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Show Maggie Dutton Willis j TROPIC, Utah Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, great- i grandmother and friend, Maggie M. Dutton Willis, 69, passed away ! Friday, Feb. 9, 2001 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born Oct. 16, J 1931 in Hatch, Utah to Daniel and Annie Marshall Dutton. She ! married Kay Marvin Willis, Jan. 19, 1949 in the St. George LDS Temple. Maggie was an active member of the LDS Church and served her many callings proudly. She taught in the Sunday School, Primary, served as a counselor in the Relief Society, ward Young Womens president and as ward genealogist. She is survived by husband, Kay Marvin Willis of Tropic; children: Linda (Dale) Larson of Sandy; Merrill (Karen) Willis and Russell '(Sandra) Willis all of Pocatello, Ida.; Loren (Vivian) Willis and Julie (Clark) Spendlove, all of Las Vegas, Nev.; Beverly (Bob) Syrett, Bryce; Mechele Page of Tropic; 35 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; brother, Rex (Barbara) Dutton of St. George; sister, Wenda (Mark) Nelson also of St. George. She is preceded in death by her parents Daniel and Annie Marshall Dutton; grandson, Grant Clark Spendlove; sisters and brothers-in-law, Florence 'Teddy" (Leonard) Winder, Ethel (Mel) Adams and Lorna (Ronald) Christensen; brothers, broth-ers, Loren Dutton and Maurice Dutton. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001 in the Tropic LDS Ward Chapel with Bishop Scott Barton officiating. The family prayer was offered by Russell Willis, a son. Prelude and postlude music was provided by Crystal Mortensen. A brother, Rex Dutton, offered the invocation followed by a musical selection, Blue Eyes Crying Cry-ing in the Rain," by daughter Linda Larson. A life sketch was presented by daughters Beverly Syrett and Julie Spendlove with a musical selection, "Look At Us", following by Beverly Syrett and Cody Brown, a grandson. V . i i . , j Maggie Willis Mechele Page, a daughter, offered a tribute; a poem was presented by granddaughter Julie Dawn Hickenlooper; and son-in-law Bob Syrett also paid tribute. Grandson Cody Brown again offered a musical selection followed by a tribute by Wenda Nelson, a sister. Final remarks were offered by Bishop Barton with a closing musical selection by Crystal Mortensen, Mor-tensen, "God Be With You." The benediction was offered by son Loren Willis. - Pallbearers included grandsons Richard Dale Larson, Corey Lynn Larson, Allen Kay Larson, Kyler Dan Larson, Christopher Dan Brown, Cody M. Brown, Brady Sears Willis, Dustin Willis, and James Clark Spendlove. Honorary pallbearers were great-grandsons; great-grandsons; sons-in-law Dale Larson, Clark Spendlove, Robert "Bob" L. Syrett; grandsons T.C. Willis; Spencer, Charlie and Timmy Willis; Steven and Clayton Spendlove; Clinton Sears; Daniel Rex Brown; Ryan Lynn Page; and friend Kaleb Mclnelly. Interment was in the Henrieville Cemetery, Henrieville, Utah, where son Sears Merrill Willis dedicated the grave. Funeral Directors: Neal S. Mag-leby Mag-leby & Sons Mortuary, Richfield, Utah. Vera May Woolsey Halblaub IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. Vera May Woolsey Halblaub, 72, of Imperial Beach, Calif., and formerly of Escalante, Utah, died Feb. 7, 2001 in Lemon Grove, Calif. She was born Dec. 10, '1928 in Escalante, Utah to Marion and Lucinda Alvey Woolsey. She married Delmar Halblaub, Feb. 14, 1954 in Palm City, Calif. She is survived by her husband, Delmar of 47 years, Imperial Beach; daughter, Penny (Scott) Anderson of Livermore, Calif.; sister, Vada Martin of Orem, Utah; and stepbrother, step-brother, Alvey Sherman of San Diego, Calif. Shw was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Clema Barney; and stepsister, Alice Lee. Funeral services were held on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001 at the Escalante LDS Stake Center. Burial : s ' 4, it , . '"--( JZ ' - aC in 1 Vera May Halblaub was in the Escalante Cemetery. Funeral Directors, Neal S. Magleby & Sons Mortuary, Richfield, Utah. Mendel Mollin l , ' " - t l ; I -1 Mendell Mollin ESCALANTE Mendel Mollin, Mol-lin, 84, of Escalante died Feb. 3, 2001 in Panguitch. He was born Aug. 3, 1916 in New York City. He and his older brother, Morris, were abandoned as children and spent their entire childhood child-hood in a New York orphanage, The Edenwald School for Boys. As an adult Mendel served as a rifleman in Europe in WWII and earned four medals. He returned to civilian life and worked at the government gov-ernment supply center in New Jersey Jer-sey until his retirement in 1965, when he and his brother moved to Escalante. Mendel was known for his excellent ex-cellent wood work, making beautiful beauti-ful scrolled clocks and donated two months each year making Christmas Christ-mas gifts for needy Navajo children. He also loved to hike the Escalante desert. He had a wide circle of friends who will greatly miss him. |