Class of 1949. John Elwood Dennett [Elwood]. Photographer, Band. He graduated from BYH on May 26, 1949. Source: 1949 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ John Elwood Dennett was born on January 25, 1931 in Springdale, Washington County, Utah. His parents: Elwood Dennett and Nettie Hardy Dennett. He married Herta Kibel. J. Elwood Dennett died on October 29, 1976 in Palm Springs, California. His interment, East Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS WIFE'S OBITUARY: Beloved mother, grandmother, and sister, Herta Kibel Dennett, 74, passed away peacefully February 2, 2001 surrounded by her loving family. Herta was born July 2, 1926 in St. Gallen, Austria to Alois and Katharina Hagauer Kibel. Herta married John E. Dennett in 1954 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. As a school teacher she loved her first grade students and also the many children she tutored. She received numerous teaching awards for her innovative and effective work. Herta was very spiritual and found fulfillment in nature. Herta was survived by daughter, Katherine (Leon) Sangroniz; son, Steven (Susan) Dennett; sister, Hilde Kibel, Salt Lake City; brother, Erich Kibel, Austria; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Lisbeth; and husband. The family would like to express their gratitude to the many wonderful people at Woodland Park and Heritage Hospice for their caring help at this most difficult time. Graveside services were held on Monday, February 5, 2001 at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 S. Highland, Salt Lake City. [Deseret News, Sunday, February 4, 2001.] ~ ~ ~ ~ SOME MEMORIES OF KELVIN DEAN DENNETT By His Mother, Nettie Hardy Dennett It was breaking Spring in the little town of Springdale, Wash., Utah, situated at the south entrance to Zion National Park, when Kelvin made his appearance in the two-room house of Elwood and Nettie Dennett. He was born at about twenty minutes past 8:00 am with the help of Dr. McIntire, on February 25, 1934. His arrival had been awaited throughout the night. The Doctor’s first remark was, “Look at that pair of shoulders”. Kelvin was a big baby, weighing about ten pounds. He was an extremely pretty baby, having soft brown hair, blue eyes and a skin like peaches and cream. He was blessed 18 April, 1934, by Bishop Alvin Hardy, who was a cousin of his, and was given the name of Kelvin because of the great admiration that was held for a young man who had this name who was working in Springdale at this time. He was given the added name of Dean in respect to his Grandfather Hardy. The natural source of Kelvin’s food supply didn’t seem to agree with him and although he shared this supply with a premature baby in our town who seemed to thrive on it, Kelvin experienced distress and developed a colitis and eventually weaned himself. This was during the great depression days and there was no other source of a milk substitute. As he grew older we found he was allergic to milk as was his Grandfather Hardy, and he showed this dislike for milk throughout his life. While he was still quite young he had difficulty with earache and tonsillitis which caused a rheumatic condition in his joints especially his knees. This continued until his tonsils were removed by Dr. Bryner in Salt Lake City, when he had his fourth birthday. His health improved after this. In spite of his health problems he was a very pleasant natured baby. He held some special attraction which remained with him throughout his lifetime. Everyone paid attention to him. As he was passing some people on the street one day, a young boy stopped to talk and play with him and exposed him to the mumps. He was about three years old. He had the mumps on one side, gave them to his brother, John Elwood, who in turn gave them back to Kelvin on the opposite side. When he was twenty-one months old his father had the misfortune of loosing his fingers on his left hand in a shingle-mill accident. Kelvin would kneel by his father’s bed and ask his Heavenly Father to bless his Daddy. The family moved to Tooele, Utah, in the fall of 1936 where a Soil Conservation assignment had taken them. The home was left in the care of his Uncle Ivor and Aunt Lottie Hardy who had bought some land in Springdale, Utah, and had planned to establish a tourist business there. Unfortunately, Uncle Ivor died of a hear attack in January of the following year. The two small boys and their mother went back to Springdale to take care of the animals and the house. The house was rented out and the animals were sold and again the family joined their father in Grantsville, Utah, where he was then working. The home in Springdale was sold in about 1940. While the family lived in Grantsville they took a nice vacation trip to the Yellowstone National Park. They also took a trip up into Idaho where some of the Hepworth relatives were living. While visiting there, the County Fair was in full swing. A contest was being held for the most beautiful baby in the county. The relatives insisted that we enter Kelvin and he was awarded first prize without the judges knowing that he was not a resident of the county. This was typical of Kelvin wherever he went. He held a special charm for everyone. The following fall the family was transferred to Morgan, Utah, and then to Salt Lake City on the same Soil Conservation assignment. When the assignment was completed they moved to Provo, Utah, to seek employment on the construction of the Deer-Creek project and to make a home in a college town where the growing family could have the advantage of schooling. By this time another member had been added to the family. The first little girl, Karen Ileen Dennett, was born September 12, 1939. She was born in the home that the family had newly purchased on 1200 North in Provo. It was situated on an acre of land which provided ample garden space, fruit trees and a place to raise some livestock. The house was later remodeled, enlarged and improved until it made a nice big home for the children to grow up in. At the time Kelvin reached Kindergarten age, the home was on the north side of 1200 North and technically was in the county instead of the city. As the county didn’t furnish a Kindergarten, we enrolled him in the Timpanogos School Kindergarten where he attended for half a year. Then he attended the Page school in which he remained until the property was taken into the city limits. At this time he went back to the Timpanogos school, then to Dixon Junior High and graduated from Provo High School. He was a very good student. His report cards show remarkable ability and effort. He was well liked by his teachers and friends. The next addition to the family came 5 May, 1945. Another girl, Elaine, was born in the Utah Valley Hospital which was fairly new at this time. Marilyn was added to the family 4 September, 1949. She also was born in the Utah Valley Hospital. Kelvin’s older brother, John Elwood Dennett was born 25 January, 1931, at Springdale, Wash., Utah. When Marilyn was eight months old, Kelvin’s brother, John Elwood Dennett, received a call to go to the East German Mission where he spent two and one-half years. While he was away, Lottie Ann, the sixth child of the family arrived. Grandma Hardy came to our home and helped the family at the birth of each of the children except Kelvin. She was ill at the time of his birth. Grandfather Hardy had died suddenly with a heart attack in January of 1933 and the shock of this loss had caused her to be ill for some time. When Kelvin was very young he showed a remarkable appreciation for the beautiful, especially flowers. He would often gather bouquets of flowers for his mother, his grandmother and for his teachers. When he acquired a home of his own it was always adorned with a variety of blooming flowers. His yards were always manicured and flourished well under his green thumb. It was always a pleasure to visit his home where he would take pride in showing some special variety he had perfected. As the walk was made around his yard and the remarks were that this Zinnia or this rose was especially pretty, his little daughter, Diana, spoke one of her first words while touching a flower and said “pretty”. She was still a toddler at this time but she loved the yard and took pride in it. She still has her father’s “green thumb”. On one Mother’s Day, Kelvin and Glenna brought his Mother a choice Tropicana Rose bush as a gift. He planted it and it has outlived him, produced many offspring from cuttings and the blossoms have graced the yards these many years. The flowers from this bush are taken each year to his resting place as a token of the love and appreciation we feel for him. This gift he gave will live for many years to come. ( Those roses have outlived his Mother, also. Glenna, his wife, and Julie, his daughter, still treasure one of these “Kelvin” roses in their own yards) Kelvin showed a great love for animals. He was continually bringing home stray cats or dogs that he said were cold, hungry and without a home. When it was explained to him that it cost money to feed them , that we couldn’t possibly make a home for all of them, as well as that it was risky to bring home sick animals, he replied, “When I grow up and get a home of my own I am going to give a home to all neglected animals”. He always had a pet dog and the cats numbered near a dozen. Among his many dogs was: first, Old Laddie. This dog was left with the family when Uncle Ivor was taken and he traveled with the family to all of the Soil Conservation Assignments and to the home in Provo. He was with the family many years in Provo and finally died of old age. Another favorite was “Ish”. Kelvin’s brother, who was working at Sears‘ at this time, brought him home as a tiny wire-haired terrier. Someone had abandoned him in the parking lot so Kelvin immediately adopted him., He named him Ishkabibble, after some famous man he had read or heard about. They became inseparable and the love was mutual. Sadly, this dog was killed by a car. Brownie became his next love. He was a small hunting dog and accompanied Kelvin on all of his hunting trips. Brownie was killed by the accidental blast from the shotgun of a very dear friend, Larry Lawrence. Kelvin was broken hearted with this loss and he cried his heart out. As soon as Kelvin was old enough, he had purchased himself a nice shot gun. He had earlier bought a twenty-two. Kelvin was a great outdoors boy and spent many hours fishing and hunting. He was a born fisherman. He would fish early in the morning before he went to work and always brought home a fine catch for the family’s pleasure., He would never eat the fish he caught. Kelvin was always ambitious. While he was very young, almost before he could push a lawn mower, he was cutting lawns and doing yard work for the neighbors. He liked outdoor activities and always had some project underway. He built rabbit hutches, chicken pens, dog houses and many other home improvements. While he was in Junior High School he made many useful articles for the family in his shop classes. Among these was a telephone shelf, a magazine rack, nut bowls, a rocking horse for his little sister, Elaine, which he named Enos. She still has this horse for her children to enjoy. He made a small rocking chair for his little sister, Marilyn, which she still has; a lawn chair for his father, a beautiful cedar chest for his mother which is in the possession of his daughter, Julie. He was a perfectionist and loved to make things beautiful as well as useful. While he was yet in grade school and in Junior High school he worked in a small grocery store after school was over, stocking shelves, cleaning the store and doing odd jobs for the owner. He worked at a tourist park doing the maintenance work and the disagreeable jobs that his boss, Warren Weeter, avoided doing. He did the custodial work at Provo High School and was working at a Service Station at a very young age. He was always willing to work and eager to learn new jobs. He was exceptionally talented in the understanding of electricity which proved to his advantage later in his life. He played an E flat alto horn while attending the Dixon Junior High. He took piano lessons when he was younger, but he felt it was not his type to come in and practice his lesson or leave his friends to go to his piano lesson so he flatly refused to continue and was seldom seen at the piano after that. While he was in the fourth grade he won a certificate for completing the reading of the greatest number of books in his class. One of Kelvin’s choicest and closest friends was J. H. Luke. They had much in common with their dogs, hunting and fishing and spent many happy hours together. This friendship continued even after their marriages and their moves to different localities. Kelvin was baptized on 8 March, 1942, by his father and confirmed on 8 March by Arthur D. Taylor who was Bishop of the Provo Third Ward, which the family belonged to at this time. This ward was later divided and the family became members of the Park Ward with Bishop Austin as their Bishop. He graduated from Primary in the Park Ward 25 August, 1945. He was ordained a deacon 3 March 1946, a teacher on 6 March, 1949. He won certificates of awards in the years 1946, 1947, and 1948. These awards showed that he had a 75% attendance at Priesthood Meetings, a 50% attendance at Sacrament Meetings, fifty Priesthood assignments filled, was a full tithe payer, had observed the Word of Wisdom, made one public address, participated in a welfare project and had participated in an Aaronic Priesthood service project. He has certificates for having completed the prescribed reading course for Utah State Pupil Reading circle in 1945-46, certificate for first year typing for 42 words per minute in May 1948 and graduation from Dixon Jr. High School in May 1949. After Kelvin’s graduation from Provo High School he began working at Rowley’s Service Station located on 1st South and University Avenue in Provo. He also drove truck for Mr. Rowley. During the summer prior to his Senior year he had taken some Math classes at the Brigham Young High School where his older brother, John Elwood was then teaching in the summer school. This enabled him to complete his Senior year requirements by Christmas. Then he worked full time the remainder of the year. Mr. Rowley found him very dependable and extremely capable of taking on the responsibilities which were involved in his business. He was well liked by everyone who had any contact with him. Kelvin had a keen sense of humor and was a natural peace maker. Many bitter clashes both of tongue and first were settled by his ability to turn the tide by some arbitration or by making the situation look humorous and unimportant. He had the ability to make people laugh. When he was quite young and the family would be traveling with him he would roll the window down a crack and fasten his handkerchief in it and as we traveled he would enjoy watching it flutter in the breeze. He always called this his “enjoyer”. One time he lost his handkerchief in this sport. After this he used a piece of paper which not only served the purpose, but added sound to his “enjoyer”. He always kept the family amused with his antics and wise-cracks. In his nineteenth year and after his graduation from High School, he met Glenna Mendenhall. After a whirlwind courtship they became engaged and were married 29 August, 1952. The same week they were married he began working at the Geneva Steel Works. They rented for a short time, then they purchased their first home in Provo, situated at 858 N 380 West. They immediately went to work on this little house and turned into a very nice home. They remodeled, added a basement, a patio, a dog house, swing set, fruit trees and berries, shrubs, and all varieties of flowers. They even installed electrically heated steps to make them free from ice in the wintertime. They were continually improving this home and at the same time they had their sights set on saving for and building a new home. They purchased an acre of good land in Orem and as soon as it was paid for they drew up plans for their new home. In the meantime, their home was blessed with a little daughter whom they named Diana Lee. She was born 29 June, 1856. Three years later Julie Ann was born 4 September 1959. They were both born in the Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah. During this period Geneva had gone on strike but Kelvin never ceased to be busy. He worked as a journeyman carpenter in Las Vegas (after studying and being assisted to pass the test by his father-in-law, Harvey Mendenhall) the summer before Julie was born. He also got a part time job at the Utah State Hospital as an electrician at one time. He always rustled work until the strike was settled then he would return to Geneva Steel. Kelvin had a great philosophy in the use of the money he earned. He was cautious and level headed in all his money transactions. For years he kept a running account of all their spending. This was a great tool in monitoring and assessing the use of money. He believed in paying himself at least one-tenth of what he earned and putting this in savings. This philosophy worked for Kelvin and Glenna for they seemed to prosper while others were struggling. By the time they built their home in Orem, he had saved about one-third the cost of the home, as well as having the property completely paid for. Kelvin always did the repair work on his own cars (by this time they had bought a pick-up truck in addition to their late-model touring car). At one time he was working on his truck and while lying under it the jack collapsed. It fell down on his chest. Glenna, hearing his desperate cry for help, rushed out and through her quick thinking and actions and the help of a power from above was able to summon the help of three strong neighbors (usually not home in the middle of the day) who were able to lift the truck enough for Kelvin to crawl out. This all happened within one or two minutes and could have been fatal. He was taken to the hospital with internal bleeding and injuries and placed on a surgical ward. It was during this hospitalization that Glenna felt inspired to go back to school for Nurse’s training. Kelvin gradually improved. He did not require surgery and was released. Still, he continued to have chest pains periodically after that incident. The doctors blamed this accident for the chest pains he would occasionally endure during the next three years. Glenna had earned some college credit before their marriage and Kelvin encouraged her to continue with her education when she expressed her desire to do so following the accident. Looking back over the development the course of their lives was taking, one would wonder if Kelvin had a premonition that Glenna would some day be the bread-winner and by receiving her education this task might be somewhat easier. Nevertheless, Glenna choose to launch out in the field of Nursing. This met with Kelvin’s approval and he said that this would be the best insurance they could buy. Kelvin always had some project going on and building a new home was his new and most exciting project. Prior to this Glenna had worked an evening shift at the Riverside Country Club for three years to add to their savings for this new project. They broke ground on their land in Orem and were soon on their way with the building. Glenna worked beside Kelvin all the way----shoveling dirt, hammering, sawing, pouring cement, roofing, painting and doing everything that she could. Kelvin was working a swing and graveyard shift part of the time at Geneva Steel and this gave him some daylight hours to work on their home. They put in much “sweat equity” on this house, doing all of the work they could possibly do. Kelvin exchanged electrical work for part of the work he sub-contracted out. Glenna’s father did their cabinet work as he was an expert carpenter and cabinet maker. He hand picked the beautifully marked oak for the cabinets. By Christmas time the house was finished and as soon as the carpets were laid they moved into their “Masterpiece” in January of 1966. Kelvin was in the National Guard for eight years and attended drills and summer camp regularly. For a while he worked as a cook in the guard. He didn’t care for this work (even lost weight doing it) and later became a Motor Sergeant, working with the vehicles. This was more in his line. He also helped his brother run a service station on the corner of 5th West and 1200 North, near the Dennett home in any spare time he had. Kelvin was working up fast at the Geneva Steel Plant. Out of more than a hundred men who were competing for a special apprenticeship training program, he was one of the six that were chosen. He completed this training at the Utah Technical College (Now UVSC) where he was sent by Geneva Steel. He earned much more money as an Instrument Repairman at the plant. In 1966 he was chosen to be enrolled in a Management Training Program so he could qualify to be a Foreman at Geneva. He was also studying for an electrical contractor’s license. In addition, he took a part-time job for Orem City which was accomplished in the early hours of the morning. This was to help with the instruments that measure and control the flow of water at various points in the city. He kept busy every minute of his time, painting the eves of the house and doing some finishing jobs on the outside. Then he would work on the landscaping and planted the front lawn. He had all the limbs from uprooted trees sawed and stacked neatly in his basement for firewood and had all surplus bricks and building materials in orderly arrangements. He seemed restless and over-anxious to complete everything----then tragedy struck and his untimely death at age 32 took him from what promised to be a bright future. Grandma Malinda Dennett passed away 14 April, 1966. After she was buried in Springdale, Utah, and we preparing to return to our home in Provo, Kelvin made the remark, “We never know who will be buried next. It’s not always the old that die”. The following Tuesday while the ladies in the family were attending a bridal shower for Elaine, Kelvin became very ill while with his two little girls at home. He was taken to the hospital for observation and tests. He had severe pain in his chest and numbness through his left side and arm. Although his Doctor seemed confident that the pain was from his former chest accident. Kelvin had a premonition. During the evening he had brought up to date all of his financial payments. He had written checks for all current bills, his Union dues, bank savings deposit, etc., and they were neatly arranged on the stereo with instructions to be followed. As he walked out of his beautiful home that night to enter the hospital, never to return, he turned to his Mother and made the remark, “Mother, this is it.”. This was on a Tuesday evening. He was some better on Wednesday and that evening had a long talk with Glenna, revealing many of the sacred and tender feelings that he had in his heart. Early Thursday morning when his cousin, Marion Hardy Myers, who was the nurse on duty, made her routine check, he had passed away. This was 21 April, 1966 and he was buried 23 April. His death had taken place exactly one week from the day we buried Grandma Dennett. After Kelvin’s death, everything fell apart. He had been the stabilizer during many of our family problems. Kelvin possessed all of the qualities of organization, ambition and honest hard work. He was admired and respected by all of his many friends and associates. He has been sadly missed. After Kelvin’s death, Glenna assumed the responsibilities of the home and her two young girls and continued her Nurse’s training. She completed her training in February 1968, with an Associate Degree in Nursing from the BYU. She worked as a registered Nurse at the Utah Valley Hospital, where she took the night shift in order to take care of her little girls during the day. In June 1974 she decided to further her education and enrolled at the BYU again and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing in April 1976. She worked with the Timpanogos Mental Health Center her last Semester at the “Y” interning as a Nurse Practitioner. She started at the Utah Valley Hospital that summer in the Emergency Center, but decided that was not her niche. She then got a job with the County Health Department as a Public Health Nurse/School Nurse. Exactly one year from the date of Kelvin’s death, April 21, 1967, Glenna, Diana and Julie were sealed to Kelvin as an eternal family in the Salt Lake temple. John Elwood stood as proxy for his brother. SOME MEMORIES OF KELVIN DEAN DENNETT By His Mother, Nettie Hardy Dennett It was breaking Spring in the little town of Springdale, Wash., Utah, situated at the south entrance to Zion National Park, when Kelvin made his appearance in the two-room house of Elwood and Nettie Dennett. He was born at about twenty minutes past 8:00 am with the help of Dr. McIntire, on February 25, 1934. His arrival had been awaited throughout the night. The Doctor’s first remark was, “Look at that pair of shoulders”. Kelvin was a big baby, weighing about ten pounds. He was an extremely pretty baby, having soft brown hair, blue eyes and a skin like peaches and cream. He was blessed 18 April, 1934, by Bishop Alvin Hardy, who was a cousin of his, and was given the name of Kelvin because of the great admiration that was held for a young man who had this name who was working in Springdale at this time. He was given the added name of Dean in respect to his Grandfather Hardy. The natural source of Kelvin’s food supply didn’t seem to agree with him and although he shared this supply with a premature baby in our town who seemed to thrive on it, Kelvin experienced distress and developed a colitis and eventually weaned himself. This was during the great depression days and there was no other source of a milk substitute. As he grew older we found he was allergic to milk as was his Grandfather Hardy, and he showed this dislike for milk throughout his life. While he was still quite young he had difficulty with earache and tonsillitis which caused a rheumatic condition in his joints especially his knees. This continued until his tonsils were removed by Dr. Bryner in Salt Lake City, when he had his fourth birthday. His health improved after this. In spite of his health problems he was a very pleasant natured baby. He held some special attraction which remained with him throughout his lifetime. Everyone paid attention to him. As he was passing some people on the street one day, a young boy stopped to talk and play with him and exposed him to the mumps. He was about three years old. He had the mumps on one side, gave them to his brother, John Elwood, who in turn gave them back to Kelvin on the opposite side. When he was twenty-one months old his father had the misfortune of loosing his fingers on his left hand in a shingle-mill accident. Kelvin would kneel by his father’s bed and ask his Heavenly Father to bless his Daddy. The family moved to Tooele, Utah, in the fall of 1936 where a Soil Conservation assignment had taken them. The home was left in the care of his Uncle Ivor and Aunt Lottie Hardy who had bought some land in Springdale, Utah, and had planned to establish a tourist business there. Unfortunately, Uncle Ivor died of a hear attack in January of the following year. The two small boys and their mother went back to Springdale to take care of the animals and the house. The house was rented out and the animals were sold and again the family joined their father in Grantsville, Utah, where he was then working. The home in Springdale was sold in about 1940. While the family lived in Grantsville they took a nice vacation trip to the Yellowstone National Park. They also took a trip up into Idaho where some of the Hepworth relatives were living. While visiting there, the County Fair was in full swing. A contest was being held for the most beautiful baby in the county. The relatives insisted that we enter Kelvin and he was awarded first prize without the judges knowing that he was not a resident of the county. This was typical of Kelvin wherever he went. He held a special charm for everyone. The following fall the family was transferred to Morgan, Utah, and then to Salt Lake City on the same Soil Conservation assignment. When the assignment was completed they moved to Provo, Utah, to seek employment on the construction of the Deer-Creek project and to make a home in a college town where the growing family could have the advantage of schooling. By this time another member had been added to the family. The first little girl, Karen Ileen Dennett, was born September 12, 1939. She was born in the home that the family had newly purchased on 1200 North in Provo. It was situated on an acre of land which provided ample garden space, fruit trees and a place to raise some livestock. The house was later remodeled, enlarged and improved until it made a nice big home for the children to grow up in. At the time Kelvin reached Kindergarten age, the home was on the north side of 1200 North and technically was in the county instead of the city. As the county didn’t furnish a Kindergarten, we enrolled him in the Timpanogos School Kindergarten where he attended for half a year. Then he attended the Page school in which he remained until the property was taken into the city limits. At this time he went back to the Timpanogos school, then to Dixon Junior High and graduated from Provo High School. He was a very good student. His report cards show remarkable ability and effort. He was well liked by his teachers and friends. The next addition to the family came 5 May, 1945. Another girl, Elaine, was born in the Utah Valley Hospital which was fairly new at this time. Marilyn was added to the family 4 September, 1949. She also was born in the Utah Valley Hospital. Kelvin’s older brother, John Elwood Dennett was born 25 January, 1931, at Springdale, Wash., Utah. When Marilyn was eight months old, Kelvin’s brother, John Elwood Dennett, received a call to go to the East German Mission where he spent two and one-half years. While he was away, Lottie Ann, the sixth child of the family arrived. Grandma Hardy came to our home and helped the family at the birth of each of the children except Kelvin. She was ill at the time of his birth. Grandfather Hardy had died suddenly with a heart attack in January of 1933 and the shock of this loss had caused her to be ill for some time. When Kelvin was very young he showed a remarkable appreciation for the beautiful, especially flowers. He would often gather bouquets of flowers for his mother, his grandmother and for his teachers. When he acquired a home of his own it was always adorned with a variety of blooming flowers. His yards were always manicured and flourished well under his green thumb. It was always a pleasure to visit his home where he would take pride in showing some special variety he had perfected. As the walk was made around his yard and the remarks were that this Zinnia or this rose was especially pretty, his little daughter, Diana, spoke one of her first words while touching a flower and said “pretty”. She was still a toddler at this time but she loved the yard and took pride in it. She still has her father’s “green thumb”. On one Mother’s Day, Kelvin and Glenna brought his Mother a choice Tropicana Rose bush as a gift. He planted it and it has outlived him, produced many offspring from cuttings and the blossoms have graced the yards these many years. The flowers from this bush are taken each year to his resting place as a token of the love and appreciation we feel for him. This gift he gave will live for many years to come. ( Those roses have outlived his Mother, also. Glenna, his wife, and Julie, his daughter, still treasure one of these “Kelvin” roses in their own yards) Kelvin showed a great love for animals. He was continually bringing home stray cats or dogs that he said were cold, hungry and without a home. When it was explained to him that it cost money to feed them , that we couldn’t possibly make a home for all of them, as well as that it was risky to bring home sick animals, he replied, “When I grow up and get a home of my own I am going to give a home to all neglected animals”. He always had a pet dog and the cats numbered near a dozen. Among his many dogs was: first, Old Laddie. This dog was left with the family when Uncle Ivor was taken and he traveled with the family to all of the Soil Conservation Assignments and to the home in Provo. He was with the family many years in Provo and finally died of old age. Another favorite was “Ish”. Kelvin’s brother, who was working at Sears‘ at this time, brought him home as a tiny wire-haired terrier. Someone had abandoned him in the parking lot so Kelvin immediately adopted him., He named him Ishkabibble, after some famous man he had read or heard about. They became inseparable and the love was mutual. Sadly, this dog was killed by a car. Brownie became his next love. He was a small hunting dog and accompanied Kelvin on all of his hunting trips. Brownie was killed by the accidental blast from the shotgun of a very dear friend, Larry Lawrence. Kelvin was broken hearted with this loss and he cried his heart out. As soon as Kelvin was old enough, he had purchased himself a nice shot gun. He had earlier bought a twenty-two. Kelvin was a great outdoors boy and spent many hours fishing and hunting. He was a born fisherman. He would fish early in the morning before he went to work and always brought home a fine catch for the family’s pleasure., He would never eat the fish he caught. Kelvin was always ambitious. While he was very young, almost before he could push a lawn mower, he was cutting lawns and doing yard work for the neighbors. He liked outdoor activities and always had some project underway. He built rabbit hutches, chicken pens, dog houses and many other home improvements. While he was in Junior High School he made many useful articles for the family in his shop classes. Among these was a telephone shelf, a magazine rack, nut bowls, a rocking horse for his little sister, Elaine, which he named Enos. She still has this horse for her children to enjoy. He made a small rocking chair for his little sister, Marilyn, which she still has; a lawn chair for his father, a beautiful cedar chest for his mother which is in the possession of his daughter, Julie. He was a perfectionist and loved to make things beautiful as well as useful. While he was yet in grade school and in Junior High school he worked in a small grocery store after school was over, stocking shelves, cleaning the store and doing odd jobs for the owner. He worked at a tourist park doing the maintenance work and the disagreeable jobs that his boss, Warren Weeter, avoided doing. He did the custodial work at Provo High School and was working at a Service Station at a very young age. He was always willing to work and eager to learn new jobs. He was exceptionally talented in the understanding of electricity which proved to his advantage later in his life. He played an E flat alto horn while attending the Dixon Junior High. He took piano lessons when he was younger, but he felt it was not his type to come in and practice his lesson or leave his friends to go to his piano lesson so he flatly refused to continue and was seldom seen at the piano after that. While he was in the fourth grade he won a certificate for completing the reading of the greatest number of books in his class. One of Kelvin’s choicest and closest friends was J. H. Luke. They had much in common with their dogs, hunting and fishing and spent many happy hours together. This friendship continued even after their marriages and their moves to different localities. Kelvin was baptized on 8 March, 1942, by his father and confirmed on 8 March by Arthur D. Taylor who was Bishop of the Provo Third Ward, which the family belonged to at this time. This ward was later divided and the family became members of the Park Ward with Bishop Austin as their Bishop. He graduated from Primary in the Park Ward 25 August, 1945. He was ordained a deacon 3 March 1946, a teacher on 6 March, 1949. He won certificates of awards in the years 1946, 1947, and 1948. These awards showed that he had a 75% attendance at Priesthood Meetings, a 50% attendance at Sacrament Meetings, fifty Priesthood assignments filled, was a full tithe payer, had observed the Word of Wisdom, made one public address, participated in a welfare project and had participated in an Aaronic Priesthood service project. He has certificates for having completed the prescribed reading course for Utah State Pupil Reading circle in 1945-46, certificate for first year typing for 42 words per minute in May 1948 and graduation from Dixon Jr. High School in May 1949. After Kelvin’s graduation from Provo High School he began working at Rowley’s Service Station located on 1st South and University Avenue in Provo. He also drove truck for Mr. Rowley. During the summer prior to his Senior year he had taken some Math classes at the Brigham Young High School where his older brother, John Elwood was then teaching in the summer school. This enabled him to complete his Senior year requirements by Christmas. Then he worked full time the remainder of the year. Mr. Rowley found him very dependable and extremely capable of taking on the responsibilities which were involved in his business. He was well liked by everyone who had any contact with him. Kelvin had a keen sense of humor and was a natural peace maker. Many bitter clashes both of tongue and first were settled by his ability to turn the tide by some arbitration or by making the situation look humorous and unimportant. He had the ability to make people laugh. When he was quite young and the family would be traveling with him he would roll the window down a crack and fasten his handkerchief in it and as we traveled he would enjoy watching it flutter in the breeze. He always called this his “enjoyer”. One time he lost his handkerchief in this sport. After this he used a piece of paper which not only served the purpose, but added sound to his “enjoyer”. He always kept the family amused with his antics and wise-cracks. In his nineteenth year and after his graduation from High School, he met Glenna Mendenhall. After a whirlwind courtship they became engaged and were married 29 August, 1952. The same week they were married he began working at the Geneva Steel Works. They rented for a short time, then they purchased their first home in Provo, situated at 858 N 380 West. They immediately went to work on this little house and turned into a very nice home. They remodeled, added a basement, a patio, a dog house, swing set, fruit trees and berries, shrubs, and all varieties of flowers. They even installed electrically heated steps to make them free from ice in the wintertime. They were continually improving this home and at the same time they had their sights set on saving for and building a new home. They purchased an acre of good land in Orem and as soon as it was paid for they drew up plans for their new home. In the meantime, their home was blessed with a little daughter whom they named Diana Lee. She was born 29 June, 1856. Three years later Julie Ann was born 4 September 1959. They were both born in the Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah. During this period Geneva had gone on strike but Kelvin never ceased to be busy. He worked as a journeyman carpenter in Las Vegas (after studying and being assisted to pass the test by his father-in-law, Harvey Mendenhall) the summer before Julie was born. He also got a part time job at the Utah State Hospital as an electrician at one time. He always rustled work until the strike was settled then he would return to Geneva Steel. Kelvin had a great philosophy in the use of the money he earned. He was cautious and level headed in all his money transactions. For years he kept a running account of all their spending. This was a great tool in monitoring and assessing the use of money. He believed in paying himself at least one-tenth of what he earned and putting this in savings. This philosophy worked for Kelvin and Glenna for they seemed to prosper while others were struggling. By the time they built their home in Orem, he had saved about one-third the cost of the home, as well as having the property completely paid for. Kelvin always did the repair work on his own cars (by this time they had bought a pick-up truck in addition to their late-model touring car). At one time he was working on his truck and while lying under it the jack collapsed. It fell down on his chest. Glenna, hearing his desperate cry for help, rushed out and through her quick thinking and actions and the help of a power from above was able to summon the help of three strong neighbors (usually not home in the middle of the day) who were able to lift the truck enough for Kelvin to crawl out. This all happened within one or two minutes and could have been fatal. He was taken to the hospital with internal bleeding and injuries and placed on a surgical ward. It was during this hospitalization that Glenna felt inspired to go back to school for Nurse’s training. Kelvin gradually improved. He did not require surgery and was released. Still, he continued to have chest pains periodically after that incident. The doctors blamed this accident for the chest pains he would occasionally endure during the next three years. Glenna had earned some college credit before their marriage and Kelvin encouraged her to continue with her education when she expressed her desire to do so following the accident. Looking back over the development the course of their lives was taking, one would wonder if Kelvin had a premonition that Glenna would some day be the bread-winner and by receiving her education this task might be somewhat easier. Nevertheless, Glenna choose to launch out in the field of Nursing. This met with Kelvin’s approval and he said that this would be the best insurance they could buy. Kelvin always had some project going on and building a new home was his new and most exciting project. Prior to this Glenna had worked an evening shift at the Riverside Country Club for three years to add to their savings for this new project. They broke ground on their land in Orem and were soon on their way with the building. Glenna worked beside Kelvin all the way----shoveling dirt, hammering, sawing, pouring cement, roofing, painting and doing everything that she could. Kelvin was working a swing and graveyard shift part of the time at Geneva Steel and this gave him some daylight hours to work on their home. They put in much “sweat equity” on this house, doing all of the work they could possibly do. Kelvin exchanged electrical work for part of the work he sub-contracted out. Glenna’s father did their cabinet work as he was an expert carpenter and cabinet maker. He hand picked the beautifully marked oak for the cabinets. By Christmas time the house was finished and as soon as the carpets were laid they moved into their “Masterpiece” in January of 1966. Kelvin was in the National Guard for eight years and attended drills and summer camp regularly. For a while he worked as a cook in the guard. He didn’t care for this work (even lost weight doing it) and later became a Motor Sergeant, working with the vehicles. This was more in his line. He also helped his brother run a service station on the corner of 5th West and 1200 North, near the Dennett home in any spare time he had. Kelvin was working up fast at the Geneva Steel Plant. Out of more than a hundred men who were competing for a special apprenticeship training program, he was one of the six that were chosen. He completed this training at the Utah Technical College (Now UVSC) where he was sent by Geneva Steel. He earned much more money as an Instrument Repairman at the plant. In 1966 he was chosen to be enrolled in a Management Training Program so he could qualify to be a Foreman at Geneva. He was also studying for an electrical contractor’s license. In addition, he took a part-time job for Orem City which was accomplished in the early hours of the morning. This was to help with the instruments that measure and control the flow of water at various points in the city. He kept busy every minute of his time, painting the eves of the house and doing some finishing jobs on the outside. Then he would work on the landscaping and planted the front lawn. He had all the limbs from uprooted trees sawed and stacked neatly in his basement for firewood and had all surplus bricks and building materials in orderly arrangements. He seemed restless and over-anxious to complete everything----then tragedy struck and his untimely death at age 32 took him from what promised to be a bright future. Grandma Malinda Dennett passed away 14 April, 1966. After she was buried in Springdale, Utah, and we preparing to return to our home in Provo, Kelvin made the remark, “We never know who will be buried next. It’s not always the old that die”. The following Tuesday while the ladies in the family were attending a bridal shower for Elaine, Kelvin became very ill while with his two little girls at home. He was taken to the hospital for observation and tests. He had severe pain in his chest and numbness through his left side and arm. Although his Doctor seemed confident that the pain was from his former chest accident. Kelvin had a premonition. During the evening he had brought up to date all of his financial payments. He had written checks for all current bills, his Union dues, bank savings deposit, etc., and they were neatly arranged on the stereo with instructions to be followed. As he walked out of his beautiful home that night to enter the hospital, never to return, he turned to his Mother and made the remark, “Mother, this is it.”. This was on a Tuesday evening. He was some better on Wednesday and that evening had a long talk with Glenna, revealing many of the sacred and tender feelings that he had in his heart. Early Thursday morning when his cousin, Marion Hardy Myers, who was the nurse on duty, made her routine check, he had passed away. This was 21 April, 1966 and he was buried 23 April. His death had taken place exactly one week from the day we buried Grandma Dennett. After Kelvin’s death, everything fell apart. He had been the stabilizer during many of our family problems. Kelvin possessed all of the qualities of organization, ambition and honest hard work. He was admired and respected by all of his many friends and associates. He has been sadly missed. After Kelvin’s death, Glenna assumed the responsibilities of the home and her two young girls and continued her Nurse’s training. She completed her training in February 1968, with an Associate Degree in Nursing from the BYU. She worked as a registered Nurse at the Utah Valley Hospital, where she took the night shift in order to take care of her little girls during the day. In June 1974 she decided to further her education and enrolled at the BYU again and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing in April 1976. She worked with the Timpanogos Mental Health Center her last Semester at the “Y” interning as a Nurse Practitioner. She started at the Utah Valley Hospital that summer in the Emergency Center, but decided that was not her niche. She then got a job with the County Health Department as a Public Health Nurse/School Nurse. Exactly one year from the date of Kelvin’s death, April 21, 1967, Glenna, Diana and Julie were sealed to Kelvin as an eternal family in the Salt Lake temple. John Elwood stood as proxy for his brother. Source

Class of 1950. Photography Club. ~ ~ ~ ~ Arthur Eldon Dennis was born in 1931. Dennis retired from working for the City of Thousand Oaks, California, in 2001. @2012

Class of 1960. Deloy Dennis. Wrestling, Lettermen, Chorus. His parents: Elvin J. Dennis and Fern Smith Fairbanks Dennis. Siblings: sister, Sharon Marie Dennis (Ronald) McKee; brother, Raphael Dennis. Stepmother: Adonia Dennis; half brother, Brad Dennis; half sister, Ann Christensen; and stepbrother, Del Traveller. @1997

BY Academy High School Commercial Class of 1903 (final BYA class year - the next year, BYH). Edna Dennis graduated from the Commercial Class on Tuesday, May 26, 1903, in College Hall. Source 1: Program, BYA Commercial Class 1903. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy High School Class of 1903. Edna Dennis. She also received a Certificate in Shorthand. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 18.

Class of 1953 ~ Honorary? Patricia Dennis. [Not listed in 1953 Wildcat Yearbook]

Faculty & Staff Early 1960s, including 1962-63 - Science Teacher. 1963-64 - Industrial Arts Teacher. Moved to Sacramento, CA; owned and operated computer stores. Second Address: Ken Densley, (916) 944-3716, 6104 Lincoln Ave, Carmichael, CA 95608.

Class of 1962. J. Hansford Denys. Football, Wrestling, Track (Manager), Dramatics, Forensics, Band, Seminary Graduate, Y Club. @2001

Class of 1956. Sylvia Denys. Legislative Forum State, Notre Maison President, Childrens Theater, French Club, Pep Club Co-Director of Marching, Ski Club, Thespians, Soph Ball Committee, Junior Prom Committee. Married Paul Wenger. ~ ~ ~ ~ USU – Psychology. BYU – Anthropology. UCLA – Abnormal Psychology, Para Psychology, ESP, etc. Corcoran School of Art – BYU - and Harvard University. Anthropology and Ethnography Film – Jean Rouch from the Musee d’Homme – Paris. Married Paul N. Wenger, 1964, in Los Angeles, California. Paul was a Foreign Service Officer with the Agency for International Development as an attorney and economist. He served in thirty-eight countries with family postings in Paraguay, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Jamaica, and Senegal. Wife of Foreign Service Officer and film studies to record events and activities. Duties as wife of FSO included serving canapés and cookies to Third World Pooh-Baahs!!! (Otherwise known as Banana Republic Best Friends!). Favored activities include working with village potters in each country and filming women and children. My most beloved memory is my son, Lance Cole Wenger, born in Indonesia and now an attorney-at-law. Also my beloved Margays in Paraguay and Indonesia, and my work with wildlife conservation. Presently retired on Woodridge Lake in West Hartford, Connecticut, tending my garden and feeding squirrels and birds. @2006

Class of 1943. Alma Deppe. Fauvines 3, Notre Maison 3, School play 3, Banter newspaper staff 3, Boise High School 2. ~ ~ ~ ~ Newspaper mentions: Miss Alma Deppe, of Smithfield, Utah, 1935 and 1937. ~ ~ ~ ~ Alma Deppe married Wilfred Arthur LeCavalier on June 2, 1947, in Salt Lake City, Utah. [Cache County Records]. Wilfred Lecavalier was born on December 14, 1925, and died in July of 1980, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Classes of 1945 & Class of 1946. Irene Eloise Deschene. She graduated from BYH on May 23, 1946. Source: 1946 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her photograph appears with the seniors in the 1945 Wildcat yearbook, and also with the graduates listed on the 1946 Graduation Program for BYH. ~ ~ ~ ~

For reference: Deshene, see Deschene, Irene, BYH Class of 1946

Class of 1955. K. Dale Despain. Football, Baseball, Lettermen, Photography Club, Oratory, Childrens Theater, Y'ld Cat Newspaper, I Speak for Democracy, American Legion Oratory Contest, Sons of American Revolution Good Citizenship Medal. ~ ~ ~ ~ His parents were Irvin Dale Despain and Margaret Domgaard Despain. I. Dale and Margaret had five children, K. Dale Despain [BYH Class of 1955] (Sonja) Provo; Rodney H. Despain [BYH Class of 1956] (Dolores) Orem; Kathryn Despain Bush (Robert) Ogden; D. Kim Despain (Michelle) Provo; and Diane Despain Worthington, Cedar Hills. ~ ~ ~ ~ Served a mission to Denmark from 1956 to 1958. Married Sonja, daughter of Christian Faarborg of Denmark. They have five children: Christian, Tamara, Eric, Vibeke and Rachel. Dale graduated from BYU in 1960. Sonja teaches Danish at the MTC and Scandanavian Literature at BYU. After college, Dale worked in Southern California as a city planner, and later returned to Provo where he became Utah County Planner. After 10 years in city planning, Dale went into private business as the owner of Intermountain Sand and Burrell Concrete, and some apartments. They have moved into semi-retirement with the sale of their companies and most of their apartments. They now have a herd of more than 400 head of cows and a ranch along Utah Lake, north of the Provo Boat Harbor. Dale now works full-time on the ranch. Dale and Sonja have served as Guest Service missionaries on Temple Square for the last five years, including the 2002 Olympics and the opening of the LDS Conference Center. Dale recently took a son, grandson and sons-in-law to hunt Cape Buffalo in Africa. @2005

Class of 1956. Rodney H. Despain. Football, Baseball, Wrestling, Gun Club President, Rocks & Minerals Club, Camera Club, Chorus, Industrial Arts Award, Industrial Arts State Award, Seminary Play, Junior Prom Committee, Senior Prom Committee. ~ ~ ~ ~ His parents were Irvin Dale Despain and Margaret Domgaard Despain. I. Dale and Margaret had five children, K. Dale Despain [BYH Class of 1955] (Sonja) Provo; Rodney H. Despain [BYH Class of 1956] (Dolores) Orem; Kathryn Despain Bush (Robert) Ogden; D. Kim Despain (Michelle) Provo; and Diane Despain Worthington, Cedar Hills. ~ ~ ~ ~ Rodney married Delores (Dee or Jeannie) Sanders. BYU BS Geography 1963. The next few years following graduation included two years of school (Utah State and BYU), a two-year mission tour (Southern States), a short time with the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve (Gerald Hayward and I joined together because our deferments had expired, Mabel at the draft board had sent our induction notice, and we didn't want to be drafted). In 1962, I married Dolores (Dee or Jeannie) Sanders from Oregon, completed studies at BYU and went off to western Kentucky to earn my fortune as a City Planner. A couple years of on-the-job training, more school (Michigan State University) and three children later, we moved back to Provo, Utah for what was thought to be a temporary tour as a city planning consultant. Forty years later, I'm that much older, but not much else has changed. Dolores and I still live in Orem, Utah and I'm still working as city planner (Planning Director for the City of American Fork). We have four children; Matt (teaches at the University of Oklahoma); Lisa (writes, teaches and performs music in New York); Kirsten (teaches school in Mesa, Arizona), and Robin (an assistant curator at UVSC's Woodbury Gallery at the University Mall), but only two grandchildren. Our current interests include: spoiling the grandchildren; I still do woodwork (I never recovered from being the BY High shop bum); occasionally catch a fish or run a river; and Dee is an avid quilter. @2006 ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Rodney Hans Despain, born July 18, 1938 and died January 7, 2012. Anyone who had the pleasure of knowing Dad knew he was an honest, caring, loving, and awesome man. So we think we get to brag on him just a bit. Our wonderful father and grandfather, Rodney Hans Despain, passed quietly the morning of January 7, 2013 surrounded by his family. Rodney was born July 18, 1938, in St. George, Utah, to Irvin Dale Despain and Margaret Domgaard Despain, the second of five children. In 1956 he graduated from Brigham Young High in Provo, Utah, did a stint in the U.S. Coast Guard, started his college education at Utah State University, and served an LDS mission in the Southern States. Dad then attended BYU and while there met his sweetheart Dolores Jean Sanders, and married her in the Manti Temple on September 20, 1962. After graduating from BYU Dad did his graduate work in urban planning at Michigan State. He returned to Utah to partner with his father in their firm Despain and Despain Consulting. During his career as a city planner, Dad worked for many cities throughout Utah, but spent the last thirty- five years primarily as the City Planner for American Fork. Rodney was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He served faithfully in many church callings and was a passionate genealogist. Dad liked to fish, hunt, and canoe, but his favorite pasttime was river running, especially on the Salmon River. What made the outdoors so special to him was sharing those moments with his kids, grandkids, and good friends. Dad loved working in his woodshop and always had some “project” in the works. He also loved good music, especially that by his kids and grandkids. He lived a rich life full of fond memories, great friendships, and a family that loves him deeply. Rodney is survived by his sweetheart Dolores and their four children: S. Matthew Despain (Tuzie), Norman, Oklahoma; Lisa DeSpain, New York, New York; Kirsten Despain-Silver (David), Parker, Colorado; and Robin DeSpain Carson (Richard), Provo. He is also survived by three grandchildren, Kalin Despain, Camryn “Rocky” Despain, and Kathryn Shiori “Boo” Carson, and by his siblings K. Dale Despain, Kathryn Bush, Kim Despain, and Diane Worthington. He is preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 11, 2013, at 11 a.m., at the Orem Lakeview 8th Ward chapel, 165 West 1600 South, Orem, Utah. A viewing will be held the night prior, Thursday, January 10, 6 - 8 p.m., at Walker Sanderson Mortuary, 646 East 800 North, Orem, Utah. Interment, East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, 4800 North 650 East, Provo, Utah. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.walkersanderson.com [Provo Daily Herald, January 8, 2013]

Class of 1973. Steven Dewey. BYU BS University Studies 1978. Teaching Certificate 1978. Steven J. Dewey, M.D.

Class of 1950. Canadian. Chorus. Married _____ Bell.

Collegiate Grads of BYU, Class of 1923. Delmar Dickson. He received a BS Degree in Music in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 368.

Class of 1921. Mr. LaVern J. Dickson. He received a BYH Normal Certificate in 1921. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 368. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1925. LaVern J. Dickson. He received a BS Degree in Music in 1925. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 368. ~ ~ He was a teacher of many different subjects, including English.

BYU Class of 1927 ~ Honorary. Ona Dickson [Mary Ona], of Castle Dale, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Mary Ona Dickson Tuttle, 99 -- better known as "Grandma Tuttle" -- passed away on June 29, 2004. Ona was born May 29, 1905, in Castle Dale, Utah to A.D. Dickson and Emma Elizabeth Jeffs. She attended Brigham Young University. She then taught school until she married Jesse S. Tuttle (deceased) on July 28, 1927. Ona lived 70 years in Emery County and 29 years in Salt Lake City. Jesse and Ona had five children: Merilee (died at age one), Kathryn Howell (Varon), Salt Lake City; Dixie Casey (Pat-deceased) serving an LDS mission in Thailand; Ruth Menzies (Jim) Edmonds, Washington; and Stewart Tuttle (Marsha) Glendora, California. Ona had two sisters, Emma Huntington, age 94, (Castle Dale, Utah) and Ina Dickson (died at age 16). She has 12 grandchildren, 30 great-grand-children and two great-great-grand-children. Ona read the paper everyday and was keenly aware of the affairs of our world, country, state and community. She respected anyone who was willing to make the world a better place for all to live. She was a noble and obedient servant of the Lord, kneeling to say her prayers every night. Ona lived with charity in her heart, serving others diligently. She loved the Relief Society and served faithfully in many positions within that organization. Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 6, 2004 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Orangeville Cemetery in Orangeville, Utah. In the gospel of Jesus Christ, it's never goodbye, only until we meet again someday. [Deseret News, Sunday, July 4, 2004] ~ ~ ~ ~ Ona Dickson, Castle Dale, Utah was a BYU Freshman in Education in 1924, and she continued her BYU studies by correspondence in 1925. Background sources: BYU/BYH Annual Catalogues for the School Years 1923-24, 1924-25, and 1925-26.

Class of 1937. Allen Miles (Miles) Dillman. "Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Dillman [Mildred Miles] and daughter Mary attended the graduating exercises of the Brigham Young high school in Provo last Thursday evening. Miles Dillman was graduated from the high school and returned to Roosevelt with his parents Friday evening where he will spend the summer." [The Roosevelt Standard, June 3, 1937.] The father of Miles Dillman, Ray E. Dillman, is a member of the BYH Class of 1910. ~ ~ ~ ~ Miles Dillman was born August 7, 1919, and died on May 4, 2000 in Springville, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY: Allen Miles Dillman, 80, of Springville, passed away May 4, 2000. He was born August 7, 1919 to Ray Eugene Dillman and Mildred Miles Dillman in Roosevelt, Utah. He married Helen Harris on June 9, 1948 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They were later divorced. Miles graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1937. Miles was a member of the LDS Church and served an Eastern States Mission. After graduating from BYU, he served in the Army Air Corps weather squadron and land rescue squadron during World War II in Alaska. He started his own farm implement company in Farmington, Utah. Miles married and moved his family and business to Orem, Utah, where he raised his family of 12 children. He sold his business and went to work for the LDS Church where he served for 27 years in the building division. He was one of the first Eagle Scouts in the Uintah Basin and continued scouting throughout his entire life. He served in many capacities within the church. Church, family and the outdoors where his great love. Miles is survived by 12 children, Julia Dillman, Allen M. Dillman, Denice (Tom) Lovell, Ann (Lee) Forsbert, Gay D. Perry, and Dee, Mark D., Eric, David, Bruce, Ben and Neil Dillman; 33 grandchildren; a brother Earl (LeJune) Dillman; and sisters Mary Eldridge, and Naomi (Paul) Lunt. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Dorothy Hunsaker. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 9, 2000 in Springville. Interment, Rockpoint Cemetery near Vernal, Utah. [Deseret News, Sunday, May 7, 2000.]

Class of 1910. Ray E. Dillman. Graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1910, in the High School Department. Source 1: 1910 BYU Banyan, BYH section, list on p. 83. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: Annual Record, B. Y. University (BYU Records Office), page 4, 449. ~ ~ ~ ~ His son, Miles Dillman, is a member of the BYH Class of 1937. ~ ~ ~ ~ Ray Eugene Dillman was born on April 22, 1890 in Vernal, Utah. His parents were Simon Peter Dillman and Julia Ellen Davis. Ray married Mildred Myrtle Miles on July 1, 1916 in Roosevelt, Utah. Ray Dillman died on June 24, 1962, in Salt Lake City. Interment, Salt Lake City.

Class of 1962. Full name: David Clare Mitchell Dills. Football, Wrestling, Track, Ski Club, Dramatics, Forensics, Chorus, Seminary Graduate, Poetry Festival. Jacksonville Florida Health Services, Dental Clinics and Offices. @2007

Joseph Newman Dilworth. Faculty & Staff 1960s, including 1965-66 - Physical Education Teacher. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Joseph Newman Dilworth passed away at his home in Carey, Idaho on Saturday, December 22, 2018 after a spirited battle with cancer just days away from his 80th birthday. He was born in Jerome, Idaho on December 28, 1938 to Marold Joseph Dilworth and Viola Newman Dilworth, the eldest of ten children. He was preceeded in death by his parents, two brothers Thomas Edward (Eddie) and John Loren, and two grandchildren, Patrick Joseph Smith and Camilla Alexis Deleo. He is survived by his six children: Charlotte Rose Cline of Twin Falls, Idaho; Christina Viola Carter of Park City, Utah; Jason Joseph Dilworth (wife Janice) of Boise, Idaho; Catherine June Lunt (husband Michael) of Pleasant View, Utah; Jed Douglas Dilworth (wife Cinnamon) of Boise, Idaho; and Thomas James Dilworth (wife Heather) of Big Sandy, Montana; 20 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren; his former wife Carolyn Rose Carter (Mosier); and his seven siblings, LeGrand Dilworth (wife Cheryl) of Malta, Idaho; Maria Higley (husband Lee) of Burley, Idaho; Orin Dilworth (wife Loretta) of Boise, Idaho; Reed Dilworth (wife Pam) of Jerome, Idaho; Anette Christiansen (husband Michael) of Jerome, Idaho; Milan Dilworth of South Jordon, Utah; and Lorna Walker (husband Rodney) of Rupert, Idaho. Joe was a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was a valiant servant to the Lord throughout his life. He served a two-year mission in Oklahoma as part of the Southern States Mission. He was a High Priest, served in two Bishoprics, as a Young Men's President, temple worker, and intermittently as a scout leader for over 40 years. Upon returning from his mission he attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho where he studied on a scholarship, wrestled, played football and was honored with an All-American Football Award as a Guard. He graduated from Ricks in 1962. He then attended BYU in Provo and graduated in 1967. He taught and coached wrestling and football at Brigham Young High School and then Morgan High School before choosing a career in general construction, building homes, a field he worked in for the remainder of his life, finishing as a building inspector, and retiring in 2017 at age 78. Joe is remembered as a hero to all of his brothers and sisters, a stalwart, dependable, obedient, hard-working, and self-sacrificing big brother who always honored his parents and worked hard to set a good example in his family. These character attributes defined him as a man of great integrity with a servant's heart and an unmatched work ethic, attributes which remained with him throughout his life, influencing all of his decisions and actions, his relationships and commitments as a dedicated husband and father, his role as the patriarchal leader of the Dilworth family, and as a respected member within any work environment, organization, or community in which he served. Joe was a lifelong advocate of Scouting and after decades of service in the organization, he received the Silver Beaver Award, a distinguished service award from the Boy Scouts of America. He loved his family, his tractor, gardening, storytelling around the campfire, entertaining his grandchildren with his rope tricks, doing family history work, keeping his memory books, reading biographies, and wood working. Funeral services will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Carey, Idaho on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 11 am, with a viewing prior to the funeral starting at 9:30 am. The gravesite dedication will immediately follow the funeral services at the Carey Cemetery, and a meal for the family will be held at the church following the gravesite dedication. In lieu of flowers or any other donation, if you felt the impact and influence of our father's life of service, please consider reaching out to your community or to those in need as a reflection of how his character and example was meaningful to you. The family would like to extend a special thanks to all those who have been so loving and attentive to our father over the past few years of his life. We know you spent many hours offering service and care, dropping by meals, visiting, and helping us keep an eye on him, even though he was very independent. We love and appreciate all of you. For more information - www.woodriverchapel.com [Idaho Statesman, January 1, 2019] Second source.

Class of 1959. Adelia Dix. Library Science, Pep Club, Chorus, Chorus Festival Award, 3-year Vocal Music Award, Hollywood Beauty School Scholarship, Band, Forensics, Interpretive Speech, Wildcat Yearbook.

Class of 1955. LaWona Dix. Chorus. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYU three years to 1960. Married William F. "Bill" Charles. Six children: Deborah Nixon, Lisa Ross, Helen Day, Patrick Charles, Brenda Bybee, and Anita Jolley. LaWana worked in many jobs in health related fields and secretarial avenues. Her last position was with the Beehive Clothing store in Provo, where she served as assistant manager and then manager before retiring in 1992. Many church positions, and presently plays piano for Relief Society in her ward. Worked in Provo Temple from 1996 to 1998. Beginning April 6, 1999, Bill and LaWona served a full-time mission in the Harrisburg Pennsylvania Mission, returning October 2000. She has been serving as a Provo Temple ordinance worker again since April 2003. @2005 ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: LaWona Helen Dix Charles, 78, passed peacefully from this life, after battling cancer for 16 years, July 9, 2015 at home with family members. LaWona was born in Hailey, Idaho on March 3, 1937. She was the first of two children born to Ross and Berniece Peck Dix. She lived the first 14 years in Carey, Idaho. At that time her father was killed in a farming accident. Her mother took the two children and moved to Provo, Utah. LaWona attended two years at Provo High and then the final year at BY High School. After working on campus and taking classes at Brigham Young University, she met her future husband, William "Bill" Charles in September 1958. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on June 5, 1959. She worked for a physician the next two years while Bill completed his Bachelors Degree at BYU in 1961. They, and their first daughter, left for San Francisco, California, for Bill's new employment. They resided there for eight years, blessed with four more daughters. They left there in August 1969, moving to Springville, Utah. They were then blessed with a son. LaWona worked at school lunch and then at Beehive Clothing, becoming the manager. She retired from there to spend more time with the children and cared for Bill's mother for over 10 years. LaWona dedicated her life to loving and serving her family and extended family. She also served faithfully in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints including, visiting teacher, organist, pianist, chorister, Relief Society Presidency, Primary President, teacher and Provo Temple ordinance worker for 11 years. She served a Church mission with her husband in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, then attended a Young Single Adult Ward with him as he served in a bishopric. She loved to sing in choirs and played the saxophone in a high school band. Some of her skills included sewing, crocheting, knitting and quilting. She is best remembered for her unconditional love, tolerance, faith, humility and smiles. She was preceded in death by her parents, step-father Elmo Croft and step-brother, Alan Croft. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Bill; sister, Adelia Jepperson; her six children: Debbie (Steve)Nixon, Lisa (Greg) Ross, Helen (Mike) Day. Patrick, Brenda (Craig) Bybee, Anita (Clair) Jolley; 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Friday, July 17, 2015 in the Spring Creek 2nd Ward chapel, 350 N. 400 E, Springville, Utah. Interment, Springville Evergreen Cemetery, 1926-52 S. 400 E. Condolences may be sent at www.wheelermortuaries.com [Provo Daily Herald, July 15, 2015]

Class of 1961 ~ Honorary.