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Bentley, Harold W.
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Harold Bentley |
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Collegiate Grads of BYU, Class of 1923. Harold W. Bentley. He received an AB Degree in Spanish in 1923. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 362. |
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Bentley, Kenneth J.
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Ken and Sharlene Bentley
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Class of 1957. Ken Bentley. Athletic Manager. Football Co-Captain, Basketball, Track, Baseball, Lettermen, Junior Class Vice President, Radio Speaking Region, Key Club, Key Club Convention, Chorus Vice President, Rotary Convention, Junior Prom Committee, Graduation Committee. His parents: Anthony Ivins (Toney) Bentley and Ella Farnsworth Bentley, married in Mesa, Arizona in 1931. They had seven children: Marilyn Bentley Nielsen (Ernest), Colonia Juarez, Mexico; Toney Bentley [BYH Class of 1955] (Wendy), MTC president, Mexico City; Ken Bentley [BYH Class of 1957] (Sharlene), N. Salt Lake; Eleanor Bentley Foulger (Jim), Potomac, Maryland; Margie Bentley Horne (Doug), Provo; Judy Bentley Youngquist (Ken), Salt Lake City; and Ron Bentley (Beverly), Naperville, Illinois [@2003]. Address @2006. |
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Bentley, Marion Taylor
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Marion and Carolyn Bentley
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Class of 1961. Marion T. Bentley. Senior Class President. Football Co-Captain, Basketball All Region, Baseball, Outstanding Athlete, Lettermen, Preferred Man, Senior Honor Panel, Outstanding Boy Student, Soph Class President, Seminary Vice President, Forensics, Chorus, Art Service Award, Honor Roll, Thespians, Social Studies Achievement Award, BYU Scholarship. Married Carolyn Paxman, BYH Class of 1963. BYU BA (Political Science & Spanish) 1968, New York University MPA (Public Administration) 1972, New York University PhD (Public Administration). July 1975 to present (2004) Extension Human Resource and Business & Economic Development Services, Utah State University. September 1979 to 1985 Director, Small Business Development Center, USU. 1996 to present Director, Extension Business and Economic Development Services, USU. Phone: 801/797-2284 FAX: 801/797-2701 Email2: marionb@ext.usu.edu ~ ~ Email3: mbentley@econ.usu.edu ~ ~ Email3: carpeharpe@msn.com (Carolyn). Marion T. Bentley is the brother of Frances Janet Bentley Hammond, BYH Class of 1959. @2011 |
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Bentley, Robert F.
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Bob and Becky Bentley |
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Class of 1955. Robert F. Bentley. Senior Class President. Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track, Lettermen, Student Council, Band Vice President, Chorus, Spanish Club, Short Plays, Childrens Theater, Honor Roll. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Robert Frederic Bentley died Thursday, December 30, 2004. Born August 17, 1937 in El Paso, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Rebecca and eight amazing children, Elizabeth (Robert) Gunnell, Andrea (Darren) Rollins, Robert T. (Angela) Bentley, Joanna (Scott) Lee, J. Richard (Chanda) Bentley, Brian L. (Janna) Bentley, Mark F. (Lori) Bentley, C. Blake Bentley and 23 grandchildren. In addition, Bob has five surviving brothers and sisters, and a loving mother and father-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Benner A. Hall. Bob served as Senior Class President at Brigham Young High School in 1955. Bob and Becky were married February 2, 1962 in the Mesa Arizona Temple and have had great adventures together for almost 43 years. Bob served a mission in Argentina for the LDS Church. He was a funny, tender, and kind friend, husband, father and grandfather. He loved music of almost any kind. A fine choral conductor, he played the piano, trumpet, pipe, (in bottle bands), and had a lovely tenor voice. He was an attorney, graduating from NYU Law School in 1965. Services were held in Mesa, Arizona on Saturday, January 8, 2005. [Deseret News, Wednesday, January 5, 2005] |
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Bentley, Vivian Woodmansee
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Vivian Bentley |
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Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1924. Vivian W. Bentley (male). He received an AB Degree in Horticulture in 1924. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 10, page 424. ~ ~ ~ ~ Vivian Woodmansee Bentley was born of April 4, 1901 in Colonial Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. His parents were Joseph Charles Bentley and Gladys Elizabeth Woodmansee Bentley. Vivian W. Bentley married Gladys Ola Houston. V. W. Bentley died on October 24, 1967 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His interment, Memorial Estates Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
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Bentwet, Elaine
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Elaine Bentwet |
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Class of 1945. Elaine Bentwet. |
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Bentwet, Lydia
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Lydia and Bennie Olsen |
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Class of 1948. Lydia [Lidia in Senior Index.] Bentwet. Provo High 1. BYH 2, 3. Notre Maison 2, 3. Fauvines 2, 3. ~ ~ ~ ~ Married Bennie Olsen, also BYH Class of 1948. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER HUSBAND'S OBITUARY: Ben L. Olsen died in Springville Utah on Friday August 31, 2018. He was born and raised in Cardston, Alberta, Canada to Frank and Emma Olsen, the sixth of nine children. He graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1948. Following an LDS Mission to the Southern United States, (South Carolina), he married Lydia Bentwet in the Salt Lake Temple in 1951. In 1955 he obtained his Masters of Science Degree at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and began his 34 year career as an oil and gas Exploration Geologist with Shell Oil Co. Ben was preceded in death by two sons and a granddaughter and he is survived by his wife Lydia, son Jeff, a granddaughter Tatiana, and five great grandchildren. A viewing will be held at Wheeler Mortuary, 211 E 200 S, Springville, Utah from 6-8 pm on Tuesday Sept 4, 2018. A funeral service will not be held. A short memorial graveside service will be held on Wednesday September 5 at 1 pm at the Provo City Cemetery, 610 S State Street, Provo. [Provo Daily Herald, September 1, 2018] |
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Bentwet, Randa Marie
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Randa Mette |
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Class of 1946. Randa Marie Bentwet. She graduated from BYH on May 23, 1946. Source: 1946 BYH Graduation Exercises Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ She married _____ Mette. |
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Berg, Edna
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Edna Berg |
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Brigham Young High School Graduate, Class of 1904. Edna Berg. She also received a Special Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 168. |
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Berg, Flora
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Flora Jenkins |
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Brigham Young High School, Class of 1906. Flora Berg. She received a Special Certificate in Elocution. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 225. [Flora Berg Jenkins.] |
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Berg, Joan
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Joan and Burke Jenkins |
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Class of 1939. Joan Berg. Student Body Vice President, 1938-1939. School Play. Dramatic Reading. Fauvines. She married Burke Douglass Jenkins, BYH Class of 1938. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: 1922 ~ 2013. Joan Berg Jenkins, 90, passed away on April 11, 2013 in Bountiful, Utah from natural causes. She was born on Halloween, October 31, 1922, in Provo, Utah, to Oscar Wyman Berg and Josephine Thomas Berg and was the youngest sibling to brother Max Berg and sister Marion Berg. Joan's mother passed away when Joan was a child and she was raised by her step-mother, Veva Peters Berg. She enjoyed her upbringing and involvement in her family's Berg Mortuary business run by her grandfather, father, brother and nephews. Joan graduated from BYU High School in 1939. Joan married her high school sweetheart, Burke Douglass Jenkins, BYH Class of 1938, on September 25, 1942 in Chico, California, later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Burke passed away in 1997. Together Burke and Joan raised four children in Bountiful and Holladay. Joan worked much of her adult life as a secretary, office assistant and retired from the U.S. Attorney's Office. She loved traveling by motor home, fishing at Flaming Gorge and entertaining guests and family. Mom will be missed for her warm friendly hospitality and genuine concern for others. She made great homemade pies and rolls. After retirement, Burke and Joan moved to Midvale where they made new friends and stayed in contact with many old acquaintances. Joan was a faithful member of the LDS church and served in many callings. She is survived by her daughters Susan Jenkins (David) Osborne, Cathy Jenkins (Charles) McAbery, and son Richard (Vicky) Jenkins; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother, sister, son Victor Jenkins, and grandson Clayton. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 18, 2013 at the Provo City Cemetery, 610 South State Street, Provo, Utah. Friends may call at the Union Fort 6th Ward Chapel, 7155 South 540 East, Midvale, Utah, Wednesday, April 17, from 6-8:00 p.m. Condolences may be emailed to info@bergmortuary.com. The family would like to thank the caring staff of Legacy House of Bountiful and Aspire Hospice. [Desert News, April 15, 2013] |
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Berg, Maynard Carroll
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Maynard & Dawn Berg |
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Class of 1954. Maynard Berg. French Club. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Maynard Carroll Berg, age 61, died April 15, 1998 at his home in Provo. He was born June 3, 1936 in Grand Junction, Colorado, to Caroll and Lorean (Felker) Berg. He married Dawn Marie Jensen November 19, 1971. She preceded him in death May 28, 1972. Also preceding him in death were his sister, Linda Lee Berg, his father, Carroll Berg, and his mother, Lorean (Felker) Berg. He is survived by his good friend, Opal Boyd, two step-sons, Todd Hunt, Payson; Dean Hunt, Salt Lake City; uncle, Regnal (Bud) Felker, cousins, Colleen McFarland, and Larry Fenn, Provo; several uncles, aunts, cousins, and many dear friends here in Utah and several other states. He loved people and made friends wherever he went. Maynard graduated from Brigham Young University High School in 1954. He worked at Bryce Canyon, and was an assistant manager at the Unitas and paramount theaters in high school and after graduating. He moved to Reno and became assistant loan manager in a bank there. He went into the Army in 1959 and was stationed in Puerto Rico. He was honorably discharged in May, 1961. He moved back to Provo and worked for Wasatch Mental Health for many years. His hobbies were theater, dance, design, and art. Graveside services were at the Provo City Cemetery, April 30, 1998. [Provo Daily Herald, April 27, 1998] |
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Berg, Wyman
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Wyman Berg |
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Brigham Young High School, Class of 1909. Wyman Berg. He received a High School Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B.Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 205. |
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Berge, Charles William
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Bill Berge
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Class of 1950. Senior Class Social Chair. Chorus. Berge earned bachelors and masters degrees in Geology at BYU and a Doctorate in Geology/Oceanography at the University of Wisconsin. -- 1989 - OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AT BYU GETS DIRECTOR, SPECIALIST Lynn Astle, vice president of Bonneville Scientific Inc. in Salt Lake City, has been named director of Brigham Young University's newly formed Office of Technology Transfer, according to J. Bevan Ott, associate academic vice president. ``The office has been created to help our highly creative faculty develop and protect intellectual property such as patents, software and texts,'' Ott said. Astle will join the BYU administration Jan. 1, 1990, he said. In the meantime, C. William Berge, a former executive with Phillips Petroleum Co. and currently a technology transfer specialist in the BYU Office of Research Administration, has been named Acting Director. He will serve as associate director under Astle. Berge earned bachelor's and master's degrees in geology at BYU and a doctorate in geology/oceanography at the University of Wisconsin. [Deseret News, Wednesday, October 18, 1989.] -- 1999 - GEOLOGICAL GROUP IN UTAH GETS GRANT. The Utah Geological Survey has been awarded a $130,000 grant to help produce maps that can assist Utahns in coping with hazards, environmental concerns and land-management issues. The grant is from the U.S. Geological Survey and the Association of American State Geologists. According to C. William Berge, chairman of the Utah State Mapping Advisory Committee, the program has published more than 155 geologic maps. The UGS produces "top quality, accurate, reliable maps," he added. One aspect of the project will take existing maps of the Salt Lake quadrangle and digitize them so they show faults, landslides, elevated radon levels and problem soils. Other tasks funded include making geologic maps of the regions near Provo; Dutch John, Daggett County; and the Pintura Quadrangle, Washington County, near St. George. "The maps (the UGS) will produce in this project are urgently needed for geologic hazard evaluation, environmental studies, resource studies and other pressing issues," Berge said. According to UGS spokesman Tim Madden, of 45 states submitting funding proposals for 1999, Utah received the third-highest share of $4 million available. [Deseret News, Wednesday, February 3, 1999.] |
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Berge, Lee
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Lee and Stephanie Berge
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Class of 1965. Lee Berge. Basketball, Baseball, Y Club, Chorus. He married Stephanie Smith, daughter of Thales H. Smith and Anna Charone Hellberg Smith. ~ ~ ~ ~ His parents: Glen Earl Berge and Beulah Susie Manson Berge, married on December 18, 1937, and they lived in Provo, Utah. Their children included: Barbara Berge (Doug) Schaerrer; Lee Berge [BYH Class of 1965] (Stephanie Smith) Berge; and Glenda Berge (Gus) Gianelo. @2010 |
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Bergeson, Stanley Call
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Stan Bergeson |
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Class of 1967. Stanley Bergeson. Tranfered to BYH for Senior Year, German, Letterman, Basketball, Cross Country, AAC 1st Place, 1st Place Snow, BYU, Ricks Invitational, Track, Region 2 880 Record, 4th Year Seminary, Boy's President Junior Class at East High, Senator at BYH. He is a twin brother of Steve Bergeson, who is also a member of the BYH Class of 1967. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Stanley Call Bergeson, 51, died at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah on November 21, 1999. He was born in Rexburg, Idaho on June 19, 1948 to Frederick William and Bonnie Call Bergeson. Stan graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1967. He graduated from BYU with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education with a minor in Business. He won a four-year Scholarship on the BYU Track Team. Stan was a member of the NCAA College All-American Half-Mile and NCAA College Championship Team. He was a salesman in computer software at the time of his death. Stan had extensive sales training with Miller-Heiman's Strategic Selling, IBM's Solution-Oriented Selling, Compaq's Selling to Major Accounts, and Dictaphone's System Selling. He won awards with UBS, IBM, and Dictaphone for his selling abilities. He is survived by his son, Eli Storey; daughter Chelsea Storey; mother, Bonnie Call Bergeson; and sister, Stacy Bergeson Zaelit. He was preceded in death by his father, Frederick William Bergeson; brother, Dave Bergeson; and his twin brother, Steve Bergeson. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, November 30, 1999 in the Wasatch Lawn Mortuary Chapel, 3401 South Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. [Deseret News, Sunday, November 28, 1999.] |
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Bergeson, Steven J.
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Steve Bergeson |
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Class of 1967. Steven Bergeson. Transferred to BYH from East High for Senior Year, Spanish, Letterman, Science Club, Basketball, Cross Country, State Winner as Senior, Track, All-State as a Junior, 4th Year Seminary. He is a twin brother of Stan Bergeson, who is also a member of the BYH Class of 1967. ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Steven J. Bergeson, age 43, passed away August 17, 1991, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Born June 19, 1948 in Rexburg, Idaho, the son of F. William (Bill) and Bonnie Call Bergeson. Steve graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1967 [not East High School] and BYU, where he excelled in track and field. He is survived by his sons, Tim Bergeson, Ryan Bergeson and Jeff Bergeson, Clearfield; mother, Bonnie Bergeson; brother, Stan Bergeson, Salt Lake City; and sister, Stacy Bergeson Stoddard, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Graveside services were held Wednesday, August 21, 1991, at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive, in Salt Lake City, Utah. [Deseret News, Tuesday, August 20, 1991.] |
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Berglund, Oscar Beck
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Oscar and Jane Berglund |
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BY Academy High School Class of 1881 and 1882. Oscar Berglund. Commercial. Certificate in Bookkeeping and Commercial Arithmetic, 1881. Source: The Territorial Enquirer, June 22, 1881, Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy High School Class of 1882. Oscar Berglund. Graduated June 16, 1882. 21 members of the Class of 1882 are mentioned. Source 1: Deseret Evening News, June 19, 1882. Source 2: Territorial Enquirer, June 21, 1882. ~ ~ ~ ~ O. B. [Oscar Beck] Berglund was born on November 17, 1858 in Fredrickshaven, Hjorring Ampt., Denmark. His parents were Carl Fredrick Berglund and Lucy (Lucie) Maria Beck Berglund. Oscar married Jane Watson Ferguson on April 18, 1917. Jane was born on October 27, 1885 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. Her parents were John Belches Ferguson and Margaret Tillus Ferguson. Jane died on August 20, 1972 in Ogden, Utah. Her interment, Spanish Fork, Utah. Oscar B. Berglund died on October 23, 1930. His interment, Gunnison City Cemetery, Utah. |
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Berglund, Ruby
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Ruby Berglund |
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Class of 1916. Ruby Berglund. She received a BYH Normal Diploma in 1916. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 9, page 126. |
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Bergren, Brian W.
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Brian Bergren |
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Class of 1966. Brian W. Bergren. Age: 65+ @2015 @2016 Living in Green Valley, Arizona |
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Bernadot, Pearl
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Pearl Busch
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Class of 1954. Pearl Bernadot. Band, National Honor Society. Married ____ Busch. @2007 |
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Bernard, Graciela
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Gracie and Clark Hoffman |
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Class of 1954. Graciela (Gracie) Bernard. Short Plays, Childrens Theater, Shorthand Club. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Wife and mother, Graciela Bernard Hoffman, died on October 17, 1999. She was born in El Yale, Oaxaca, Mexico on October 22, 1933 and was raised in Tierra Blanca, Vera Cruz, Mexico. At the age of 16, she attended Academy in Colonia Juarez in northern Mexico. Seeking to be with others of her faith, she attended Brigham Young High School in Provo, Utah, graduating in 1954. Her younger sister, Maria Cristina Bernard [Andersen], also attended BYH. Gracie then enrolled at Brigham Young University, where she studied for one year. She served an LDS mission to Southern Mexico from 1956 to 1958. Following her mission, she was employed as a translator in the LDS Church offices and attended LDS Business College. On January 20, 1961, she married Clark G. Hoffman in the Salt Lake Temple. They were blessed with four children to whom she was very devoted. Her highest priorities were always her family and her love of God. She was a gentle, clever lady who loved people and enjoyed sharing her sense of humor. She is loved by many for the joy she has brought into their lives. She is survived by Clark G. Hoffman; daughters, Grace Hoffman Andrews, Ann Hoffman, and Tina Hoffman; son, Clark H. Hoffman; sister, Maria Cristina Bernard Andersen; brother, Albert Bernard and three grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Friday, October 22, 1999 in Salt Lake City. [Published in Deseret News, Wednesday, October 20, 1999.] |
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Bernhard, Randall L.
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Randy and Janae Bernhard
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Class of 1970. Randy Bernhard. Class President. Class of 1970 Party Committee. ~ ~ ~ ~ I graduated from Western Michigan University in 1976 with a BA in Theater & Music. BYU PHD Theatre and Cinematic Arts 1979. I married Janae Walker on June 11, 1976 in the Washington DC Temple. We have 4 children: Heidi, Erik, Kurt and Dane (dec.). Former Executive Director & CEO of the Arts Council of Central Louisiana. We moved to Oklahoma City in August 2005. Recently moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and serving as Managing Director of the Cheyenne Little Theatre Players. Daughter Heidi moving to Ipswich, Suffolk, UK in September 2006. Son Erik single and living in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Son Kurt married in Mount Timpanogos Temple in December 2005. Bernhard family recently moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Randy is a brother to Scott Bernhard, BYH Class of 1966. @ October 2008. Form Name = ProfileUpdate NameAtGraduation = Randy Bernhard Address = 327 Patton Avenue CityStateZip = Cheyenne, WY 82007 Phone = 307-514-3635 SubmitterEmail = randylb103@yahoo.com YearOfGraduation = 1970 Comments = Submit = Submit |
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Bernhard, Scott Mark
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Scott & Véro [Ronni] Bernhard |
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Class of 1966. Then: Scott "Rhine" Bernhard. Now: Scott "Serge" Bernhard. Football, Basketball, Letterman Club, Spanish Club, German Club, Science Club, Seminary 4 years. Mission: Brazil, BYU BA Portugese 1972. Bands: Coachmen, Peace & Quiet, Uncle Lumpy & the Friends of Calvin Coolidge Bluegrass Band, then solo entertainer. Married Lonna Sorensen in January, 1973. Had two kids with Lonna – John Matthew and Anne Noelle. Lonna and I separated in 1988 and divorced two years later. I remarried in September of 1990 to Veronica (Véro, Ronni) Weiler. We have a son, Torben, born in 1992. My second wife and all of my kids are unbelievably awesome. My Dad, John T. Bernhard, died in January of 2003 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, after serving as President of Western Michigan University for ten years, and then as an Emeritus Professor. My mother, Ramona, still lives there and still makes the best Rice Krispie treats in the world. My older brother, Gary, who was one of the people responsible for painting our beehive green, lives in Amherst, Massachusetts with his family. My younger brother, Randy, who is president of the BYH Class of 1970, lives with his wife in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Julie, my little sister, lives in West Seattle, Washington. University of Washington MA in French 1981. Full-Time Faculty, French & Spanish, North Seattle Community College, chair of the Foreign Languages Department for seven years so far. @2006 ~ ~ ~ ~ HIS OBITUARY: Scott (Serge, Rhine) Bernhard. (July 13, 1948 - February 19, 2018). Scott Mark Bernhard. Husband, father, brother, grandfather, friend. Teacher, tour guide, musician, Francophile. He graduated from Brigham Young High School in the Class of 1966. Scott passed away at 69 years young, on February 19, 2018, surrounded by his family. He loved life, traveling in France, playing guitar and singing, watching movies and sports (especially the Seahawks and Mariners, complaining loudly when they lost), and discussing Westerns with his son, Matt, on their podcast (westernswithdad.com). His favorite times were hanging out with friends and family, laughing, playing dominoes (though he was certain he never won), playing at the Edmonds Petanque Club, and especially enjoying good food, good wine, and good company. He taught French and Spanish to a legion of students over a 30+ year career at North Seattle College. During summers he led tours to his beloved France, where he spoke the language like a native and shared his love of that beautiful country. Incredibly sad at his passing are his wife, Ronni; children, Matt (Amanda), Annie (Casey), and Torben; grandkids, Fletcher and Phoebe; brothers, Gary and Randy, sister, Julie, and countless friends, students, colleagues, and extended family. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. We are truly thankful to Virginia Mason, including Dr. Vincent Picozzi, for helping him be with us for as long as possible. Remembrances in his name can be made to Pancreatic Cancer Network, Virginia Mason Foundation, or North Seattle College Education Fund. Vas-y sagement cher Serge. [Hoffner, Fisher & Harvey Funeral Home] |
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Berrett, Richard Heber
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Richard and JoAn Berrett
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Class of 1956. Richard H. Berrett. Wildcat Yearbook Photographer, Y'ld Cat Newspaper Photographer, Childrens Theater, Drama Service Award, Radio Club President, Ski Club, Thespians, Band, Junior Prom Committee, Senior Hop Committee. [Although name was spelled Barrett in yearbook, his name is correctly spelled Berrett.] His parents: William Edwin (Ed) Berrett and Eleanor Louise Callister Berrett, married in Salt Lake City in 1926. They had three sons and one daughter, Verne R. Berrett and wife, Grace, West Valley City, Utah; Sharon Berrett [BYH Class of 1951] Starks and husband, Eugene, Santa Ana, California; Richard H. Berrett [BYH Class of 1956] and wife, JoAn, Providence, Utah; and William Brian (Bill) Berrett [BYH Class of 1960-Honorary] and wife, Karena, Blacksburg, Virginia. @1993 ~ ~ ~ ~ I was born and raised in Utah, first in Salt Lake City and then in Provo, with a two-year period in Fairbanks, Alaska. My father was a lawyer and teacher, and when I was eleven years old, brought our family to Provo where he was on the religion faculty at Brigham Young University. He later was made a vice-president of BYU and Administrator of Seminaries and Institutes for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I attended public schools in Provo and BY High from 1953-56. I attended BYU for two years, then served a two-year mission for the Church in the North Central States, which included Minnesota, the eastern half of the Dakotas and Manitoba, Canada. Returning to BYU, I met JoAn at a church meeting -- she was a cousin of one of my best friends and had come from Mexico to live with their family while attending BYU. We dated for a year and a half, got engaged at Christmas and married in June, 1962. I graduated from BYU that August and signed a contract to teach in the Church Education System (I didn't intend to be a teacher, but was pressed into service and told them I would do it for "one year" - and I am still doing it forty-four years later.) My first assignment was at the Orem High School Seminary. In my third year, I was assigned to teach the first Church Education class at Utah State Penitentiary at the Point of the Mountain. So, every day after teaching at Orem, I would drive to the Point of the Mountain twenty-two miles north, go through the clanking doors and teach about thirty inmates in a room adjacent to the prison chapel. I continued to work with church programs at the Prison for the next five years, in the meantime moving to Salt Lake City to teach at the Institute adjacent to the University of Utah and working on a doctorate, then returning to Provo to teach at BYU and complete the doctorate. I received an Ed.D. in Education Administration in 1972. We accepted a position in Phoenix, Arizona at that time and I served as the Director of the Glendale Institute for the next several years. In 1982, we moved to Cache Valley, Utah, to teach at the Institute at Utah State University. We lived in Hyrum, Utah for twelve years and then moved to Providence (immediately south of Logan) where our home is presently. We were blessed with five children: Jolynne, Janine, Becki, Scott and Kristen. Today, all are married and we have been blessed with twelve grandchildren. Two foster sons are also married, one having five children and the other seven. As they both call us "Mom" and "Dad," and the children also call us "Grandma" and "Grandpa," we also claim them as children and grandchildren. While in Arizona, we began to take students and adults on tours to Mexico, even teaching one summer in Mexico City to LDS students as an extension of Eastern Arizona College. In 1975, along with teachers and spouses of the Seminaries and Institutes, we made our first trip to Israel, Italy, Egypt and Jordan. The head of BYU Travel Study was with us and asked if I would conduct tours to Israel for BYU Travel Study. We did that for three years and then I broke off and began to conduct tours on my own. On June 8, 2006, we will be leaving to conduct a tour to Israel, Greece and an Aegean cruise to the Greek Islands and Turkey. This will be the twenty-fifth tour I have conducted to the Holy Land. We have also taken groups to Europe, China, Mexico and many other places. In fact, we will take a group to China in October, a Book of Mormon cruise in January and then another tour to Israel and Egypt in March, 2007. After that we are planning on filling a church mission. In 1975, I was loaned from the Institute to BYU to serve on the administration of the BYU Jerusalem Center. My position was Assistant Administrator and Academic Coordinator. This assignment had me serving on the administrative council, planning and coordinating the curriculum, in-servicing the teachers on the various archaeological and historical sites, taking VIP's around the country, and many other assignments. JoAn served as the Coordinator for BYU Travel Studies and also assisted with many of the responsibilities of the Center and student activities. We had a wonderful experience for three years, returning to the Logan Institute in the fall of 1998. Retirement came four years ago, and today I fill my time with finishing basements and other projects for our children and their families, a few projects around the home, organizing, promoting and conducting tours, and as an ordinance worker in the Logan Temple. I also have continued to teach a class at the Institute in the evenings and also a BYU Extension class in one of the stakes. So we continue to keep busy - in feet, it seems like we are busier than ever. It's been a good life. @2006 |
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