Jay Vernon Tipton
1947 - 2013
VETERAN
Early Life | Education: Jay was born March 11, 1947, in Provo, Utah, to Vernon John and Norma Russell Tipton. He graduated from MacArthur High School in San Antonio, Texas, and continued his studies at Brigham Young University where he served as the Fifth Squadron Leader Administrative Officer at the 855th Detachment in the ROTC. In 1970, Jay received his BS in math and computer science from Brigham Young University. He later earned his master's degree from the University of Kansas.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Jay interrupted his studies to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chile from 1966 to 1968. Then he worked two summers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, helping with river rafting. As a commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, he was stationed at Sheppard Field, Texas. Jay was later assigned to Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offut Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska. There he met June Walker. They married on July 14, 1972, in the Ogden Utah Temple, and later divorced. After earning his master's degree from the University of Kansas, he was transferred to the Pentagon in Washington DC. In 1981, Jay was transferred to Colorado Springs where he tracked satellites for NORAD in the Cheyenne Mountain Colorado Springs Complex. He was later stationed in Battle Creek Michigan and Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. After twenty years of service as a computer specialist in the Air Force, Jay retired in 1992 and began working for the Salt Lake County Tax Assessor's Office and taught classes in quantum math at the Salt Lake Community College. Jay Vernon Tipton, of Taylorsville, Utah, passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was 66.
Survived By: His son, Ethan Russell Tipton, of Pleasant Grove, Utah; son, Matthew Robert Warnick (Natalie), of Billings, Montana; and son, Bryson John Warnick (Emily), of Lehi Utah; grandchildren: Abigail Nicole, Carter Robert, Collin Matthew, Emma J., Bailey, and Jack Bryson, sister, Dianne T. King; brother, Russell Thomas Tipton; sister and brother-in-law, John and Marsha Jacobson; and brother and sister-in-law, David and Margaret Tipton.
Services: No public service
Mortuary: SereniCare Funeral Home
Interment: Evergreen Cemetery | Springville, Utah
Obituary: The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | June 2013
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Jay Vernon Tipton
1947 - 2013
VETERAN
Early Life | Education: Jay was born March 11, 1947, in Provo, Utah, to Vernon John and Norma Russell Tipton. He graduated from MacArthur High School in San Antonio, Texas, and continued his studies at Brigham Young University where he served as the Fifth Squadron Leader Administrative Officer at the 855th Detachment in the ROTC. In 1970, Jay received his BS in math and computer science from Brigham Young University. He later earned his master's degree from the University of Kansas.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Jay interrupted his studies to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chile from 1966 to 1968. Then he worked two summers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, helping with river rafting. As a commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, he was stationed at Sheppard Field, Texas. Jay was later assigned to Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offut Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska. There he met June Walker. They married on July 14, 1972, in the Ogden Utah Temple, and later divorced. After earning his master's degree from the University of Kansas, he was transferred to the Pentagon in Washington DC. In 1981, Jay was transferred to Colorado Springs where he tracked satellites for NORAD in the Cheyenne Mountain Colorado Springs Complex. He was later stationed in Battle Creek Michigan and Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. After twenty years of service as a computer specialist in the Air Force, Jay retired in 1992 and began working for the Salt Lake County Tax Assessor's Office and taught classes in quantum math at the Salt Lake Community College. Jay Vernon Tipton, of Taylorsville, Utah, passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was 66.
Survived By: His son, Ethan Russell Tipton, of Pleasant Grove, Utah; son, Matthew Robert Warnick (Natalie), of Billings, Montana; and son, Bryson John Warnick (Emily), of Lehi Utah; grandchildren: Abigail Nicole, Carter Robert, Collin Matthew, Emma J., Bailey, and Jack Bryson, sister, Dianne T. King; brother, Russell Thomas Tipton; sister and brother-in-law, John and Marsha Jacobson; and brother and sister-in-law, David and Margaret Tipton.
Services: No public service
Mortuary: SereniCare Funeral Home
Interment: Evergreen Cemetery | Springville, Utah
Obituary: The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | June 2013
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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