Heywood, Leland (1892-1976) "Personal Record," Bio (1930) , Chronology, Obits, etc.

(Leland Heywood is the father of the contributor, Richard Neal Heywood.  If you are a lineal descendant of Leland Heywood and would like a copy of his patriarchal blessings, request them  via rnheywood@gmail.com)

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Personal Record Recorded by Leland Heywood in His Book of Remembrance.

Name:  Leland Heywood

Father:  Joseph Neal Heywood

Mother: Sarah Francelle Coleman

Birth:   17 April 1892, Alpine, Apache, Arizona

Baptism:  16 March 1901, Thatcher, Graham, Arizona,  B John M. Allen

Confirmation:  16 March 1901, Hyrum Claridge

Priesthood ordinations:

Teacher:  William A. Moody, 30 Dec 1907

Priest:  Joseph Neal Heywood, Jr, 12 Dec 1910

Elder:  Andrew Kimball,

Patriarch:  LeGrand Richards, 19 Feb 1956

High Priest:  Lorenzo Wright, 3 Mar 1940

Endowed:  Salt Lake Temple, 30 May 1917

Married to:  Margaret Eleanor Smurthwaite, 18 Aug 1921

Where married:  Salt Lake Temple, 18 Aug 1921, Hyrum G. Smith

Where sealed:  Salt Lake Temple, 18 Aug 1921

Patriarchal Blessings:

Samuel Claridge, Thatcher, Arizona 12 July 1908

Duncan NcNeil McAllister, Hawaii, 19 Dec 1919

Hyrum G. Smith, Salt Lake City, 17 Aug 1921

Departed for mission to:  Hawaii, 1 Jun 1917

Returned: 1920, Released20 Dec 1919.

Special appointments:  President Hamakua Conference.  One of first workers in Hawaiian Temple.

Where died:  Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Mesa Lutheran Hospital), 6 Dec 1976

Where buried:  Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

               “First school I attended was in St. Johns Arizona and Amanda Kemp was my first teacher.  In 1900 moved to Thatcher, Arizona.  As my father was a school teacher I attended his school when he taught at Hubbard, and Cottonwood.  I also attended school in Thatcher taught by my oldest brother Neal graduated from the 8^th grade in 1909.  My Sister Ella graduating at the same time.  1909 to 1911 attended Gila Academy at Thatcher.  1911 and 1912 attended Manual Arts High School Lost Angeles, Calif.  1912 and 1913 returned to Thatcher and attended again the Gila Academy graduating in Spring 1913.  Took examination for scholarship to the University of Arizona and attended it 1913-1914.

               “In 1915 took examination for teachers certificate passed it.  Taught school in Thatcher, Arizona two years.  My youngest brother Yeats attended my school at that time.

“Was called on a mission for L. D. S. Church to the Hawaian Island.  Leaving in June 1917 and returned in Jan 1920.  While on my mission I acted as time keeper for men working on Laie Plantation and Hawaiian Temple for one and half years.  Then was called to go to Hamaku District on Island of Hawaii.  Ford Clark was Prs. of Conference at that time.  Later served as Pres of Hamakua.”

Ruins of Childhood Home in Alpine

Patriarchal Line of Authority

Jesus Christ

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Peter, James, and John

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|Joseph Smith Jr.

May 1829

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|The Three Witnesses*

14 Feb 1835

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|Brigham Young

14 February 1835

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|Joseph F. Smith

1 July 1866

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David O. McKay

9 April 1906

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|LeGrand Richards

10 April 1952

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|Leland Heywood

19 February 1956

* The Three Witnesses (Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris) were called by revelation (D&C 18:37-41) to choose the original Twelve Apostles, and on 14 Feb 1835 they were blessed by the laying on of hands of the First Presidency (Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Frederick G. Williams) to choose and ordain the Twelve Apostles.

Heywood, Leland 1892, Biography, History of Arizona, 1930

Leland Heywood, D.D.S

One of the most prominent professional men in Holbrook is Dr. Leland Heywood, who commands a large and steadily growing dental practice and is greatly esteemed by all who know him.  He was born in Alpine, Apache County,

Arizona, on the 17^th day of April, 1892, and is one of eleven children who blessed the union of Joseph Neal and Sarah Franceal (sic.) (Coleman) Heywood, the former of whom was a rancher and teacher.  Dr. Heywood received his early education in the public schools of this state, after which he attended in succession the University of Arizona, the University of Utah, and the University of South Carolina (sic.) [California].  From the latter institution he ways graduated, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, in 1928.  He spent a short time in Los Angeles and then came to Holbrook, where he has a nicely furnished and well equipped office.  He has won a reputation as a careful and painstaking dentist, the quality of whose work has been his best advertisement, and has made many friends since locating here.

               On August 18, 1921, Dr. Heywood was united in marriage to Miss Margaret E. Smurtwait (sic.) [Smurthwaite], of Salt Lake City, Utah, and they are the parents of two children.  Margaret Josephine and Barbara Lee (sic.) [Lea].  He is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi college fraternity, University of Southern California, and his religious faith is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  He loves outdoor life and hunting and fishing are his favorite forms of recreation.  He is genial and affable in manner and he and his wife are extremely popular in the social circles in which they move.

*Repository:  Mesa Family History Center, 41 South Hobson, Mesa, Arizona 85204, 979.1 H2aw V.4.  

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Chronology

M	D	Y	Event	Place	Comment
12	10	1492	Columbus Discovered America	Caribbean
5	9	1945	Ordained Richard Neal Heywood a Teacher	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ
		1879	Heywood Family Settled in Alpine	Alpine, Apache, AZ
		1889	Leland's father's mission	New Zealand	Wife and Children "on their own."
4	17	1892	Birth	Alpine, Apache, AZ
		1892	Leland's father called Bishop	Alpine, Apache, AZ	Served from 1892 to1900
10	9	1895	Birth of wife, Margaret Eleanor Smurthwaite	Ogden, Weber, UT
		1900	Heywood Family Moved to Thatcher	Thatcher, Graham, AZ
3	16	1901	Baptism	Thatcher, Graham, AZ	John M. Allen
3	16	1901	Confirmation	Thatcher, Graham, AZ	Hyrum Claridge
5	17	1904	Father killed in a farming accident	Thatcher, Graham, AZ
12	30	1907	Ordained a Teacher	Thatcher, Graham, AZ	William A. Moody
7	12	1908	Patriarchal Blessing	Thatcher, Graham, AZ	Samuel Claridge
		1909	Graduation, 8th Grade	Thatcher, Graham, AZ
		1909	Student--Gila Academy	Thatcher, Graham, AZ
		1910	Student--Gila Academy	Thatcher, Graham, AZ
		1911	Student--Manual Arts High School	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
		1913	Graduation, Gila Academy	Thatcher, Graham, AZ
		1913	Manual Arts High School	Los Angeles, CA
		1913	Student, University of AZ	Tucson, Pima, AZ
		1914	Student, University of AZ	Tucson, Pima, AZ
		1915	Eamination for Teaching Certificate
		1915-1916	Teacher	Thatcher, Graham, AZ	Yates was one of his students
5	4	1917	Mission, Departure from home May 31, 1917.	HIan Islands	Call signed by Joseph F. Smith dated May 4, 1917
5	30	1917	Endowed	Temple, SLC
6	1	1917	Mission Departure from SLC	Salt Lake City, UT
		1918	Mission	Hawaii	1918-1919
		1918	Temple Construciton	Laie, Honolulu, HI	Date not certain
11	27	1919	Dedication, HIn Temple	Laie, Honolulu, HI	27–30 November 1919 by Heber J. Grant
12	19	1919	Patriarchal Blessing	Laie, Honolulu, HI	Duncan M. Mc Allister
12	20	1919	Mission Release	Laie, Honolulu, HI
12	29	1919	Patriarchal Blessing
		1919	Ordained an Elder	Thatcher, Graham, AZ	Andrew Kimball
		1919	Temple Worker	Laie, Honolulu, HI	(?)
		1920	Courtship	Logan & Smithfield, Cache, UT
3	2	1921	Engaged	Logan, Cache, UT	He proposed in the kitchen with dirty dishes on the table.
8	17	1921	Patriarchal Blessing	Salt Lake City, UT	Hyrum G. Smith
8	18	1921	Marriage & Sealing    Honeymoon:  LA	Salt Lake City, UT	Hyrum G. Smith
9		1921	Margaret Teaching	St. Johns, Apache, AZ	All grades.
9		1921	Pharmacist	St. Johns, Apache, AZ	Anderson's Drugstore
11	2	1921	Registered Assistant Pharmacist	AZ Board of Pharmacy	Signed by 7 board members.
11	18	1922	1st Child, Margaret Josephine Heywood	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Margaret after her mother and grandmother; Josephine after her Grandfather, Joseph Neal who was born 11/18/1851
6		1922	Pharmacist	Chandler, Maricopa, AZ, Weber's Arrow Pharmacy.	Leland, Margaret, and Ella Kvist lived in Mother Heywood's house, 142 E. 1st Ave.
	18	1922	1st Child, Margaret Josephine's birth	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	142 E. 1st Ave.
		1923	Margaret Teaching	Youngsberg, Maricopa, AZ	One room school house at the foot of Superstition Mountain.
		1923	Margaret Teaching	Bingham, Salt Lake, UT	High School
		1924	Student, University of Southern CA	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA	Dental School
10	2	1928	2nd Child, Barbara Lea Heywood	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA	Lea after her father, Leland
		1928	Dentist	Holbrook, Navajo, AZ	6 years in Holbrook
		1928	Graduation, Dental School	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA	University of Southern CA
		1928	Honor Society	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA	Phi Kappa Phi
1	6	1929	Baby Blessing, Barbara		Blessed by Leland
6	17	1930	3rd Child, Alfred Leland	Snowflake, Navajo, AZ	Delivered by Joseph Neal Heywood, Jr., Leland's brother
8	3	1930	Baby Blessing, Alfred	Holbrook, Navajo, AZ	Blessed by Leland
8	2	1931	Baptism, Josephine	Holbrook, Navajo, AZ	Baptized by Leland
4	10	1933	4th Child, Richard Neal Heywood	Snowflake, Navajo, AZ	Delivered by Joseph Neal Heywood, Jr., Leland's brother
7	2	1933	Baby Blessing, Richard	Holbrook, Navajo, AZ	Blessed by Leland
		1934	Dentist	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	29 years in Mesa
7	2	1938	Baptism, Alfred	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Baptised by Leland, Mesa AZ Temple
3	3	1940	High Priest ordination	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Lorenzo Wright
3	3	1940	High Council	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Maricopa Stake, Served for 16 years
3	3	1940	Ordained a High Priest	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	LorenzoWright
7	3	1940	5th Child, Carol Jayne Heywood	Reose Hill Township, Johnson, Missouri	Birth Name:  Amy Lou Hastings.  Adopted by Leland and Margaret Heywood in 1945
		1941	President, YMMIA	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	1st or 2nd Ward
7	5	1942	Ordained Alfred Leland Heywood a Deacon	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Mesa 1st Ward.
4		1945	Adoption:  Carol Jane Heywood	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Adoption final in 1947
5	27	1945	Ordained Richard Neal Heywood a Deacon	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Mesa 1st Ward.
5	27	1945	Ordained Alfred Leland Heywood a Teacher	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Mesa 1st Ward.
7	8	1947	Adoption of Carol Jane Heywood nee Amy Lou Hastings	Maricopa, AZ	Final Adoption Order
5	9	1948	Ordained Richard Neal Heywood a Teacher	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Mesa 1st Ward
6	30	1948	Sealing of Carol Jayne Heywood to Leland and Margaret	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Mesa AZ Temple
7	4	1948	Confirmation Carol Jayne Heywood	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Mesa 1st Ward.
7	10	1949	Ordained Alfred Leland Heywood an Elder	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Mesa 1st Ward.
4	9	1950	Ordained Richard Neal Heywood a Priest	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Mesa 1st Ward
		1950	Margaret received Master's Degree	Tempe, Maricopa, AZ	Arizona State Teacher's College.
5	25	1952	Ordained Richard Neal Heywood an Elder	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Mesa 1st Ward
2	19	1956	Patriarch Ordination by LeGrande Richards	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Maricopa, Stake.  7 years.
		1963	Residence	Laie, Honolulu, HI
		1963	Stake Patriarch	Laie, Honolulu, HI	Oahu Stake, 5 years.
		1963	Margaret Teaching	Laie, Honolulu, HI	Church College of HI, 5 years
		1963	Temple Workers. Leland and Margaret	Laie, Honolulu, HI
5	15	1969	Temple Workers --  Release of Leland and Margaret	Laie, Honolulu, HI
5	17	1969	Temple Workers --  Letter of Appreciation	Laie, Honolulu, HI	Letter from Temple President
		1969	Mesa, AZ	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Returned from HI
4		1971	Remodeling Home	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Sirrine Street
8	17	1971	50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Home Remodeling Completed
8	4	1974	Ordained Richard Neal Heywood a High Priest	Tempe, Maricopa, AZ	4th Ward, Tempe Stake
12	6	1976	Death	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ
12	9	1976	Funeral and Buriel	Mesa, Maricopa, AZ	Mesa City Cemetery

Some Notes and Memories, Richard N. Heywood

     Leland lived in Alpine until he was 8 years old.  Imagine what it was like to be boy in a tiny pioneer home.  It was drafty with a leaky roof, a potbelly stove, and a wood burning cook stove and fireplace.  Their yard included cows, horses, chickens, fences, gates, dirt and grass.  In the woods nearby there were turkeys, skunks, quail and other animals and birds of field.  There were few neighbors and few friends.

     Leland was the middle child and was bossed and dominated by the older siblings, Neal, Spence, and Ella.

     There were tragedies in his family:  Three of his sisters died in their childhood.  An uncle, Willard Coleman, was struck by lightening and killed when Leland was 5.

     Leland had typhoid fever at age 6.

    His father was a farmer and a teacher.  He served a mission in New Zealand before Leland was born.

     His mother was also a teacher.

     Leland taught school for a short time in Thatcher before his mission.

     Leland saved money to go to school when his mission call came.  It was a surprise.  He carried the call in his pocket "for a week" before deciding to go to Hawaii on his mission.

    After his mission, he visited his brother Dave and Sister Velma in Logan where he met Margaret Smurthwaite. He proposed in the kitchen with dirty dishes on the able.

  When his mother learned about his serious interest in Margaret, she immediately came for a visit.  She and her sister, Etta, were liked by Margaret's father because of their "wit," not their sophistication.

     While riding home from Smithfield to Logan on the Bamberger Line, Leland told Margaret about the death of his father.

     Margaret's family liked Leland.  Her sister, Mildred, about 13 or 14 years of age, "loved him."  (She had become paralyzed from the waist down following a fall from a tree when she was 12.  She died at age 17 of tubercular meningitis.)

     Leland and Margaret honeymooned in Los Angeles.

    1921.  They lived in Bingham Canyon where Margaret taught school for 1 year.  Leland worked at Scram Johnson's Pharmacy.  Velma taught there, too, and his mother lived with them at least some of the time.  (I think they all lived together.)

     ?1921, 1922 Leland and Margaret lived in St. John's, AZ where Margaret was a 6th grade teacher and Leland worked at Anderson Drug Company.

     1922 they lived in Mesa.  Leland worked at a drugstore in Chandler.  Daughter, Margaret Josephine (Jo) was born in Mesa.

     1924-1928 Leland attended Dental School, Margaret mothered and taught school.  Daughter, Barbara was born in 1928.  Leland graduated.

     1928-1935  Practiced dentistry in Holbrook.  Alfred in 1930 and Richard in 1933 were born in Snowflake and were delivered by Leland's brother, Neal.

     1935 Moved to Mesa because it was considered a "better place" to raise a family.  Lived on Mesa Drive for about 2 years and then on 1st Street where they reared children including Carol who became part of the family in 1940.

     A faithful Rotarian in Holbrook and Mesa for many year.

     Various callings in the Church over the years, including his mission in Hawaii, various ward assignments, Maricopa Stake High Council for about 12 years, and Stake Patriarch in Maricopa and Oahu Stake in Hawaii.

     Home in Mesa:  About 2 acres on First Street.  Lawns (always!), (often) a vegetable garden, citrus orchard and many other trees (apricot, plumb, pecan, pomegranate), shrubs, fences, one or two  cows, one or two horses, many baby chicks and chickens, ditches, and many memories.  Two lambs at one time.  Cat:  Tonto.  Dogs:  First "Snowball" and the "Oliver."

     House:  Three bed rooms.  One bathroom shared by 6 (no lock on the door). One-car garage and small store-room packed with "canned" (bottled) fruit.   A washroom with washing machine and hand driven wringer. Doors were seldom locked.  Dried grapes on the roof to "make" raisins.  Clothesline in the back yard

     Leland arose early (about 5:00), worked in the yard, fixed breakfast, awakened the children (often with a bugle call or with  pretend "flies" which were "bad in the morning" or with three warnings, the third being climaxed with the bed clothes being forcefully removed exposing the lazy child,  Breakfast usually included eggs, toast and jam, mush (with what would be called whipping cream today) and the family surrounding the table for prayer.  (He often made unusual "concoctions" made up of eggs, onions, various vegetables, and various meats.)

     He walked to work on Main Street about 8:00 and put in a long day.  He would return home very tired (having been "down in the mouth most of the day) and often had a short nap.  Supper followed at 6:00, again with the family around the table where prayer was said.  (Margaret prepared the supper.)  He listened to the news on the radio, read the paper, sometimes played solitaire, and often went to bed as early as 9:00.

     A highly respected dentist.  One of his colleagues said he was the best in the town doing a certain type of dental filling.

     He was thought to be patient and kind, but his children considered him quite serious and somewhat stern.  His wife said he looked like his was "scowling" when in "repose."   He loved his grandchildren.

     He had a finger and part of another amputated because of skin cancer caused by excessive X-ray exposure in his practice of dentistry.

     He made a platform for an electric train so it could be kept under the boys' bed.  He made a basketball standard in the back yard for Richard.  He also constructed attractive knotted-pine storage cupboards in the garage when the family home was on Vista Drive (later name 7th Place) in Mesa.

   

Leland a Member of the Maricopa Stake High Council
(1st row, far right)

Leland HEYWOOD, Info from Social Security Death Index
		Birth Date:		17 Apr 1892
		Death Date:		Dec 1976
		Social Security Number:		526-56-2486
		State or Territory Where Number Was Issued:		Arizona
		Death Residence Localities
			ZIP Code:	85201
			Localities:	Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Family

Family in about 1941

Leland, Neal, Spence, Yates, David
14 May 1960
Not present:  Ella, Velma, Robert.

Occasion:  Uncle John Coleman funeral of Eagar.  The four "drove to Show Low, picked up Yates, ate a wonderful chicken dinner prepared by Yates’ daughter, Velma Stratton, and then on to Eagar."

Notes by Richard N. Heywood

Favorite Scripture:  "To obey is better than sacrifice."

He joked about his burial:  "The last cavity I’ll ever fill."

He was an Organizer:  SS Supt.  What his wife said about him organizing

He worked a lot in the yard.  He built a barn and a chicken coop.  There was a cow or two and a horse or two in the yard and chickens he raised from baby chicks, and many trees he planted.

He built a basketball standard for Richard.

He practiced "early to bed and early to rise. . . " He had a built in alarm clock.

He served on the Maricopa Stake High Council for 16 years.

Missions Filled by Descendants of Leland Heywood (1892)  (Partial Listing)

Heywood, Alfred	Mexico
Heywood, Leland	Hawaii
Heywood, Richard N.	Northwestern States
Heywood, Roger	Arkansas Littlerock
Heywood, Bruce	Washington Spokane, Spanish Speaking
Heywood, John	California
Heywood, Mark	??
Heywood, Karen	Guatemala Quetzaltenango	8 Nov 1984-10 Apr 1986
Heywood, Leland	California Oakland
Heywood, Lawrence	Chile Osorno
Heywood, Ricky	Chile Osorno
Heywood, Robert	Washington Spokane
Heywood, Michelle	Canada Toronto
Thomas, Robert	Spain
Miskin, Rodney	Guatemala Quetzaltenango
Pitton, James Murray
Heywood, Beverly (Ganier)
Price, William Heywood	England London ?
Potter, Franz
Niu, Leland
Niu, Phillip
Niu, Devon
Niu, Dustin
Niu, Mikeli
Griffiths, John	Florida
Price, Benjamin	Brazil Sao Paulo
Price, Heather	Texas San Antonio
Heywood, Joseph
Heywood, Richard
Heywood, David
Heywood,

Obituaries

Mesa Tribune Newspaper 12/7/1976 pg. 1 & 14.

Dr. Heywood succumbs; longtime dentist here

Dr. Leland Heywood, 85, 435 N. Grand, died Monday, Dec. 6 at Mesa Lutheran Hospital.  Born in Alpine, he lived in Mesa since 1935.

He was a graduate of Gila Academy, attended the University of Arizona and graduated from the University of Utah as a pharmacist and the University of Southern California with a DDS.

A schoolteacher in Thatcher, he served a mission in Hawaii for six years; worked in Mesa and Chandler drug stores, and was a dentist in Mesa for 35 years.

A member of the Rotary since 1838, he was also a member of the High Council, Maricopa Stake, a High Priest and active in Sunday School and the 1^st Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Services will be Thursday, 2 p.m. at the 1^st Ward Chapel, 32 So. Center, with Bishop Oakley Ray Officiating.  Interment will be in the Mesa Cemetery.

Friends may call Wednesday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Meldrum Mortuary, 1^st St. and Macdonald.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret; sons, Alfred, Mesa; Dr. Richard N., Tempe; daughters, Josephine Pitton, Costa Mesa, Calif.; Barbara Price, Mesa; Carol French, West Minster, Calif.; brother, Yates Heywood, Holbrook; sister, Velma Molen, Phoenix; 25 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Mesa Tribune 12/8/1976 pg 28

HEYWOOD, Leland Dr. Husband of Margaret, father of Alfred L., Dr. Richard N., Josephine Pitton, Barbara Price and Carol French.  Brother of Yates and Velma Molen.  Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Mesa LDS 1^st Ward, 32 S. Center.  Bishop Oakley J. Ray officiating, interment Mesa Cemetery.  Friends may call 5-9 p.m. today.  Meldrum Mortuary, Macdonald at 1^st St. 

Mesa Tribune 12/9/1976 pg 35

HEYWOOD, Leland Dr. Services 2 p.m. today, Mesa LDS 1^st Ward, 32 S. Center.  Bishop Oakley J. Ray officiating, interment Mesa Cemetery.  Arrangements by Meldrum Mortuary, Macdonald at 1^st St.