed for several years to provide state matching funds needed to obtain federal Medicaid funds The charge — added into a patients' hospital bills — amounts to less than $1 per day said Richard Kinnersley of the Utah Association of Health Care Providers Leavitt said about half the targeted uninsured minor population — or about 23000 children — will be covered by the new program within the first year The insurance plan is the same one offered to Mate employees and added Leavitt "the same benefit program my children are currently covered under" "I love Christmas I'm a kid this time of year" Smith said "But this can be depressing" She welcomes the addition of the Christmas store because it will enable her to prepare for the holidays as she has in previous years "It's part of the excitement and I'm happy to have been asked" she said "No matter w here I was I would try to make Christmas special for my kids This will help make it more like other years" Wadley said donors have been receptive to the new arrangement but more donations still are needed to make the store work Potential donors can call Travelers Aid Societv which operates 3 the shelter at The shelter must receive all donations bv 355-143- Dec 18 IRE URDU 143 SOUTH MAIN SALT LAKE CITY 237-20- 18 |
