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Show A-8 Wed/Thurs/Fri, February 13-15, 2019 The Park Record Obituaries Richard Bernard Vincent August 16, 1959 – February 10, 2019 Richard Bernard Vincent, 59, of Park City, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family, on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, due to Alzheimer’s disease. Richard was born on Aug. 16, 1959 in Payson as the youngest of seven children to W. Leon and Theresa Norma Roy Vincent. As a young boy Richard loved spending time outdoors, especially fishing with his family at Strawberry Reservoir. He graduated from Springville High School in 1977 where he served as the Student Body President and played football and track. Richard attended Brigham Young University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s in business administration. He later served on the National Advisory Council for the Marriott School of Business. He was sealed to Joanne McDede on Aug. 14, 1982. Together they raised four amaz- ing sons. In 1996 Richard founded his first company, ASC Group, where he developed surgery centers, surgical hospitals, and physician-owned hospitals in eighteen different states and one US territory. Richard loved working with his physician partners and had great skill in helping doctors succeed. After selling ASC Group in 2003, Richard continued with several entrepreneurial ventures in healthcare and real estate. Richard loved spending time with people and was active in his community. He was involved in expanding Ute Conference little league football to Park City. He loved coaching the youth football and several other sports for over 20years. From an early age Richard had a strong love and testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the scriptures. He was an active Richard Bernard Vincent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He loved teaching the gospel, especially the youth. He was an avid reader and used his vast knowl- edge to help people understand the gospel better. He enjoyed his many callings including, serving a mission in the Washington Spokane Mission, Priest Quorum Advisor and as the first bishop of the Treasure Mountain YSA Ward. Richard is survived by his wife Joanne McDede Vincent, sons; Eric, Searle, and Heath of Park City, and Nathan (Nicole) Perry of Midvale, grandsons; Ford Vincent and Roc Robert Perry, brothers; Daniel (Melissa) Vincent of Newark, Delaware and Jeffrey (Claudia) Vincent of Kingwood, Texas, and sister-in-law Janice Cannon of Winnemucca, Nevada and many nieces and nephews who he loved dearly. Richard is preceded in death by his parents, brothers; James and Michael Vin- cent; sisters; Victoria and Valerie Vincent; and niece Jamie Vincent. We would like to express our sincere gratitude for those who visited and cared for Richard throughout his illness. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 at 11:00 am at the Jeremy Ward Building, 3010 West Saddleback Rd, Park City, Utah. A viewing will be held on Friday evening, Feb. 15, 2019 at the Jeremy Ranch Ward Building, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and on Saturday morning from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. prior to services. Interment: Spanish Fork City Cemetery. Online messages and tributes may be sent to the family at: HolbrookMortuary. com. Deloy Chad Olsen October 1, 1932 – February 8, 2019 On Feb. 8, 2019, Deloy Chad Olsen of Park City passed away suddenly in his home by the side of his dear wife. Chad was born on Oct. 1, 1932, in Cleveland, to his parents Fern Worthen Olsen and Rebecca Sanderson Olsen. Chad enjoyed the outdoors, reading, and was always looking for an adventure. He found one at the age of 14 when he left home with a friend and made it as far as Colorado. Here he enlisted in the US Army despite his age. As a paratrooper of the 11th Airborne he traveled to Japan. He completed his GED during this time. On the GI bill he completed his degree in mechanical engineering at TriState University. He would later graduate with master’s degrees from University of California Los Angeles. He took a job in Southern California with North American Aviation. Chad’s legacy in his career was his work on the Apollo missions and the space shuttle. After retiring from Rockwell International he settled in Park City. He taught college math at the local extension of Utah Valley State College, now Utah Valley University. But his real passion, his family, took form when he Deloy Chad Olsen met the love of his life Marsha VerNon Benson. They married in 1957 in Price and raised their family in Anaheim, California. Chad loved VerNon and they were sealed as an eternal family in the Los Angeles LDS Temple in 1961. Chad and VerNon are the proud parents of Kevin, David, Eric, Danial, and Lori. As a father Chad created cherished memories through his love of the outdoors and especially through scouting. A Silver Beaver Scouting Award recipient, Chad spent countless hours mentoring and teaching young men. A high priest, Chad served in various church capacities. During the 2002 Winter Olympics he and VerNon served as family history missionaries at the Family History Center on Main Street, Park City. Always an enthusiastic missionary, ministering brother, and genealogist. His approach was he showed you what was in the scriptures by the way he lived his life. He was a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ. Chad is survived by his wife VerNon, his sister Juanita, his brother Clint (Sherry), and his children Kevin (Suzanne), David, Eric (Patty), Danial (Wendy), and Lori (Barry). While Chad loved his children he really loved his grandchildren Diane, Amanda, Derek, Ryan, Eric, Samantha, Leah, Matthew, Kendall, Justin, Tiffany, Ashley, Kaylee, Lindsay, Lauren, Aubrey, Colin, Rhys, Colby, Breanne, Mason, and Lacey. Chad and VerNon have 27 great-grandchildren. Chad’s life will be celebrated on Feb. 16, 2019 at noon at the LDS Chapel at 510 Silver Summit Pkwy, Park City, UT 84098 where a viewing will be held 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. prior to the service. Interment will follow at the Park City Cemetery at 1300 Kearns Blvd, Park City, UT 84060. Mary Frazer Freer December 18, 1942 – February 7, 2019 Mary Frazer Freer passed away on Feb. 7, 2019. Mary was game for just about everything and she loved a good time. She was passionate about her tennis, bridge and gardening, but nothing rivaled her passion for being with her family and close friends. There is not a flower she didn’t like except for dreaded dandelions. She was enthusiastic about many things, a very good and kind person and a consummate volunteer. It is hard to find anyone who didn’t like her. She loved the ocean and mountains and spent many happy days sharing them with loved ones or in solitude collecting her thoughts. She was born in Needham, Massachusetts on Dec. 18, 1942, spent most of her childhood in Providence, Rhode Island, was married on April 16, 1966 to L. Raymond Freer when she moved to Pasadena, California, and finally moved to Park City in October 1991. She is survived by her husband, Ray Freer, her son, Bradford Frazer Freer and his wife, Lisa Smith Freer, as well as three cherished grandchildren, John Raymond “Jack” Freer, Ian Joseph Freer and Tristan Joshua Freer. She faced many challenges, but it was the way with which she took those setbacks head on and used the platform to make a difference in the world, that defined her. Her older son, L. Raymond “Todd” Freer, IV was schizo-affective and had his first psychotic break in college at age Mary Frazer Freer 19 and took his own life at age 35. She gave of herself and was heavily involved with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). She taught Family to Family courses for NAMI. She ran the Olympic torch in 2002 stemming from nominations by her coworkers. She developed type I diabetes at age 55, early onset Alzheimer’s disease at age 65 and finally cancer at age 75. Through it all she maintained a positive attitude about life and faced these things with grace. During her Pasadena years she was a Registered Nurse and practiced at the Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. She was a director of the Convalescent Aid Society that lent medical equipment to individuals in need and a volunteer working on the La Canada-Flintridge Tournament of Roses float. In LaCanada, with a close friend, she founded Parent Alert, an organization that sought to control drug and alcohol abuse at the high school level. When she moved to Park City, she co-founded Park City Lodging Connection and had a successful venture for several years arranging accommodations for skiers coming here for the “best snow on earth.” She was supported in her Alzheimer’s Disease affliction by her tennis and bridge buddies. They demonstrated this time and again as she descended into the oblivion of Advanced Alzheimer Dementia. When Mary could not remember the score on the tennis court, her partners would gently remind her. With bridge one of her friends would bid the hand and she would play the cards. The extended Freer family is deeply appreciative of their continuing engagement with her. We have received much support through the years from Father Charles Robinson and Mother Claudia Giacoma of St. Luke’s Church both before and after Alzheimer’s Disease affected her. If you wish to donate in Mary’s name please consider The Utah Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, 855 East 4800 South, SLC, UT 84107 (https:// www.alz.org/utah) or the recently formed St. Luke’s Church Foundation, 4595 North Silver Springs Drive, P.O. Box 981208, Park City, UT 84098 (http://www.stlukesparkcity.org/donate.html). A service celebrating her life will be held at St. Luke’s Church on Saturday, March 23 at 10:45 a.m. A reception will follow at a nearby Park City location. Walton C. “Mike” Holliday 1943 – 2019 Passed away peacefully Feb. 6, 2019, in Midway, from complications due to diabetes. Mike will be remembered for his dedication to his family, hard work and hobbies of dirt bikes, fishing, skiing and camping. Survived by wife, Bobbi, son Kevin, Carolyn and Frieda Holliday; daughter Kourtney, Jeff, Carson and Camren Burgner. In lieu of cards and flowers, please make donations in memory of Mike Holliday to stjude. org in support of our neighbor. 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