Dear Family...

I wanted to share a few thoughts about the funeral service Saturday for cousin Eugene in Afton. It was very moving and heartwarming. There were several family members who braved the weather to attend from Utah. The Afton 1st Ward members made the necessary arrangements, provided flowers and a luncheon and went the extra mile to conduct the service. I felt like the service was an outpouring of love to our good cous. Two of his friends (one from childhood and the other a fellow police officer) paid tribute to Eugene's good nature, sense of humor, sense of duty and willingness to help others. Eugene's oldest daughter Kacy gave his life sketch, making particular mention of her father's ability to fix anything and be there when she and Heather needed help. Bishop Challis concluded by offering a touching tribute to Eugene's commitment to keep promises, by referring to the Robert Frost poem, "Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening", and quoting, "The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep". I know his children and his wife Karen will miss him deeply, as will his dear sisters, our cousins Diane and Joanne. The cemetery, where so many of our loved ones are buried was blanketed with fresh snow. Gene was laid to rest next to Loren and Elna. A group of veteran's dressed in full uniform rendered a magnificent 21 gun salute to Gene, a veteran himself. At the end of the dedication of his grave, while mingling, George, Darla and I asked where the graves of Grandma and Grandpa were. Cousin Jane pointed easterly, toward the mountains and said, Aunts Dorothy, Marguerite, Grandpa and Grandma are right over there. Unfortunately, the snow was too deep to get much closer. As I ponder that day, maybe it's because of the fact that Eugene and I are the same age (18 days apart), served as missionaries in California together that I feel so deeply about his loss. Or, maybe it'sbecause I felt the presence of our loved ones at the cemetery, particularly my father's, so strongly in the Valley over Easter weekend, that I feel so grateful for the heritage we have! We have deep, deep roots. The children of Brigham and Maria Gardner were loving, tough minded, hard working, kind hearted, enthusiastic, positive, generous, faithful and wonderful examples for me to follow. I pay honor to our ancestry. Especially to the values they espoused and lived. It really must be in the water, but I get such a nostalgic feeling every time I go to the Valley! Lastly, I ask that you pray for Eugene's wife Karen, his children and grandchildren in this their time of need.

Love to you all,
B.Greg

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Funeral services announced for Eugene Mallory

By News Release on Apr 1, 2010 in Featured

Funeral services for Eugene “Gene” Mallory will be held Saturday, April 3, 2010 at noon in the Afton LDS Tabernacle.

A viewing will take place from 11-11:45 a.m. prior to the services at the church.

This message is to inform you of the passing of Eugene Mallory.

Information I have is that:

Yesterday, Saturday, Eugene was driving to the store to get something for the family. He was found in a field off the road after crashing through roadside fences. He could not be revived and since there were no significant injuries, his death may have been caused from a heart attack. The funeral will be held in Mojave, Arizona and graveside services will be held in Afton. No date has been set.

Eugene was 59 years old.

Beatrice Washburn Gardner
(March 21, 1923 - March 11, 2010)

Beatrice Washburn Gardner

Grandma "B"

Beatrice Washburn Gardner our loving mother, grandmother, aunt, sister and friend to many was called home to her Heavenly Father on March 11, 2010 due to natural causes. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family.

Bea was born March 21, 1923 in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan to Earl Lee and Eva Marie Kabelmann Washburn. Bea's mother died when Bea was 13 years old. She was raised by her father and step-mother Fern Hepworth Washburn. They moved to Afton, Wyoming where Bea attended high school. It was here she met and later married Darrel B. Gardner on July 30, 1940. Their marriage was later solemnized June 11, 1942 in the LDS SLC, UT Temple. He preceded her in death on February 3, 1997. In 1951 Darrel and Bea moved to Clearfield, Utah. They built a home on 300 No. where she lived 54 years. She was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in many positions. She loved sewing, handiwork, ceramics and made many beautiful quilts up until the last few months of her life.

Her greatest love and joy was her husband and family. She loved to have her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren visit. Grandma "B" developed a special closeness with love and support to each one. She especially loved family get togethers. Their home was always open to everyone. Her love and unselfish concern for others will always be remembered as well as her smile and the twinkle in her eye.

Bea was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son Eddie, granddaughter Jennifer Lynn Gardner, grandson, Bryant Patrick Poll, three sisters, one brother and three great-grandchildren.

She is survived by two brothers, Dallas and Jack, children: Linda (Nolan) Schofield, Syracuse; Mike (Linda) Gardner, Kaysville, Patricia (Brian) Poll, So. Weber, Mark Gardner, San Jose, CA; Darrelyn (Michael) Bybee, Roy, 23 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

She is also survived by sister-in -law, Cumora Miles, Ogden; Genevieve (Les) Bullard, Clinton, and Joanne Gardner, So. Ogden. Beatrice had 107 nieces and nephews and was adored by each one.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 11 a.m. at the West Point 2nd Ward, 550 No. 2300 W. Friends and family may call Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lindquist's Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Road and Tuesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church.

Interment, Syracuse City Cemetery.

The family would like to thank the staff at Rocky Mountain Care Center and Rocky Mountain Hospice for their loving care of our mom.

Beatrice Washburn Gardner

Beatrice passed away March 11. Her funeral will be Tuesday March 16, at 11 AM.
We will miss her and send our love to all. Our prayers and best wishes will be with her family.

Kendell

> DanDeseret News in Haiti: Utah chopper pilots feed hungry Haitians
By Dennis Romboy

Deseret News

Published: Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 7:11 p.m. MST
PORT-AU-PRINCE. Haiti — A crowd gathers as soon as the helicopter
circles an open field looking for a spot to set down between crumbled
houses. Hungry Haitians gazing skyward come running from all
directions knowing food is on the way.

For the guys in the sky, dropping 110-pound bags of beans to starving
people is a risk-reward venture.

It's no problem when the sacks are pushed out the door from 50 feet
up, as long as the pusher braces against the skids. But when Orem's
Dan Gardner doled out the sorely needed staple after the chopper
settled in a field outside one Haitian village, he was mobbed like a
rock star.

With a slit in the bag, he tried to orderly pour beans into buckets
people carried to the landing site. It didn't last long. Dozens of
villagers engulfed him, tugging at his arms and unintentionally
whacking him with their buckets. The muscular, cage-fighting Gardner
said he felt threatened by a man who pulled a machete from his waist,
but handed it another man so he could more easily maneuver through the
crowd.

Gardner returned to the helicopter battered but exhilarated.

And there is method to the madness.

"It's really fun when we get to deliver it to the mothers and
children, not just the biggest guys," he said.

Gardner is one of several friends or associates of pilot Jeremy
Johnson, who has been in Haiti for more than a week since the Jan. 12
earthquake delivering food from his blue Eurocopter EC-130.

The St. George man and the earthquake relief effort known as
utahhaitirelief.org have earned can-do reputations. And they attract
random volunteers looking to do some good.

"These guys are the ultimate yes men," says Sven Peltonen, a New
Jersey firefighter who latched on to the group a couple of days ago.
But he doesn't mean they're self-serving. They just have a hard time
saying no.

Between helicopter drops Sunday, relief workers from Samaritan's Purse
wandered over to the Johnson's supply base on the Port-au-Prince
airport infield needing a ride to a remote village where earthquake
rubble made driving impossible. About 30 minutes later they were en
route in one of the two other helicopters Johnson owns.

Johnson later swung over to a landing spot in the city to ferry two
sick infants and an injured young woman to a hospital near his base
camp in the Dominican Republic.

"Believe me, I don't want to say no, but I do," he said. "I can't do
everything."

But he certainly seems to.

Johnson also is clever with his chopper. He parked perpendicular on a
pier in the Port-au-Prince harbor and unloaded the beans on the water
side, effectively blocking the running masses until he lifted off.
People were then able to scoop as much as they could in their shirts.

While Johnson deftly pilots the helicopter, guys like Gardner,
Peltonen, Mike Fleming and Trevor Williams do the grunt work.

"We're the workhorses," said Fleming, a BYU finance grad-turned-happy
wanderer whose smile never leaves his face.

"We just do it. If it needs to get done, you just do it. You don't
have to be told what to do all the time. You just figure it out and do
it."

As food drops continued Sunday, Fleming and Gardner figured out the
best way to get beans to everyone — not just the most bullying men —
was to jump out the chopper door with a bag over the shoulder, slice
it with a Rambo knife, shake the sack empty and get out of the way
before the thundering horde overtook them.

"Get out, get in, don't get hurt" was the mantra of the day. Still,
scratches and bruises were part and parcel to the work, and apparently
well worth the risk.

"That's what I was born for, bro," Gardner exclaimed after one run.
"That's what I was born for."

I found these pictures and thought that they were great. Does anyone have any old pictures that they would like to put on?