Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1924. Marie Collett. She received a BS Degree in Home Economics in 1924. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 376.

BY Academy High School Class of 1882 and 1885. William Collett. Graduated June 16, 1882 with Mercantile Bookkeeping certificate. 21 members of the Class of 1882 are mentioned. Source 1: Deseret Evening News, June 19, 1882. Source 2: Territorial Enquirer, June 21, 1882. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy High School Class of 1885. William G. Collett received a Teacher's Certificate. Source: 1. Deseret News, June 25, 1885. 2. Territorial Enquirer, June 12, 1885. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1885. William G. Collett received a Certificate of Efficiency in Science. Source: 1. Deseret News, June 25, 1885. 2. Territorial Enquirer, June 12, 1885.

Class of 1911. Clara Collier of Vernal, Utah. Normal [Teacher Prep]. Always confident, busy and gay,/ She walks through school in a dignified way./ You can't mistake it -- that stately look,/ 'Tis the pedagogue's air read of in a book./ In High School she's now been asked to teach,/ She can do it we know, for she lacks not the speech. She says small hats don't keep the sun off. Source: BYHS Yearbook 1911. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: Clara Collier. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1911. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University (BYU Records Office), Book 4, p. 432. ~ ~ ~ ~ Clara Collier was born on July 25, 1890 in (Naples) Vernal, Uintah County, Utah. Her parents: Joab Collier and Theodocia Keeler Collier -- both attended Brigham Young Academy. She married William Muir Richardson on March 26, 1913, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on October 16, 1952 in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Interment, Pleasant Grove, Utah.

Joab Collier. He attended Brigham Young Academy as a young man. Joab Collier married Theodocia Keeler. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married Joab Collier when she was 19 years of age. Joab Collier came to Utah from England with his widowed mother when he was only 10 years of age. When he was 14, after a period of admiration for the brick laying performed by Daniel Keeler and his hired men, he was also hired as an apprentice. Brick laying and construction became his main life's work, until his death in 1918 in Vernal, Utah. They had 16 children, 14 of whom grew up and had children of their own. The Collier family moved to a homestead on the east side of Vernal in 1890. One of the buildings there, which Joab helped to erect around 1901, was the old brick Tabernacle, which in modern times has been remodeled as the Vernal Temple. ~ ~ ~ ~ Joab Collier was born on July 23, 1855 in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England. His parents were James Collier and Mary Ann Beard Collier. He married Theodocia Keeler on April 8, 1877 in Provo, Utah. Joab Collier died on September 18, 1918 in Vernal, Utah. Interment, Vernal, Utah.

Class of 1955~H. Jerrie Collings. Attended BY High in 1952-53.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1919. Leah Collings. She received an AB Degree in Home Economics in 1919. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 60.

Class of 1954. Gary M. Collins. Baseball, Tennis, Athletic Manager, Lettermen, Chorus. BYU 1958.

Class of 1969. Kathleen [or Kathryn] Collins. Married James Barton Gadd, 213 S. 300 W, Payson, Utah. Kathy is a sister of Stanley E. Collins, BYH Class of 1951.

Class of 1957. Kent Collins. Basketball All Region 1st Team, Baseball, Tennis, Lettermen, Spanish Club, Chorus, Exchange Assembly. He married Pat.

Class of 1960 ~ Honorary. Attended in 1957, participated in BYJrH Music.

Class of 1951. Stan Collins. Senior Class Vice President. Basketball, Tennis, Baseball, Football, Lettermen President, Chorus. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYU BS Industrial Management 1958. New York University MBA Finance 1960. Smith, Barney, Shearson. One of LaVell Edwards' best friends. Brigham Young Academy Foundation Member. Married Mary Alice Sauls, BYH Class of 1952. ~ ~ ~ ~ Stanley E. Collins, who was an officer and director at various times for Sundance. They acquired a lot in December of 1981, and constructed a personal residence on the lot. On January 27, 1997, an avalanche destroyed the Collinses' home. State Farm, as insurer of the property, paid the Collinses over $950,000 to cover the loss to real and personal property. ~ ~ ~ ~ Alternate address: Collins, Stanley E, 230 Tuacahn Drive, Ivins, Utah 84738-6128 - (435) 656-2946. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Stanley E. Collins, passed away peacefully at his home in Provo on the morning of October 24, 2008. Stan was born in Provo, Utah on January 18, 1934, to AC (Bill) Collins and Mildred Elliott Collins. He grew up in Provo and attended Brigham Young elementary training school, BY Junior High, BY High School and graduated from Brigham Young University in 1958. In High School he was a good student and an exceptional athlete. He participated in all sports, but his favorites were basketball and tennis. This interest carried on into college where he participated on both the basketball and tennis teams at BYU. His schooling was interrupted between his sophomore and junior years when he served an LDS mission to the North Central States. He graduated from BYU in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business, then entered New York University where he graduated with an MBA degree. It was here that he worked on Wall Street and became interested in finance and investments. On returning to Provo, he became involved in various business ventures. He served as a first Vice President and Regional Manager for the brokerage firm Foster and Marshall, which merged to eventually become Smith Barney where he served as Vice President until his death. He was also a founder and director of Bonneville Bank and served as Executive Vice President of Sundance Incorporated in association with his long-time friend Robert Redford. Over the years he has been an unselfish and tireless worker in worthy community causes and civic organizations and has been a dedicated booster of BYU. The civic positions he has held include Past Chairman of the Provo Chamber of Commerce, recipient of the chamber of commerce Outstanding Young Man award, past chairman of the National Cougar Club, and Chairman of the BYU Hall of Fame Selection Committee. He was also a member of the Committee to save the lower campus education building which became the Provo City Library. He was appointed by the Mayor to chair the Provo City Development Committee. He also served on the Riverside Country Club Board of directors, and for the past ten years he has been a member of the National Advisory council at Dixie College in St. George. As a committed member of the LDS Church, he has served in many positions. He was a bishop in a BYU Student ward, a Branch President at the MTC, and a bishop in his home ward, the Oakhills 6th. He has also served faithfully as a gospel doctrine teacher and home teacher and in many callings with the youth. He married Mary Alice Sauls in the Salt Lake Temple in 1957. They are the parents of five children, the joys of his life "David, (Ruth), Mesa, Arizona; Robert, (Mitzi), Provo, Utah; John (Merilee), Orem, Utah; Andrew, (Nicole), Provo and Elizabeth, Salt Lake City, Utah. He is also survived by 17 grandchildren, two brothers: Ed Collins and Bob Collins and a sister, Kathy Gadd. His parents preceded him in death. When he was chosen to light the "Y" he was introduced as "a respected business executive, Church Leader and civic servant, and a charming and articulate man who is one of the fine gentlemen around." His was a life well lived as Stan was the greatest example of generosity, loyalty, and unconditional love. He knew how to laugh and had a magnificent sense of humor. He was a friend to all. He will be greatly missed. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 28, at 11 a.m. at the Oakhills 6th Ward Chapel, 2000 North 1500 East, Provo. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, on Monday evening 6-8 p.m. and the Ward Chapel on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Interment East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery. Condolences may be sent toinfo@bergmortuary.com [Provo Daily Herald, October 26, 2008.]

Class of 1955. Sue Collins. 1955 Student Body President. 1954 Student Body Secretary. Chorus, Pep Club, Notre Maison, Representative Girl, Senior Hop Committee, Soph Week, Honor Roll. BYU 1959. Married Grant Speed, a school teacher and sculptor, and they had three children. Sue Collins was the first and only female ever to be elected Student Body President of BY High. @2005

Class of 1920. Wendell Collins. He received a BYH Business Diploma in 1920. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 12.

Class of 1958. Wendell Kay Collins. Contest Play, Weber Meet, Radio Physics, Band, Assembly Sound, Junior Prom Floor Show, Senior Hop Assembly, Senior Sluff Day Committee. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Wendell Kay Collins, 63, (formerly of Provo) died at his home on Monday, July 5th, 2004. Kay was born September 5th, 1940, to Wendell Davis and Leah Belle Oakley Collins. He attended Provo schools and graduated from BY High in 1958. Kay then attended BYU where he studied sound engineering and was an avid student of physics and the social sciences as well. Kay began dating the love of his life, Gloria Sargent of Springville, in 1962 and they had an unusually fun courtship. The two married March 11th, 1965. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on their wedding anniversary in 1970, and they would have celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary next Spring. Kay Collins was a man of integrity and compassion. He was a quick study and developed skill and expertise in every field in which he ever engaged. Kay worked as a camera operator and sound engineer for three years at KSL in Salt Lake City. He then became Technical Services Manager for Audio Visual Operations at BYU for seventeen years where he was later described by a previous employee as the kindest man I ever worked for. Kay oversaw sound and lighting for concerts, BYU devotionals and firesides, basketball and football games, and organized a crew that helped him provide sound services for the early years of the annual Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti, Utah. In 1979 he left to expand his business of Carousel Recording (begun in 1963) to Carousel Service Center. Kay became President of a union local, Provo City Mayoral candidate, and County Delegate. Kay was part of the Production team for such movies as Footloose (1983), Newsies (1990), and Swing Kids (1991). For 51 years he was the sound and lighting director for Colleen Collins Smiths Dance Studio in Provo, Utah; and for the last several years Kay has operated sound for the end-of-year dance festivals in the Provo School District for several schools. From 1988-1998 Kay was a member of the team that created and operated Disneylands incredible Fantasmic water/laser show. And from 1994 to 2004 he focused his business on the installation of immaculate audio-visual systems in corporate conference rooms, government buildings, many K-12 schools from Weber County to Utah County, as well as Weber State University, Westminster College, and the University of Utah. Kay is survived by his wife, Gloria Sargent Collins; children: Teri Collins Martin (Tom), LeeAn Collins Pay (Lynn), Blair Merle Collins (Cathi), and Robert Kay Collins (Heather); grandchildren: Joshua Thomas Martin, Camille Pay, Mariah Pay, Brayden Lynn Pay, David Kay Collins, Sarah Lauren Collins, Matthew Donald Collins, and Johnathan Craig Collins; sisters: Colleen Collins Smith (Provo, Utah), and Louise Collins Sward (Bob) (Bountiful, Utah); and several cousins, nephews, and nieces. [Provo Daily Herald, published July 9, 2004]

Class of 1946 ~ Honorary. Donald G. Colovich. Don Colovich attended BY High and was an All-State football player. He attended BYH for three years and needed to graduate from high school early in order to get a football scholarship to the University of Nevada. Prior to BYH, he had attended Tintic High School. His old principal at Tintic told him, if Don would bring his transcript from BY High, he would graduate him early from Tintic High so he could get to the University of Nevada in time for spring football training. This actually happened, and Don officially graduated from Tintic High. Before they took the class photos for the BYH Class of 1946, Don had already left. However, his photo can be found in the football pages of the 1946 yearbook, standing next to Karol Bills. Donald G. Colovich first married Karma Wright (dec.) They had seven children. He second married Jovita (Jovy) Tongson. Jovy worked as a health care assistant. (Photo of Don and Jovita can be found in the reunion section of the Class of 1949.) ~ ~ ~ ~ FIRST WIFE'S OBITUARY: God knew you were suffering, that the hills were hard to climb, So he gently closed your eyelids, And whispered "peace be thine". In tears we watched you sinking. We watched you fade away, Our hearts were nearly broken, You fought so hard to stay. It broke our hearts to see you go, But you did not go alone. For a part of us went with you, The day God called you home. Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, sister-in-law, and friend, Karma Wright Colovich, died Jan. 30, 1996 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born December 14, 1931 in Ogden, Utah, a daughter of Charles Edward and Emily Ronalda Wright. Married Donald G. Colovich on June 4, 1954 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She was talented in many ways, accomplished musician and clothes designer and shared her talents with many. She served in many positions in the LDS Church. She was loved by all who knew her. Survived by husband, Don; six daughters and one son: Karla Colovich (Robert) Jennings; Karen Colovich (Scott) Johnson; Kaylene Colovich (Pete) Hunziker; Kristene Colovich (Robert) Eller; Kapreal Colovich (Scott) Faulk; Kandace Colovich (Paul) Nederhand; Donald Wright Colovich; mother, Emily Ronalda Wright VanWoerkom; sister, LaVon (Henry) Pardina; sister-in-law, Maxine Wright; 15 grandchildren; many nieces, nephew, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Preceded in death by her father, brother, E. Wayne Wright, and granddaughter, Melissa Jennings. Funeral services were held Friday, February 2, 1996 in Salt Lake City. Interment, Elysian Burial Gardens. The family suggested contributions to the MS Society. [Deseret News, Wednesday, January 31, 1996.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Donald George Colovich, January 28, 1929 - July 5, 2017. Our beloved, father, stepfather, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, cousin, and friend, Donald George Colovich, 88, passed away July 5th 2017, at his second home, the VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah after a valiant battle with Diabetes, Renal Failure and Leukemia. Donald was born January 28th, 1929 in Eureka, Utah son of Samuel D. and Sarah Marx Colovich. He grew up in Eureka and received his academic diploma at Tintic High School in 1946. Additionally, he was outstanding in athletics and a valuable member of the football team for BY High School 1946. He received an athletic scholarship to the University Nevada Reno. Instead he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1946 and was immediately spotted for his talent in football. He was stationed at the San Diego Marine Base where he continued to display his athletic abilities. He proudly served at the Headquarters in the Service Battalion, Flat Marine Force, in Pearl Harbor. He became a Sergeant and was honorably discharged in 1952. While attending Brigham Young University he met and married his loving wife, Karma Wright on June 4, 1954 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He went on to receive his Bachelors of Science Degree at BYU in Business Management in 1956. He established his business, Midvalley Decorating, which he owned and operated for many years. He enjoyed storytelling, fishing, hunting, and many other outdoor activities. He held many positions within the LDS Church. Because of Don’s kind and compassionate nature he was surrounded with lifelong friends and family. He played an active role in shaping the lives of many youth while serving as a scout leader for the Boy Scouts of America for 40+ years. He was nominated for and received the Silver Beaver Award. Don leaves behind a legacy of six daughters Karla (Robert), Karen (Scott), Kaylene (ex-Pete) Kristene (Bob), Kapreal (Scott), Kandace (ex-Paul) and one son Donald “Donny”; 18 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Jewel Colovich; and many nephews, nieces, cousins, and friends. Don and Karma were married 42 years. Upon her passing he married Jovita Rivera of which he was known as “Daddy Don” to six stepchildren; Elaine, Kit, Engelbert, Roxanne, Alpha, and Oyah, 18 step-grandchildren. Don was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Dimitre Colovich and Sarah Marx Colovich, wife Karma, son Donald Wright Colovich, wife Jovita, 4 brothers Ted, Bob, Ray, Jack; 2 sisters Helen and Darlene; 2 granddaughters Melissa and Danielle. The family would like to give a special thanks to the VA Medical Center, University Hospital, Moran Eye Center, and the numerous doctors, nurses, staff/personnel, and Rides for Wellness, Meals on Wheels, Wasatch dialysis. Our sincere gratitude to the US Marine Corps that will be participating at our father’s graveside services. Special thanks to both the Highland Lake Ward and Farm Hills Ward members. Also special thanks to our father’s dearest friends, Donald Wiest & Leif Dahlstrom and family. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 11 am, Hyland Lake Ward, 981 East Revere Circle (just north of 5600 South). Viewing will be held Monday, July 10, 2017 from 6-8 at Murray Memorial Mortuary 5850 South 900 East, Murray, Utah. A viewing will also be held from 10 to 11 am prior to services on Tuesday. Interment, Elysian Burial Gardens,1075 East 4580 South, Millcreek, Utah. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, or your favorite charity of your choice. [MemorialUtah.com - July 8, 2017]

B. Y. Academy High School Graduate, Class of 1900, and BYU Graduate Class of 1904. He was born February 15, 1882 in Provo, Utah. He married Helen Merkley, and they have nine children. He died November 8, 1973 in Vernal, Utah, and is buried in the Maeser Fairview Cemetery near Vernal. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy became Brigham Young University in 1903, located on one square block on University Avenue in Provo, Utah. When Byron Owen Colton was a senior at BYU, he became the senior candidate -- Class of 1904 -- for the first president of the student body, but was defeated by his cousin, Warren A. Colton, a junior who was the candidate of the Class of 1905. Warren had the edge because he was a part-time teacher and therefore a member of the BYU faculty. However, at a December 21, 1903 meeting of the new BYU student body organization, a committee of five students was appointed to head an effort to procure additional land for the campus suitable for athletic and other building purposes. Byron Owen Colton was named Chairman. Apparently most students and faculty felt campus growth was a hopeless cause, but not Byron Colton. On January 11, 1904, Mr. Colton forcefully presented a formal request to the President and members of the Provo City Council, requesting that the City sell its land on Temple Hill to BYU. Through Colton's hard work and leadership that convinced others that this was the best route to follow, this sale was actually accomplished, overcoming much reluctance from many people who believed that an LDS temple should be built there. With the establishment of BYU activities on the Upper Campus, the modern era of the University began, thanks to the right leader being in the right place at the right time. Byron Owen Colton, BY Academy High School Class of 1900 graduate, was the leader who achieved that key breakthrough. ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young University Graduate, Class of 1904. Byron O. Colton. He received the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree at the 1904 Commencement, Spring of 1904. Source: 1904 Commencement Program, BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2. ~ ~ ~ ~ Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings, B.Y. Academy, Book 2, p. 14. ~ ~ ~ ~ He led a quiet life as farmer and irrigation engineer, and became Water Commissioner of Uintah, Lakefork, Duchesne and Strawberry rivers (1931 through 1961). He was active in Church activities, government, civic and social activities, and never sought recognition for his efforts that positively changed the face and direction of BYU forever.

BY Academy High School Commercial Class of 1895. D. B. Colton. Source: Salt Lake Tribune, May 23, 1895. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. Don Byron Colton, Training School, 1900-1902. Bio to come.

BYH Class Year Unknown? [NOT Class of 1940, and does not appear with any senior class in any BYH yearbook.] His parents: Byron and Helen Colton, who had nine children, seven of whom attended BY High School. They were: Ruth Colton [BYH Class of 1929?]; Lula Colton Dudley [BYH Class of 1931?](married ____ Dudley); Merrill Byron Colton [BYH Class of 1934?] (married Edith Emily Hancock); Margaret Colton Wyler (married ____ Wyler); Gordon LeRoy Colton; Elmo S. Colton [BYH Class of 1940?]; Miles Merkley Colton [BYH Class of 1942?]; Sarah Colton Neilsen [BYH Class of 1944?] (married Calvin Emil Neilsen); and Grace Eleanor Colton [BYH Class of 1946?] (married ___ Berrett).

BYH Class Year Unknown? [Not Class of 1946 -- unable to find her name with any senior class in any BYH yearbook.] She married Verne Russell Berrett. Her parents were Byron Owen Colton and Helen Merkley Colton, who had nine children, seven of whom attended BY High School. They were: Ruth Colton [BYH Class of 1929?]; Lula Colton Dudley [BYH Class of 1931?](married ____ Dudley); Merrill Byron Colton [BYH Class of 1934?] (married Edith Emily Hancock); Margaret Colton Wyler (married ____ Wyler); Gordon LeRoy Colton; Elmo S. Colton [BYH Class of 1940?]; Miles Merkley Colton [BYH Class of 1942?]; Sarah Colton Neilsen [BYH Class of 1944?] (married Calvin Emil Neilsen); and Grace Eleanor Colton [BYH Class of 1946?] (married ___ Berrett). ~~~~ OBITUARY OF SPOUSE ~~~~ Our beloved father, husband, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Verne Russell Berrett, passed away on November 22, 2000, after a courageous battle with giloblast-oma (brain cancer). Verne was born September 12, 1928, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He met Grace Eleanor Colton at BYU and they married in 1955. They have been married 45 1/2 years. Verne was a devoted father and husband. He loved the outdoors, fishing, and hunting. He served many years as a Church mission leader and missionary, ward clerk, Sunday School President, Cub Scout Leader, Singles Leader, home teacher, and as an ardent worker in the Provo Temple. Verne is survived by his wife and his sons: Edwin, Tony, and James; and his daughters: Michelle Berrett Burton, Laura Berrett Pead, Louise Berrett Madsen, Julie Berrett Hollingworth and Ginger Berrett Seaman. He is also survived by brothers, Richard H. Berrett, William Brian Berrett and sister, Sharon Berrett Stark, 20 awesome grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were held on Monday, Nov. 27, 2000 in Provo. Interment, East Lawn Memorial Hill Cemetery. [Deseret News, Sunday, November 26, 2000.]

Class of 1920. Hugh W. Colton. He graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. Source 1: 1920 BYU Banyan yearbook, BYH section, page 65-85. ~ ~ ~ ~ Class of 1920. Hugh Colton. He received a High School Diploma in 1920. Source 2: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 258. ~ ~ ~ ~ Born in Ashley Valley, Utah, Colton obtained his early education in Uintah County public schools and graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1920. After returning from a mission for the Church in the eastern states, he enrolled in the University of Utah as a pre-law student. Following graduation and marriage to Marguerite Maughan, he moved to Washington, D. C., and enrolled in George Washington University Law School. While in law school Colton persuaded his lifelong friend, J. Willard Marriott, to come to Washington, D.C. Together they borrowed money to start a new business venture, a nine-seat A&W root beer stand, later known as the “Hot Shoppe,” the forerunner of the present Marriott Corporation. Convinced that his future was in the West, Colton sold his interest in the Hot Shoppe to the Marriotts and returned to Vernal, Utah, where he started the general practice of law in 1929. He also served several terms as Uintah County attorney. His Church service included high council work and counselor in a stake presidency. Colton’s military service during World War I1 involved command of units that were in combat on D-Day. He also commanded units that built the first bridges in France, Holland, and Germany. During his years in Uintah County he worked on the Upper Colorado River Project, was chairman of the four-state promotion committee for the Colorado River Storage Project, and assisted in the organization of the Uintah Water Conservancy District. He was also president of the Uintah Cattlemen’s and the Utah Cattlemen’s Associations and vice president of the American National Cattlemen’s Association. The Coltons are the parents of four children, including a son, who returned to the Marriott Corporation and is currently senior vice president, general counsel, and a director of the corporation. Two of the Coltons’ grandchildren - David and Carolyn - are graduates of the J. Reuben Clark Law School. Hugh W Colton’s life provides a study in contrasts - from the foundations of one of the country’s largest corporations to the practice of country law. Describing Hugh W Colton, BYU Law School Dean Bruce Hafen states: “The writer Bellamy Partridge concluded some years ago that ‘the country lawyer, as he existed between the days of Abraham Lincoln and Calvin Coolidge, is no more.’ But in the life of Hugh W. Colton, we find embodied the same independence, versatility, and boundless sense of public service that have long characterized that noble strand in the heritage of the legal profession: the country lawyer. The Colton endowment will help keep that valuable heritage alive in the minds of our law students for the long-range benefit of both city and country.” [Fall 1988, The Clark Memorandum, published by the J. Reuben Clark Society of the J Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University.] ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: WWII VET, HOT SHOPPES CO-FOUNDER DIES AT 89. Hugh Wilkins Colton, a highly decorated World War II veteran, civic leader and co-founder of what would later become the Marriott Corp., died at his home in Vernal on April 14. He was 89. Colton was born January 11, 1901 in Maeser, Uintah County, to Sterling Driggs and Nancy Adeline Wilkins Colton. His parents were among the original settlers of eastern Utah's Ashley Valley, and his father was sheriff when Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were riding the area. Colton graduated from the University of Utah, where he met his wife of 65 years, Marguerite Maughan. He served as secretary to the late Senator Reed Smoot and as secretary of the Public Buildings Commission while working on a law degree at George Washington University. It was also during that time in 1927 that Colton and his life-long friend J. Willard Marriott opened the first Hot Shoppes restaurants in Washington, D.C., which would later evolve into the worldwide Marriott Corporation. Colton sold his interest in the venture to Marriott for $5,000 after helping open three Hot Shoppes. He returned to Ashley Valley to practice law and raise cattle. His ranching operation was known for his blue ribbon cattle and horses, particularly its Clydesdale horses. He served as president and a director of the Unitah County and the Utah State Cattlemen's associations, a vice president and director of the American Cattlemen's Association, and a director of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. He received the state association's Distinguished Cattleman's Award in 1972. Colton was also recognized as an expert in grazing, water and natural resources law. He served several terms as county and city attorney and was still seeing clients only a day or two before his death. He was recognized in 1989 by the Utah State Bar for his 60 years as a member of the association. He was interested in water conservation and development and was active in obtaining funding for the Upper Colorado River Project and the building of dams in eastern Utah. He was instrumental in forming the Uintah Water Conservancy District and was a director of the Utah Water and Power Board. He was a member of the Utah National Guard, where he commanded Company B of the 115th Combat Engineer Battalion, which was called into active duty prior to Pearl Harbor. With a wife and four children at home, Colton landed in Normandy on ``D Day'' as commander of the 1104th Engineer Combat Group, which built bridges, fences and other support for armored and infantry divisions in Europe. While in Europe, he was promoted to Colonel by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was also one of Utah's highest decorated WWII veterans, receiving a Purple Heart, Silver Star with an oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, French Croix de Guerre and a Belgium Medal of Honor. In civic and church service, Colton was president of the Vernal Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club and Rodeo, and chairman of the finance committees for the Uintah County Hospital and Ashley Stake Center. He served in many leadership positions in the LDS Church and spent 27 months in the church's Eastern States Mission. Interment, Maeser Fairview Cemetery. [Deseret News, Monday, April 16, 1990.] ~ ~ ~ ~ DEATH: MARGUERITE BAXTER MAUGHAN COLTON. Marguerite Baxter Maughan Colton, 93, of Vernal, died quietly and peacefully at her home in Maeser Friday, November 17, 1995. Marguerite was born April 29, 1902 in Wellsville, Utah to William H. and Margaret Baxter Maughan, one of nine children. She was blessed by her father and given the name of Margaret Baxter Maughan, but has always been known to family and friends as Marguerite. She attended school in Wellsville and then went to Brigham Young College in Logan, and later the University of Utah where she served as president of the Associated Women Students and received her teaching degree. It was at the University of Utah where she met Hugh Wilkins Colton and they were married on September 3, 1925 in the Salt Lake Temple. She and her husband, Hugh, moved to Washington, D.C. for several years while he was pursuing his law degree and she taught school. They then returned to Vernal, Utah, where Hugh was an attorney and a rancher and Marguerite left teaching to rear a family of three sons and a daughter. During World War II while her husband served in the Army in Europe, Marguerite managed the family, the ranch and organized the Uintah Service Association, where she personally wrote all the men and women in the service from Vernal. She was also PTA president, regional and state PTA officer, State Vice President of the Barrister Wives; American Legion Auxiliary president; Lady Lions president; officer of the Beaux Arts Literary Club, Uintah and Utah Cowbelles; vice chairwoman of Uintah County Republican Party; and vice president of Utah Republican Women. Also appointed to the Utah Bicentennial Commission and served as the chair of Region Six. Marguerite has always been a faithful and active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and served faithfully in many callings. She served in the Stake Primary presidency, Stake Sunday School, Relief Society teacher, ward Young Women's president, and many other positions. She loved to teach Sunday School and touched the lives of many young people. Marguerite received many recognitions, including nomination for Utah's Mother of the Year, Uintah County Outstanding Woman of the Year, "Who's Who in Vernal," and having the Bicentennial Pavilion in Vernal named after her. She will be greatly missed by her family: Sterling Don Colton of Bethesda, Maryland (currently serving as the mission president of the Vancouver, Canada mission with his wife, Eleanor Ricks Colton); Hugh Maughan Colton and his wife, Colleen Simper Colton of Vernal and Bountiful; John Phillip Colton and wife, Barbara Snyder Colton of Vienna, Austria; son-in-law, Robert L. Bradley, husband of Nancy Wilkins Colton Bradley, who died in 1983, St. Siffret, France; 14 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren, and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held November 24, 1995, in Vernal, Utah. Interment, Maeser Fairview Cemetery. [Deseret News, Wednesday, November 22, 1995.] More ~ ~ ~ ~ Colton, Hugh Wilkens, 1901-1990. Born to Sterling Driggs Colton and Nancy Wilkens Colton on 11 January 1901, in a family home on Ashley Creek, Maeser, Vernal, Uintah County, Utah. He died 14 April 1990 (89) at home in Maeser, Vernal, Utah. He was the youngest of ten; his mother was 48 when he was born. He served in the Eastern States Mission from 1920 to 1923 (27 months). He served under Presidents George W. McCune and B. H. Roberts. He was District President and Assistant to President Roberts. Following his mission he married Marguerite Maughan, on 23 September 1925, in the Salt Lake City Temple. Together they had four children (Sterling Don (donor), Nancy Carol (Bradley), Hugh Maughan, and John Phillip). He earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School and practiced law in Uintah County from 1929 until his death. He was also called to active military duty for the Combat Engineers, National Guard, and fought in several battles during World War II. Source.

Class of 1931? Her parents: Byron and Helen Colton, who had nine children, seven of whom attended BY High School. They were: Ruth Colton [BYH Class of 1929?]; Lula Colton Dudley [BYH Class of 1931?](married ____ Dudley); Merrill Byron Colton [BYH Class of 1934?] (married Edith Emily Hancock); Margaret Colton Wyler (married ____ Wyler); Gordon LeRoy Colton; Elmo S. Colton [BYH Class of 1940?]; Miles Merkley Colton [BYH Class of 1942?]; Sarah Colton Neilsen [BYH Class of 1944?] (married Calvin Emil Neilsen); and Grace Eleanor Colton [BYH Class of 1946?] (married ___ Berrett).

Class of 1933? (not 1934) Married Edith Emily Hancock, born July 24, 1912. His parents: Byron and Helen Colton, who had nine children, seven of whom attended BY High School. They were: Ruth Colton [BYH Class of 1929?]; Lula Colton Dudley [BYH Class of 1931?](married ____ Dudley); Merrill Byron Colton [BYH Class of 1933?] (married Edith Emily Hancock); Margaret Colton Wyler (married ____ Wyler); Gordon LeRoy Colton; Elmo S. Colton [BYH Class of 1940?]; Miles Merkley Colton [BYH Class of 1942?]; Sarah Colton Neilsen [BYH Class of 1944?] (married Calvin Emil Neilsen); and Grace Eleanor Colton [BYH Class of 1946?] (married ___ Berrett). ~~~~ OBITUARY ~~~~ Merrill Byron Colton, born April 12, 1915 in Maeser, Utah to Byron Owen Colton and Helen Merkley Colton. He served an honorable LDS mission in California and was drafted directly from there into the U. S. Army, European Theatre, during World War II. He served with great pride. He was the owner/operator of a transport trucking business. He married Edith Emily Hancock June 29, 1942 in the Salt Lake Temple. She preceded him in death in 1971. Together they had four sons and a daughter. He tenderly referred to his daughter as his" Petunia in an onion patch". He married Wilda Hancock Mitchell in 1972. They resided in Salt Lake for 30 years together. Always industrious, Merrill was an avid gardener, and capable fix-it man. He enjoyed traveling and reading, and his great wit was enjoyed by many. He is survived by his wife, Wilda; his children, Byron (Nancy) of Vernal; Darwin (Lynda) of Herriman; Boyd (Jackie) of Mapleton; Gregory (Ilene) of West Jordan; Marilyn (William) Masopust of Woodstock, Connecticut; and stepchildren; Terry Mitchell of Atlanta, Georgia; Brenda (Bill) Zubeck of Kenai, Alaska; Howard (Kathy) of Pennsylvania; 20 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren; nine step grand children, and three step great- grandchildren. His legacy is great. Funeral services were held Thursday Jan. 23, 2003 in West Jordan. Interment, Mountain View Memorial Estates 3115 E. 7800 So. (Bengal Blvd.). [Deseret News, Tuesday, January 21, 2003.]

BYH Class Year Unknown? [NOT Class of 1942 -- his name does not appear with a senior class in any BYH yearbook.] His parents: Byron and Helen Colton, who had nine children, seven of whom attended BY High School. They were: Ruth Colton [BYH Class of 1929?]; Lula Colton Dudley [BYH Class of 1931?](married ____ Dudley); Merrill Byron Colton [BYH Class of 1934?] (married Edith Emily Hancock); Margaret Colton Wyler (married ____ Wyler); Gordon LeRoy Colton; Elmo S. Colton [BYH Class of 1940?]; Miles Merkley Colton [BYH Class of 1942?]; Sarah Colton Neilsen [BYH Class of 1944?] (married Calvin Emil Neilsen); and Grace Eleanor Colton [BYH Class of 1946?] (married ___ Berrett). ~~~~ OBITUARY OF SPOUSE ~~~~ Louise Marie Culbertson Colton, 64, died September 17, 1993 at her home in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She was born January 9, 1929 in Provo, Utah, to Louis A. and Dorothy Hindley Culbertson. She married Miles Merkley Colton December 27, 1950 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She had served in the Primary and Sunday School and as Scoutmaster for the Guide Patrol for many years. She was active in the PTA and loved gardening and homemaking. She is survived by her husband of Pleasant Grove; two sons and a daughter: Mrs. Terry (Dorothy Lou) Gasser, American Fork; Randy C. Colton, Salt Lake City; Christopher Colton, Richfield; 11 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday, September 21, 1993 in American Fork, Utah. Burial, American Fork Cemetery. [Deseret News, Sunday, September 19, 1993.]

Class of 1929? Ruth Colton was born May 17, 1911. Her parents: Byron Owen Colton [BYH Class of 1900] and Helen Merkley Colton. Byron and Helen Colton had nine children, seven of whom attended BY High School. They were: Ruth Colton [BYH Class of 1929?]; Lula Colton Dudley [BYH Class of 1931?](married ____ Dudley); Merrill Byron Colton [BYH Class of 1934?] (married Edith Emily Hancock); Margaret Colton Wyler (married ____ Wyler); Gordon LeRoy Colton; Elmo S. Colton [BYH Class of 1940?]; Miles Merkley Colton [BYH Class of 1942?]; Sarah Colton Neilsen [BYH Class of 1944?] (married Calvin Emil Neilsen); and Grace Eleanor Colton [BYH Class of 1946?] (married ___ Berrett).

BYH Class Year Unknown? [Not Class of 1944 -- unable to find her name with any senior class in any BYH yearbook.] She married Calvin Emil Neilsen. Her parents: Byron and Helen Colton, who had nine children, seven of whom attended BY High School. They were: Ruth Colton [BYH Class of 1929?]; Lula Colton Dudley [BYH Class of 1931?](married ____ Dudley); Merrill Byron Colton [BYH Class of 1934?] (married Edith Emily Hancock); Margaret Colton Wyler (married ____ Wyler); Gordon LeRoy Colton; Elmo S. Colton [BYH Class of 1940?]; Miles Merkley Colton [BYH Class of 1942?]; Sarah Colton Neilsen [BYH Class of 1944?] (married Calvin Emil Neilsen); and Grace Eleanor Colton [BYH Class of 1946?] (married ___ Berrett).