Class of 1968. Janice Keeler. Played a leading role in "Summons of Sariel" in December 1967. BYU Special Education. Married Boyd L. Butler. Her parents: Joseph Jensen Keeler and Virginia Bowles Keeler; they had five daughters and one son: Kathleen Keeler Murphy [BYH Class of 1954], Mary Anne Keeler Jolley [BYH Class of 1957], Marie Keeler Blanchard, Claudia Keeler Pickering [BYH Class of 1964], Janice Keeler Butler [BYH Class of 1968], and George Brent Keeler. ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY: Janice Keeler Butler died Aug. 31, 2000, after 50 years of serving others. She was born on May 13, 1950 to Joseph Jensen and Virginia Bowles Keeler. She graduated from BY High School in 1968 and Brigham Young University in Special Education. Janice actively loved people. Her liveliness and vibrant sense of humor accompanied her in travel, play and work. Janice was dedicated to developing the potential of the challenged child, altering lives and bringing hope. She married Boyd L. Butler in the Salt Lake LDS Temple Dec. 17, 1971 continuing as an active member of the LDS faith. Survivors include husband, Boyd Butler; mother, Virginia Bowles Keeler; children, Melissa, Courtney Ann, Brian Kent, Christopher Lee, Benjamin Joseph; sisters, Kathleen Murphy, Mary Anne Jolley, Marie Blanchard, Claudia Pickering; and brother, George Brent Keeler. Her father preceded her in death. Services were held Sat. Sept. 9, 2000, at the Crescent LDS 2nd Ward. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Deseret News, Wednesday, September 6, 2000.]

Original BY Academy High School Class in 1876, graduated Class of 1880. Joseph B. Keeler. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. He is also 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. Also BYA Faculty & Staff. Joseph B. Keeler, Theology teacher, 1884-1920. He appears in a photo of the first faculty to serve under Principal Benjamin Cluff in 1892. He married Martha Alice Fairbanks, who was born June 29, 1860, and married to Joseph on May 17, 1883. Her father was David Fairbanks. Joseph was born September 8, 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His parents were David Hutchinson Keeler and Ann Brown (widow of Benjamin Taylor, by whom she had five children: James Taylor; Sarah Taylor; Ann Taylor; Mary Jane Taylor; and Martha Tayor, who died early). Fleeing Salt Lake Valley from Johnston's Army in 1858, the Keeler family reached Provo where the family located, and where Joseph grew into young manhood. His desire for education and the opening of Brigham Young Academy coincided, and he was one of the very first students to enroll. He concluded his studies at BYA in 1879-1880, and in 1880 he was appointed editor of the local newspaper, The Provo Enquirer. He held the position for only a few months, because he was called on a mission in the Southern States, where he served until March of 1882. After holding several public offices (City Assessor, County Recorder), he accepted a teaching position at Brigham Young Academy to be head of the Intermediate Department. Joseph's new work at the school was to begin on January 28, 1884, but on the night of the 27th the Academy's Lewis Building burned to the ground. The school missed only two days, and Joseph began his teaching on January 30th, in temporary quarters. He was instrumental in handling financial affairs so that the struggling school did not close, including helping to start and maintain a boarding house for out-of-town students. In July of 1888 he was described in the Deseret News as, "Joseph B. Keeler, 1st Counselor to Karl G. Maeser, is head of the Academic Department: Bookkeeping, History and Civil Government." Over the years, J. B. Keeler was a vital teacher and administrator, and mainstay without which the Academy could not have continued. He deserves his own unique memorial in the history of Brigham Young Academy and later Brigham Young University. When he retired in 1921, he had accumulated 37 years of service to the school. ~ ~ ~ ~ Joseph Brigham Keeler was born on September 8, 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died on December 21, 1935 in Provo, Utah, at the age of 80. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Class of 1931/1932. Joseph Jensen Keeler. According to his family, J.J.'s focus in high school was music -- and pretty much music only. While attending B.Y. High School he was in the college band, and also took several college courses. He ended up not graduating with his high school Class of 1931, but officially received his high school diploma a year later in 1932, while attending BYU. He will be listed as both a member of the Class of 1931 and of 1932. He met Virgina Bowles, who lived in Nephi and graduated from Juab High School in 1931, then came up to BYU to school, where they became engaged and married. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Joseph Jensen Keeler, 83, of Provo, a special father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, loyal friend, well-known teacher, colleague, and music educator, died Sunday, September 22, 1996, at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo following a sudden illness. Professor Keeler was born in Provo, Utah, July 3, 1913, a son of Major Joseph and Esther Reese Keeler. He married Virginia Bowles June 26, 1935, in Salt Lake LDS Temple. He received his education at Brigham Young University from kindergarten through his master's degree. [BYH Class of 1931/1932.] J. J. studied organ at BYU, at Salt Lake Tabernacle with Frank Asper and Alexander Schriner, at Chicago Musical College, at Leipzig Conservatory of Music with world-famous Karl Straube, and at Westminster Abbey with Ernest Bullock and Thalben Ball. He formed the organ department at BYU, and functioned as its head for forty years. He continued to teach until his death. Hundreds of students learned musical performance under his tutelage. He shared his passion for Utah mining history with fellow history lovers. An ardent admirer of Albert Schwietzer, he was instrumental in local fund raising concerts and lectures for the benefit of Schweitzer's Hospital in Lambarene in French Equatorial Africa. Countless recipients of unsolicited gifts will attest to Professor Keeler's personal love and concern. His example of Christian living is his greatest legacy. Survivors include his wife, Virginia; his daughters, Kathleen Keeler [BYH Class of 1954] (Floyd) Murphy, Mary Anne Keeler [BYH Class of 1957] (Boyd) Jolley, Marie Keeler [BYH Class of 1961~H] (Dale) Blanchard, Claudia Keeler [BYH Class of 1964] (Richard) Pickering, Janice Keeler [BYH Class of 1968] (Boyd) Butler; his son, Brent Keeler [BYH Class of 1973]; 22 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday, September 25, 1996, in Provo. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. The family suggests donations be made to the J. J. Keeler Organ Scholarship Fund at BYU. [Deseret News, Monday, September 23, 1996] ~ ~ ~ ~ Brief Biography: J.J. Keeler was instrumental in the creation of the BYU Organ Studies Program. Education. During his secondary studies at Brigham Young High, Keeler stood out as a talented student. Following graduation at age 18, his teacher Leroy J. Robertson, accompanied him to Germany, where he studied until returning to Provo in 1933. Keeler graduated from BYU in 1935 with a bachelors in Music and in 1950 with a masters in Music. When Keeler returned to Provo in 1933, he had made two decisions: he wanted to marry Virginia Bowles, and he wanted to play the organ. Unfortunately, he didn’t have any money or a job and BYU didn’t offer organ classes. He discussed his dilemmas with the university president and a used organ was purchased from the Provo Paramount Theatre. Keeler was hired to play the organ for assemblies and to teach other students to play. He was now able to provide for his sweetheart. He married her. And he also started the organ program at BYU, which he instructed until his retirement many decades later. His fellow faculty members included Margaret Summerhays, Franklin Madsen, Florence Jepperson Madsen, Leroy Robertson and Robert Sauer. For the majority of his career, Keeler’s office was located in College Hall, on the Lower Campus. In 1964 he moved to newly constructed Harris Fine Arts Center. This move facilitated the growth of the organ program, adding performance venues and practice opportunities. Parley Belnap, Douglas E. Bush, Don Cook, Clay Christiansen and Bonnie Goodliffe were among the students who studied under Keeler. His passion for music and vision for the program helped it to grow. Keeler drew other experienced organists to the program. He was influential in bringing Bill Foxley, Robert Cundick, John Longhurst and Robert Manookin to BYU. He helped arrange for famous organists to visit campus, and was a key player in organizing several recitals. He also was heavily involved in composition. But teaching remained his passion. Keeler taught his last organ lesson when he was 85. That final lesson was on a Friday. He passed away the following Sunday. Source.

Class of 1954. Kathleen Keeler. All State Band, All State Orchestra, Band, Chorus, Fauvines, Shorthand Club, Oratory, Short Plays, Childrens Theater, Thespians, Type Team, Graduation Committee. BYU BA 1959. Married Floyd Murphy. Her parents: Joseph Jensen Keeler [BYH Class of 1931?] and Virginia Bowles Keeler; they had five daughters and one son: Kathleen Keeler Murphy [BYH Class of 1954], Mary Anne Keeler Jolley [BYH Class of 1957], Marie Keeler Blanchard, Claudia Keeler Pickering [BYH Class of 1964], Janice Keeler Butler [BYH Class of 1968], and George Brent Keeler. @2010

Class of 1961 ~ Honorary. Marie Keeler. She is a member of the Class of 1961, and wishes to be included in reunions, but moved before she graduated with the senior class. Her parents: Joseph Jensen Keeler and Virginia Bowles Keeler. Joseph and Virginia had six children. Five daughters: Kathleen Keeler [BYH Class of 1954] (Floyd) Murphy, Mary Anne Keeler [BYH Class of 1957] (Boyd) Jolley, Marie Keeler [BYH Class of 1961~H] (Dale) Blanchard, Claudia Keeler [BYH Class of 1964] (Richard) Pickering, Janice Keeler [BYH Class of 1968] (Boyd) Butler; and one son: Brent Keeler [BYH Class of 1973]. [Name, photo do not appear with senior class in 1961 Wildcat yearbook.] Residing in Newark, California. @2011

Class of 1957. Mary Ann Keeler. Oratory State, Dramatic Reading State, Seminary Play, Pep Club, Notre Maison, Thespians, Chorus, Model U.N., Soph Ball Committee. BYU BS Elementary Instruction & Teaching Certificate 1961. She married Boyd M. Jolley. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her parents: Joseph Jensen Keeler and Virginia Bowles Keeler; they had five daughters and one son: Kathleen Keeler Murphy [BYH Class of 1954], Mary Anne Keeler Jolley [BYH Class of 1957], Marie Keeler Blanchard, Claudia Keeler Pickering [BYH Class of 1964], Janice Keeler Butler [BYH Class of 1968], and George Brent Keeler. @2007

Class of 1922? Paul Keeler. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Paul Fortesque Keeler, 89, died in his home, Sunday, November 7, 1993, of causes incident to age. He was born February 12, 1904 in Provo, Utah to Joseph Brigham Keeler and Martha Alice Fairbanks Keeler. He was the youngest and last survivor of 10 children. He married Bernice Barton of Manti, Utah, October 7, 1938, in Bisbee, Arizona, later solemnized in the Mesa, Arizona LDS Temple. He attended Provo, Utah schools, Brigham Young Academy high school and Brigham Young University. He served an LDS Mission to the Eastern States. He spent several years in the Mexican colonies as a teacher and rancher. He moved to Manti, Utah in 1940 where he and Bernice raised six children. He was a farmer and rancher and was a gardner at the Manti LDS Temple. He was active in the LDS Church. He is preceded in death by his wife, Bernice. He is survived by six children: Paul Douglas (Penny), Bountiful; Jay Kimball, Salt Lake City; Kay Willardsen (Tom), Kanab; Norma Barrett (Ken), Valdese, North Carolina; Martha Olsen (Michael), Bloomington, Minnesota; John Barton (Diane), Manti; and 15 grandchildren. He enjoyed the outdoors, farming, horses, and hard work. He lived an active life up until his death. And as his humor testified to his immortal words, ``He lived 'til he died''. Funeral services were held on Saturday, November 13, 1993 in Manti, Utah. Interment, Manti City Cemetery. [Published in the Deseret News, Thursday, November 11, 1993.]

Class of 1956. Phil Keeler. Student Body President. Debate Region, French Club, Thespians, Wildcat Yearbook Layout Editor, I Speak for Democracy, Model U.N., Junior Prom Committee. ~ ~ ~ ~ Phillip Fairbanks Keeler was born November 23, 1937 in Standardville, Utah, and died December 13, 1981 in Provo, Utah. His parents were Daniel Mandeville Keeler and Virginia Christensen Keeler. Their daughters were Jennie Keeler Austin of Tempe, Arizona; Colleen Keeler Jones (J. Elroy) of Salt Lake City; and Ellen Keeler Thompson (Barry) [BYH Class of 1952] of Orem, Utah. They also had two sons, Daniel Albert Keeler (Felicia Fourie), who died in 1999; and Phillip Fairbanks Keeler [BYH Class of 1956] who died in 1981. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Phillip Fairbanks Keeler was born November 23, 1937 in Standardville, Utah, to Daniel M. and Virginia Christensen Keeler. He was educated in the Provo schools and graduated from BY High School. He was Student Body President and an honor student. He was active in the LDS Church. He began his dancing and acting career at age nine. He studied dance and ballet at the LeChrist and Classic schools of dance, the McCune School of Music, and at the University of Utah. After numerous school and community performances in Provo, he made his first ballet debut in 1952 at age 14, in “The Snow Queen” at the University of Utah. He attended the University of Utah for three years and received his BA degree in music and drama from BYU in 1961. He was awarded his Master of Fine Arts degree in ballet in 1963. He was a member of the original University of Utah ballet group. He made USO tours throughout the Orient and South America. He joined the University of Utah theater and ballet staff in 1964. He was an established performer, choreographer and instructor. In 1968, he was appointed chairman of the Department of Dance at the University of Missouri. He taught and studied in Massachusetts, Idaho, Spain and London. At the time of his death, he was an active member of the Provo Eighth Ward seventies quorum and a counselor in the Provo Utah East Stake YSL. Survivors include his father of Provo; one brother and three sisters: Daniel A. Keeler of Bountiful; Jennie Keeler (Ray) Gwilliam, of Tempe, Arizona; Colleen Keeler (Leroy) Jones, of Salt Lake City; and Ellen Keeleer (I. Barry) Thompson, of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Funeral services for Phillip Fairbanks Keeler, 44, of 362 N. 400 E., Provo, Utah, who died Sunday, December 13, 1981, were held at the Provo Eighth Ward Chapel in Provo. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Provo Daily Herald.] @1981

Class of 1918. Ralph Keeler. He graduated from Brigham Young High School in 1918. Source: 1918 BYU Banyan, High School section, pages 60-79. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1925. Ralph B. Keeler. He received a BS Degree in Chemistry & Mathematics in 1925. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 8, page 246.

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. Joab also attended Brigham Young Academy for a time. 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ Theodocia Keeler was born on August 31, 1858 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were Daniel Hutchinson Keeler and Ann Brown Keeler. Theodocia married Joab Collier on April 8, 1877 in Provo, Utah. Theodocia Keeler Collier died on May 25, 1912 in Vernal, Utah. Her interment, Vernal, Utah.

Class of 1935. Richard Keigley. Debate. Debate and Dramatic Manager. ~ ~ ~ ~ His BYH graduation date confirmed in graduating class list, Salt Lake Telegram, May 7, 1935, p. 14 ~ ~ ~ ~ COURT ADMITS YOUTH TO BAR. Richard B. Keigley, 23, Provo, who has just been inducted into the Navy, was admitted to the bar Monday at special ceremonies in the State Supreme Court. Mr. Keigley is a graduate of the B.Y. High School at Provo and the University of Illinois. [Salt Lake Telegram, August 31, 1942.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Richard B. Keigley was born on September 20, 1918. He died on May 10, 1999 in Lee County, North Carolina. ~ ~ ~ ~ Richard Keigley, Biological Resource Division, US Geological Survey. Richard Keigley is an ecologist employed by the Biological Resource Division of the USGS. From March 1991 to June 1996 he was duty stationed in Yellowstone National Park. Prior to his assignment to NBS in October 1993, he had a 22-year career in the NPS. [February 1997]

Class of 1968. David O. Keith. BYU BS Mechanical Engineering 1978. BYU MS Mechanical Engineering 1978. @2010

Class of 1969. Jeffrey Keith. BYU BS Geology 1977. University of Wisconsin - Madison MS Geology 1980. University of Wisconsin - Madison PHD Geology 1982. Now employed at BYU.

Class of 1966. Lon Keith. Football, Track, Lettermens Club Vice President, Band, Spanish Club, Chorus, Superior Play Region, 1st Rating Band Small Ensemble Region, Superior Chorus Region, Seminary Graduate. Mission: Argentina. Married Patricia Packer, also BYH Class of 1966. Five daughters, Four sons. 10+ grandchildren. Lon works in the State of Utah Department of Social Services, Office of Recovery Services. They love to golf. @2006 Also policeman and actor. Alternate emails: lonpat@hotmail.com & lpenrodkeith@gmail.com @2016. Lon and Pat attended the 50th Anniversary Reunion of the BYH Class of 1966 on September 2, 2016.

Class of 1971. Martha Keith. BYU 1975. Married Reed D. Lewis.

Class of 1892? Faculty & Staff. Louise Keller, Training School, 1895-1896. Louise Keller appears in a photograph held by the BYU Archives purporting to be "the first class to graduate from the new Academy Building, 1892." (UAP 2 Folder 037)

Faculty & Staff. Alfred L. Kelley, Training School, 1910-1911.

Faculty & Staff. Reed L. Kellogg, Grammar teacher, 1888-1889.

Brigham Young High School, Class of 1906. Alfred L. Kelly. He received a Normal Diploma, and a Special Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 248. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1906. Alfred L. Kelly, a Normal graduate. BYU [& BYH] Class of 1906 Listing of BYH Normal, High School, Commercial, and Music School graduates. Source: Brigham Young Academy & Normal Training School, Catalogues & Announcements, for 31st Academic Year, 1906-1907, p. 140. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1913. Alfred L. Kelly. He received an AB Degree in 1913. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 7, page 285.

Class of 1957. Ann Kelly. Her name at graduation was Ann Kelly Cropper. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: Daryl Mahonri Cropper, June 12, 1933 ~ February 14, 2017. Daryl Mahonri Cropper, 83, passed away February 14, 2017 at the Summerlin Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. Daryl was born June, 12, 1933 in Hinckley Utah to Mahonri Cropper and Erma Ekins Cropper. He was raised in Hinckley, Utah and attended Elementary and High School there. He attended BYU where he earned his BS and MS degrees in Geology and Secondary Education. Following his service in the U.S. Army and Korean War he married Ann Kelly [BYH Class of 1957] in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on August 31, 1956. They recently celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary. Daryl worked in the public education system as a High School Counselor and Pupil Personal Director. He also worked for the BLM as Director of the YACC Youth Group. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed fishing, hunting and exploring in the West Millard County Desert as a youth. He had a quick wit, loved people and shared many of his musical talents. Daryl was an active member of the LDS Church and was proud to serve in many callings. He served as a Temple Worker in the Las Vegas, Nevada Temple. Daryl is preceded in death by his father and mother and brother Adam Leigh. He is survived by his siblings: Glenda Conk (Don), Gaylen Cropper (Kathy), Connie Sledge (Chuck) and MaryEllen Evans (Aaron). His children: Kelly Bowers (David), Katherine Bybee (Alan), Julie Jackson (Robert), Jill Prunty (Donald), Daryl Cropper and Kyle Cropper (Jenese). Daryl was blessed with 15 Grandchildren and 17 Great-Grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at the LDS Bonanza Chapel at 4500 West Bonanza Road Las Vegas, Nevada. Viewing will be 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. with his funeral service following at 11 a.m. Graveside Services will be held Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 12 (noon) at the Oasis Cemetery in Oasis, Utah. Daryl loved his beloved wife Ann and cherished his 6 children. We will keep him in our hearts forever. Source.

Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1924. Floyd Kelly. He received an AB Degree in Education in 1924. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 72.

Class of 1962. Marie Kelly. Full name: Wanda Marie Kelly. Chorus, Seminary 4th Year. She married ______ Schaerrer.

Brigham Young High School Class of 1904. Orson N. Kelly. He graduated from BYH on May 23, 1904. He delivered the "Ivy Oration" at commencement exercises. Source: Program, Graduation Exercises 1904, BYU High School & Normal Departments, Monday, May 23, 1904, College Hall. (Note: 1904 is the first year for BY High and BYU -- previously both were called Brigham Young Academy.) ~ ~ ~ ~ Brigham Young High School Class of 1904. Orson N. Kelly. He received a Normal Diploma. Source 2: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 35. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1904. Orson N. Kelly of American Fork, Utah, a Normal student, BYA [& BYH] Class of 1903 Listing of Fourth Year Students (seniors). Source: Brigham Young Academy & Normal Training School, Catalogues & Announcements, for 28th Academic Year, 1903-1904, pp. 171-172.

Class of 1944. Sam Kelly. [Photo does not appear in 1944 Wildcat yearbook.] Married Joyce Mower [BYH Class of 1944]. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Samuel Wallace Kelly. July 21, 1926 - May 2, 2016. Sam was born in American Fork, Utah, and grew up in Provo, Utah, with his parents, Lydia and Sam, sisters, Evelyn, and Emily, and brother, Jack. Sam had a happy childhood during the depression, and graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1944, just in time to join the Army and be sent to the European theatre in the 42nd Infantry Rainbow Division. Returning from the War in 1946, he entered Brigham Young University. He married his longtime sweetheart, Joyce Mower [also BYH 1944], September 10, 1947, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. After graduation from BYU, he entered dental school at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He moved with his family to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1954, and began a career in dentistry. He was passionate about his profession and kept up with the most progressive techniques. He enjoyed singing with the Octavos, working in his church responsibilities, accompanying Joyce singing on the piano, and playing the organ. Sam spent a great deal of time helping others, especially through local church positions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as a bishop, stake high councilor, member of the Grand Junction Stake Presidency, and Stake Patriarch for many years. He and Joyce served two missions for the LDS Church after retirement. Sam and Joyce had five children, Steve (Connie), Kathy (Don) Jensen, Tom (Tracy), Vicki (John) Hodgman, and Camille (Brad) Swenson. They taught them a love of hard work, music in all its forms, sports (BYU--go Cougars), education, love of country, and especially love of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Sam loved his 19 grandchildren, and tried to keep up with his 58 great-grandchildren. He was revered and loved by all. Our Dad will be greatly missed. He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years; brother, Jack (Susan) Kelly, and his children and grandchildren. Graveside services will be Friday, May 6, 2016, at Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, 10:00 a.m., followed by services at 1:00 p.m. at the Grand Junction West LDS Stake Center. There will be a gathering of friends and family one hour prior to services at the church. Source. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS WIFE'S OBITUARY: Joyce Mower Kelly. August 2, 1926 - October 17, 2018. Joyce was born in Provo, Utah, to Edgar "Ted" Mower and Luella Oldroyd Mower. She was raised along with her sister, June, and brother, Bob, in Provo, graduating from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1944. She was heavily involved in music and dance during her childhood and teenage years. Vocal music remained a passion throughout her life. While attending BYU for college, she began seriously dating Sam Kelly following his release from the 42nd Rainbow Division of the Army at the end of WWII. The long-time sweethearts were married on September 10, 1947, in the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After Sam's graduation, they moved to Washington, D.C. so Sam could attend Dental School at Georgetown University. While there Joyce worked as a secretary at the Senate Office Building. In 1954, following Dental School, they moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, and established a loving home and dental practice. Joyce quickly became involved with the music community. In addition to numerous vocal solo performances at various venues around Grand Junction, she played the part of Hansel in the Humperdinck opera, "Hansel and Gretel", and also the lead role of Celia in the Crawford Gates musical, "Promised Valley". She had a beautifully well-trained soprano voice. Often she was accompanied by her husband, Sam, on the piano, and music naturally became a big part of their family life. She was active in the Grand Junction Music Club and served on the board of the Grand Junction Symphony. Joyce and Sam had five children, Steve (Connie), Kathy (Don) Jensen, Tom (Tracy), Vicki (John) Hodgman, and Camille (Brad) Swenson. They taught them how to work hard, a love of music, sports, education, and the country, but most of all a love of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Joyce had an extremely busy Gospel-centered home. She served in the Church many years as a young women leader, teacher, ward chorister, and choir leader. She and Sam served two full-time missions for the Church after retirement. She loved her children, 19 grandchildren, and 55 great-grandchildren, and could often be found supporting them at their various events. She and Sam flourished together for 69 years, and after his passing in 2016 she sorely missed him. We are blessed to believe she is back with him. She is survived by her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Services will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, November 2, 2018, at the Grand Junction West Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. A family graveside service preceded this service at Veteran's Memorial Cemetery. Donations may be made to HopeWest Hospice, 3090B North 12th Street, Grand Junction, CO 81506. Source.

BYH Class of 1908. Faculty & Staff. Effie Kelsey of Springville, Utah, Training School, 1913-1918. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1908. Effie Kelsey, a Normal graduate. BYU [& BYH] Class of 1908 Listing of BYH Normal, High School, Commercial, Music, Agriculture, and Arts & Trades graduates. Source: Brigham Young University & Normal Training School, Catalogue & Announcements, for 33rd Academic Year, 1908-1909, pp. 128-130. ~ ~ ~ ~ Effie Kelsey was born on February 7, 1889 in Springville, Utah. Her parents are William Henry Kelsey and Selena Beddoes. Effie died on October 13, 1976 in Springville, Utah. Her interment, Springville Evergreen Cemetery, Utah.