Clyde Dallin Westwood traded in his "hot wheels" for wings on the morning of Wednesday, April 20, 2011. He was born to Ida Blake and Neil Westwood in Moab, Utah, on January 20, 1934 – the seventh of nine children.
Clyde lived with his family in Moab through the age of 12. In his own words, he "grew up doing all the things a boy would want to do – hunting, fishing, hiking, riding horses, and swimming at the Power Dam." As a young man, his family moved to Spanish Fork, Utah, where, at the age of 17, he would first make contact with a stunning young woman from Springville by the name of Kaye Thatcher. For a fellow who spent a lifetime teaching, Clyde didn't care much for formal education in his youth. At the age of 16, he dropped out altogether and took a job as a section hand on the railroad project in Spanish Fork Canyon. Two years later, he joined the Air Force, where he was trained to be an aircraft mechanic. While stationed at Mather Air Force Base in California, he took night classes and completed his high school diploma. Shortly thereafter, he was involved in a serious accident that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. While rehabbing from this accident, Clyde's brother taught him the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Over the course of his life, participation and service in the church brought him much joy.
Clyde married the love of his life, Kaye Thatcher, for time and all eternity on August 25, 1955, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together, they raised six children – one homemade and five "store bought."
Clyde recognized the need to improve himself through education, and enrolled at the University of California – Long Beach in 1956. Six years later, armed with a bachelor's degree in Business Management, he took a position teaching business classes at the Church College of Hawaii. His first year there, he and Kaye served as dorm parents to 100 college girls who still love him dearly. Clyde taught at CCH for 11 years, rising to the position of Department Head. While in Hawaii, he also earned a masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Hawaii. In 1973, he moved his family to Spring Lake, Utah. He took a job teaching business classes at Utah Technical College where he spent the remaining 19 years of his career. Clyde's life mission was to serve as a teacher and mentor. In his patriarchal blessing, he was told that people from all over the earth would come to learn wisdom at his feet. That promise was literally fulfilled.
Clyde served a full-time LDS mission with his wife in the California San Jose Mission from 1989-1990. He was called to serve as bishop of shortly thereafter. He served faithfully in numerous church callings throughout the course of his life. He was a generous and charitable man, teaching hundreds of young men to work and supporting countless missionaries in the field.
Clyde is survived by his wife, Kaye, and children: Estella Namahoe, Portland, Oregon; Dallin (Janet), Spring, Texas; David (Kristin), Ogden, Utah; Ken (Beckee), Bluffdale, Utah; Susan Woodhouse, Spring Lake, Utah; Tina Westwood, Pendleton, Oregon. He is "gramps" to 24 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren and countless others who call him pop, dad, uncle and grandpa. He is also survived by two sisters and five brothers.
A viewing will be held Monday, April 25, 2011, at Walker Mortuary (587 South 100 West, Payson, Utah) from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Please join us in celebrating his remarkable life at funeral services scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2011, at the Mt. Nebo LDS Stake Center (608 West 1400 South Payson, Utah). Friends and family may call from 9:45 to 10:45 that morning. Interment will take place following the funeral services at Evergreen Cemetery in Springville, Utah with Military Rites accorded by the American Legion, Dist. #4.
Clyde lived with his family in Moab through the age of 12. In his own words, he "grew up doing all the things a boy would want to do – hunting, fishing, hiking, riding horses, and swimming at the Power Dam." As a young man, his family moved to Spanish Fork, Utah, where, at the age of 17, he would first make contact with a stunning young woman from Springville by the name of Kaye Thatcher. For a fellow who spent a lifetime teaching, Clyde didn't care much for formal education in his youth. At the age of 16, he dropped out altogether and took a job as a section hand on the railroad project in Spanish Fork Canyon. Two years later, he joined the Air Force, where he was trained to be an aircraft mechanic. While stationed at Mather Air Force Base in California, he took night classes and completed his high school diploma. Shortly thereafter, he was involved in a serious accident that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. While rehabbing from this accident, Clyde's brother taught him the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Over the course of his life, participation and service in the church brought him much joy.
Clyde married the love of his life, Kaye Thatcher, for time and all eternity on August 25, 1955, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together, they raised six children – one homemade and five "store bought."
Clyde recognized the need to improve himself through education, and enrolled at the University of California – Long Beach in 1956. Six years later, armed with a bachelor's degree in Business Management, he took a position teaching business classes at the Church College of Hawaii. His first year there, he and Kaye served as dorm parents to 100 college girls who still love him dearly. Clyde taught at CCH for 11 years, rising to the position of Department Head. While in Hawaii, he also earned a masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Hawaii. In 1973, he moved his family to Spring Lake, Utah. He took a job teaching business classes at Utah Technical College where he spent the remaining 19 years of his career. Clyde's life mission was to serve as a teacher and mentor. In his patriarchal blessing, he was told that people from all over the earth would come to learn wisdom at his feet. That promise was literally fulfilled.
Clyde served a full-time LDS mission with his wife in the California San Jose Mission from 1989-1990. He was called to serve as bishop of shortly thereafter. He served faithfully in numerous church callings throughout the course of his life. He was a generous and charitable man, teaching hundreds of young men to work and supporting countless missionaries in the field.
Clyde is survived by his wife, Kaye, and children: Estella Namahoe, Portland, Oregon; Dallin (Janet), Spring, Texas; David (Kristin), Ogden, Utah; Ken (Beckee), Bluffdale, Utah; Susan Woodhouse, Spring Lake, Utah; Tina Westwood, Pendleton, Oregon. He is "gramps" to 24 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren and countless others who call him pop, dad, uncle and grandpa. He is also survived by two sisters and five brothers.
A viewing will be held Monday, April 25, 2011, at Walker Mortuary (587 South 100 West, Payson, Utah) from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Please join us in celebrating his remarkable life at funeral services scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2011, at the Mt. Nebo LDS Stake Center (608 West 1400 South Payson, Utah). Friends and family may call from 9:45 to 10:45 that morning. Interment will take place following the funeral services at Evergreen Cemetery in Springville, Utah with Military Rites accorded by the American Legion, Dist. #4.
Clyde Dallin Westwood traded in his "hot wheels" for wings on the morning of Wednesday, April 20, 2011. He was born to Ida Blake and Neil Westwood in Moab, Utah, on January 20, 1934 – the seventh of nine children.
Clyde lived with his family in Moab through the age of 12. In his own words, he "grew up doing all the things a boy would want to do – hunting, fishing, hiking, riding horses, and swimming at the Power Dam." As a young man, his family moved to Spanish Fork, Utah, where, at the age of 17, he would first make contact with a stunning young woman from Springville by the name of Kaye Thatcher. For a fellow who spent a lifetime teaching, Clyde didn't care much for formal education in his youth. At the age of 16, he dropped out altogether and took a job as a section hand on the railroad project in Spanish Fork Canyon. Two years later, he joined the Air Force, where he was trained to be an aircraft mechanic. While stationed at Mather Air Force Base in California, he took night classes and completed his high school diploma. Shortly thereafter, he was involved in a serious accident that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. While rehabbing from this accident, Clyde's brother taught him the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Over the course of his life, participation and service in the church brought him much joy.
Clyde married the love of his life, Kaye Thatcher, for time and all eternity on August 25, 1955, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together, they raised six children – one homemade and five "store bought."
Clyde recognized the need to improve himself through education, and enrolled at the University of California – Long Beach in 1956. Six years later, armed with a bachelor's degree in Business Management, he took a position teaching business classes at the Church College of Hawaii. His first year there, he and Kaye served as dorm parents to 100 college girls who still love him dearly. Clyde taught at CCH for 11 years, rising to the position of Department Head. While in Hawaii, he also earned a masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Hawaii. In 1973, he moved his family to Spring Lake, Utah. He took a job teaching business classes at Utah Technical College where he spent the remaining 19 years of his career. Clyde's life mission was to serve as a teacher and mentor. In his patriarchal blessing, he was told that people from all over the earth would come to learn wisdom at his feet. That promise was literally fulfilled.
Clyde served a full-time LDS mission with his wife in the California San Jose Mission from 1989-1990. He was called to serve as bishop of shortly thereafter. He served faithfully in numerous church callings throughout the course of his life. He was a generous and charitable man, teaching hundreds of young men to work and supporting countless missionaries in the field.
Clyde is survived by his wife, Kaye, and children: Estella Namahoe, Portland, Oregon; Dallin (Janet), Spring, Texas; David (Kristin), Ogden, Utah; Ken (Beckee), Bluffdale, Utah; Susan Woodhouse, Spring Lake, Utah; Tina Westwood, Pendleton, Oregon. He is "gramps" to 24 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren and countless others who call him pop, dad, uncle and grandpa. He is also survived by two sisters and five brothers.
A viewing will be held Monday, April 25, 2011, at Walker Mortuary (587 South 100 West, Payson, Utah) from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Please join us in celebrating his remarkable life at funeral services scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2011, at the Mt. Nebo LDS Stake Center (608 West 1400 South Payson, Utah). Friends and family may call from 9:45 to 10:45 that morning. Interment will take place following the funeral services at Evergreen Cemetery in Springville, Utah with Military Rites accorded by the American Legion, Dist. #4.
Clyde lived with his family in Moab through the age of 12. In his own words, he "grew up doing all the things a boy would want to do – hunting, fishing, hiking, riding horses, and swimming at the Power Dam." As a young man, his family moved to Spanish Fork, Utah, where, at the age of 17, he would first make contact with a stunning young woman from Springville by the name of Kaye Thatcher. For a fellow who spent a lifetime teaching, Clyde didn't care much for formal education in his youth. At the age of 16, he dropped out altogether and took a job as a section hand on the railroad project in Spanish Fork Canyon. Two years later, he joined the Air Force, where he was trained to be an aircraft mechanic. While stationed at Mather Air Force Base in California, he took night classes and completed his high school diploma. Shortly thereafter, he was involved in a serious accident that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. While rehabbing from this accident, Clyde's brother taught him the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Over the course of his life, participation and service in the church brought him much joy.
Clyde married the love of his life, Kaye Thatcher, for time and all eternity on August 25, 1955, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together, they raised six children – one homemade and five "store bought."
Clyde recognized the need to improve himself through education, and enrolled at the University of California – Long Beach in 1956. Six years later, armed with a bachelor's degree in Business Management, he took a position teaching business classes at the Church College of Hawaii. His first year there, he and Kaye served as dorm parents to 100 college girls who still love him dearly. Clyde taught at CCH for 11 years, rising to the position of Department Head. While in Hawaii, he also earned a masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Hawaii. In 1973, he moved his family to Spring Lake, Utah. He took a job teaching business classes at Utah Technical College where he spent the remaining 19 years of his career. Clyde's life mission was to serve as a teacher and mentor. In his patriarchal blessing, he was told that people from all over the earth would come to learn wisdom at his feet. That promise was literally fulfilled.
Clyde served a full-time LDS mission with his wife in the California San Jose Mission from 1989-1990. He was called to serve as bishop of shortly thereafter. He served faithfully in numerous church callings throughout the course of his life. He was a generous and charitable man, teaching hundreds of young men to work and supporting countless missionaries in the field.
Clyde is survived by his wife, Kaye, and children: Estella Namahoe, Portland, Oregon; Dallin (Janet), Spring, Texas; David (Kristin), Ogden, Utah; Ken (Beckee), Bluffdale, Utah; Susan Woodhouse, Spring Lake, Utah; Tina Westwood, Pendleton, Oregon. He is "gramps" to 24 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren and countless others who call him pop, dad, uncle and grandpa. He is also survived by two sisters and five brothers.
A viewing will be held Monday, April 25, 2011, at Walker Mortuary (587 South 100 West, Payson, Utah) from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Please join us in celebrating his remarkable life at funeral services scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2011, at the Mt. Nebo LDS Stake Center (608 West 1400 South Payson, Utah). Friends and family may call from 9:45 to 10:45 that morning. Interment will take place following the funeral services at Evergreen Cemetery in Springville, Utah with Military Rites accorded by the American Legion, Dist. #4.
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