Granger High 1965 - In Memoriam: March 1970

Thank you for visiting this memorial page honoring those who either graduated or would have graduated from Granger High School in 1965. We are honoring as many former classmates as we can find who have passed on. They were our friends, associates, teammates and, in some cases, our lifelong partners and companions. We also honor our veterans and those gallant young men who gave their all, in defense of the country they loved so much. To our MIA, James Schiele, we will never forget you and will continue to look forward to the day your remains are returned to the land of the free, the home of the brave.

Thanks to everyone who helped in the development of this memorial page, especially Diane Day Cooper, who would have graduated a Lancer were it not for her parents relocating their family in 1960. Without her, this would not have been possible. Thom Rich

“And each one there has one thing shared, they have sweated beneath the same sun, looked up in wonder at the same moon, and wept when it was all done, for bein' done too soon.” Neil Diamond

Tuesday, March 31, 1970

Gail Qualls

March 3, 1968

Virgil Gail (Joe) Qualls was a very talented young man who had great promise in this life. He was an accomplished artist, who had won many contests including out of state. He was tragically taken on March 3, 1968 in an auto accident in Magna Utah. He had been out having fun with his buddy and were killed together in the wreckage. Joe loved his car that was totaled in the wreck as well.

He was born to Virgil Gail Qualls and Barbara Leonne Murdock Qualls on July 23, 1947. He was well loved and liked by many. He will live on forever in the hearts of our family. Joe was buried in the Valley View Memorial Park in West Valley City, UT.

Below is one of the articles written about the accident.

County Youths Die in Traffic Mishap
Two young men who were killed instantly late Saturday, March 3, 1968, when their sports car crashed into the front end of oncoming truck were identified today as Virgil Gail Qualls Jr., 20, of 1475 W 6235 S, and Thomas Glen Kump, 18, of 4790 S 4300 W.

The deaths raised Utahs traffic toll to 30 for the year, compared to 34 at this time last year. Salt Lake County Deputy Sheriff Ned Franson said the two men were passing another car on 2100 South at 6400 West when their auto began skidding sideways.

It veered across the highway into the path of the oncoming eastbound van loaded with furniture bound for Denver. Deputy Franson said the impact was so great the sports car was torn apart and hurled off the south side of the highway.

The van driven by Michael Warren Fisher, 24, of Los Angeles continued down the highway and went off on the other side of the road.

Officers were unable to determine which of the victims was driving the car.

Salt Lake Tribune 4 March 1968

Tuesday, March 24, 1970

Doug Williams

February 19, 1968

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

Douglas Condit Williams was born August 12, 1947 in Orange, NJ to Elwood Condit and Grace Margret Timm Williams. He enlisted in the US Army on April 17, 1967 and was killed February 19, 1968 by hostile gunfire in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. Doug received the Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign medals.

Doug is buried in the Valley View Memorial Park, West Valley City, UT.

Sergeant
B BTRY, 2ND BN, 94TH ARTILLERY, 108TH ARTY GROUP, XXIV CORPS, USARV
Army of the United States
Salt Lake City, Utah
August 12, 1947 to February 19, 1968
DOUGLAS C WILLIAMS is on the Wall at Panel 40E, Line 34
See the full profile or name rubbing for Douglas Williams

Tuesday, March 17, 1970

Leslie Hambleton

Leslie Roseanna Hambleton Breeze, 20, 1155 Ridgedale Cir., was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park yesterday, Feb. 14, 1968, following services at Grant 6th Ward Chapel. She died Feb. 10, 1968, of a gunshot wound in the head, according to investigating authorities. Born July 7, 1947, at Salt Lake to Roseanna Conyers and Merrill Hambleton. Married to Kay Lyman Breeze on April 14, 1966, at Salt Lake. He died on Feb. 10, 1968, by his own hand.

Member of Grant 6th LDS ward. Graduate of Granger High in 1965. Survivors: father, Salt Lake, mother, Mrs. Roseanna Pitts, Salt Lake, brothers, Robert, Richard, Stephen Hambleton, Derald John, Jeffery Scott Pitts, all of Salt Lake, sister, Carolee Hambleton, Salt Lake, grandparents, Mrs. Lucile Conyers, Mrs. Hilda Hambleton, both of Salt Lake.

Murray Eagle, 15 Feb 1968

Gunshot Kill S. L. Sheriff’s Deputy, Wife

A Salt Lake County Sheriff’s deputy and his wife were killed Saturday in an apparent murder-suicide, Sheriff’s Lt. L. D. Hayward said. The victims were identified as Kay Lyman Breeze, 30 and his wife, Leslie, 20. The shooting occurred shortly before 2:30 PM in the laundry room in the basement of the home owned by Mrs. Breeze’s mother, Rose Pitts. Mrs. Pitts was upstairs at the time.

Mrs. Breeze was shot through the neck, arm and lower abdomen with the deputy’s service revolver. Breeze was shot once, through the head. The couple had been separated a short time and Mrs. Breeze apparently was living at her mother’s home.

“Breeze was with the sheriff’s department 6 1/2 years. He had a very good record,” Hayward said. Breeze had been assigned to the detectives’ division.

Ogden Standard Examiner, Sunday February 11, 1968