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Colgrove, Rosa Carol
Rosa Carol Colgrove Rosa Carol Colgrove, 84, of Idaho Falls, Idaho and
formerly of American Fork and Provo, Utah, died May 22, 2005 at the home of
her daughter in Idaho Falls. She was born Dec. 16, 1920, in Yakima,
Washington, to LeRoy Mortimore and Mary Isabella Murray Mortimore. She grew up
in Thermopolis, Wyoming, and graduated from Thermopolis High School. On Sept.
6, 1950, she married Edgar Colgrove in Manti, Utah. He died March 12, 1988.
She was employed for several years at Brigham Young University. She was a
member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had many
callings throughout her lifetime; her favorite calling was name extractions.
She enjoyed sewing, knitting, and crocheting. Mother lived a life of faithful
service to her family and others. She is survived by the following: son,
Steven Charles (Cathy) Cochran of Lufkin, Texas; daughter, Carol Ann "Penny"
Hiernu of Golden, Colorado; daughter, Michael (Rex) Gaumond of Berkeley
Springs, West Virginia; daughter, Roxene (Ted) Kresser of American Fork, Utah;
daughter, Peggy Louise (Jim H.) Tibbitts of Idaho Falls, Idaho; 23
grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren; sister, Enid Wayne Haslam of Provo,
Utah. She was preceded in death by her husband, and a brother, 2 sisters, and
a granddaughter.. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 25,
2005, at the Bonneville LDS Sixth Ward, 195 S. 100 East in Provo. The family
will visit with friends one hour prior to the services at the church. Burial
will be in the Provo City Cemetery under the direction of Coltrin Mortuary of
Idaho Falls.
Published in the Daily Herald on 5/24/2005.

Ivie, Gwendolyn Irene
Gwendolyn Irene Ivie Our loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, friend, passed
away May 22, 2005. She was born Nov 9, 1963 in Mesa, AZ to Ronald Asa Nielsen
and Ilse Vind Pedersen. She graduated from Mountain View High School and
attended Dixie College and BYU. She loved the gospel and served a full time
mission in the Minneapolis Minnesota Mission. She married Hans Rasmussen in
1987 and from that union 2 daughters, Chelsea and Emma were born. They later
divorced. On June 21, 2003 she married her soul mate, Blake Ivie and they
spent two wonderful years together. She had a great love of animals,
especially horses. She was an accomplished violinist, playing in the Utah
Valley Youth Symphony. She had a great sense of humor, loved spending time
with her 2 daughters and husband. She will be dearly missed by all. Survivors
are husband, Blake, daughters, Chelsea & Emma Rasmussen, parents, Ronald &
Ilse Nielsen of Austin, TX; sisters, Ronda Petrol, Spanish Fork, Sharon Begay,
AZ, brothers Ron (Jill) Nielsen, Lindon; David (Suzannah) Nielsen, Roanoke,
TX; Greg (Kathleen) Nielsen, Draper. Preceded in death by grandparents and
sister Anna Marie. Services will be held 11 am Thursday, May 26, 2005 in the
American Fork 18th Ward, 381 S 300 E. Viewing Wednesday evening 6 to 8 pm in
the Anderson & Sons Mortuary, 49 E 100 N, Am Fork and Thursday at the church
from 9:45 to 10:45 am. Burial, Heber City Cemetery.
Published in the Daily Herald on 5/24/2005.

Owens, Margaret Watkins
Margaret Watkins Owens Margaret Watkins Owens left this mortal life on May 20,
2005, to join Richard "Dick" Woodyatt Owens, her eternal companion, in a
joyous reunion. Margaret exemplified with excellence and love all the roles of
a Latter Day Saint woman. Her life embraced family, Church, and the community.
She was first a devoted wife, having been married in the Logan Temple of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on July 28, 1936. They enjoyed 59
years of marriage. Dick preceded her death on August 31, 1995. Blessed with a
strong pioneer heritage, she was born in Mendon, Utah, on September 20, 1912,
the oldest child of Joseph H. Watkins, Jr. and Anna Laura Andersen Watkins.
Her surviving siblings are Ruth Watkins Benson (Valdo Benson, deceased),
Ogden, and Reed Andersen Watkins (Jeanette) Salt Lake City. After they both
graduated from Utah Agricultural College (Utah State University), Margaret and
Dick moved to Berkeley, California for his graduate school, where they
pioneered the growth of the Church in the San Francisco Bay Area. There she
began her role as loving mother, having a powerful influence for good in the
lives of her children: David R. Owens, Walnut Creek, CA. (Georgia Garff, six
children), J. William Owens, Phoenix, AZ. (Christine Lewis, four children),
Lawrence W. Owens, Martinez, CA, (Karen Shaw, five children), Robert L. Owens,
Los Osos, CA. (Marcy Johnson), and Elaine Owens Riddle, Provo, UT (Neil A.
Riddle, two children). She loved working in the Church, especially in Relief
Society where she served in many callings, including President of the BYU 2nd
State Relief Society. She loved teaching, especially the youth in Seminary,
but also as a Gospel Doctrine teacher and in all auxiliaries. She loved
serving a mission with Dick in the Hawaiian Temple Visitors Center. One of her
cherished experiences was teaching English to the foreign born (now English as
a Second Language) in the Oakland Adult Day Schools. Margaret taught part time
for 35 years, her students coming from all over the world. She loved her
immigrant students, and her influence on them as a teacher and mentor extended
far beyond the classroom. Later in her career, she developed and conducted
advanced workshops for other ESL teachers. Margaret loved music, and even
later in life, she and Dick would play piano duets. She encouraged music in
the lives of her children and grandchildren. She was an exciting storyteller
and the author of two published books, "Eternal Companions", the life history
of her parents, and "Stop Me if You Have Heard this Before", her
autobiography. She compiled extensive, quality scrapbooks on her life and the
lives of her children. She was an enthusiastic world traveler to which her
international collection of dolls would attest. She was beautiful and gracious
in spirit, an angel of light. Dick took great delight throughout the years in
introducing her as "the first runner-up of the Miss Rocky Mountain Beauty
Contest". It was during the Great Depression and the prize was just enough
money to pay for college tuition that year. She will leave a wound in the
hearts of her family (two siblings, five children, seventeen grandchildren,
and 14 great grandchildren) and many, many friends. That wound will heal over
time with faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the Glorious Resurrection.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the
Edgemont South Stake Center, 4295 N. Canyon Road, Provo, Utah. Friends may
call at Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 E. Center Street, Wednesday evening from
6-8, as well as Thursday morning at the stake center, from 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Interment will be in East Lawn Memorial Hills. Condolences may be sent to
www.BergMortuary.com.
Published in the Daily Herald on 5/24/2005.

Parker, Mary Lee Staples
Mary Lee Staples Parker Mary Lee Staples Parker, 73, passed away, Saturday,
May 21, 2005, in Orem, Utah. Mary was born April 14, 1932, to Leo and Phyllis
Aberta Staples in Central, Utah. She graduated from high school in Richfield
in1950, and married her future husband, Harvey J. Parker, September 10, 1954,
in Richfield, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake
Temple, September 10, 1996. Mary was a homemaker and took very seriously her
obligation to vote and believed voting was the foundation of our freedom. She
was a beautiful seamstress, made porcelain dolls and was a member of a bowling
team. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and
served in many callings throughout her life, recently as a temple worker in
the Provo Temple. She is survived by her husband, Harvey, 5 children, Randy
(Shelly) Parker, Riverton, UT, Scott (Debbie) Parker, Modesto, CA, Pamela
(John) Erickson, Denver, CO, Dane (Michelle) Parker, Orem, UT, Dale (Rhonda)
Parker, SLC, UT, 23 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers, Leslie
Staples, Ely, NV. and Bill Staples, Las Vegas, NV. She was preceded in death
by her parents. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 26, 2005, in
the Heatheridge 4th Ward Chapel, 620 East Heather Road, Orem, Utah. Family and
friends may call from 6-8 p.m. in the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East
800 North, Orem, and Wednesday from 9:45-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at
the church. Interment will be in the Orem City Cemetery. Condolences may be
sent to the family at: www.walkerfamilymortuaries.com
Published in the Daily Herald on 5/24/2005.

Petersen, Betty Jean
Betty Jean Petersen 1923-2005 Betty Jean (BJ) Petersen passed away
unexpectedly May 22, 2005 after a series of major health problems. Betty was
born December 20, 1923 in Fielding, Utah to Noble Rasmus and Donetta Hansen
Petersen, the second of seven children. She graduated from Bear River High
School in 1941 and enlisted in the US Navy as a WAVE during World War II. With
the help of the GI Bill, she completed a BS in Business at Utah State
University. She began her teaching career in Sugar City, Idaho, but after only
two years she accepted a mission call to Oslo, Norway. After her mission, she
returned to teaching in Parowan and then began teaching within the Church
Education System, first at Ricks College and then at BYU. During these years,
she earned her Masters Degree and a Doctorate from Columbia University in New
York City. After returning to BYU, she taught for 24 years in the School of
Management, teaching business and information management. While attending
Columbia, Betty had many wonderful experiences. From those experiences she
became an avid patron of the arts. This grew into annual excursions to the
Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City with her sisters and nieces, many plays
at Pioneer Theater Company, and volunteer work at the BYU Museum of Art. Her
service included many church and Temple callings. She worked at the Provo
Temple for many years, and also worked in the BYU Family History Center. One
of her favorite projects lately was making teddy bears with her neighbors for
abused children. Betty is survived by a very large and loving family. J. Alan
and Connie Meade of Sandy, Tracey Meade of Fruit Heights, Margo and Randy
Kuykendall of El Paso and their children; Tia and Matt Ferguson, Brittany and
Sam Southam, Devon and Jacob Hammer, Autumn and Drew Polson, Brad Kuykendall,
Jordan Kuykendall. Also surviving are her siblings Rae Rasmussen (Garth) of
Vernal, Caroline and Gordon Jensen of Brigham City, Betty Jean Petersen
(Richard) of Fielding, Donald and Eleanor Petersen of Fielding, and
generations of loving nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her
siblings Garth Rasmussen, Richard Petersen, Lois Elaine and Slim
Christoffersen and Louise Meade. Services will be held Thursday May 26, 2005
11:00 am at the Pleasant View Ninth Ward at 2445 North 650 East, Provo. A
viewing will be held Wednesday May 25, 2005 from 6-8 pm at Berg Mortuary 185
East Center Street Provo, and 1 hour before the funeral at the chapel.
Internment will be in the Fielding Cemetery at approximately 3:30 pm on
Thursday May 26, 2005. In lieu of flowers, Betty requested that donations be
made to the Perpetual Education Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints.
Published in the Daily Herald on 5/24/2005.

Rice, Carolyn Lowe
Carolyn Lowe Rice 1960 ~ 2005 Carolyn Lowe Rice, age 45, passed away May 22,
2005 in Salt Lake City. She was born January 21, 1960 in Provo, Utah to
Everett and Norma Carter Lowe. She Married John Rice in Sandy, Utah May 9,
1998. She enjoyed traveling, spending time with her family, throwing parties
and family get-togethers as well as dancing, laughing, and creating fun for
herself and everyone around her. Survived by her loving husband; five
children, Ryan (Leslie) Overstreet, Sunny (Chad) Brady, Brandy Lowe, Austin
Rice, and Lance Toia; her two granddaughters, Justice and Allie; her
stepchildren, Kimberly (Justin) Orton, Rebeccah Rice, Christa Rice, and Sarah
Rice; her parents; and her siblings, Dennis Lowe, Richard (Mary Anna) Lowe,
Michelle (Kerry) Dillenbeck, and Lori (Gary) Summers; many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 25, at 11 a.m. in the Granite 5th
Ward chapel, 2535 East New Castle Drive (8900 So). Friends and family may call
at the Larkin Mortuary, 1950 E. 10600 So., Tuesday, May 24th from 6-8 p.m. and
at the church Wednesday from 9:45-10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment,
Larkin Sunset Gardens.
Published in the Daily Herald on 5/24/2005.

Taylor, Clarence Dixon
Clarence Dixon Taylor Duty, Integrity, and Plain Hard Work A Consummate Uncle
Clarence Dixon Taylor, known to all as "Uncle Bud," a life-long Provo citizen,
died on 21 May 2005, at the Courtyard at Jamestown, just ten days after his
96th birthday. When Clarence was born on 11 May 1909, on 5th West, there were
no paved roads in the city and the largest employer was the Provo Woolen
Mills, of which his grandfather, Henry Aldous Dixon, had been the first
superintendent. He was the sixth of eight children of Arthur N. Taylor and
Maria Dixon. Although never married, his life was devoted to his family in a
consistent, helpful way that set a standard for all who knew him. He early
recognized the value of computers for genealogical work and entered all his
family records on an Apple IIe. Before that, his basement was lined with 32
lineal feet of 4' x 8' plywood panels with hundreds of names of his collateral
relatives on small strips of paper. Each of his nieces and nephews received,
at their marriage, a booklet with family group sheets of their ancestors, and
their own, ready to be continued. When his call to the English Mission arrived
in 1930, his mother paid a visit to President Heber J. Grant to explain that
there must have been a mistake because he should be going to South Africa.
Which he did. And for the rest of his life, he carried on his mother's
devotion to their South African roots, where her father had joined The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1856. His published books include a
history of the 1820 settlers of South Africa and two volumes of family records
and stories, My Folks, the Dixons. He prepared hundreds of names for temple
ordinances and was a worker and the treasurer of the Provo Temple. Clarence
graduated from Brigham Young University in 1936 with a degree in business
administration and worked with his father and brothers in their furniture
business, Dixon-Taylor-Russell Company, until it closed in 1964. He then took
care of accounts payable for the BYU Bookstore, until he retired in 1974. His
life was interrupted by World War II, which he spent freezing one winter at
Margum Castle in Wales; then, slogging through the worst of the European
Theater. He was a cannoneer in the 109th Regiment of the 28th Division, landed
on Utah Beach, barely escaped capture during the Battle of the Bulge, and
fought on into Germany. He would never talk about the war, much to the
disappointment of his nephews, but wrote, "There is no good that comes from
war, other than retaining one's liberty. War only results in destruction,
heartache, and sorrow - a period of waste, loss of life, pain, and suffering.
To me, a period of time to be forgotten." He liked to travel; but, wouldn't go
camping, probably because his unit had once gone six weeks without ever being
indoors. As a veteran, he was eligible to purchase a war surplus jeep in 1945.
He and a cousin, Verl Dixon, picked it up at Hill Air Force Base; all four
tires blew out on the way back to Provo. Uncle Bud's jeep was the envy and
pride of the entire extended family and Oakhills neighborhood. As each niece
and nephew got their driver's license, they were allowed to use the jeep for a
week - until, one of them drove it up the front steps of the high school in
Price! For his 95th birthday, his nieces and nephews each wrote a memory of
Uncle Bud. Many involved the jeep; all reflected his influence for good. Uncle
Bud was a quiet example of a good neighbor. The Taylor family developed the
Oakhills neighborhood and the Taylor Terrace condominiums east of the temple.
Before there was city water, he cleaned the ditches and tank and helped keep
the water running out of Rock Canyon. The jeep was fitted with a snowplow and
for years before the city began maintaining the roads, he kept the roads and
many driveways clear. Rather than wringing out the last dollar from the land,
he donated his own property for a neighborhood park. When the power lines were
buried, he hand-dug through hundreds of feet of rock and roots to avoid
backhoe damage to the scrub oak of land he didn't even own. He was preceded in
death by five brothers and one sister, two nephews and one niece. He is
survived by his sister, Ruth Taylor Kartchner; and 25 nieces and nephews. All
of them are grateful to be part of his family. We extend a heartfelt thanks to
the staff at Courtyard for their tender care during his last few weeks.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, 25 May, at 11 a.m., in the Hillside
Chapel, 2000 North 1500 East, Provo. Friends may call Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at
the Berg Mortuary in Provo; and, one hour prior to the services. Interment
will be in the Provo City Cemetery.
Published in the Daily Herald from 5/22/2005 - 5/24/2005.

Wood, Rulon Clark
Rulon Clark Wood 1936 ~ 2005 Rulon Clark Wood unexpectedly passed away on May
21, 2005, at the age of 69, of a heart attack. At the time of his passing, he
was surrounded by his family. Rulon was born on April 16, 1936, in Levan,
Utah, to Clark Stevens and Marie Anderson Wood. Rulon married his sweetheart,
Jessie Ann Martin, in the Salt Lake Temple on August 19, 1955. This year would
have been Rulon and Jessie's 50th wedding anniversary. Rulon and Jessie are
the proud parents of four wonderful children. Rulon spent his whole life
serving others, whether it be through his work at Nephi Rubber Products, his
service as a Levan Town Councilman, board member of the Nephi Western
Employees Federal Credit Union, active member of the LDS Church, or operating
his backhoe for the benefit of others. Rulon was a member of the Levan Town
Baseball Team. Rulon enjoyed camping, hunting, riding horses, Dutch oven
cooking; and, most importantly, his grandkids. Rulon is survived by his wife,
Jessie; son, Clark R. Wood (Marrian); daughter, Barbara Johnson (Doug); son,
Gary Wood (Stephanie); brother, Everitt Wood (LaVerne); sister, Lola Lee;
sister, Lillis Woodall; sister, Elaine Anderson (Dale); 10 grandchildren.
Preceded in death by infant daughter, Debra Ann Wood; parents, Clark and Marie
Wood; sister, Delma Bennett. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, May
25, 2005, at 11 a.m., at the Levan Ward Chapel. Friends may call on Tuesday
evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Anderson Funeral Home (94 W. 300 North) in Nephi,
Utah; and, at the church, one hour prior to services. Interment, Levan
Cemetery.
Published in the Daily Herald on 5/24/2005.