Cyril Max Kearl was the fourth child of Chase and Hazel Loveless Kearl. Cyril moved with his parents to Preston, ID in 1930. He finished HS and enrolled in the Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, UT in the fall of 1941. There he met a beautiful young woman named Mary Frances Walker of Salt Lake City, UT. That fall, Cyril asked Mary to see a movie. One of their tickets won $10 in a raffle. Cyril declared that he would date Mary until the money "ran out." It never did.
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Cyril enlisted in the US Army on delayed basis and finished out the 1941-42 school year at Utah State. Next, Cyril entered into an officer training program and spent time at Indiana University studying meterology. As the war intensified, the need for enlisted fighting men exceeded the need for officers and Cyril was called up to active duty in early 1944 and was sent to Fort Campbell, KY for advanced training in the newly formed 20th (light) Armored Division.
After Mary graduated from Utah State in May 1944, she traveled to KY and was married to Cyril by a country preacher in Hodgenville, KY on June 14 1944. Mary found an apartment in nearby Tennessee and Cyril would join her as often as he could on the weekends. Cyril's unit shipped out for France in the fall of 1944. Cyril drove a "deuce and half" truck and ferried supplies, particularly gasoline in support of his tank battlion. His division ended up in Bavaria on "V-E" in May 1945. Since he had insufficient combat experience for immediate demobilization, he voluntered for the planned invasion of Japan in return for a 30 day leave in the states. Cyril and Mary were reunited in Salt Lake City in July 1945. The war with Japan ended while Cyril was still on leave and he was quickly demobilized from the Army in September 1945.
In 1946, Cyril and Mary moved to Ann Arbor, MI where Cyril resumed his studies in mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan. Mary and Cyril had their first child, Cyril Edward, in June 1947. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1948, the family moved to Erie, PA, where Cyril took a job with General Electric Co. While living in Erie, Mary and Cyril had Gary, Martin, and Jamie. Cyril served as "president" of the Erie branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He directed the construction of the first LDS meeting house in Erie.
Cyril was transferred by GE to Louisville, KY in 1955 and the family moved into a new home on Indian Ridge Road in eastern Jefferson County. In 1958, a fifth and last child, Alan was born.
Cyril transferred to the Chicago area in 1966 with Hotpoint, and settled the family in Wheaton, IL. Mary and Cyril moved to Utah after Cyril retired from Hotpoint in 1983. They built and "cabin" in Garden City, UT and a townhouse in Bountiful, UT. Cyril and Mary served an LDS "family history" mission in 1988. They traveled extensive with their grandchildren and loved to drive their "good ole" Jeep CJ-7 in the deserts of Utah.
Cyril died in 1996 and is buried next to his beloved Mary and their granddaughter, Heidi Kearl in Garden City, UT.
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Cyril enlisted in the US Army on delayed basis and finished out the 1941-42 school year at Utah State. Next, Cyril entered into an officer training program and spent time at Indiana University studying meterology. As the war intensified, the need for enlisted fighting men exceeded the need for officers and Cyril was called up to active duty in early 1944 and was sent to Fort Campbell, KY for advanced training in the newly formed 20th (light) Armored Division.
After Mary graduated from Utah State in May 1944, she traveled to KY and was married to Cyril by a country preacher in Hodgenville, KY on June 14 1944. Mary found an apartment in nearby Tennessee and Cyril would join her as often as he could on the weekends. Cyril's unit shipped out for France in the fall of 1944. Cyril drove a "deuce and half" truck and ferried supplies, particularly gasoline in support of his tank battlion. His division ended up in Bavaria on "V-E" in May 1945. Since he had insufficient combat experience for immediate demobilization, he voluntered for the planned invasion of Japan in return for a 30 day leave in the states. Cyril and Mary were reunited in Salt Lake City in July 1945. The war with Japan ended while Cyril was still on leave and he was quickly demobilized from the Army in September 1945.
In 1946, Cyril and Mary moved to Ann Arbor, MI where Cyril resumed his studies in mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan. Mary and Cyril had their first child, Cyril Edward, in June 1947. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1948, the family moved to Erie, PA, where Cyril took a job with General Electric Co. While living in Erie, Mary and Cyril had Gary, Martin, and Jamie. Cyril served as "president" of the Erie branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He directed the construction of the first LDS meeting house in Erie.
Cyril was transferred by GE to Louisville, KY in 1955 and the family moved into a new home on Indian Ridge Road in eastern Jefferson County. In 1958, a fifth and last child, Alan was born.
Cyril transferred to the Chicago area in 1966 with Hotpoint, and settled the family in Wheaton, IL. Mary and Cyril moved to Utah after Cyril retired from Hotpoint in 1983. They built and "cabin" in Garden City, UT and a townhouse in Bountiful, UT. Cyril and Mary served an LDS "family history" mission in 1988. They traveled extensive with their grandchildren and loved to drive their "good ole" Jeep CJ-7 in the deserts of Utah.
Cyril died in 1996 and is buried next to his beloved Mary and their granddaughter, Heidi Kearl in Garden City, UT.
Cyril Max Kearl was the fourth child of Chase and Hazel Loveless Kearl. Cyril moved with his parents to Preston, ID in 1930. He finished HS and enrolled in the Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, UT in the fall of 1941. There he met a beautiful young woman named Mary Frances Walker of Salt Lake City, UT. That fall, Cyril asked Mary to see a movie. One of their tickets won $10 in a raffle. Cyril declared that he would date Mary until the money "ran out." It never did.
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Cyril enlisted in the US Army on delayed basis and finished out the 1941-42 school year at Utah State. Next, Cyril entered into an officer training program and spent time at Indiana University studying meterology. As the war intensified, the need for enlisted fighting men exceeded the need for officers and Cyril was called up to active duty in early 1944 and was sent to Fort Campbell, KY for advanced training in the newly formed 20th (light) Armored Division.
After Mary graduated from Utah State in May 1944, she traveled to KY and was married to Cyril by a country preacher in Hodgenville, KY on June 14 1944. Mary found an apartment in nearby Tennessee and Cyril would join her as often as he could on the weekends. Cyril's unit shipped out for France in the fall of 1944. Cyril drove a "deuce and half" truck and ferried supplies, particularly gasoline in support of his tank battlion. His division ended up in Bavaria on "V-E" in May 1945. Since he had insufficient combat experience for immediate demobilization, he voluntered for the planned invasion of Japan in return for a 30 day leave in the states. Cyril and Mary were reunited in Salt Lake City in July 1945. The war with Japan ended while Cyril was still on leave and he was quickly demobilized from the Army in September 1945.
In 1946, Cyril and Mary moved to Ann Arbor, MI where Cyril resumed his studies in mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan. Mary and Cyril had their first child, Cyril Edward, in June 1947. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1948, the family moved to Erie, PA, where Cyril took a job with General Electric Co. While living in Erie, Mary and Cyril had Gary, Martin, and Jamie. Cyril served as "president" of the Erie branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He directed the construction of the first LDS meeting house in Erie.
Cyril was transferred by GE to Louisville, KY in 1955 and the family moved into a new home on Indian Ridge Road in eastern Jefferson County. In 1958, a fifth and last child, Alan was born.
Cyril transferred to the Chicago area in 1966 with Hotpoint, and settled the family in Wheaton, IL. Mary and Cyril moved to Utah after Cyril retired from Hotpoint in 1983. They built and "cabin" in Garden City, UT and a townhouse in Bountiful, UT. Cyril and Mary served an LDS "family history" mission in 1988. They traveled extensive with their grandchildren and loved to drive their "good ole" Jeep CJ-7 in the deserts of Utah.
Cyril died in 1996 and is buried next to his beloved Mary and their granddaughter, Heidi Kearl in Garden City, UT.
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Cyril enlisted in the US Army on delayed basis and finished out the 1941-42 school year at Utah State. Next, Cyril entered into an officer training program and spent time at Indiana University studying meterology. As the war intensified, the need for enlisted fighting men exceeded the need for officers and Cyril was called up to active duty in early 1944 and was sent to Fort Campbell, KY for advanced training in the newly formed 20th (light) Armored Division.
After Mary graduated from Utah State in May 1944, she traveled to KY and was married to Cyril by a country preacher in Hodgenville, KY on June 14 1944. Mary found an apartment in nearby Tennessee and Cyril would join her as often as he could on the weekends. Cyril's unit shipped out for France in the fall of 1944. Cyril drove a "deuce and half" truck and ferried supplies, particularly gasoline in support of his tank battlion. His division ended up in Bavaria on "V-E" in May 1945. Since he had insufficient combat experience for immediate demobilization, he voluntered for the planned invasion of Japan in return for a 30 day leave in the states. Cyril and Mary were reunited in Salt Lake City in July 1945. The war with Japan ended while Cyril was still on leave and he was quickly demobilized from the Army in September 1945.
In 1946, Cyril and Mary moved to Ann Arbor, MI where Cyril resumed his studies in mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan. Mary and Cyril had their first child, Cyril Edward, in June 1947. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1948, the family moved to Erie, PA, where Cyril took a job with General Electric Co. While living in Erie, Mary and Cyril had Gary, Martin, and Jamie. Cyril served as "president" of the Erie branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He directed the construction of the first LDS meeting house in Erie.
Cyril was transferred by GE to Louisville, KY in 1955 and the family moved into a new home on Indian Ridge Road in eastern Jefferson County. In 1958, a fifth and last child, Alan was born.
Cyril transferred to the Chicago area in 1966 with Hotpoint, and settled the family in Wheaton, IL. Mary and Cyril moved to Utah after Cyril retired from Hotpoint in 1983. They built and "cabin" in Garden City, UT and a townhouse in Bountiful, UT. Cyril and Mary served an LDS "family history" mission in 1988. They traveled extensive with their grandchildren and loved to drive their "good ole" Jeep CJ-7 in the deserts of Utah.
Cyril died in 1996 and is buried next to his beloved Mary and their granddaughter, Heidi Kearl in Garden City, UT.
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children: Edward, Gary, Martin, Jamie, Alan
