Getting to Know Your Neighbors

Tamra Christine (Lutz) Adamson was born and raised in Baker City, Oregon. She attended BYU, where she met Jeremy halfway through her freshman year. Jeremy was born in Hailey, Idaho and raised on a ranch in Trout Creek, NV. He served a mission to Singapore and went to college at SLCC and UVU before attending BYU where he met Tamra the same week he arrived. They were married in the Portland temple in 2002.

Jeremy graduated with a degree in political science and Tamra has a degree in psychology. In 2003, they had their first of five daughters, Samantha Jo, and in 2004, the small family moved to Ithaca, NY where Jeremy attended Cornell Law School. After graduating, they moved to the San Francisco bay area where Jeremy began his career in law at Sullivan and Cromwell. In 2010, the family of five moved to Bountiful to be closer to family in Utah. They moved their family of six to their home on Mueller Park Rd in 2014 and, one year later, welcomed the last of their five daughters into their family. Jeremy is now the originating partner of the litigation department at Kunzler, Bean, and Adamson. Tamra is a full-time mom and loves it!

Jeremy and Tamra love supporting their five daughters! Sami attended BYU before leaving for her mission in the New York City mission, Spanish speaking. Alyssa (Ally), Emily (Emmy), Kassandra (Kassi), and Lilyanne (Lily) keep things busy with their schooling and various hobbies, including taekwondo, swimming, theater, singing, mock trial, and ballroom dance. As a family they love skiing, boating, hiking, camping, attending musicals, and exploring new places.

In Tamra’s rare free time, she enjoys singing, dancing, composing, remodeling, creating musicals, and listening to clean proper romance books. Her favorite quote is “If we try to carry the weight of tomorrow today, today’s burden becomes too heavy.”

Ken & Jane Aird

Jane Burton was born in Spanish Fork Utah followed one hour later by her identical twin sister, Joan.
She is the 4th of 7 children. She was a “Tom Boy” and loved being out of doors playing all kinds of
games and sports.

Ken was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and was the 2nd of 4 children and was raised in the Sugarhouse
area. He loved water and snow skiing, scuba diving, and got his pilot’s license at age 17. Ken served
his mission in the Netherlands. After returning home, he completed his education at the University of
Utah.

Jane attended Ricks College and later became a medical secretary and was working at the University
of Utah Medical Center in the cardiology department when she was introduced to Ken by his sister.
The following March, they were married in the Salt Lake Temple. Jane worked until the birth of their
first child when she became a stay-at-home mother. In total,
they had 6 children and have 3l ½ grandchildren who they adore!

Ken has worked for Goodyear, Quality Tire, Aird Insurance, Farm Bureau, and Oracle Corp. He
retired in 2019. He is currently a school bus driver.
Ken loves the mountains anyway he can get there: hiking, mountain biking, or snowshoeing. Ken and
Jane both share a love of music, movies, and camping with their travel trailer. They enjoy exploring
new places both in- state and out of state.

They served a full time mission to the California Riverside Mission 2019- 2021. Ken also served a
Church Service Mission at Church Headquarters in the Fleet Department, 2021-2023 working with
missionary cars.

Ken and Jane are currently serving as Ordinance Workers on Tuesdays at the Bountiful Temple.

Steve & Syd Allred

Steve was born and raised in Manti, UT. He attended Snow
College on a football/tennis scholarship and then transferred to the University of Utah where he
played one season of tennis and then played in Germany. He graduated with a B.S in business
management and an M.S. in economics. He worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco for 35 years.

Syd Hulse was born and raised in what is now Millcreek. She graduated from the University of Utah in business management. She worked in retail clothing for a number of years and has since become a Master Gardener from the USU Extension and is currently a reading tutor for Davis School District.

Syd and Steve met at the University of Utah and married in 1979.
They have three married children and five grandchildren, all within 20 miles of Bountiful. They have loved being involved in many sports and activities with their children and grandchildren.
Steve has always been involved in tennis, baseball, fastpitch softball, golf, football, and basketball.

Syd loves to garden, sew, and read. Steve still plays competitive team tennis and has traveled all over the country playing. He also plays with a number of friends in the neighborhood. They enjoy traveling domestically, abroad, and down under.

A few favorite tenets are ‘Hang Tough”, “It’s always fun to win”, and “If you never walk on the edge, you will never fall off”.

Brad & Jennie (Lewis) Anderson

Jennie was born in Southern California but raised in the small town of Echo, Oregon (population 510). She attended college in Pendleton, OR and Rexburg, ID where she graduated from BYU-Idaho Pre-Med, majoring in Biology and Chemistry. She then served a mission to Toronto Canada. Upon returning she was the lab manager at a chemical weapons destruction facility in Oregon before moving to Boise, ID and then ultimately Salt Lake City.

Brad was born and raised in Layton, Utah. Brad served a mission in Panama, graduated from Utah State University, moved to Milwaukee, WI to attend medical school, and then Royal Oak, MI for his Ophthalmology Residency. He then returned west working in Pocatello, ID and finally moved to Salt Lake City.

We met in Paris, France visiting the Paris Temple Open House. Jennie and Brad's first date was to Mother's Day dinner with Brad’s entire family, dating for 2 years before getting married in 2019. On one of their first dates Brad took Jennie to play tennis and she felt like she was doing pretty well keeping up with him, winning even. Then halfway through the match they took a break and Brad sheepishly asked if he could play with his right hand now. They both had a good laugh and from that point on Jennie was completely smitten.

We now have two kids, Harper and Henry. We love playing sports including soccer, golf, volleyball, pickle ball, mountain biking, boating, and water & alpine skiing. We also love attending musicals and shows, and spending time with family. Harper is a world traveler having been to Hawaii 3 times, Washington DC, Mexico, Boston, and soon to Alaska this fall.

Jenny loves spending time with the family as a full time Mom, but she cherishes curling up with a good book and having alone time. She is an amazing mother and wife.

Brad is an Ophthalmologist and works in Salt Lake City at the Utah Eye Centers doing Cataract surgery and LASIK surgery to help people see better. Outside of work he loves playing with the kids and introducing them to his hobbies. Brad is so grateful for his beautiful family. Getting married at the age of 35 and having kids later in life wasn't what either of them had planned, but God's plan is always the best plan.

Greg and Christy (Butler) Anderson

They were born and raised in SLC. He went to Skyline and Christy went to Alta. They met as teenagers when they were 16 and 17 years old.

They have lived in SLC, Sandy, Waltham and Lakeville, MA, Naperville, IL, Oceanside, Rego Park and Manhattan, NY, and North Bergen, NJ.

They have 3 girls and 3 boys and 6 granddaughters.

Greg attended the University of Utah and BYU. He has an undergraduate degree in Accounting from BYU and a PhD from Brandeis University in Economics. Christy graduated from BYU in Special Education and taught in Granite district for 3 years, before moving to Boston for Greg's schooling. Greg was a foreign exchange economist and worked for the Bank of Montreal.

Christy is currently a mom and a grandma which she loves.

Greg served a mission in Arequipa, Peru in his youth and they both served as local full time senior missionaries in the Manhattan Temple.

They will be serving in the Perú Trujillo South Mission for 18 months beginning February 5th.

They enjoy going on walks and hikes with family and friends and spending time with family.

Christy says that she was the sourdough bread fairy for the Manhattan Temple. (I’m sure they loved that!!)

Karl & Joyce (Hirshi) Anderson

Joyce was born in Montpelier Idaho, then moved to Ogden at age 7 and raised there through graduation from Weber Jr. College.

Karl was born in Salt Lake City and raised in Ogden through graduation from Weber Jr. College.

As a married couple, they lived in Clearfield, UT; Detroit Michigan; and Cleveland-Kirtland, OH.

They have 7 Children, 36 grandchildren, and 32 great grandchildren.

Joyce attended Weber State & BYU and became a school teacher and office secretary. Karl attended Weber State and University of Utah. IT Manager; Computer/Systems Consulting executive; Church Education teacher and administrator. Tour Guide; Author; Public speaking.

Joyce plays piano and is an artist. She loves communicating with children and grandchildren and reading scripture. Karl's hobbies are researching, writing, public speaking, and traveling.

Joyce served a mission to Finland. Karl served a mission to Austria and Switzerland. For 56 years he has worked to help restore Kirtland Historical Sites as a priesthood leader, historian, and researcher; He has authored 2 books, “Joseph Smith’s Kirtland” and “The Savior in Kirtland.”

Karl and Joyce are the parents of Carol Eyring.

Steve & Diane Anderson

Steve Anderson was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Diane Rice Anderson was born and
raised in Wilmington, Delaware.

Steve and Diane met at BYU. Steve served a mission to the Nevada Las Vegas Mission. Steve and
Diane were sealed in the Washington, D.C. Temple in 1989. Since then, they have lived in: Pampa,
TX; Richmond, VA; Charleston and Summerville, SC; Palm City, FL; Newnan, GA; Overland Park,
and Topeka, KS; North Salt Lake and Bountiful, UT.

Diane graduated from BYU with a bachelor's degree in English. Steve graduated from BYU with a
bachelor’s degree in political science, and from the Medical College of Virginia Commonwealth
University with a master's degree in health administration. Steve was a hospital administrator from
1993-2022. Steve and Diane are also real estate investors. In 2022, Steve retired from his healthcare
management career, and Steve and Diane bought a property management company in Davis County
so that they could live near their children and grandchildren. Steve and Diane have three sons and one daughter. They have one grandson and two granddaughters. All of their children live in South Davis County.

Steve and Diane love the beach. They also love to hike the Mueller Park Trail (which they think is the
most beautiful place in the world) and watch funny movies together. Steve loves anything with
water--lakes, rivers, oceans, water parks. He also loves to exercise and just have fun. Diane likes to
read (preferably on the beach), host family get-togethers, go to the temple, and play with her
grandbabies. Steve claims that Diane is the most organized person on the planet. Steve and his son
Ryan have completed the LOTOJA (Logan to Jackson) cycling event together five times, cycling 206
miles in a single day!

Diane's ancestors are mostly from England and include some of the early members of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is a descendant of pioneers James and Drusilla Hendricks.
(James is well known for being shot at the Battle at Crooked River.)
Steve's ancestors are from Germany and Sweden. Steve's mother joined the Church when Steve was
five years old and Steve baptized his father after his mission to Las Vegas.

Steve's motto - "Work hard and be positive."
Diane's motto - "Be still and know that I am God."

Tom & Candie Angelos

Tom and Candie Stillman Angelos were both born and raised in Salt Lake City Millcreek area. They met while attending Skyline High School. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple and they will celebrate 60 yrs. of marriage this year.

Candie and her sister took dance while growing up and had a studio in their home where Candie
taught dance lessons—tap and ballet. She continued doing that after marrying Tom. Many remember Candie because she worked in nutrition services at Mueller Park Jr. High. She now works part-time in catering for Canterbury in Bountiful.

Tom did construction until working for Fish and Game Wildlife in Davis County for 20 years. He
built their present home where they have lived for over 30 yrs. Tom coached competition soccer and coached both the boys and girls soccer teams at Woods Cross High School for over 28 yrs. He also coached many division 1 soccer teams. He loved coaching and led many of his teams to state championships.

They have one daughter and 2 sons, 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
Candie loves spending time with family and friends—going to lunch with friends. Tom loves sports and used to love to fish and hunt when he was able to. They both love spending time with their kids and grandkids.

Tom’s ancestry is Greek (he and Ted Kanell have that in common) and Danish. Candie is English. Her motto for life is, “Do things while you can because you never know what’s around the corner!"

Zack & Kristin Angelos

Kristin Powell was born in Provo, raised in Centerville. She graduated from Viewmont, attended
Weber for a year, then started her first marriage and moved to Salt Lake. When this marriage ended, she moved back to Centerville.

Zack was born in Bountiful and raised in Bountiful. He is the son of Tom and Candie Angelos and
spent much of his childhood here in this ward. After serving a mission in South Africa, he moved to Salt Lake.

Zack and Kristin first met in high school, and reconnected several years later. They rekindled their
high school flame and were married in 2008. They have stayed in Davis county ever since, and have been thankful to live in the home of Tom and Candie for many of their married years.
They have five kids: Stockton (Penman), Kailee, Jaycie, Sadie (in heaven), and Asher.

Zack has mostly worked in mortgages, but recently made the change to Crump financial and works as their director of partnerships. He also runs a guiding company called Fins & Fur.
Kristin is primarily a stay-at-home mom (which she loves), but has also enjoyed part-time jobs as a lunch lady, Zumba instructor, and currently a house cleaner.

Zack's favorite hobbies include fishing, hunting, golf, and the movie theater.
Kristin enjoys crafting, Zumba, running, and organizing. Together they enjoy family outings, movie nights, and attending the various events of our kids.

Zack’s claim to fame is scoring the winning soccer goal for state in high school. He also (secretly)
enjoyed being mistaken for Nick Lachey when he was younger. Kristin got to serve both Karl Malone and John Stockton (on separate occasions) while working as a waitress at Ruby River in Salt Lake City. She even got a good luck belly rub from Karl as she was pregnant and in her third trimester at the time.

They both have Mediterranean heritage and dream of someday visiting Italy and Greece!

Wes & Marianne Austin

Wesley Loveless Austin was born and raised in Tremonton, Utah. He is the 6th of eight children. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from Utah State University. Wes served in the Canada Toronto Mission.

Marianne (Larsen) Austin was born in Bountiful, Utah where she spent most of her youth. She has one older brother. When she was 9 and 10 years old, her family had the opportunity to live and work in Saudi Arabia. She graduated from Utah State University in Elementary Education. She served in the Canada Toronto Mission. After her mission she taught 4th grade at Woods Cross Elementary and then at Valley View Elementary.

Wes and Marianne did not meet at USU, but they did meet on their missions. A year after returning home, Wes sent Marianne a letter and they started dating. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple in December of 1991.

They moved to Arizona after Wes graduated from USU to work for Motorola. Marianne taught 5th grade in Mesa. After two years, they returned to Utah so Wes could continue his education at the College of Law at the U of U. He has practiced law in Utah for over 25 years.
They have 3 daughters: Chandler, Ashley, and Ally.

After many years of lawyering, Wes finally started a hobby. He performs stand-up comedy and has a YouTube channel. Marianne loves to read, travel, and make healthy food taste great.
Wes's claim to fame is that he has a Dry Bar Comedy special. Marianne's claim to fame is that she
was on KSL's Romper Room with Miss Julie.

Motto: Live in the moment and do something you're passionate about, Love as Jesus would, and don't forget to Laugh.
Wes's ancestry is England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Denmark.
Marianne's ancestry is England, Scotland, Wales, Denmark.

John & Sue Baylis

John was born in Salt Lake City and raised in Rose Park. When he was eleven years old his family moved to Bountiful, Utah. John loved growing up in the Bountiful 14th ward where he had wonderful friends and great leaders. He attended Valleyview, South Davis and Millcreek Junior and Bountiful High. He graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. While working for an accounting firm he received his CPA. John has served on numerous committees with the Utah Association of CPA’s. During his career he has worked in private practice, industry and finished his career at the State of Utah Finance Department. John retired in February but is still doing taxes for friends and family.

Sue was born in Salt Lake City and raised in Bountiful, Utah. She attended Bountiful Elementary, Bountiful Junior High and Bountiful High. Sue loves everything “Bountiful” and has loved living here her whole life. Sue attended Weber State University and was a member of the drill team for two years. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physical education
and speech and communications. She began her teaching career in junior high first at North Layton Junior and then Centerville Junior. Sue then began teaching at Bountiful High School and taught Physical Education and coached cheerleading for 27 years. In 2005 She went back to school get her master’s degree in administration from the University of
Phoenix. In 2006 Sue became a Vice Principal at Bountiful High. She loved every minute of teaching, coaching and administration and never felt like she “worked” a day in her life. Sue retired in 2019 and misses the kids every day.

John and Sue have two fantastic children.
Cami, who is married to Joshua Cook. They live in Vernal, Utah. Cami is a nurse at Ashley Medical Center, and Josh is a Financial Planner. They have three wonderful children. Gabe, Jake, and Maggie. John and Sue keep busy going out to Vernal to participate in many of their family activities.
Our son Ryan is married to Kendra Fahnestock. They both graduated from Utah State University where they met. Ryan and Kendra have each developed numerous businesses. They just remodeled a home in Holiday, Utah. They have two adorable little girls. Eloise and Apple who loves to spend time with “Nan and Pops.” We are so glad they live close so we can participate in many of their family activities. We are so grateful for the family traditions we have established with our family.

John and Sue’s claim to fame is being married for 51 years. We love spending time together and our favorite hobbies are studying the scriptures, riding our e-bikes, hiking, traveling, and playing pickleball. When we need time alone John loves to play music, do family history, and pretend like he is a weather man. Last September, he organized a Baylis Cousin Reunion, and it was so fun.

After retirement Sue took up quilting and is way into it. She also loves to go to lunch with
friends, play pickleball and read. We have lived in our home for 47 years and have loved being
surrounded by incredible neighbors and friends. We also love the majestic mountains behind us and the beautiful Bountiful sunset.

Benj & Meagan Becker

Benj was born in Provo and raised in Bountiful, Utah. Meagan Nelson Becker was born in
Anchorage, Alaska, raised in West Africa, Wisconsin, Texas, Colorado, and went to school in
Arizona.

Since being married they have lived in Burlingame, CA; Butte, MT; Lviv, Ukraine; and Bountiful.
They have 6 daughters and one son. All their children have family names.

Benj has a BA in English from BYU, MAI in real estate in San Francisco, and has been a banker for
Piper Sandler, and Zions. Meagan has a BA in communications from BYU, an MA from SFSU, was
a reporter in Montana and a professor at SFSU.

Benj served a mission in Kiev, Ukraine and Meagan served in the China Hong Kong Mission. They
met in an Arabic Class at BYU. Benj wrote to Meagan consistently weekly while on her mission-even more than her parents!

Benj loves to run in the mountains and do home improvement projects. They love to cook together and play games with the family.
They will celebrate their 20th anniversary this summer!

Dean & Susie Becker

Dean was born in Schenectady, NY and Susie Callister Becker was born in Glendale, CA.
Dean has lived in Randall, NY; Provo and Bountiful. Susie has lived in Glendale, CA; London, England; Provo and Bountiful, UT.

They both attended BYU where Dean studied law and is an attorney. Susie has an MBA degree in
business and works for Zions Bank.

They have four children and 20 grandchildren. Their children have lived in and visited England,
France, Belgium, Cambodia, Italy, Russia, Ukraine and Glendale, CA!

Together they love to play tennis, go to the beach, watch grandkids’ games, have dinners and parties with all the family. They enjoy travel and have been to Newport Beach, CA often and to Russia.

“We love this country and are part of the statewide committee promoting Constitution Month and are heading up the big kickoff event at the Capitol on August 29.”

Scott & Gayle Bleak

Scott was born and raised in Klamath Falls, Oregon, one of seven children. He attended BYU,
graduating with a degree in Interior Design and then attended the U of U earning his Master’s Degree
in Architecture. Scott was a gymnast at BYU competing on the parallel bars and served a mission to
South Korea.

Gayle was born and raised in Spanish Fork, Utah, also one of seven children. She is one of the four
“Burton girls”, two others of whom you may know: Jane Aird, her sister who is our current Relief
Society President and Janice Foster who lived in the Aird’s home while they served a mission. Gayle
attended BYU and graduated in Early Childhood Education. She taught 1 st grade in the same
elementary school she attended as a child and taught with some of the teachers she had when she was a child.

When we first were married, we lived in Spanish Fork while Scott finished his schooling at BYU. We
then moved to Salt Lake for the next four years so Scott could attend architecture school. Upon
graduation, we moved to Mesa, AZ. to work as an architect with a former classmate. We lived in
Arizona for ten years and then moved to Houston, TX where Scott began working for the Church.
After only a short one-year stay, the Church moved us to Utah to work at the church office building as
an architect. He was privileged to work there for 26 years and designed many temples. Among his
favorites were the Rome Temple and the Salt Lake Temple remodel. He enjoys woodworking and all
things related to architecture.

Gayle’s main occupation was that of wife and mother, which she loved very much. Eventually she
wanted to get her foot back in the door of teaching school and taught music at Valley View
Elementary School for 15 years and loved teaching many of your children who attended there.

We returned home from serving an 18 month mission at the Polynesian Cultural Center in March,
2023. We are the parents of six children and 22.5 grandchildren who all live within an hour of our
home. What a blessing.

Scott’s ancestry comes mainly from England. Gayle’s is also from England, and Scotland and Ireland.

Jerry & Diane Boyd

Diane Elizabeth Lumpp Boyd was born in Evanston, Illinois then lived in Desplaines, Illinois
until she was 11 years old. She then moved to Mount Prospect, Illinois where she lived until
she was married.

Jerry Lee Boyd was born in Middleton, Ohio, and moved to Maple Heights, Ohio when he
was 4. He moved to Grosse Point Woods, Michigan, when he was 8 and then to Mount
Prospect, Illinois when he was 14.

Jerry and Diane met when they were both living in Mount Prospect, Illinois. They moved to
Cincinnati, Ohio where Jerry finished his degree in Chemical Engineering. They were there
about 8 months and then moved to Bountiful, Utah where they have lived ever since.

They have two girls, Michelle, and Nicole. They have 4 grandsons and two are married. Jerry
attended the University of Cincinnati and is a Chemical Engineer. He worked for Eimco and is
now retired.

Diane attended Elmhurst College. She loves to create beautiful, pieced quilts and wall hangings. She loves to read, especially historical fiction. She is an excellent cook and loves to cook for her family.

Jerry enjoys having projects to do and he is meticulous in the things he makes and fixes. He traveled quite a bit with his work internationally and loves to travel and get into the culture and customs of the places he visits.

Diane is well known for her beautiful quilts and great cooking. Jerry is known for his excellent work ethic and being a Mr. Fix It guy! Diane has ancestry from Romania, Bulgaria, and Germany.
Jerry has ancestry from Scotland and Germany.

Craig & Juliana Burrows

Juliana and Craig Burrows were both born at the same hospital in San Jose, California. The next time their paths would cross was in the sixth grade, when both their families moved to Hollister. While Julianna grew up in California, Craig and his family moved several times living in Idaho, Utah, Germany, and then back to California. Eventually, Craig and his father became home teachers to Julianna’s family and they became friends during their junior high and high school years. Later, after Craig served an LDS mission to Louisville, Kentucky and Indiana, the two married.

Juliana and Craig both graduated from Sacramento State and Juliana worked many years at Wells Fargo Bank and then became a Court Reporter. She loves to travel and spend time doing things with family. Craig began his own DJ business and later was heavily involved in Commercial Real Estate as well as Sports TV production. He is currently involved in writing and producing movies and is anxious to begin producing his own written comedy
script.

They are the parents of Zach, Steven, and Emma. Both boys are attending college at UVU and Emma is a college graduate working for an Orthopedic surgeon. They have lived in the neighborhood for 18 years and their family recently enjoyed a wonderful trip exploring Italy.

Wayne & Claudine Cable

Wayne was born to Julia & F.J. Cable in Twin Falls, Idaho and raised in Hawthorne, Nevada. He went on a mission to the Central States Mission, then graduated from BYU in Physical Education.

Claudine was born to Claud & Dawn Mangum in Salina, Utah while her mother was
living in Lyman, Utah and her father, who was from Bicknell, Utah, was serving in the Army (WWII). She was raised in Utah, Virginia, Germany, Texas, Utah again, and Virginia again.

Wayne and Claudine met in the Washington, D.C. area and were married in the Manti Temple while Wayne was serving as a physical therapy technician in the Army in San Antonio, Texas. Wayne returned to BYU and got a minor in music.

During the first 17 years of their marriage they moved 15 times. They have four beautiful daughters, Julie, Cherie, Chantel and Kimbra Leigh. Wayne taught music, sociology, psychology and was the Student Government advisor at Woods Cross High School. Claudine went to work full-time when their youngest started school, working as a Legal Secretary, then Director of Administration for a law firm.

A highlight of their lives was serving as CES missionaries in Wales, working with amazing young single adults.

Jerry & Diane Boyd

They have two girls, Michelle, and Nicole. They have 4 grandsons and two are married. Jerry
attended the University of Cincinnati and is a Chemical Engineer. He worked for Eimco and is
now retired.

Noel & Rebecca Case

Rebecca was born and raised in Salt Lake. She served a mission in the Philippines and did
study abroad with BYU in Israel. She taught English in Taiwan for 3 years as a young adult
and newlywed.

Noel was born in Salt Lake. He served a mission to British Colombia, and worked in England
and Scotland for 6 months. He also did BYU study abroad to Israel but – that’s NOT where he
and Rebecca met – they met in the singles ward in the same FHE group!

Noel graduated from the University of Utah in Psychology, and from Weber State in English.
He works for the library system in Summit County. Rebecca attended BYU for two years studying elementary education, worked for the airlines, and worked for the church booking missionary travel in Asia, Europe, and Africa, and as a PDX operator in the Administration building on the phones. She currently works for the Post Office deciphering difficult handwriting – yes, she’s a detective of sorts for those of us who can’t seem to write legibly!

Rebecca and Noel have three handsome boys. Hunter, was born in Taiwan, Jacob and
Adam. They moved into the apartment in Annette and Gary Nelson’s home and are
enjoying getting to know their new ward family.

Rebecca loves traveling, cruising, camping, boating, paddle boarding, hiking, going to Moab
and Lake Powell. She is one of ELEVEN KIDS! Her family ties run deep around here. Jobe
Welling is part of her family tree and President Taylor is too! Most of her heritage is from
England.

Noel loves literature, movies, music, camping, hiking and being outdoors. He is the baby of
seven children. Most of his heritage is from England.

Alan & Tamara (Merrill) Collins

Tamara was born in Preston, Idaho and raised in Long Beach, Calif. Alan was born and raised in

Salt Lake City. They met while Tamara attended BYU and Alan attended the U of U. Tamara graduated from BYU with a teaching degree in English and Drama. She got her Master of Education from the U of U. Alan got his degree in Architecture and became a developer/design/architect. Tamara taught Speech and Drama and English at Bountiful High for 21 years.

They have 7 children—2 are deceased, 23 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
They lived in Salt Lake City, North Salt Lake, and Bountiful where Alan served as Bishop of the
Woodland Hills ward. When they retired they moved to St. George and from there served a mission to the Madrid, Spain Temple.

Alan passed away in Sept. 2020 and Tamara moved back to Bountiful to be near her family.

Tamara loves to read, write short stories, poetry, and memoirs, quilt and travel. She loves spending
time with her family and has created wonderful family traditions.

Karl & Colleen Connolly

Karl was born in Whittier California and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. His family joined the
church when he was young. Colleen was born in American Fork and raised as a farm girl in Highland Utah.

Karl and Colleen are the parents of three wonderful children, Courtney, Kaylie, and Tanner. They
have two sweet grandsons named Camden and Scotty, ages three and one. They enjoy playing with, and spending time with the boys.

Karl served his mission in the Korea Pusan mission. After his mission he graduated from BYU with a
degree in Manufacturing Engineering, and later earned an MBA from USU. He has worked in the
Aerospace, Automotive, and now the Irrigation industry.

Colleen attended BYU and earned an associates degree in Nursing from the UTC. She worked as a
nurse in an allergy clinic and then after the children came she was a dedicated stay at home mom.

Karl and Colleen met May 4th, were engaged June 18th, married in the Salt Lake Temple August 6th. Both feel it was the best decision they ever made.

After graduation they moved to San Francisco where Karl worked for United Airlines in the
Maintenance Operation Center rebuilding jet turbines. After San Francisco he went to work for
Autoliv in Brigham City where he did engineering for the manufacture of air bags. They lived in
Brigham City for 22 years. Karl has worked for Orbit for 16 years, and after commuting for 6 of those years they moved to Bountiful and have lived here for nearly 10 years - and LOVE IT!

Karl enjoys woodworking, the outdoors, and cars. In 2003 he built a Shelby Cobra replica. Colleen
enjoys quilting, and knitting. She has a number of ribbons for the many quilts she has created and
displayed. She has actually learned to spin her own yarn and knitted it into her projects, but now she prefers to buy yarn at the store. She plays the flute and piccolo. Just over a year ago she started
playing the harp.

Their motto for life is that the Savior is very aware of each of us, knows the details of our lives, and
loves us.

Ted and Celeste Covington

Ted was born and raised in Torrey, Utah. Celeste Blackner was born and raised in Greenville, Beaver County, Utah. They met in Salt Lake City and married in the Salt Lake Temple.

Ted attended Utah State until he had a near fatal motorcycle accident. He then attended Henager Business College. He was in the Naval Reserve for 7 years. Celeste went to LDS business college.

Ted worked for Standard Optical, Boeing and then went into the mortgage business. He retired from Beneficial Life. Celeste worked at First Security Bank.

They have lived in Centerville, Beaver, and bought their first home in Murray. They moved to West Valley and then bought property where they now live. When Celeste first stepped onto the property she felt the words, “You’ve come home.” Ted built their home and they have lived here since 1978.

They have 2 sons (one passed away) and 5 daughters, 37 grandchildren, 61 great grandchildren and 4 great, great grandchildren who all love them dearly and are loved by them.

They love watching BYU football and basketball games. Ted loves to work in their yard and to fix and build things. Celeste loves to read, quilt, and host wonderful family and friends dinners. However, age has prevented them from those things as health issues have arrived!

Ted’s grandfather Pectol served in the State Legislature. Celeste is a descendant of John Murdock (story in church history and D&C). Ted’s grandfather and President Eyring’s grandfather served as Bishops in the same stake in Washington, southern Utah.

Randy & Claudean (Mower) Cox

Both of us were born in Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, UT. We grew up in Fairview. Since we got married we have lived in Provo while Randy finished his MBA at BYU. After graduation, we moved to West Valley for 5 years, then to Bountiful where we lived in the 4th ward of our stake for 8 years before we moved into our current neighborhood. We have 4 daughters Ashlee, Lindsey, Chelsea, and Whitney, and 1 son Matthew. We have 13 grandchildren and in July we will have our 14th grandchild born to Whitney and her husband Anton.

Randy and I got married right after I graduated from High School and I did not attend college, but Randy got his master’s degree from BYU. Randy has been a financial advisor for 42 years. I have been a stay-at-home mom most of my adult life, but I did work at a drug and alcohol rehab center for 4 years.

Randy loves to golf and enjoys all sports. I love to cook, and to do almost all handwork like crocheting, xstitch, and embroidery along with piecing quilts.

Joe & Janet (Bettilyon) Crane

Janet was born in Salt Lake City. At the beginning of the 8th grade, she moved with her family to Buenos Aries, Argentina, where her father and mother served as mission leaders for three years. Upon returning the family moved to Bountiful and she graduated from Bountiful High. After a semester at BYU, she transferred to Ricks College (now BYU-I) with plans to become a school teacher. During that fall semester she met Joe.

Joe grew up on a farm near Burley, Idaho, milking cows and hauling hay. He was awarded an athletic scholarship to play football at Snow College. He played one season and then served a mission in Denmark. He taught Danish at the Language Training Mission for Scandinavian languages at Ricks College. During that fall semester he met Janet.

They married in August of 1975 and transferred to the University of Utah. The next summer we bought Eurail train passes and "back packed" through Europe for 6 weeks. While there we were blessed to witness in the Bern Switzerland temple the sealing of a family that Joe had taught while in Denmark.

Upon Joe's graduation from college with an MBA our family followed employment opportunities moving to Bismarck, North Dakota, Casper, Wyoming, Sacramento, California, Grand Junction, Colorado, back to Casper and finally to Utah. We have made our home in Bountiful for the past 36 years and have lived in this ward for 22 years.

We have four sons, a daughter and 18 grandchildren. These children and their spouses are our greatest blessing.

When Janet graduated from college in accounting, she took a final exam the day after our fifth child was born. She quickly earned her CPA and eventually retired as CFO of a real estate management firm.

Joe's business career was primarily in marketing and sales working for Fortune 100 and start-up companies. Joe sold his snack food manufacturing and marketing business in 2017 and began teaching marketing and entrepreneurialism at Utah State University.

In 2019, upon Janet's retirement, we were called to serve as missionaries assigned to teach business and accounting classes at Ensign College. We continue to teach at Ensign College as adjunct professors and enjoy the unique opportunity to work with the students there.

Janet enjoys reading, quilting, crochet and being a grandma. Joe enjoys history, "fixin" things and "palling" with the grandkids. He served 6 years as a part time service missionary and tour guide at the Church Museum of History and Art and has led tour groups visiting Church history sites in New York, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri.

We have set foot on seven continents in the past 4 years and look forward to continuing to explore the world together. We proudly fly flags in our front yard honoring our love and hope for this country and in support of three grandsons serving or soon to serve missions in Chile, Florida and Thailand.

Scott & Lori Cummings Family

We are the Cummings (Scott and Lori). Scott was raised in Star Valley, Wyoming and Lori in Hyrum, Utah. We met while Lori was in high school and Scott was attending Utah State. We have been married for 26 years, and have 4 wonderful children (Aubree, Aspen, Trevor, and Arya). Scott has cooler heritage than Lori, so we will share his. He comes from the house of Comyn in Scotland. They ruled for 100 years until Robert the Bruce wiped them out and now we are mere peasants.

We have moved 22 times in our 26 years of marriage, so the list is lengthy of where we have lived. We will stick to the places the army sent us in our 10 year military career: Texas, Georgia (twice), California, Missouri, and North Carolina. We have been in Bountiful for 9 years which is the longest we have lived anywhere.

Scott graduated from Utah State with a master’s degree in Human Resource Management and has a MBA from the U. He is currently teaching kindergarten. Lori graduated from Weber State University with a degree in Physical Education Teaching and works as an adapted physical education teacher. Scott enjoys computer games and Lori is a busy body enjoying anything that keeps her active.

Pat Droubay

Pat was born and raised in Salt Lake City. She graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s and teaching degree in Fine Arts and Dance. She also got her Master of Education-Special Education from the University of Utah.

She moved to Bountiful where she raised her son. She has taught dance, theater, mime, has written grants and has taught over 30 years. She received the Educator of the Year Award in 2015 from the South Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce.

She says that the pride of her life is her son, Jonathan, his wife Lexi, and her 3 grandchildren who live in North Salt Lake.

Pat loves to play pickleball, golf and loves to read. She volunteers for the Ladies of Charity (Center of Hope and Food Pantry).

She also teaches at St. Olafs.

Scott & Janet Eggers

Scott Eggers was born and reared in Santa Anna, California and Janet Drake Eggers grew up in
Grantsville, Utah.

We have lived in Salt Lake City, Plano and Richardson, Texas, Redmond Washington and in
Bountiful for 30 years, 24 years in this ward.

We have 3 wonderful daughters and son-in-laws and 2 grandsons.

We both graduated from BYU.

Scott is a graphic designer at OC Tanner as well as having his own business. Janet teaches at
Bountiful Jr. High.

We love spending time with family.

Scott served in the Colombia, Bogota Mission.

Mike & Amy (Urry) Eggett

Mike Eggett was born in Kearns, UT where he was raised until Junior High School. Then
his family moved to Bountiful, UT.

Amy was born and raised in Woods Cross, UT. Then her family moved to West Bountiful
for a few years before she married Mike.

The first two years of marriage were spent living in Bountiful, Utah. Then they moved to
Richmond, Virginia while Mike attended dental school. They lived there for 4 years.
Then moved to Ohio for work, which only lasted a year before they moved back to Utah
to be closer to family after Amy’s father had a stroke.

They have 6 children, 1 daughter-in-law and their first grandbaby, Winston, was born in
March.

Mike attended the University of Utah, where he got his Bachelor’s degree in Physics and
continued on to get his DDS degree at Viginia Commonwealth University. He has been
working as a dentist since 2008. He continues to take classes to learn new techniques
and the latest technology.

Amy has taken classes from Weber, Salt Lake Community, Utah State, and is now
finishing her degree with BYU-Idaho through Pathways online. Her most important
career is that of a mother and now also a grandmother.

They love spending time together as a family. Going on vacations, playing games,
camping, fishing, and boating.

Mike likes to play/watch basketball and watch football. Amy likes to sing, cook, spend
time with friends and family, and her newest hobby of being a grandma is her favorite.

Amy is the youngest of 10 kids and was an aunt when she was only 6 months old. She
loved growing up with so many nieces and nephews. Her father was the mayor of
Woods Cross City for the first 8 years of her life. He won his second term by a tie
breaking coin toss.

Mike went on a mission to Tijuana, Mexico. (Amy was called to serve in Macon, Georgia,
but then she met Mike before she left and well, you see where they are now.) Mike is the
son of Terry and Colleen Eggett, grandson of Bette, and nephew to Connie, BJ,
and Shauna. We would have to say that that is probably our biggest claim to fame.

Randy & Shauna Eggett

Randy was born in Salt Lake City but raised in Bountiful. His siblings are Connie Woolley, Terry Eggett and BJ Erickson. The mountain was his backyard and he loved growing up here.

Shauna was also born in Salt Lake City and raised in Bountiful. Downtown Bountiful was her playground. Rupert and Marilyn Gandy are her parents.

Randy and Shauna met after a Young Adult Sunday school. It was a pilot program at the time. Shauna was working at Mountain Bell and they married within the year. Together they were blessed with 5 children, 2 boys and 3 girls, Jana, Krista, Jacob, Julie and David. We now have 24 grandkids. Our first grandchild got married in December.

Randy worked in construction owning his own cement contracting business. He loved hunting and fishing and anything outdoors. He passed away in 2017 due to complications from multiple strokes.

Shauna worked for Davis school district for 30 years. She loved recess as a child growing up and loved it as an adult too! She retired in 2021 and has been busier after retirement. She loves to be of service to anyone that needs a helping hand. She is a service missionary at the Centerville Distribution Center and loves it.

Randy's motto: If you see something that needs to be done Do It!
Shauna's motto: Trust the Lord He knows Best

Randy's ancestry is from England
Shauna's ancestry is German, Irish, etc.

Terry & Colleen (Bemis) Eggett

Terry was born in Salt Lake City. He has lived in Bountiful most his life, and Colleen has as well, ever since she was nine years old. She was born in Loma Linda, California. Terry and his siblings, Connie, BJ, and Randy are the fifth generation to live on the property homesteaded by their great, great grandfather in the 1880’s.

Terry and Colleen lived in Salt Lake for 12 years which is where they bought their first home. Terry served as the Bishop of the ward for six years. They have six children, all married, and 24 grandchildren, and now one great-grandchild. They are their greatest joy!

Terry and Colleen both attended Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. Colleen later received a Master of Library Science degree and was a librarian for several years. The highlight of her career was serving as the State Librarian.

Terry started his career as a carpenter, working with Dave Erickson in our ward, then later worked for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, first at the Granite Mountain Records Vault then later at the Church Office Building, as a records analyst.

Terry and Colleen enjoy boating, fishing, hiking, the outdoors, family dinners, and spending time with family.

Terry served as a young man in the Argentina South Mission, which is where he learned Spanish. Once they both retired, they served a Spanish-speaking mission in the North Carolina Raleigh Mission, as MLS missionaries, returning home this past November. They loved serving the Lord every single day.

Terry and Colleen love the Lord with all their hearts and are profoundly grateful for the many opportunities they have had so far to serve Him.