SEPT2015_TTFO_Newsletter

THEODORE TURLEY FAMILY ORGANIZATION
SEPTEMBER 2015 NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 33 ISSUE 2
WWW.TURLEYFAMILY.ORG
REUNION ANNOUNCEMENT
The extended family reunion previously
announced for the summer of 2015 has been
rescheduled to summer 2016. If you
have ideas or want to volunteer in
any capacity, please contact Natalie
Tanner at 801-377-3565
or natalie.tanner@yahoo.com.
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Family Event – Day at the Temple
Leadership Meeting Minutes
Organization Leadership Roles
Relatives Remembered –
Cleon Burnell Tanner
Esther Fuller Dial
Lloyd Reed Ellsworth
Billie Pearl Bradshaw
Rita Bunker Bates
Letters to the Editor
Ancestor Detectors
Martha Turley DeWitt Spotlight
(Alma Rubin Turley Family branch)
Ernest Tolton Turley Spotlight
(Ernest Tolton Turley Family branch)
Douglas “Dutch” Turley Spotlight
(Edward Franklin Turley Family branch)
Missionary Tracker
Membership Renewals
Kids Activity
TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS
If you would like to contribute to the TTFO, please
send your check made out to the “Theodore Turley
Family Organization” to our Treasurer. To direct
the use of your donation, please write on your
check the specific cause you want to support. All
donations are now tax-deductible.
Carolee Pyper, Treasurer
595 Wilford Ave, Murray, UT 84107
801-265-3811 pyperfamily@gmail.com
ORGANIZATION PLANNING MEETING
The Theodore Turley Family Organization is
meeting Friday October 2 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
at the Ensign Stake Center church building
(located at 135 A Street, Salt Lake City, UT)
on the lower floor, west side of building.
Please bring a snack to share.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
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Do you have a research question you would like to
ask the extended family? Send in your question to
turleyfamilyorg@gmail.com by Dec. 10, 2015 to be
shared in the next newsletter.
THEODORE TURLEY FAMILY WEBSITE:
www.turleyfamily.org
Please send newsletter contributions
to Hilary Turley at hnturley@gmail.com.
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FAMILY EVENT
THEODORE TURLEY FAMILY ORGANIZATION’S DAY AT THE TEMPLE
One of the main goals of the organization is to bring the family together through temple work. Our first
attempt at hosting an activity performing temple work for our relatives was very successful. All those who
participated met on Wednesday August 5 for brunch at 10 am, followed by a visit to the Salt Lake Temple
together. We had a great brunch thanks to Natalie Tanner and her mother Monita Robison. It was wonderful
to have Theodore Turley descendants in all areas of the temple at the same time doing family names. It was a
good beginning in coming together to the temple. We would love to have more join us in the temple and we
will discuss our next temple trip in the
leadership meeting on October 2nd. If
Come to our next meeting on Friday
you have any ideas or requests, please
come to the meeting or contact your
October 2nd at 10 am. See page 1 for
family branch representative to pass on
more info and location.
your ideas.
THEODORE TURLEY FAMILY LEADERSHIP
ATTENDEES AT THE APRIL 2015 LEADERSHIP MEETING:
Natalie Tanner, Mary Ann Clements, Tony Turley, Carolyee Pyper, Hilary Turley, Susan Ethington,
Ana-Maria Garces Turley, Richard Turley Sr., David Turley, Alice Turley, Luana Rogers
MEETING MINUTES, by Natalie Tanner
It was so great to see those of you who were able to make it to the meeting, and we missed those of you who
couldn't! We had a great meeting and I just wanted to send out a quick recap of things that were discussed.
Please feel free to comment, correct or add to any of the following:
1. Tony read minutes from our last meeting
2. We welcomed Hilary back to Utah, and we wished Ann Lewis and Sharon Gray (both in absentia) well
in the new adventures.
3. Carolee was given needed tax-exempt status documents to finalize organization's account
4. Mary Ann updated us on the status of the headstone project. We are around $800 shy of the needed
$1200 to complete the project.
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5. Tony proposed the organization of a research committee. Ann Lewis has been our project coordinator
and has done so much, but with her leaving for the next three years, it was proposed that Susan
Ethington be assigned in that capacity. Others on the committee (if my memory serves me) are, Mary
Ann, Carolee, Kay, Hilary, Natalie, and Monita. The role of the committee will be to coordinate
research projects, and then pass research opportunities on to others in the family. It was proposed
that we ask for donations, but not pay anyone for research at this time.
6. Do we want a reunion? This question was posed and we decided to have Hilary ask this very question
in the next newsletter. (Submission deadline June 1, please remember to get these in to Hilary)
7. Much of the time was spent planning a TTFO Temple day. The date chosen was Wednesday, August 5
2015, at the Salt Lake Temple. We will work at finding family temple names and Hilary will send out an
email asking for names as well as an RSVP of those able to attend. Carolee set up temple reservations
beginning at noon for Baptisms (2 groups), Sealings (2 groups, with Richard Sr. performing the
sealings), and endowment and Initiatory work will be done at the same time, but without reservations.
Kay and Carolee have temple names, but not Turley names. It is the hope to come up with Turley
names first, but use their family names as a back up.
David just informed me he was able to reserve the church for that morning from 8-noon so we can
meet together first for a brunch. Natalie and Monita will head up the assignment of feeding people. (I
may actually and unfortunately be out of the country Aug. 3-15, I will know in about a month's time for
sure) We will have to come up with a plan B if I'm gone!
8. We will be keeping in touch with each other about the temple project and the research committee
project.
9. Tony Turley will need to be replaced as Secretary soon. He drives back and forth from Rexburg each
meeting, and you wouldn't know it by looking at him, but he's nearly 80 and doesn't know that he can
continue on as he has. Which would also mean that we'll miss seeing him at our meetings! Thanks for
all you've done, Tony and we hope we haven't seen the last of you yet!
I felt like we accomplished a lot and we really appreciate each one of you and your efforts. We hope to see
those who weren't able to come next meeting or at the temple activity this summer!
(Natalie – Monita – Frederick – Theodore Wilford – Isaac – Theodore)
Leadership Role
President
Natalie Tanner
Vice President
Mary Ann Clements
801-377-3565
natalie.tanner@yahoo.com
Secretary
Anthon “Tony” Turley
208-351-9681
treva.turley@yahoo.com
Treasurer
Carolee Pyper
801-265-3811
pyperfamily@gmail.com
maryannclements@hotmail.com
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Leadership Roles (continued)
Ancestry.com Family Tree Manager
Membership Coordinator
Newsletter Editor
Research Coordinator
"Red Book" Database Coordinator
Reunion Coordinator
Special Projects Coordinator
Temple Trip Coordinator
Webmaster
Family Group
Susan Ethington
Wayne Turley
Hilary Turley
Susan Ethington
Mary Ann Clements
(Volunteer Needed)
Kay Lovell
Doug Roy
Kim Haws
Isaac Turley & Sarah Greenwood
Joseph Hartley Turley
Hyrum Turley
George Albert Turley
Isaac Turley & Clara Ann Tolton
Theodore Turley & Francis Amelia Kimberley
Alma Rubin Turley
Hazel
Rhoda
Josephine
Charles
Leora
Tillman
Wallace
Martha
Charles Dennis Turley
John Andrew Turley
Annie Martineau (wife)
Edward
Franklin
Ida Eyring (wife)
Turley
Esther Turley McClellan
Frances Turley Romney
Ernest Tolton Turley
Clara Ellen (Nellie) Turley Walser
Isaac Turley, Jr.
Anna Priscilla Turley Van Wagoner
Charlotte Turley Bushman
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Ruth
Jane
Giles
sbethington@msn.com
wayneturley@gmail.com
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maryannclements@hotmail.com
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khaws@bridgeportwv.com
Family Representative (contact with questions or newsletter submissions)
Mary Ann Turley Cook
Priscilla Rebecca Turley Lyman
Fredrick Turley
Sarah Elizabeth Turley Franklin
Theodore Wilford Turley
William Henry Turley
whole family
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801-374-5103
480-246-6505
510-851-2877
801-374-5103
Joseph Orson Turley
Jacob Omner Turley
(Volunteer Needed)
(Volunteer Needed)
Carolee Pyper
Donald Mitchell
Natalie Tanner
(Volunteer Needed)
Wayne Turley
Paul Turley
Holly Thomas
(Volunteer Needed)
Carma King
Cathy Lloyd
Frank Turley
Erlene Plumb
Tony Turley
Annette Raley
Neil DeWitt
Julie Adair
Richard Lee
Berneil Lee
Kay Lovell
Tami Thompson
Nancy Eldridge
Susan Hanes
Marie Dugger
Luana Rogers
Richard Turley, Sr.
Bill Jones
Claudette Jones
Doug Roy
“Ted” Edward Pyper
Mike Mullen
Tony Turley
Gordon Turley
Kent Turley
Julian “Bud” Breillatt
Adrienne Williams
Marc Haws
Becky Cushing
Ann Lewis
Susan Ethington
Robert Barrett
(Volunteer Needed)
801-265-3811
801-377 3565
480-246-6505
801-731-1867
480-694-7135
801-943-8389
928-524-6522
480-388-1030
623-412-9493
928-428-3298
928-333-4185
480-814-8374
928-288-9060
801-785-3924
702-476-6337
505-867-5760
360-225-7455
480-926-8828
801-451-8348
801-532-2809
480-830-5090
480-969-6022
801-834-1371
303-845-2562
915-593-1973
208-351-9681
208-206-2782
602-254-1444
847-949-7292
801-492-4110
208-484-7816
801-224-9355
801-374-5103
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natalie.tanner@yahoo.com
wayneturley@gmail.com
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adrienne.w1@gmail.com
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September 2015 TTFO Newsletter
RELATIVES REMEMBERED
CLEON BERNELL TANNER (1929 ~ 2014)
Cleon Bernell Tanner passed away on September 29th, 2014 after more than a year in and out of the hospital
battling a blood infection which caused heart and kidney failure. Cleon was the second child of Blanch Sophia
Turley Tanner and William Allen Tanner. Older brother Norman welcomed Cleon into the family on June
7,1929 and younger sister Verla about 5 years later.
Cleon served a mission in the Louisiana Texas mission and held many positions in the LDS church over the
years. He spent many years working with the scouts, loving fishing and camping. He was awarded a medal for
his scouting service. One summer he took a group of scouts out to the desert for a camp-out. They picked their
spot to sleep and got camp all ready and then set about finding rabbit holes where Cleon taught them how to
make snares to catch them. They caught several rabbits which they took back to camp and Cleon taught them
how to kill them humanely and then how to gut and skin them. He said he
had to laugh when the boys were all grossed out when they saw him
remove the insides. He also served as a young men leader, counselor on the
bishopric, High Priest group leader, Sunday School teacher and dance
director.
He served in the army during the Korean conflict. He met his wife, Lexieann
Nations while stationed at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, Texas. They were married in
the Mesa, Arizona temple. Cleon is preceded in death by his parents and
two daughters: Lynette in 2013 and Larene in 1975. He is survived by his
wife Lexieann, sons Ronald and David, sister Verla, and brother Norman.
Cleon and Lexieann have 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
(Cleon – Blanche – Hyrum – Isaac – Theodore)
ESTHER FULLER DIAL (1923 ~ 2015)
Esther Fuller Dial, 92, was called home on Thursday, May 7, 2015. She
was born in Mesa on February 8, 1923, the fourth child of nine to
Horace Ralph and Hortense McClellan Fuller. Her husband of 55 years,
Linden B Dial preceded her in death. She is survived by her two
brothers, Robert and Clifford Fuller, her sister Helen Frost, her four
children, Garth (Patti), Marc (Janien), Jetta (Paul) Fairbanks, Gayle
(Joseph) Mangino, eight grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren.
Esther was named after her grandmother and as a little girl she loved
playing Run Sheepy Run, Hide 'N Seek and doing acrobats on the front
lawn. She was the copy editor in high school all four years. After
graduation from Mesa High School, Esther excelled as a florist for over
seventy years. She worked for and with different businesses, taught
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arrangement classes, and worked for nine years at the LDS Mesa Temple creating beautiful live arrangements
for the interior of the Temple. During WWII, the community opened a Hospitality House for the American and
British pilots training at Falcon/Williams Air Fields. This was a non-alcoholic place where they could socialize.
She helped for 3 years and made many friends.
Esther was a dedicated member of the LDS Church, In 1946 she left on a mission to England after WW II and
served with Gun McKay and M. Russell Ballard among others. She also met Elder Linden Dial on her mission
and they were married in 1949. They moved into the Spencer house in 1957 and served a family mission to
Germany in 1963-1964. In 1968 she was in a bad car accident and broke her neck. In another accident she
broke ten ribs in 1974. In their later years she and Linden served a mission in the Dallas Texas temple.
She loved gardening and sewing and quilting. She created beautiful quilts for each of her grandchildren. She
held many church callings in her Ward and Stake, and felt her main job was to teach love. She will be greatly
missed by her family and those who knew and loved her.
(Esther – Hortense – Esther – Isaac – Theodore)
LLOYD REED ELLSWORTH (1928 ~ 2015)
Lloyd Reed Ellsworth passed away on May 18, 2015 in Mesa, AZ at
the age of 86. Reed was born on December 13, 1928 in Mesa, AZ to
Lloyd H and Elzina Ruth (Bradshaw) Ellsworth. He graduated from
Mesa High School in 1946. Following High School, he served a
mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in
Uruguay Paraguay. He also served his country in the U.S. Air Force
from 1951 to 1955.
In 1951, he married Alice Josephine Cluff and they welcomed six
children into their home. In 1957, Reed began his 30 year career as
an educator and principal for Mesa Public Schools. He was a
talented leader and loved working with young people. Outside of
school, one of his favorite hobbies was raising quarter horses. Reed
was an active and dedicated member of The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. He held many leadership positions and served
three full-time missions. Reed is survived by his wife, Alice Jo;
children, Scott (Lynette), Doug (Diane), Steve, Nancy (Kelly Hall),
David (Rosalyn), and Michael (Kimberly); siblings, Lynn (Elaine), Day (Nola), Glen (Janet), Rebecca (Rick
Sanborn), and Ann (John Allen). He is also survived by 31 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. His
children remember him as an example of service, integrity, and hard work.
(Lloyd Reed – Ruth – Estella – Esther – Isaac – Theodore)
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RELATIVES REMEMBERED
BILLIE PEARL BRADSHAW (1929 ~ 2015)
Billie Pearl Bradshaw passed away peacefully on Sunday, May
24th, 2015 in Mesa, Arizona. She was 86 years young. She
was born in Mesa, on April 24th, 1929. She grew up in Pine,
Arizona and moved back to Mesa after high school. Billie
graduated from Boulder City, Nevada High School in 1945 as
class valedictorian.
Mother worked for many years at Valley National Bank on
Main Street and McDonald in Mesa. She started as a
bookkeeper and when she retired in November 1984 she was
the Vice President of Operations. After she retired mom
served two full-time missions and one part-time at the Family
History Center. She also worked in the baptistry of the Mesa Temple for many years. Mom loved writing in her
journals and doing family history. She also taught in all the auxiliaries and was a primary teacher when she was
80 years old. She was an avid Yankees fan and watched every game she could. Mom was the happiest when
her kids and grandkids were around. She loved having them at her house. She had wonderful Christmas parties
and Halloween carnivals.
She has four daughters, Nelda (Rey – deceased) Nelson, Kathy (Conrad) Alvarado, Diane (Hoke) Holyoak and
Laura (Phil) Montalvo. She has 19 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren.
(Billie – Eddie – Estella – Esther – Isaac – Theodore)
RITA BUNKER BATES (1917 ~ 2015)
Rita Bunker Bates, born January 11, 1917 in St Thomas,
Nevada to Faithful Pioneer parents passed away on August
1, 2015 at her home in West Point, Utah. Rita was an active
faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints who served in a plethora of callings including a
mission to the Hualapai Indians with her husband. She lived
from the times of horse & buggy to autonomous cars.
Rita is survived by 1 sibling, Leah; 9 children, Sherryl (Albert),
Ted (Lana), Lynn (Jo), JoAnne (Phil), Elizabeth (Jed), Lionel
(Peggy), Lorita, John (Janet), Martin (Beckie), Danny (Evelyn's
husband), and an "adopted" son, Gary (Bev); 73 grandchildren; 94 great-grandchildren; and 5 great-greatgrandchildren. Rita was preceded in death by one daughter, Evelyn; husband, Karl Theodore Bates; parents
Francis Neil Bunker and Evelyn Rachel Cox; eight siblings; and seven half-siblings.
(Rita, married to Karl – Lucy – Theodore Wilford – Isaac – Theodore)
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
3/28/2015
Thank you so much. I enjoy the newsletter.
Kandee McKellar, johnkandee@gmail.com (Kandee – Verdell – Charles – Alma Rubin – Isaac – Theodore)
3/28/2015
Thanks so much for putting together such a wonderful newsletter. We look forward to reading it!!!
Joan Turley, jdnt61@yahoo.com (Joan, wife of William – Richard – Edward – Edward – Isaac – Theodore)
3/29/2015
I am Byron James, son of Mary James, daughter of Viola Turley Haws. I enjoyed the latest newsletter this
morning. For your consideration (for the next newsletter), my son, Kyle, is serving a mission in Frankfurt,
Germany. Thank you!
Byron James, byorlis@frontiernet.net (Byron – Mary – Viola – Isaac – Isaac – Theodore)
3/29/2015
Solomon Pyper Reynolds is currently serving Malay-speaking in the Singapore Mission (Jan 2014-Dec 2015). He
left from BYU and his family ward: Clear Lake 2, League City Stake in the Houston, Texas Area. When he
returns he will continue vocal studies at BYU.
Submitted by his mother,
Deborah Elizabeth Pyper Reynolds Hansen (Debi – John – Marguerite – Francis – Isaac – Theodore)
4/4/2015
Thank you for all your efforts. I do enjoy reading about my relatives.
Marcine Shuck
(Marcine – Leora – Alma Rubin – Isaac – Theodore)
4/5/2015
Hello,
I have a question about the project of updating the Redbook which was started some time ago and to which
my siblings and I contributed information. Is it still viable and, if so, when will it be completed? Just curious.
Thank you for all that you as officers do for the Family Organization!
Ken Turley, kwturley@me.com
(Ken -- George -- Isaac Jr. -- Isaac Sr. – Theodore)
Hi Ken, The Turley Family Red Book update project was completed in December 2011 and a CD was mailed to
all the people that requested one. David Turley was our project coordinator. If you didn’t receive a CD with
the collection of family pedigrees, pictures and short biographies, you can contact David at 801-521-0495 or
davidturley@byu.net. We are currently discussing how and when to work on the next update. We should
have more decisions made at our October 2nd Leadership meeting.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
6/2/2015
Dear Hilary,
Thought I would send these latest obituaries from our family, for the next Turley newsletter.
Lloyd Reed Ellsworth was a Stake Patriarch when he passed away. He was a much loved Bishop & high
counselor and he had raised registered quarter horses for many years. He was the son of Ruth Bradshaw and
Lloyd Ellsworth. Ruth was the daughter of Estella McClellan Bradshaw, married to Samuel Bradshaw. Estella
was the daughter of Ester Turley McClellan and David McClellan. Ester was the daughter of Isaac Turley and
Clara Ann Tolton. Isaac was the son of Theodore Turley and Francis Amelia Turley.
Billie Bradshaw was a much loved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She left a large
loving family & spent her whole life of service in the church in many capacities. Her marriage to Edward
Bradshaw didn’t work out. She raised her four daughters. Edward was the son of Estella Bradshaw, daughter of
Esther Turley McClellan, daughter of Isaac, son of Theodore.
Hope all is well with you.
Love, Claudette Jones (Claudette – Hazel – Esther – Isaac – Theodore)
7/13/2015
Day at the Temple event is so awesome! I wish I could attend, but I live out of the country! Thanks for
organizing it!
Kate Hanberg, katehanberg@gmail.com
(Kate – John – Charlotte – Gordon – Frances – Isaac – Theodore)
7/13/2015
I wish I could be there for the Day at the Temple, it sounds like a wonderful event. Please continue to keep me
in the loop and thank you for thinking of me and my family. I am trying to do more in temple work and helping
my brothers and sisters.
Brent Richards, inteliquest@msn.com
(Brent – Gayle – Martha – Alma Rubin – Isaac – Theodore)
7/13/2015
Thank you for the email and invitation to the Day at the Temple event. I will be retiring August 7 and they
won't let me take vacation time the last two weeks as they feel we should have our job up to par for the
person taking my job. I know it's a fabulous idea and again, sorry I won't be able to attend.
Gerald Fuller, gfuller@traveladvice.com
(Gerald Jr. – Gerald – Hortense – Esther – Isaac – Theodore)
7/13/2015
This is such a GREAT idea!! My daughter is getting her wisdom teeth out that day at 10 so we won't be able to
come. Please Please Please do this again... I would LOVE to come.
Kim Pence, kimpence@hotmail.com
(Kim – Janice – Floyd – Hyrum – Isaac – Theodore)
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7/13/2015
What a wonderful opportunity! We will unfortunately be out of state at that time. So we cannot attend. Please
schedule another one in the not-too-distant future so we can join with you at the temple, too.
Best wishes! Anna Clare and Earl Shepherd, acshep10@gmail.com
(Anna Clare – Alberta – Anna Priscilla – Isaac – Theodore)
7/13/2015
Although I am interested in Turley family news and events, I am not a member of the LDS church and so would
ask to be removed from the email list for LDS only events. Please continue to keep me informed of any
upcoming events and news that are all inclusive!
Thank you! Jann LeVitre, jannlevitre@gmail.com
(Jann – Raymond – Esther – Josephine – Alma Rubin – Isaac – Theodore)
7/18/2015
We have a Turley in our mission!
Brandon H Turley, Barry H. Turley, Norman Hunt Turley, Charles
Herman Turley, Alma Rubin Turley, Isaac Turley, Theodore
Turley
He’s serving as a Zone Leader in the Othello Zone. Great Elder.
Theodore must be proud!
Ann Lewis, annlewis@byu.net
(Ann – Grace – Ruby – Grace – Charlotte – Theodore)
9/13/2015
Thank you for the wonderful brunch, and getting our Turley
ancestors names ready. Me and my daughter enjoyed the day
with our new found relatives. Let us know if we can help
another time.
Love Karalyn Wood, Breanna Prince.
karashairdesign12@yahoo.com (Karalyn – Shirley – Anna Priscilla – Isaac – Theodore)
NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTIONS
CALLING FOR FAMILY INFORMATION
To have your news included in the next newsletter, please contact your family representative (page 4) or send
an email directly to turleyfamilyorg@gmail.com with your name, address and family line from Theodore
Turley.
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ANCESTOR DETECTORS
GET TO KNOW THE TTFO FAMILY TREE ON ANCESTRY.COM, by Susan Ethington
Ancestry.com now allows members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to search for free. To get
a free Ancestry.com account, you first need an LDS username and password.
Then go to www.familysearch.org/partneraccess and follow the directions to obtain your free Ancestry.com
account.
After you have an account, to gain access to the Theodore Turley Family Organization Tree, send an email to
sbethington@msn.com. Susan Ethington will send you an invitation to the tree. Accept the invitation and you
will be able to become a contributor to the TTFO family tree.
FAMILY SPOTLIGHT from ALMA RUBIN TURLEY FAMILY
AUTOBIOGRAPHAL LIFE SKETCH OF MARTHA TURLEY DEWITT, edited by Wayne Turley
I was born September 11, 1910 in Woodruff to Alma and Delilah Willis Turley. My oldest sister, Hazel was
married before I was born and her eldest son, John, was born Sept. 27, 1910, being four months older than I. I
was my parents’ twelfth child. My next oldest sisters, Josephine and Rhoda, and oldest brother, Wesley, were
married when I was about three years old so I don’t remember them being at home. As a little girl, I
remember playing paper dolls in our front room and I remember mother had quilts on quite often. They hung
by four ropes from the ceiling. Then at night they were rolled up to the ceiling out of the way. My mother’s
parents came to visit occasionally. My grandfather Willis was a large man and had a white beard. I remember a
little more about grandmother, but I didn’t get to see her very often. They had to travel by horse and wagon
to get to Woodruff. My grandmother loved to dance the jig. Father took mother, Wallace and I to Aripine by
team and wagon with a wagon cover to visit his brother, Theodore Wilford Turley. The mornings were cold and
Wallace and I would hang our feet over the side of the wagon in the sun to warm them. We camped out and
gathered pine nuts and acorns.
Mother went with us to the field (5 acres) to hoe about every morning as needed. Later Mother and Father
gave this field to Malcolm and I when we married. My father was a great hand in wanting young people to
learn to work and he wanted us to have some place to teach our children to work. We children were to go to
the alfalfa field about every morning to gather alfalfa for the pigs. We would stuff the alfalfa in gunny sacks.
Sometimes we had a little wagon to haul it on and sometimes we had to carry or drag it. It was about half a
mile or so.
In the afternoons we went swimming or to see our friends. Ida Brinkerhoff and I spent many hours in the
irrigation ditch until we learned to swim. Then we had a water hole in the river by the old dam where most of
the young folks went to swim. We didn’t have swim suits so we wore dresses which were quite a hindrance.
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I was anxious to go to school and would follow the older brothers and sisters. They tried hard to send me back
home and I would lay down on the ground kicking and screaming. I eventually started school at age six. We
went on hikes, climbed the Butte, had outdoor parties on Friday night, played Run Sheep Run, steal sticks,
Send Rover Over, and kick the can. In the winter we skated on the lake east of Woodruff. We had bon fires to
keep warm when not skating. I was fairly good in reading, spelling and arithmetic. We had spelling bees
almost every Friday, and I was often the last one standing up. We had recess 30 minutes in the morning and in
the afternoon. In 8th grade, I was Valedictorian.
I worked in the home of Marian Gibbons and washed for the Elledge family for 25 cents per hour. After school I
walked approximately one mile to wash on the board for Sarah Brinkerhoff for 25 cents an hour also. We
looked forward to Christmas although we didn’t receive much, maybe a 50 cent piece, an apple, or an orange,
nuts and candy, but we were very happy.
Father loved parch corn, so he would parch it over the fireplace in a frying pan that he had put an extra handle
on. Sometimes we had molasses candy too. Father and Mother played flinch cards with us many evenings.
Many Sunday afternoons we young folks would meet at our place and play hide n’seek. We also rode horses
or burros. I tried to learn how to ride a bicycle but never did.
Orpha Standiferd’s husband (Lorenzo) was gone quite a lot, so I stayed with her nights to pay for her giving me
music lessons. She had a piano but we had an organ. With her help, I got to where I was assistant organist for
Sunday School. The year I was in the 8th grade my cousin, Gladys Willis, came to stay with us and go to school.
There was only George Turley, Ila Hatch, Gladys and myself who graduated.
When the men made molasses many times we children either rode the horse or kept them going round and
round to turn the machine that would grind the juice out of the stocks of cane to keep going. I with my
brothers had to go to the field and use sticks to knock the leaves off the stocks of cane, then cut it and haul it
to the molasses mill. When the molasses was done, sometimes very late at night, it sure was a treat to use our
finger and lick the molasses out of the pot.
I loved to just happen in at Wesley and Zella’s, or Charley and Ann’s or Rhoda and Lee’s about the evening
meal time where I would be invited to eat. It was Wesley and Zella who taught me to like celery. I learned to
milk cows so was required to do this many times. I had to tramp the hay when the boys threw the cocked piles
of hay up on the wagon. There were snakes in the piles and sometimes they would start the horses and not
tell me and I would fall off. These things didn’t bother Tillman and Wallace. They laughed. I disliked it most
when we had to put the hay in the barn and we had to tromp it down so we could get more in. It was so hot
and stuffy. In the winter we would put the squash in the hay to keep them from freezing. Wallace and I had to
drive the cows off on the hills each morning, then go after them in the evening; sometimes it would be dark
when we got home. I was impressed in my early years that my parents always made it a special day by getting
all dressed up to go settle their tithing or vote. There was always prizes given and homemade ice cream,
lemonade, and root beer for all; sometimes candy and nuts etc.
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Even though we had to create most of our recreation we managed to have a good enjoyable time. We could
get a dance going in no time at all. Musicians were no problem. And a little cornmeal on the floor made it just
right too. Tom Smithson, Marian Bowler and Arthur and Ethel Gardner could really make music, seemed some
of them were always available.
At an early age all of father’s children were encouraged to do all we could to support ourselves. We were
given so much ground to raise a garden on then what profit we made we could spend as we liked. When I
started high school 1925-26 in Snowflake my sister Leora went with Wallace and I and we lived part of the year
in Grandmother Wills’ home. Then Leora and Helen Fillerup took over a restaurant and we moved into Uncle
Theodore Turley’s home. Then Leora decided to go to school in Flagstaff and get her teachers degree so the
next two years Wallace and I lived in Grandmother Willis’ home. We had two rooms. The bed bugs were very
bad and I would go sleep with my cousin Martha Willis, just over the fence. I would put a pot of beans on to
cook and get Grandmother to keep them cooking so they would be ready when we got home at noon for
lunch. We would take enough milk and eggs from home to last us a week. I could hardly wait for Friday when
we would go home and back to school either Sunday evening or Monday morning early. After we started
playing ball, basketball was the in thing then. I couldn’t go home so often. One time it was six weeks before I
got home. The basketball team had been to St. Johns and Round Valley. To get there we had to go around by
Holbrook and when I saw that Butte I really longed to go home. I always get a thrill when I see that Butte. I
had climbed it so many times.
On the Butte, Martha is on the far left. Going up is her sister, Leora and on the top is her brother, Wallace.
The last year, 1928-29, I attended High School I rode in a car that Ross Brinkerhoff, the driver, took back and
forth to Snowflake from Woodruff. At noon we would sit in his car and eat our lunch. Often mine was fried
pork and iced milk. I remember how good that tasted and how cold and good the milk was. I graduated from
High School May 24, 1929 in Snowflake, Arizona.
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I graduated from Seminary May 18, 1928. I received an engagement ring for my graduation. We planned to
marry in the fall. During the summer I made an old fashioned doll quilt from blocks. This quilt lasted for many
years.
While in Snowflake I received my Patriarchal Blessing from Joseph W. Smith. I always wanted John hatch in
Taylor to give me one so I did finally receive a blessing from him. Malcolm and I, my brother Wallace and
Margaret Wimmer, Pearl Gardner and George Turley, a cousin, planned a wedding in the Mesa, Arizona
Temple in the fall of 1929 to be October 23-29. Malcolm got a promise of a job in Winslow working for his
Uncle John DeWitt, so we decided to get married. On Monday, September 30, Malcolm, his mother and I went
to Holbrook to get our marriage license at the court house. We were informed it was the law to get your
marriage license in the county you married in. I had my heart set on a Temple marriage. It took me an hour or
so to get my mind made up to go ahead and get married. Malcolm wasn’t of age, his mother or father had to
sign for him and his father was gone away to work.
His mother couldn’t go with us to Mesa, so Bishop
Williams married us in the home of Malcolm’s Uncle
Silas and Aunt Ruth Jarvis, also his Uncle Bill and
Aunt Uesta Jarvis who all lived in the same
apartment building. They made us a lovely meal and
then when we left to go back home to Woodruff, my
mother prepared a lovely meal and invited
Malcolm’s family. Malcolm’s uncle Bill offered to let
us take his car to Mesa. My sister Rhoda and her
year old son Ferrin accompanied us. We left in the
evening, going as far as Linden, Arizona, and
spending the night with my sister, Leora, and her
husband, Nowlin Kartchner. Early Tuesday morning
we left for Mesa, going by Rice, Arizona. On top of
the rim we ate lunch.
Malcolm got very sick vomiting and diarrhea. Some
kind people in Rice (I don’t know the name but wish
I did) took us in and the mother helped Malcolm
very much. I spent most of the time crying and
praying. Early Wednesday morning we left on our
way. I didn’t know how to drive and Malcolm was
still quite ill and it seemed to affect his eye sight, so I
did the steering and he did the rest. It was a most
scary trip. I know the Lord was watching over us.
We stayed in Mesa Wednesday night with a cousin of mine, Marian and Lala Turley. They went to the Temple
with us Thursday morning October 3, 1929. Afterwards, not being familiar with the cities in the Valley, Lala led
us into Phoenix and got us on our way. The trip back home was a little more pleasant. We came through
Martha & Malcolm DeWitt around the
time of their marriage
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Winslow and Malcolm’s father was working there for a nephew, Ken DeWitt. We stopped to see him but I
don’t think he had fully accepted the marriage. By the time we got back home Malcolm’s job was over so we
started looking for work. We lived in two rooms of Grandma DeWitt’s home. We got a stove, and dining room
set and bed from Montgomery Ward on time payments.
Work was scarce, so I went to work for Judge Ferguson in his home and Malcolm worked in Reese Café
washing dishes. I think Malcolm got his fill of doing dishes because he never liked doing them when I was gone
a few days. We lived in the upstairs room of the Ray Birdsong’s. Both of us could walk to and from our work.
We only did this for a few months then we went back to Woodruff. Malcolm was gone from home a lot it
seemed. He and Sessel Allen would go trapping for 3-4 weeks at a time. The hides of the animals were sold.
There wasn’t much work and the men had to do what they could for money. One summer we raised beans
and cabbage, potatoes, squash, and melons. We worked hard. Also, there was hay to haul and quite a few
rattlesnakes showed up. We had such a good dog. He could spot a rattler and pounce on him before we saw
the snake.
Our first child, a son, Malcolm Reeves, Jr., was born January 12, 1931. He died at age three in 1934. Our son,
Merwin Claire, was born August 12, 1932. Merwin married Diana Pope, and they have eight children. Our first
daughter, Raenell, was born June 8, 1934 in Woodruff. She married Paul Hager and they have three children.
Next was Harold Keith, who was born March 17, 1936. Keith married Marin Faye Harris and they have five
children. Our next daughter was
Betty Jean, born June 18, 1938.
She married Tom Reed, later
Einer Johnson and then Will Clark.
Betty had two sons. Our last
daughter, Martha Gayle, was
born June 23, 1940. She married
Chappy Richards and they have
six children.
In the spring of 1946 we decided
we wouldn’t go back to Hay
Hollow. George and Malcolm had
acquired some milk cows and
were selling milk and cream.
Then they decided to move the
Martha & Malcolm DeWitt
cows to Holbrook and work for
Whitings. We bought a piece of
ground ¾ of an acre approximately from Ed Burton and kept the cows there. At first we lived in the small two
room house of Whitings. While there, one stormy day Marie and her children were visiting and the lightening
hit the house. The shingles really flew and made a hole in the roof.
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We lived just across the road from George and Leila McLaws and their girls for a while, then we moved to
Holbrook, May 13, 1946. After a few days Leila asked me if I would like to work at the hospital, where she was
working, I hesitated but she said they were so short of help and so she made arrangements with Mr. Caldwell
the administrator, and I started. Raenell took charge of things at home. She and June McLaws became good
friends. The girls still went to Woodruff on weekends after school started. Gayle was in 1st grade and Merwin
started high school.
After a few years living in the small house, Whitings built a four roomed house and told us to move into it. It
had a small bathroom. We installed a shower. The children decided a number 3 tub wouldn’t do anymore. We
built a porch and another small room for Merwin and Keith. About this time Malcolm and I decided we would
like to have another baby, so on November 7, 1949 Charles Neil was born in the Holbrook Hospital. All the
family enjoyed him very much, even if they were a little disappointed because I was having another baby after
nine years. Betty and Gayle were not happy about it but had a lot of fun dressing him up in girls clothes, and
putting make-up on him. Raenell liked to take him with her and show him off to her teachers and friends. Neil
married Barbara Pender and they have three children.
Merwin left November 28, 1952, for the Texas Louisiana Mission, going to Salt Lake City, the day after
Thanksgiving, with Uncle Elias Smith. The snow was about 12 inches on the ground. Merwin had worked in
the Kiabab with John Heward the summer prior to his mission, having graduated in 1950. Merwin’s mission
wasn’t too expensive. I guess just about the same as others in those days. We never missed the money we
sent him, and we were greatly blessed in our home. When Merwin came from his mission we bought a field
from Dean Nutting. Merwin wanted in on it so
helped pay for a few years then decided to let
his part go. It finally became ours and
Malcolm and the boys farmed it. After
Malcolm’s accident he bought a tractor which
was a big help to him although he still kept
horses and enjoyed driving them and working
with them.
Martha & Malcolm DeWitt’s family
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When Neil was five months old I went back to
work at the Holbrook Hospital. Beulah Heward
kept him until the girls got home from school.
Zella also kept him for me some, and after he
grew some he and Earnest Heward played
together. Malcolm took him with him on his
milk route almost every morning. I enjoyed
my work at the hospital. Neil was the only one
at home, there being nine years between him
and Gayle. Raenell and Gayle were in
Germany at the same time, 1959 to 1962.
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Gayle and Chappy had two children while there, Brent and Brenda. They were gone approximately three
years, returning June 19, 1962. We moved into our new home April 8, 1960. Malcolm and Keith did most of
the work on it. Mike Valdez, Sr., put the fireplace in. John Heward did the plumbing, Einar Johnson and his
brothers did the wiring, Waldo helped also Malcolm. May 19, 1974, Malcolm was ordained a High Priest in
Winslow by our son, Merwin. We were very happy for this. We were very happy and proud of each
advancement our children received in serving the Lord, or other service.
(Written by Martha DeWitt, edited by Wayne Turley)
Martha Turley DeWitt died April 9, 1993, and is buried in the Woodruff Cemetery beside her husband, Malcolm,
who died November 18, 1978. Martha was the last surviving child of Alma Rubin and Delilah Turley.
(Martha – Alma Rubin – Isaac – Theodore)
FAMILY SPOTLIGHT from ERNEST TOLTON TURLEY FAMILY
LIFE SKETCH OF ERNEST TURLEY, provided by Tony Turley
Ernest Turley was a true pioneer. He was born in Beaver, Utah to Isaac Turley and Clara Ann Tolton. Like his
father before him, he was required to take many responsibilities at an early age. At the age of thirteen he
helped drive the family cattle from Snowflake to Juarez. Once, after a long day’s travel, no water could be
found. Steadfast Ernie went back in the night to a well. Like Sarah in the Book of Mormon, whose sons went on
a dangerous mission to Jerusalem, mother Clara Ann wept and knew her Ernie was dead. But, he later came
back with the water.
This experience was a type of his whole life, for he was dependable and brave and many times when there was
trouble or men were killed, Ernest was there, doing a man’s part. His brother Isaac said how his brother
labored closely with his father, and was the mainstay for the family. Ernest also had a way with the Mexicans
and spoke fluent, though vernacular, Spanish.
In 1895, Ernest married the prettiest girl in the colonies: Sarah Centenna Wilson of Colonia Diaz. Her name was
given to memorialize the centennial year of the United States. She was usually known as “Tenny”. These two
were an exceptionally handsome pair. They had ten children, three of whom died young: Clarence Vere, Gladys
and Helen. Once in Santa Cruz, California, Ernest and Centenna were speaking of what beautiful children Vere
and Helen were, and how it hurt when they died as toddlers. When asked if it still hurt after fifty years, both
smiled and commented that it had not hurt for a long time and that they were happy to have three celestial
children.
Ernest was a very good farmer, fruit grower and carpenter. He also built many rock dams for the colony in
Mexico. The children remember him peddling some of his fine product such as apples, peaches, plums and
apricots. Grandma also made and sold butter, cheese and “acidero”, a special cheese made of skim milk,
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buttermilk and rennet, which was delicious when melted. They were all sold at Pearson which was 9 miles
south of Juarez.
On one such trip from Pearson, Bernice remembers a time when Ernest was struck by lightning. As they left
Pearson to return home they saw a terrible storm on the flats towards Juarez. Several people had died along
those flats from lightning strikes. Ernest was concerned for Bernice and Anthon who were in the wagon with
him. He told them to get in the back of the wagon and cover up with the tarp. Because they were on the flats
there was no place to go for shelter so Ernest slowly proceeded into the storm. As the storm hit the rain was so
bad that he couldn’t see his animals at the front of the wagon. Suddenly lightning struck Ernest. Bernice
remembers him appearing very pale and nearly passing out. At that point they stopped their forward progress
and waited for the storm to subside, a time period of about a half hour.
Ernest went on a mission to West Virginia in 1910 while his oldest son, Carl, and his brother, Isaac, cared for his
fields. But in 1912 he had to leave the mission field and join his family in Mesa, where they came after the
Pancho Villa exodus. For a time he worked at Miami as overseer of forty-five Mexicans in the mines.
Eventually, unlike many of the colonists, the Turleys returned to Colonia Juarez where their land and home
remained. The two story red brick home had been vandalized and all the windows were knocked out.
Grandpa was a fine singer and enjoyed being in the ward choir for many years. When he was eighty in Mesa,
he received a special request to sing in the stake choir. It was not uncommon at family gatherings for Ernest to
sing and harmonize with his songs to the accompaniment of Spanish guitars. He had a ready smile and a
memorable chuckle and sense of humor. Although he only went to the third grade in Utah and was never a
good speller, his daughter Beatrice said he had a natural sense for the beauty of language and expressed
himself well.
Ernest often said, “We do not have time in this life for hatred or trouble.” He brought sunshine and cheer to
his family. Ernest was very friendly and social. He made people feel welcome when they were near him. His
wife, Centenna, was much more reserved and quiet.
Early in the 1940’s, Ernest moved to Mesa to be a temple ordinance worker at the Arizona Temple, and
Centenna stayed in Mexico to finalize the sale of their property. He was often seen walking to the temple and
visiting with the widows in the neighborhood. He was loved by everyone because of his friendly nature.
Bernice remembers how he enjoyed big family gatherings. Before plunging into the food, which he also loved,
at a meal he would pray and then quote Psalms: “Children are an heritage of the Lord: blessed is the man who
has his quiver full of them.” He felt blessed that his own quiver was full. After a big meal it wasn’t uncommon
for him to get one of Centenna’s biggest mixing bowls, fill it with “Corn Flakes” and eat. He was a big man
having large hands and feet (wearing a wide width shoe) and was tall as well.
Ernest died in Mesa in 1957 after an illness of several years.
(Ernest – Isaac – Theodore)
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DUTCH TURLEY AND TEAM RESCUE KIDNAPPED KIDS, by Fred Swegles
(Courtesy of The Orange County Register,
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/children-684595-rescue-team.html)
Douglas “Dutch” Turley of San Clemente is no stranger to danger. He is a leader with Operation Underground
Railroad, a team that rescues kidnapped children from sex slavery around the world. Turley, described by
colleagues as a former Navy SEAL whose expertise is vital to O.U.R.’s mission, will be among the featured
guests at O.U.R.’s fundraising gala at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Laguna Cliffs Marriot in Dana Point. See
www.ourrescue.org/events.
We asked him what it’s like saving children:
Q. How did you come to be a rescuer of enslaved children?
A. I have known O.U.R. CEO and Founder Tim Ballard for years
through our government careers. We kept in close touch and one
day Tim called to tell me that he was leaving Homeland Security and
had an idea to create a private organization whose focus was to
rescue children who were being force into sex slavery. I told him I
was all in.
Q. How does it compare?
A. This is different from what SEALs generally do. Tim brought me up
to speed on the unique details of this type of operation and the
methods that we wanted to use. We typically go undercover to play
Douglas “Dutch” Turley, Jr.
the role of the American businessman traveling to purchase sex with
children. Sex trafficking is an estimated $32 billion industry. We have
little difficulty finding traffickers to offer us children for sex. Fortunately this has not been a significantly risky
or combative approach. Our Jump Team is very skilled in keeping cover and disciplined focus. Our team must
have a strong warrior mindset to create a persona that would put them in the character of evil. It is my job to
ensure each of our jump team members are expertly trained and prepared to handle any situation we
encounter while on a rescue mission.
Ultimately, it is very different from my time with the SEAL teams, but there are also many similarities, which
my highly skilled training has prepared me for. I have to say that this work with O.U.R. is the most rewarding
work I have ever done. I am still fighting bad guys, but I am seeing children rescued and that is an unbelievable
feeling of pride and hope.
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Q. How many missions?
A. O.U.R. has rescued an estimated 300-plus victims and assisting with some 60 arrests. We have operated in
13 countries so far and plan to expand. What’s amazing is that in many of these countries, including the U.S.,
we have formed strong partnerships with these agencies who can now replicate the O.U.R. method and
approach and they have continued to rescue victims, arrest perpetrators and impact the ease at which
traffickers are doing business in their local communities. The continued effort is not represented in our
statistics, but the change is being felt.
Q. Describe how it works.
A. O.U.R. develops intelligence on situations involving child sex trafficking and connects that intel with vetted
agents. Each situation and location varies a little in details and approach. While gathering intel, we also
investigate the local process of handling victim services and recovery. We work to ensure that the victims are
given the best opportunity and access to support and hope. All of this is developed prior to the rescue mission.
If we don’t have a place set up for the children to go after they are rescued, we won’t do the rescue mission.
After an operation, we will stay on top of both the prosecution of the criminals and also the well-being of the
children and do follow-up missions to visit
the children and provide support and
funds to aid in their recovery.
Q. What was the worst condition you
encountered?
A. We shut down an orphanage in Haiti
that was selling children out the back door
for $10,000 each. Initially, I was so taken
back that these women running the
orphanage would do something like this.
The situation these children were in is
incomprehensible. No clothing, no beds –
they slept on the cement floor. They ate
flour and water.
We rescued 28 children in one day and
Douglas “Dutch” Turley interacts with
placed them in reputable home. We did a follow-up mission
children at an orphanage in Haiti.
only a few months later and visited the kids. This time, they
weren’t scared and sad, but healthy and smiling. I was able to
spend an afternoon with them delivering toys and playing games with them. It was an unbelievable feeling to
know that only a few months ago they were in a dark place that could have potentially lead to a darker life.
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They were now so happy with light in their eyes. That’s the most amazing thing about my job. We saved 28
kids. To just change one child’s life is the most rewarding gift in the world.
Q. Does this take an emotional toll?
A. Of course it does. However, I am too invested in this cause to turn away from it now. This is the most
important work I will ever do during my life.
Q. What do you do in San Clemente, outside of this?
A. I have an amazing family who I love spending time with when I’m not working. I love surfing, doing CrossFit
and staying in shape. I will be racing in an Ironman in 2016 to raise awareness and funds for O.U.R. Orange
County’s Premier Tri team ProEco is taking me under their wing and helping with the Ironman that I will be
racing in. I am trying to raise $1,000 for every mile of the Ironman, which is 140.6 miles. My goal is to raise
$140,600 to rescue children. I have a very active lifestyle and that’s what makes me happy.
(Dutch – Doug – Harold – Edward – Isaac – Theodore)
MISSIONARY & MILITARY TRACKER – CURRENTLY SERVING
NORTH AMERICA
Kriesten Lind, Anchorage,
Alaska Mission, presently
serving (Kriesten – Rhoda – Mary
– Anthon – Ernest – Isaac –
Theodore)
Brandon H. Turley, Yakima,
Washington Mission, presently
serving (Brandon – Barry –
Norman – Charles – Alma Rubin –
Isaac – Theodore)
John and Ann Lewis, Yakima,
Washington Mission President,
July 2015 – July 2018 (Ann –
Grace – Ruby – Grace – Charlotte
– Theodore)
Hunter Brasher, Vancouver,
Washington Mission, January
2014 – January 2016 (Hunter –
Angie – Rick – Clarence – Edward
– Isaac – Theodore)
R. Bryce England, Long Beach,
California Mission, May 2017 –
May 2017 (Bryce – Cindy – Kay –
Louise – Mae – George Albert –
Isaac – Theodore)
Jordon Armond, Bakersfield,
California Mission, presently
serving (descendant of Ernest –
Isaac – Theodore)
Jim Heap & wife, Salt Lake Family
History Center, presently serving
(descendant of Ernest – Isaac –
Theodore)
Mark & Phoebe Turley, BYUIdaho Pathway Program Church
Service Mission, serving Spring
2014 to present in Vancouver,
Washington (Mark – Lawrence –
Edward – Isaac – Theodore)
Gordon & Stephaney Powell, Fort
Worth, Texas Mission as Military
Relations Specialists assigned to
Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, March
2015 – September 2016 (Gordon
– Maxine – Anna Priscilla – Isaac –
Theodore)
Bryan Larson, Air Force, Stationed
in Texas (Bryan – Rod – Marilyn –
Fred – Theodore Wilford – Isaac –
Theodore)
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MISSIONARY & MILITARY TRACKER – CURRENTLY SERVING
Eli Hess, Oklahoma, Tulsa
Mission, March 2015 –March
2017 (Eli – Bob – Louise –
Lawrence – Edward – Isaac –
Theodore)
Seth Carroll, Cleveland, Ohio
Mission, June 2015 – June 2017
(Seth – Shelley – Alan – Wallace –
Alma Rubin – Isaac – Theodore)
Wyatt Smith, Washington D.C.
North Mission, (Spanish speaking)
April 2014 – April 2016 (Wyatt –
Norman – Wanda – Fred –
Theodore Wilford – Isaac –
Theodore)
Mellonie & Larry Grohman,
Randolph Training Center,
presently serving (Mellonie –
Barbara – Ernest – Ernest – Isaac
– Theodore)
Dallin Ashcroft, Charlotte, North
Carolina Mission, December 2014
– December 2016 (Dallin –
Katherine – Melodee – Clarence –
Edward – Isaac – Theodore)
K.C. and Marilyn Abney, North
Carolina U.S. military base,
presently serving (K.C. – Tenna –
Ernest – Ernest – Isaac –
Theodore)
David and Janis Heap, Durban
South Africa Mission, presently
serving (David – Tenna – Ernest –
Ernest – Isaac – Theodore)
Nick and Irene Eastmond, Benin
Cotonou Mission (West Africa),
CES missionaries 2012 to present
(Nick – Alberta – Anna Priscilla –
Isaac – Theodore)
Susan and Vernon Moon, Kenya
Nairobi Mission, 2012 – present.
(Susan – Velma – Josephine –
Alma Rubin – Isaac – Theodore)
Lisa & Kerry Johnson, South
Africa Johannesburg Temple
Mission, March 2015 –
September 2016 (Lisa – Jay –
Josephine – Alma Rubin – Isaac –
Theodore)
CENTRAL &
SOUTH AMERICA
Preston Skinner, Mexico Reynosa
Mission, January 2015 - January
2017 (Preston – Jennifer –
Melodee – Clarence – Edward –
Isaac – Theodore)
EUROPE & ASIA
Derek S. Wardle,
Spain Barcelona
Mission, August 2015 – August
2017 (Derek – Jackee – Sylvan –
Louise – Mae – George Albert –
Isaac - Theodore)
Andrew Allen Lee, Germany
Frankfort Mission, November
2013 – November 2015 (Andrew –
Nathan – Marilyn – Clarence –
Edward – Isaac – Theodore)
Kyle Byron James, Germany
Frankfurt Mission, June 2014 –
June 2016 (Kyle – Byron – Mary –
Viola – Isaac – Isaac – Theodore)
Forrest Klein, Russia Novosibirsk
Mission. October 2013 – October
2015 (Forrest – Lynelle – Frank –
Charles – Alma Rubin – Isaac –
Theodore)
Gabe Smith, Korea Seoul Mission,
July 2014 – July 2016 (Gabe –
Brian – Wanda – Fred – Theodore
– Isaac – Theodore)
Aaron Laemmlen Lewis, Chile,
Santiago South Mission, January
2014 – January 2016 (Aaron – Ann
– Grace – Ruby – Grace –
Charlotte – Theodore)
Solomon Pyper Reynolds,
Singapore Mission, January 2014
– December 2015 (Solomon –
Debi – John – Marguerite –
Francis – Isaac – Theodore)
Jonathan Holladay Turley,
Paraguay Asuncion North Mission.
January 2014 – January 2016
(Jonathan – William – Richard –
Edward – Edward – Isaac –
Theodore)
Anna Clare and Earl Shepherd,
Adriatic North Mission, Member
& Leadership Support, 2013 to
present (Anna Clare – Alberta –
Anna Priscilla – Isaac – Theodore)
AFRICA
Cody Carl Turley, Ghana
Accra Mission, presently serving
(Cody – Ernest – Ernest – Ernest –
Ernest – Isaac – Theodore)
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MISSIONARY TRACKER
Welcome home to missionaries who finished their service since the last newsletter! (sorted alphabetically)
Andersyn Adair, Colorado, Denver South Mission, Spanish speaking, November 2013 – May 2015 (Andersyn –
Shane – Jennifer – Wanda – Fred – Theodore – Isaac – Theodore)
Parker Anderson, Rapid City, South Dakota Mission, September 2013 – September 2015 (Parker – Kerry – Mark –
Lawrence – Edward – Isaac – Theodore)
Trent Bates, Trinidad Tobagos Mission, August 2013 – August 2015 (Trent – John –Karl – Lucy – Theodore Wilford –
Isaac – Theodore)
Smith Beynon, Vanuatu Mission, September 2013 –September 2015 (Smith – Shauna – Jennifer – Wanda – Fred –
Theodore Wilford – Isaac – Theodore)
Colton Bond, Chile, Santiago Mission, May 2013 – May 2015 (Colton – Casey – Phil – Louise – Ida – George Albert –
Isaac – Theodore)
Brandon Carter, Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk Mission, June 2013 – June 2015 (Brandon – Debbie – Kay – Louise – Ida –
George Albert – Isaac – Theodore)
Chantry Harrison, Illinois, Chicago West Mission (Spanish speaking), May 2013 – May 2015 (Chantry – Jeff – Peggy –
Ida – George Albert – Isaac – Theodore)
Dallin Theodore Haws, Pocatello, Idaho Mission, September 2013 – September 2015 (Dallin – Ted – Annamarie –
Tillman – Alma Rubin – Isaac – Theodore)
David Vincent James, Japan Kobe Mission, September 2013 – September 2015 (Vince – Curtis – Mary – Viola – Isaac
– Isaac – Theodore)
Hannah Ruth Lee, Tennessee, Knoxville Mission, August 2013 – December 2014 (Hannah – Erik – Marilyn – Clarence
– Edward – Isaac – Theodore)
Stephanie Joyce Lee, Scottsdale, Arizona Mission, January 2014 – June 2015 (Stephanie – Nathan – Marilyn –
Clarence – Edward – Isaac – Theodore)
Tanner Marriott, Oakland/San Francisco, California Mission (Cambodian), Sept 2013 – Sept 2015 (Tanner – Leigh –
Walt – Marguerite – Frances – Isaac – Theodore)
Joe Pyper, Guatemala, Cobàn Mission, August 2013 – August 2015 (Joe – Rick – Walt – Marguerite – Frances – Isaac
– Theodore)
Alex Robison, Redlands, California Mission, July 2013 – July 2015 (Alex – Mark – Monita – Fred – Theodore – Isaac –
Theodore)
Camry Romney, Japan Nagoya Mission, November 2014 – May 2015 (Camry – Davis – Larry – Lucile – Clarence –
Edward – Isaac – Theodore)
Breanna Smith, Tacoma, Washington Mission, January 2014 – July 2015 (Breanna – Bryan – Wanda – Fred –
Theodore – Isaac – Theodore)
Jordan Tanner, El Salvador, Santa Ana/Belize Mission, May 2013 – May 2015 (Jordan – Natalie – Monita – Fred –
Theodore Wilford – Isaac – Theodore)
Nicholas Trock, Independence, Missouri Mission, June 2013 – June 2015 (Nicholas – Tami – Kay – Louise – Ida –
George Albert – Isaac – Theodore)
Amelia R. Turley, San Fernando, California Mission, February 2014 – August 2015 (Amelia – David – Doug – Marion
– Hyrum – Isaac – Theodore)
Maryn Turley, Guatemala, Cobàn Mission, January 2014 – July 2015 (Maryn – Wayne – Wallace – Alma Rubin –
Isaac – Theodore) and (Maryn – Nancy – Kathryn – Lucy – Theodore Wilford – Isaac – Theodore)
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