OBITS: Daily Herald 22 Dec 2004; Provo, Utah co., Utah submitted by W. David Samuelsen *********************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ut/utfiles.htm *********************************************************************** Source: Daily Herald http://www.daily-herald.com Barber, Zachary P. Zachary Paul Barber, 17, of Spanish Fork, died Sunday, December 19, 2004 at the Mountain View Hospital in Payson of injuries suffered in an automobile accident. He was born on November 19, 1987 in Payson, Utah, the son of Paul Douglas Barber and Lori Virginia Bradford Barber. Zachary was a junior at Spanish Fork High School and has attended Spanish Fork Schools all his life. He worked for Best Ride Quick Lube Oil Change and enjoyed working there. He enjoyed golf, baseball, basketball, hunting, fishing, and has fished in Alaska. He was a member of Spanish Fork High School golf and baseball teams. He was a priest and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Zac loved life and being with his friends. He had an infectious smile and will always be remembered by his enthusiasm and good natured manner. Survivors include his parents, Paul and Lori, of Spanish Fork; two sisters and one brother: Michelle, Melinda, and Austin; Grandparents: Keith & Edith Barber, Grant & Virginia Moore, and Glen & Trudy Bradford, and many many aunts, uncles, and cousins. Funeral services will be Thursday, December 23, 2004 at 11 a.m. in the Meadowlark 2nd Ward , 870 East Canyon Road, Spanish Fork. Friends may call at the Walker Mortuary, 187 South Main Street, Spanish Fork on Wednesday evening 6 til 8 p.m. or Thursday at the ward from 9:45 til 10:45 a.m. prior to the services. Burial will be in the Spanish Fork City Cemetery. Condolences may also be sent to the family at: www.walkerfamilymortuaries.com Published in the Daily Herald from 12/21/2004 - 12/22/2004. Jackson, Maurice William Maurice William Jackson Washington, UT - Maurice William Jackson, 76, passed away early in the morning at home in Washington, Utah on December 19, 2004. He was born September 25, 1928 in Moroni, Utah to William Delbert and Elsie Maurine Hardy Jackson. He spent his boyhood in Moroni and the Fountain Green area. He attended Moroni and Fountain Green schools until 1944 when his father moved the family to the Ranch at Thistle. He graduated from Spanish Fork High School and attended BYU until he was called and served an honorable LDS Mission to the Southern States from 1949 to 1951. He joined the ORC (Officers Reserve Corp.), and served his country during the Korean conflict serving at Fort Ord, CA and Fort Lewis, WA where he earned the Good Conduct Medal and received an honorable discharge in 1954. He married Leah Gene Grasham of Dallas, TX on November 21, 1952 in the Manti Temple. To this union a daughter Debra was born in 1954. In 1964 they adopted a daughter, Neita, and two sons, Richard and Lance. He lived in Thistle until the 1983 flooding of his home where he helped to evacuate all residents including his aging father and mother. He lived in Payson for 10 years until he retired from US Steel after working at Geneva for 30 years. In the fall of 1994 they moved to Washington, Utah where they were called and served an honorable LDS service mission at the LDS Employment Center in St. George, Utah. He loved reading the scriptures, attending the Temple, making homemade chocolates, prospecting and geology, being in the outdoors and growing things. He was a generous and caring man and could often be found doing good deeds for neighbors and friends. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, a brother Loyd (Faye) Jackson, Thistle, UT, daughters; Debra Hengst, Washington, UT, Neita (Bill) Sorensen, Mount Pleasant, UT, sons; Richard (Betty) Jackson and Lance Jackson, grandchildren; Russell Hengst, Katie, Michael, Paul, and Alison Sorensen, Brian, Cory, Austin, Nigel and Aubrey Jackson, and one great-grandson, Porter Sorensen. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Boyd. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 23, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. at the Washington 11th Ward LDS Chapel, 650 E. Telegraph Rd., Washington, Utah. Visitations will be held on Wednesday, December 22, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m at Metcalf Mortuary, 300 W. St. George Blvd., and on Thursday, from 10:00 to 10:40 a.m. prior to services at the chapel. Internment will be at the Washington City Cemetery under the direction of Metcalf Mortuary, 435-673-4221. Condolences may be sent through Metcalf's web site at www.metcalfmortuary.com Published in the Daily Herald on 12/22/2004. Lofgran, Blaine Harris Blaine Harris Lofgran, 80, formerly of Santaquin, died December 19, 2004 in Mesa, Arizona. He was born May 7, 1924 in Santaquin to Alma Harris and Eva Lenora Greenhalgh Lofgran. He was married to Carol Cole for 51 years before she passed away March 11, 1998. He later married Wilma Allison Jacobs and they have been together for 6 years. Blaine served in the Army during World War II. He lived in Southern California where he worked as a journeyman machinist in the Aero-space industry. He was an active member of the LDS church currently residing in the Clearview Ward, Mesa Arizona Skyline Stake. He is survived by a son, Jeff Lofgran, of Arizona, and a daughter, Sherry York, of Tennessee; 7 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren; a sister, Helen Wilkey, of Payson, 3 brothers, Curtis Lofgran, of Layton, William Lofgran and Gary Lofgran, both of Nephi. Funeral services will be Thursday, December 23rd at 1:00 p.m. in the Old Santaquin Stake Center, 90 South 200 East, where friends may call from 11:45 to 12:45 prior to services. Interment, Santaquin Cemetery. Military rites by Santaquin American Legion Post 84. Published in the Daily Herald on 12/22/2004. Phillips, Gary Gary Phillips funeral services will be held Thursday, Dec 23, 2004 at 12 noon in Anderson & Sons Mortuary, 49 E. 100 N. American Fork. Viewings Wed. evening from 6 to 8 pm and 1 hour prior to services at the mortuary. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Clint Phillips account at the Bank of American Fork or to the Phillips Family Donation Fund at any Far West Bank. Published in the Daily Herald on 12/22/2004. Ward, Kenneth Mark Kenneth Mark Ward, 43, died December 19, 2004. Graveside services will be held Thursday Dec. 23, 2004 at 11 am in the American Fork Cemetery. Viewing Wed evening from 6 to 8 pm at the Anderson & Sons Mortuary, 49 E. 100 N. American Fork. Published in the Daily Herald from 12/21/2004 - 12/22/2004.