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Sunday, June 21, 2015
Friday, February 10, 2012
Carol Nelson (LaDell) Handy
GLENNS FERRY • E. LaDell Handy, 82, of Glenns Ferry, loving husband,
father, grandfather and brother, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at a Boise
hospital.
A viewing will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Glenns Ferry. Services will be held
Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Glenns
Ferry, with a viewing from 10 until 10:45 a.m. and funeral at 11 a.m.; burial
will follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of
Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.
LaDell was the oldest of four children born to Ernest W. and Edith B. Handy
on Feb. 23, 1929, in Heyburn ,
Idaho . LaDell was raised in the
Heyburn area. He moved with his family to the Rogerson/Three Creek, Nev., area
when he was 8. It was there that he started a lifelong love of cowboying. He
started working on the Brackett Ranch at the young age of 9 and continued going
back and working throughout all his years in school after his family moved back
to Heyburn. LaDell enjoyed playing football and basketball during his high
school years.
LaDell married Carol Nelson on Aug 25, 1950, in the Logan Utah LDS Temple .
They had three daughters. They moved to Twin Falls ,
where LaDell worked for Shelby ’s
Foodliner and managed the meat department. They moved back to Burley when Shelby ’s expanded and
built a store there. LaDell and Dale Shelby bought and ran numerous ranches in
the Albion, Moulton and Malta
areas, where they received the Idaho State Grass Man of the Year Award. They
moved to the Pitchfork Ranch in King Hill after selling the grocery stores.
There they ran a cattle operation.
LaDell and Carol moved to Utah , where
LaDell worked for Bell Meat Packaging and at Utah State University . They then moved to Jackpot, Nev. , where LaDell ran
and managed the W/D Ranch for JK Wheeler. When retiring, they moved to Glenns
Ferry, where he has been running a large cattle operation with his son-in-law,
Mark Noble, and grandson, Tyler Bunn, until the time of his death. LaDell was
an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where he
served as branch president, bishop and held many other callings. He was a
member of the Burley Fair Board and served as president. He was a member of the
Cassia County Mounted Sheriff’s Posse and served as captain.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Carol Nelson Handy; his three
daughters, Debra H. Johnson and Jerry of Utah, Denise H. Bunn and Greg of Boise, and Jerrolynn H. Noble and Mark of Glennsferry; 12 grandchildren; 14
great-grandchildren; his sister, Arlene (Glen) Badger of Bountiful, Utah; brothers,
Gerald (Lois) Handy and Duane (Beverly) Handy and numerous nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a granddaughter, Shelby
Nelson Noble; and a grandson, Riley Greg Bunn.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Perpetual Education
Fund or Missionary Fund through the LDS Church.LaDell Handy Funeral Program
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Robert Clarence Nelson
Obituary
He began saving every cent he earned for flying lessons. At age eighteen, he and four other classmates joined the marines and in a year they earned GI Bill benefits for education. Bob went on to attend the University ofUtah
and BYU earning a degree and more importantly for him, a commission in the
United States Air Force.
He went on to earn his wings and was a fighter pilot. Bob
was recruited mid way through his career in the early days of the space program
to be an astronaut and he turned them down flat. He had no interest in training
for most of his life for the possibility of one space flight. He just wanted to
fly.
Over his flying years he survived two plane crashes. He flew
100 missions over Viet Nam
in F-105s in 1967 and 1968. He was awarded the several Distinguished Flying
Crosses and the prestigious Silver Star for valor. He spent many years at
Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas ,
as an instructor combat tactics to other fighter pilots.
Another highlight in his career was serving, as Chief of
Flight Safety for over 4500 men stationed at Air Forces bases in Europe , he was instrumental in reducing the accident rate
by 80%. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Award for that accomplishment.
Bob is survived by his wife, Claudia Tidwell Nelson, his
son, Steven Nelson, two daughters, Robyn Nelson King and Kathy Mary Nelson
Brewer, eight grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, sister Carol Handy of
Glenns Ferry, and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, six sisters, Myrna, Betty, Bea, Wanda, LeRae, and Wilma, and a son Michael.
Viewings will be held from 5pm to 7pm, Thursday, Jan 12th and from 9am to 9:45am, Friday, Jan 13, 2012 with funeral services following at 10am. at the LDS church at 6032 N. Five Mile (corner Chinden and 5 Mile),Boise . A viewing will
also be held from 2:30 to 3pm, Friday at the Oakley
Stake Center ,
Oakley , Idaho .
Burial, next to his son Michael, will follow at 3:30 pm at Oakley Cemetery .
Published in Idaho
Statesman on January 11, 2012
Funeral Program
LIFE SKETCH GIVEN BY STEVE NELSON:
Dad retired from the Air Force as a distinguished decorated combat fighter pilot with the rank ofLt Col.
Dad was a great pilot that loved to
drive the way he flew jets - really fast. His love for speed was evident by the fact
that he was the first from Idaho
to break the sound barrier in an F-100.
He was the first to fly an F-105 March 2.
Dad could have flown with the Air Force’s precision flying team – The
Thunderbirds but opted not to so he could spend more time with his family. He liked fast cars and owned a couple of Porsche’s
that saw a lot of headlights in the rear view mirror... and there were rumors
that every once in a while he would try to see if the Porsche could fly. I know Uncle LaDell and others have
experienced his fast driving. I am sure
I have some of Dad’s speed genes because I remember trying to find out myself
if the white Porsche would fly...and I can report while I couldn’t get it to
fly – it seemed like it was! It must be
that speed gene that caused me to love to skydive... I liked the ride up in a
plane or helicopter but then jumping out was where the fun was. If Dad’s car wasn’t built to go fast, he
figured out a way to make it that way. He loved working on engines and was very
mechanically inclined. Robyn reminded me
that Dad loved being in Europe and it seemed
like heaven because where else could you drive 100 or more and not get a ticket
except on the Autobahns! If that was almost heaven, then the other side of
heaven was driving triple digits in the USA and getting stopped by law
enforcement and then getting let go without a ticket... because Dad was on his
way to serve his country as a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War.
He was a very good snow and water skier and could really carve the water on one ski! He was excellent water skiing with a saucer too. When I was small he would let me sit between his legs on the saucer and he would be doing 360’s and skiing backwards while we were flying across the water. Aunt Carol told me that he was at Red Fish lake and was still water skiing well at 70...
Dad was good at just about every sport he tried with the one exception of golf.... but that never stopped us from enjoying that sweet misery together. We always got more than our fair share of mulligans. Dad really enjoyed golfing with Uncle LaDell and we all enjoyed getting schooled by Jerry Johnson.... and by Eric Mai when he was in AZ. I remember when Dad would fly toJapan and bring the girls back
really nice dolls and Mike and I would get baseball gloves and balls. Dad was a scary good baseball player
too. He taught me how to pitch. I still remember pitching to him many
evenings after he came home from work and then we would finish off with a heart
pounding fear producing game of burnout (throwing the baseball as hard as you
could to each other)! I don’t know if I
did any damage to Dad in those games but he would really bring the heat and put
the fear into me!
Dad loved traveling and took us all over Europe – to the Eifel tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, to the tulip gardens ofHolland , to the Alps and to Hitler’s
Eagle Nest in Bertesgarten ,
Bavaria . We visited the cemetery’s where those that
made the ultimate sacrifice so we can enjoy the freedom and liberty we enjoy
today! Yes, family was important to Dad!
Dad was a hard worker and developed many talents including, singing, playing the trumpet, guitar, and piano. He could speak pretty good German. He enjoyed good entertainment and he was a great dancer. He liked having fun and roughhousing around. I remember for quite awhile we would love to catch each other taking a hot shower and then sneak in and throw a cup of ice cold water on each other and then we would hit each other in the arm or frog each other. Dad could be quite dramatic too... I remember Mom had just taken us to see the doctor on the main street in Oakley and we got some candy and came downstairs and walked out of the building when we heard and saw this screaming jet right above us diving on main street then pull up a very short distance away and break the sound barrier and then it was gone as quick as it came... WOW! I was thinking.... do that again Dad!
High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
Pictures & Videos of Graveside Service in Oakley Friday Jan. 13, 2012
Follow this link for videos of the Hill Air Force Base Military Honors
1. Carrying the Casket 2. Folding the Flag 3. 9 Gun Salute and Bugle 4. P51 Flying Over
Robert C. Nelson
March 2, 1928 - Jan. 7, 2012
Bob Nelson, 83 of Boise ,
loving husband, father, brother and decorated war hero, died January 7, 2012 at
Marquis Friendship House, Boise .
He was born March 2, 1928 at Oakley ,
Idaho , son of Clarence and Ila
Poulton Nelson. He was reared in Oakley with seven sisters. At his age 14, on a
hot and dusty day plowing their farm field, he looked up and saw an airplane
flying over his head. He said to himself "That is what I want to be."
He began saving every cent he earned for flying lessons. At age eighteen, he and four other classmates joined the marines and in a year they earned GI Bill benefits for education. Bob went on to attend the University of
He was preceded in death by his parents, six sisters, Myrna, Betty, Bea, Wanda, LeRae, and Wilma, and a son Michael.
Viewings will be held from 5pm to 7pm, Thursday, Jan 12th and from 9am to 9:45am, Friday, Jan 13, 2012 with funeral services following at 10am. at the LDS church at 6032 N. Five Mile (corner Chinden and 5 Mile),
Condolences may be made at www.bowmanfuneral.com . or to see
a video of his life at www.robertcnelson.weebly.com
Funeral Program
LIFE SKETCH GIVEN BY STEVE NELSON:
Dad (Robert Clarence Nelson) was
born in Oakley Idaho
March 2, 1928 to Clarence LeRoy Nelson and Ila Vera Poulton. Dad was blessed to have 7 awesome sisters – Myrna
Franks, Bea Smith, LeRae Warr, Wanda Critchfield, Betty Shelby, Wilma Parish,
and Carol Handy. Dad was preceded in death by his parents, his oldest son,
Michael Clarence and all his sisters except for Aunt Carol. Dad has three surviving children, me Robyn
King and Kathy Brewer. He has 8 grand
children and one great child with another due in March. He is survived by his
beloved wife Claudia.
His Legacy is Faith in and Duty
to God, Country and Family! He was a
Loving Son, Brother, Cousin, Friend, Husband, Father, Uncle and Grand Father.
He was a true patriot who loved his country and served it courageously. Dad had the “Right Stuff” and loved sports
and was very athletic. He played
football in high school. He was a pretty
good cowboy and pretty tough. I base
that on my observations and while I wasn’t there – the fact that he boxed some
in the Marine Corps...I mean it isn’t like the Marine Corps isn’t tough already
but he has to box too... but that wasn’t quite exciting enough – the Marine
Corps did not have any way of hitting
the speed of sound then... so Dad joined the Air Force.
Dad retired from the Air Force as a distinguished decorated combat fighter pilot with the rank of
He was a very good snow and water skier and could really carve the water on one ski! He was excellent water skiing with a saucer too. When I was small he would let me sit between his legs on the saucer and he would be doing 360’s and skiing backwards while we were flying across the water. Aunt Carol told me that he was at Red Fish lake and was still water skiing well at 70...
That reminded me of a time that
Dad and I were snow skiing (we were trying to ski like Jerolyn) and we were
catching our breath after we had gone on a pretty long run and he said -
remember this when you are 60...OK Dad, I’m really close and what can I say
except – Dad, U Da Man! We used to go to
Lake Mead quite often and loved fishing and
water skiing there. That was courtesy of
Uncle Dale Shelby who let Dad use their boat.
Usually, Dad and Mike and I would go out early and fish and then we
would go in to refuel and pick up Mom and the girls later in the afternoon and
have a picnic. I remember a couple of
times coming home with some really big fish and we would fill our bath tub and
they would swim until it was time for filets. I remember Dad would wake Mike and I up really
early and we would go to the lake or river or stream fishing too. He was a
really good table tennis player having played a lot on the flight line with
other fighter pilots. We used to have
some epic table tennis and squash battles and we enjoyed tennis too.
Dad was good at just about every sport he tried with the one exception of golf.... but that never stopped us from enjoying that sweet misery together. We always got more than our fair share of mulligans. Dad really enjoyed golfing with Uncle LaDell and we all enjoyed getting schooled by Jerry Johnson.... and by Eric Mai when he was in AZ. I remember when Dad would fly to
Family was always important to
Dad! Most of our family’s fondest
memories were coming to Idaho every summer to stay a month with our Grandma,
Aunts, Uncles and Cousins! We loved
being with the Franks, Critchfields, Warrs, Smiths, Parishs, Shelbys ,
Handys and Grandma Loveland . We loved going to the fair and horse races
with Uncle Oel and having scones with Aunt Wilma, and bringing lizards from Las Vegas and leaving
them at Parishes and catching frogs in their pond and swinging over it... I
remember the frogs we caught were burned up by the Nevada desert before we could get them
home. We loved riding horses with Uncle
Dale and Uncle LaDell and the cousins, going to the Oakley Dam, City of Rocks , Goosecreek, hunting
rabbits and playing golf with Aunt Carol and Aunt Betty and water skiing on the
Snake River with the Handy’s boat or going to the rodeo in Rupert, Burley or
Oakley. We loved to gather to visit at
the Smith’s and help Uncle Theron feed the horses and cows or do other
chores. We loved going to Uncle Quints
and Aunt LaRae’s Drive In to visit and enjoy their food. We loved visiting with the Critchfields and
being fed and spoiled by Aunt Wanda and having Uncle Nile look at us over the
top of his glasses and hear Scott’s and Jeff’s stories about Willie the
dog. We loved visiting with the Franks
and seeing their bulls and riding a half barrel down the irrigation ditch that
ran in front of their and the Critchfield’s place in Oakley.
Dad loved traveling and took us all over Europe – to the Eifel tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, to the tulip gardens of
Dad was a hard worker and developed many talents including, singing, playing the trumpet, guitar, and piano. He could speak pretty good German. He enjoyed good entertainment and he was a great dancer. He liked having fun and roughhousing around. I remember for quite awhile we would love to catch each other taking a hot shower and then sneak in and throw a cup of ice cold water on each other and then we would hit each other in the arm or frog each other. Dad could be quite dramatic too... I remember Mom had just taken us to see the doctor on the main street in Oakley and we got some candy and came downstairs and walked out of the building when we heard and saw this screaming jet right above us diving on main street then pull up a very short distance away and break the sound barrier and then it was gone as quick as it came... WOW! I was thinking.... do that again Dad!
Whenever I see jet fighters I
think of Dad with the fondest memories. I
remember two occasions that were really impressive. I used to live in Yuma , AZ and
there was a big bombing range not far away.
I was driving on a deserted spot on the freeway just after the sun rose
and here comes two jets flying about 75 feet above ground screaming right in
front of me on their way to drop ordinance on the range! WoW! Another
time we were on a scout outing in Death Valley – we were on top the highest
sand dune in the US early in the morning and out of nowhere these two F16’s came
screaming right by us. We were actually
at a higher elevation than they were and we watched waved and yelled and screamed
as they roared past us and then did some barrel rolls turned and were
gone! I thought... that is just what my
Dad would do... go where no one would be and open that jet up and see what it
could really do!
Dad was a man of faith and
service. He was active all his life in
the Church. He led by example. I remember as a young boy in Las Vegas going with Dad to the Church’s
welfare farm all the time to perform service.
He would cut, rake and bale hay and work on other farm projects. I remember Dad putting me in his lap and
teaching me how to drive the swather. He
worked tirelessly on Church building projects in Nevada
and Germany . Dad was a committed leader and he touched
many lives. Dad you have the right stuff
and thank you for your legacy of faith in and Duty to God, country and family. You will be missed until we meet again. I will close with my Dad’s favorite poem High
Flight (Printed on the program.)
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
John
Gillespie Magee Jr.
Pictures & Videos of Graveside Service in Oakley Friday Jan. 13, 2012
Follow this link for videos of the Hill Air Force Base Military Honors
1. Carrying the Casket 2. Folding the Flag 3. 9 Gun Salute and Bugle 4. P51 Flying Over
Robyn, Kathy, Carol, LaDell, Claudia |
Robyn, Steve, Kathy & Mike Brewer |
Cheryl and (dau) Stacie |
Ilene |
Lee |
Vick, Shellie, Hollie, Lori, Debbie, Denise, Robyn, Warren |
Dale Shelby |
Kay & Sharon |
Kay & Lamar |
Jan |
Dale Blanthorn, Carol & LaDell Handy |
Angie Matthews, Beth Franks |
Krinn & Son |
Dwight, Roy, Lamar |
Randy, Robyn, Debbie |
Lori, Kyle, Renie |
Sharon, Beth Franks, Dale Blanthorn |
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