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

Friday, September 16, 1988

Jerry Masters

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet)
Jerold J. Masters was born on June 26, 1947 in Roosevelt, UT to George Jimmy and Virginia Esklund Masters.  Jerry had lived in Las Vegas, NV.

Jerry died on September 16, 1988 in Sun Valley, NV and is buried in Scipio, UT.

Friday, July 15, 1988

Steve Slaymaker



(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

Steven McCoy Slaymaker was born Feb. 4, 1947 in Salt Lake City, UT to Macoy Joseph and Clea D. Davis Slaymaker.

Steve married Victoria Sue Russ on December 18, 1967 in Salt Lake City, UT.

Steve died on July 15, 1988 in Soda Springs, ID and is buried at Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery, in Salt Lake City, UT.

Monday, March 23, 1987

Betty Hoesch


(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet)

Betty Jean Hoesch Mangum was born November 3, 1946 in Salt Lake City, UT.   She married William David Mangum on June 11, 1965. 

Betty passed away on March 23, 1987 in Salt Lake City, UT and is buried in the Valley View Memorial Park, West Valley City, UT.  She was survived by her husband and her son Michael Lester Mangum, who passed away in 2011.

Tuesday, September 30, 1986

Glen Mitchell

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

Glen M. Mitchell was born on September 5, 1947 in Heber City, UT to Dean McClellan and Ramona Emma Mitchell.

Glen passed away on September 30, 1986 and the age of 39 in Nampa, ID.  He is buried in Caldwell, ID.

Friday, April 4, 1986

Dennis Cowan


(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

Dennis Lee Cowan was born September 18, 1945 in Salt Lake City, UT to Clarence Leslie and Doris May Whitehead Cowan.

Dennis married Kathren A. Dunn on March 20, 1976 in San Mateo, CA.  He later married Deborah Lynn Whiting on September 4, 1985 in Clark County, NV.

Dennis died at the age of 40 on April 4, 1986 in Casper, Wyoming and is buried in the Valley View Cemetery, West Valley City, UT.

Saturday, July 2, 1983

Dan Collard

(Obituary compiled with information found on the Internet.)

Daniel Tim Collard was born February 7, 1947.  He served in the US Marines in Vietnam.  Dan married Lana Kay Williams November 10, 1967 in Salt Lake City, UT.  He later married Gerri Lynne Drage on June 3, 1983 in Salt Lake City, UT.

Dan died July 2, 1983 at the age of 36.  He is buried in Huntington City Cemetery, Huntington, UT.

Wednesday, November 10, 1982

David Higgins

David Harold Higgins, 36, died Nov. 10, 1982.

Born Nov. 7, 1946, Fillmore, to Harold Leon and Hazel Sorensen Higgins.  Married Jacqueline Essie Shaw, Jan. 24, 1970, Salt Lake City.  Member, Operating Engineers Local No. 3.

Survivors: wife; son, Ronald S., West Jordan; parents, Bennion, three brothers, two sisters, S. Leon, Robert G., Peter L., Mrs. L. E. (Jeri) Grimsdell, Mrs. Robert C. (Darlene) Congrove.

Funeral services Saturday, 12 noon, McDougal Funeral Home.  Graveside services Monday, 10:00 AM, West Jordan Cemetery.

Tuesday, May 29, 1979

Jane Hiatt

Granger – Margery Jane Hiatt Nielson, 4920 W. 4535 South, Granger, died May 29, 1979, of complications following surgery in a Bountiful hospital.

Born Feb. 17, 1947, Salt Lake city, to DelMar B. and Margery Gardiner Hiatt.  Married William Robbin Nielson, Dec. 29, 1964, in Kearns.  Active member LDS church.  Driver for Salt Lake Auto Auction.

Survivors: sons and daughter, Billy B., Robbin, Richard, all of Granger; parents, Kearns; sister, Mrs. Roger (Sherry) Brown, Bothell, WA; brothers, Kelly, Mark, both of Kearns; grandmother, Mrs. Mildred Gardiner, Magna.

Funeral services Friday 1:00 PM, Hunter 19th Ward, 4444 Early Duke (5080 W.).  Friends may call at Goff Mortuary, 8090S. State, Thursday 7-9 PM and Friday one hour prior to services at the chapel.  Burial, Redwood memorial Estates, West Jordan.

Tuesday, January 28, 1975

Pat Egan


(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet)

Patrick Barry Egan was born September 27, 1946 in Logan, UT to Raymond Lloyd and Virginia Dare Duncan Egan.  Pat served in the US Navy

Pat died January 28 1975, in Broward County, FL.

Saturday, December 14, 1974

Andy Mead

(Obituary compiled from information on the Internet)

Andrew Earl Mead was born May 1, 1947 and passed away on December 14, 1974. 

Andy was in the Marines from July 12, 1965 until May 2, 1971. 

He is buried in the West Jordan Memorial Cemetery in West Jordan, UT.

Sunday, January 2, 1972

Bruce Beck

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet)

Bruce Kenneth Beck was born January 17, 1947 in Salt Lake City, UT to William Kenneth and Loraine Carol Butler Beck.

Bruce died January 2, 1972 and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT.

Sunday, June 6, 1971

Darlene Kay (Midge) Hathaway

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet)

Darlene Kay (Midge) Hathaway was born January 8, 1947 in Bingham Canyon, UT to William Eugene and Izola West Hathaway.

She married John Jay Garcia on September 8, 1965 in Salt Lake City, UT. 

Midge passed away on June 6, 1971 in Los Angeles, CA in the crash of Airwest flight 706 and is buried at Larkin Sunset Gardens in Sandy, UT.  She was survived by both parents.

Link to article> Hughes Airwest Flight 706

Link to Salt Lake Tribune article 40 years later> Utah Relatives Pay Homage

Sunday, February 7, 1971

Ricky Yates

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(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

Lewis Rickey Yates was born December 4, 1946 in Tooele, UT to Charles Burman and Bonnie Jean Gordon Yates.  He enlisted with the US Army on January 31, 1964 and was killed by enemy fire on February 7, 1971 in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam.  Ricky received the Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign medals.

Sergeant
B CO, 2ND BN, 8TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Kearns, Utah
December 04, 1946 to February 07, 1971
LEWIS R YATES is on the Wall at Panel W5, Line 85
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Saturday, September 5, 1970

Van Latimer

September 5, 1970

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

Van Brian Latimer was born December 3, 1946.

Van died September 5, 1970 and is buried in the Valley View Memorial Park, West Valley City, UT.

Tuesday, April 14, 1970

Don Cassidy

April 14, 1970
Donald Charles Cassidy 24, died April 14, 1970 in San Diego, CA.  Born on December 2, 1946, Jersey City, NJ to James J and Donnette Worthen Cassidy.  Graduate Granger High School; active in sports, lettering in baseball; member church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  He served four years in the US Navy, three tours to Vietnam; electronic engineer.

Survivors: parents, grandparent, Mrs. Dora Worthen, Salt Lake City, sisters: Mrs. William (Patricia) Clark, Doreen, both Granger.

Funeral services Monday, 2:00 PM, Granger 10th Ward chapel.  Interment at Redwood Memorial Estates, West Jordan, UT.


Tuesday, April 7, 1970

Barbara Salisbury

September 1969

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

Barbara Salisbury was born December 8, 1946 and died in September 1969.  She is buried in Valley View Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT.

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
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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

Saturday, February 28, 1970

Emory Jorgensen


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November 6, 1967

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

Emory Lee Jorgensen was born May 8, 1947 in Monterey, CA to Roy Allen and Irene Berl Hodge Jorgensen.  He joined the US Army in Salt Lake City, UT and became an infantryman, airborne qualified in the 2ND PLT, D CO, 4TH BN, 503RD INFANTRY, 173RD ABN BDE, USARV.  The tour that took his life began June 2, 1967.  He was lost in action at the age of 20 in Kontum Province, South Vietnam on November 6, 1967, killed by hostile gunfire.  Emory was awarded the Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign Medals.

Emory is buried in the Valley View Memorial Park, West Valley City, UT.
Click link>Virtual Vietnam Wall
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Saturday, February 21, 1970

James Schiele

James F Schiele
July 12, 1967
(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

James Francis Schiele was born October 11, 1946 in Davenport, IA to Jerold Edward and Arlene Graba Schinckel Schiele.  He enlisted in the US Army March 30, 1966 as an infantryman and was declared dead March 27, 1978, nearly 11 years after he went missing in action in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam.  His body was not recovered.   James was awarded the Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign medals.

In Memory of  SSGT. James Francis Schiele
Staff Sergeant Schiele was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On July 12, 1967, he was on a search and destroy mission along the Cambodian border when his unit was overrun. He was badly wounded and listed as Missing in Action. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

Staff Sergeant
B CO, 1ST BN, 12TH INFANTRY, 4TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Granger, Utah
October 11, 1946 to March 27, 1978
(Incident Date July 12, 1967)
JAMES F SCHIELE is on the Wall at Panel 23E, Line 65
Click link> Task Force Omega
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A Note from The Virtual Wall
On 12 July 1967, the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry, was engaged in the Ia Drang Valley by a battalion or larger force from the 66th NVA Regiment. When engaged, the 1/12's three rifle companies were physically separated, allowing the enemy force to attack the companies individually - B Company and C Company were isolated and taken under attack. Although C Company suffered only minor losses (5 wounded and none killed), B Company took heavy losses.
When the fighting ended seven US soldiers could not be located. Six years later, five of them returned from North Vietnamese POW camps, but two did not. SP4 James F. Schiele is believed to have died in captivity; his body has not been recovered.

Saturday, February 14, 1970

John Kaas

June 20, 1967

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)
John Dennis Kaas was born September 9, 1944 in East Ely, NV to Edward Peter and Inez Wood Evans Kaas. 

John was the third of seven children: Mary Ellen, Jesse Edward, Inez Ilene, Janice, Christy Lynn, and Ronald P. Kaas.

John passed away on June 20, 1967 in Washington, DC and is buried in the Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, UT.

Saturday, February 7, 1970

Deen Scoffield

May 21, 1967

Bennion, Salt Lake County - Funeral services for Deen Bradshaw Scoffield, 20, 5685 S. Redwood Road, who was killed May 21, in Park City, will be Wednesday 12:30 p.m., Bennion LDS Ward chapel, 6215 S. Redwood Rd. Friends may call at 4330 S. Redwood Road Tuesday from 6-8 p.m., at the chapel Wednesday one hour prior to services. Burial Valley View Memorial Park.

Born Jan. 4, 1947, Salt Lake City, to Deen A. and Marie Bradshaw Scoffield. Married Suzanne Swain Aug. 6, 1965, Salt Lake City. Mechanic. Member LDS Church.

Survivors: widow; son, Anthony, Bennion; parents, Kearns; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Bradshaw, Roy; brother, sisters, Robert C. of Kearns; Mrs. Michael C. (Pat) Brown, Salt Lake City; Mrs. David G. (Paula) Strand, Granger.

SUSPECT, 35, HEARS SLAY CASE COUNT
A Park City man, Jerry R. Marcellin, 35, Monday was charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Salt Lake County man on Park City's Main Street early Sunday morning.

Victim of the shooting, which occurred in front of the Treasure Mountain Inn, was Deen Bradshaw Scoffield, 20, 5685 S. Redwood Rd.

His brother, Robert Carl Scoffield, 18, 5561 S. 4120 West, Kearns, was wounded in the hand.
Ronald R. Robinson, Summit County sheriff, said he believed a single shot hit the younger brother's hand and then struck the victim near the heart. Park City Police Officer Merrial Street, who was driving a patrol car near the scene of the shooting, said he saw two men standing at the driver's side of a car stopped in the middle of the street.

He then heard one shot and one of the men fell to the ground.

Park City Precinct Justice James B. Kilby said Marcellin had been released on $5,000 bail. A preliminary hearing has been set for June 27. The complaint was signed before Justice Kilby by the county sheriff.

The Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday, May 23, 1967, page 34

Saturday, January 31, 1970

Logan Young

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April 10, 1966
(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet)

Logan Dale Young was born March 30, 1947 in Taylorsville, UT to Lamont Dale and Eunice Pearl Preston Young.  He was the older brother to Stewart Dale Young who died in 1974.

Logan died on April 10, 1966 in Pleiku, Gia Lai, Vietnam.  He is buried in Taylorsville, UT.  Logan was awarded the National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign medals.

Click on link> Logan Dale Young
Specialist Four
C CO, 2ND BN, 8TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Salt Lake City, Utah
March 30, 1947 to April 10, 1966
LOGAN D YOUNG is on the Wall at Panel 6E, Line 96
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