A memorial service for D'Orr Merritt will be held on Wednesday Dec. 31, 2003 at noon in the Third/Fourth ward LDS Church.
A second memorial service will be held over the Memorial Day Weekend in the Spring.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in honor of D'Orr.
Merritt, D'Orr (b 31 Dec 2003)Star Valley Independen
D'Orr Ray Merritt was born June 15, 1928, the first child of Ray M. and Ethel Rich Merritt. He ws born in the Hurum Rich home two miles west of Afton, where his mother was raised.
Throughout his young life, D'Orr worked with his family on a 50 acre farm. D'Orr helped in clearing the land of willows so crops could be planted.
As soon as he was old enough, D'Orr left the farm and got a job with the Park Service and spent his summers working on roads and other odd jobs in Yellowstone Park.
In the winters he helped area ranchers feed their cattle and do other ranch work.
It was while working in Yellowstone that D'Orr met Lois Ruth Fredericks, whom he married in 1949 Two children were born to this union:Doug and Debbie. In 1957 D'Orr and Lois divorced. Lois moved to Layton, Utah taking the children and raising them there.
In the late 1940s and 50s D'Orr began guiding hunters for Sam Mills and Eddie Bowles. They hunted the Gros Ventre country of Jackson Hole for elk and the country around Star Valley in the late season for Mule Deer.
In the winter of 1959 D'Orr went to California to work. While there he met Leiloni Lupenui and brought her back to Star Valley as his wife. Two children were born to this marriage: Malia and Brad.
D'Orr went into business with his brothers and formed a hunting camp in Spread Creek, the next drainage north of the Gros Ventre, and began the Merritt Brothers hunting operation. The hunting business expanded to include hunting in both the North and South Forks of Spread Creek in Jackson Hole and Mule Deer hunting in the high country east of Star Valley.
In 1972 D'Orr was elected president of the Wyoming Outfitters Association, a position he was proud to hold.
D'Orr didn't follow a formal religious life but said that he felt closer to God in the life he had chosen in Good's great outdoors. He loved his family and was loved by them in return.
Merritt, D'Orr Ray (b 31 Dec 2003)Star Valley Indep
D'ORR RAY MERRITT is the son of RAY MARCELLIS MERRITT and ETHEL CHAROLATE RICH
D'ORR RAY MERRITT married LEILANI JEAN LUPENUI 29 NOV 1949 in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho
A second memorial service will be held over the Memorial Day Weekend in the Spring.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in honor of D'Orr.
Merritt, D'Orr (b 31 Dec 2003)Star Valley Independen
D'Orr Ray Merritt was born June 15, 1928, the first child of Ray M. and Ethel Rich Merritt. He ws born in the Hurum Rich home two miles west of Afton, where his mother was raised.
Throughout his young life, D'Orr worked with his family on a 50 acre farm. D'Orr helped in clearing the land of willows so crops could be planted.
As soon as he was old enough, D'Orr left the farm and got a job with the Park Service and spent his summers working on roads and other odd jobs in Yellowstone Park.
In the winters he helped area ranchers feed their cattle and do other ranch work.
It was while working in Yellowstone that D'Orr met Lois Ruth Fredericks, whom he married in 1949 Two children were born to this union:Doug and Debbie. In 1957 D'Orr and Lois divorced. Lois moved to Layton, Utah taking the children and raising them there.
In the late 1940s and 50s D'Orr began guiding hunters for Sam Mills and Eddie Bowles. They hunted the Gros Ventre country of Jackson Hole for elk and the country around Star Valley in the late season for Mule Deer.
In the winter of 1959 D'Orr went to California to work. While there he met Leiloni Lupenui and brought her back to Star Valley as his wife. Two children were born to this marriage: Malia and Brad.
D'Orr went into business with his brothers and formed a hunting camp in Spread Creek, the next drainage north of the Gros Ventre, and began the Merritt Brothers hunting operation. The hunting business expanded to include hunting in both the North and South Forks of Spread Creek in Jackson Hole and Mule Deer hunting in the high country east of Star Valley.
In 1972 D'Orr was elected president of the Wyoming Outfitters Association, a position he was proud to hold.
D'Orr didn't follow a formal religious life but said that he felt closer to God in the life he had chosen in Good's great outdoors. He loved his family and was loved by them in return.
Merritt, D'Orr Ray (b 31 Dec 2003)Star Valley Indep
D'ORR RAY MERRITT is the son of RAY MARCELLIS MERRITT and ETHEL CHAROLATE RICH
D'ORR RAY MERRITT married LEILANI JEAN LUPENUI 29 NOV 1949 in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho
A memorial service for D'Orr Merritt will be held on Wednesday Dec. 31, 2003 at noon in the Third/Fourth ward LDS Church.
A second memorial service will be held over the Memorial Day Weekend in the Spring.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in honor of D'Orr.
Merritt, D'Orr (b 31 Dec 2003)Star Valley Independen
D'Orr Ray Merritt was born June 15, 1928, the first child of Ray M. and Ethel Rich Merritt. He ws born in the Hurum Rich home two miles west of Afton, where his mother was raised.
Throughout his young life, D'Orr worked with his family on a 50 acre farm. D'Orr helped in clearing the land of willows so crops could be planted.
As soon as he was old enough, D'Orr left the farm and got a job with the Park Service and spent his summers working on roads and other odd jobs in Yellowstone Park.
In the winters he helped area ranchers feed their cattle and do other ranch work.
It was while working in Yellowstone that D'Orr met Lois Ruth Fredericks, whom he married in 1949 Two children were born to this union:Doug and Debbie. In 1957 D'Orr and Lois divorced. Lois moved to Layton, Utah taking the children and raising them there.
In the late 1940s and 50s D'Orr began guiding hunters for Sam Mills and Eddie Bowles. They hunted the Gros Ventre country of Jackson Hole for elk and the country around Star Valley in the late season for Mule Deer.
In the winter of 1959 D'Orr went to California to work. While there he met Leiloni Lupenui and brought her back to Star Valley as his wife. Two children were born to this marriage: Malia and Brad.
D'Orr went into business with his brothers and formed a hunting camp in Spread Creek, the next drainage north of the Gros Ventre, and began the Merritt Brothers hunting operation. The hunting business expanded to include hunting in both the North and South Forks of Spread Creek in Jackson Hole and Mule Deer hunting in the high country east of Star Valley.
In 1972 D'Orr was elected president of the Wyoming Outfitters Association, a position he was proud to hold.
D'Orr didn't follow a formal religious life but said that he felt closer to God in the life he had chosen in Good's great outdoors. He loved his family and was loved by them in return.
Merritt, D'Orr Ray (b 31 Dec 2003)Star Valley Indep
D'ORR RAY MERRITT is the son of RAY MARCELLIS MERRITT and ETHEL CHAROLATE RICH
D'ORR RAY MERRITT married LEILANI JEAN LUPENUI 29 NOV 1949 in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho
A second memorial service will be held over the Memorial Day Weekend in the Spring.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in honor of D'Orr.
Merritt, D'Orr (b 31 Dec 2003)Star Valley Independen
D'Orr Ray Merritt was born June 15, 1928, the first child of Ray M. and Ethel Rich Merritt. He ws born in the Hurum Rich home two miles west of Afton, where his mother was raised.
Throughout his young life, D'Orr worked with his family on a 50 acre farm. D'Orr helped in clearing the land of willows so crops could be planted.
As soon as he was old enough, D'Orr left the farm and got a job with the Park Service and spent his summers working on roads and other odd jobs in Yellowstone Park.
In the winters he helped area ranchers feed their cattle and do other ranch work.
It was while working in Yellowstone that D'Orr met Lois Ruth Fredericks, whom he married in 1949 Two children were born to this union:Doug and Debbie. In 1957 D'Orr and Lois divorced. Lois moved to Layton, Utah taking the children and raising them there.
In the late 1940s and 50s D'Orr began guiding hunters for Sam Mills and Eddie Bowles. They hunted the Gros Ventre country of Jackson Hole for elk and the country around Star Valley in the late season for Mule Deer.
In the winter of 1959 D'Orr went to California to work. While there he met Leiloni Lupenui and brought her back to Star Valley as his wife. Two children were born to this marriage: Malia and Brad.
D'Orr went into business with his brothers and formed a hunting camp in Spread Creek, the next drainage north of the Gros Ventre, and began the Merritt Brothers hunting operation. The hunting business expanded to include hunting in both the North and South Forks of Spread Creek in Jackson Hole and Mule Deer hunting in the high country east of Star Valley.
In 1972 D'Orr was elected president of the Wyoming Outfitters Association, a position he was proud to hold.
D'Orr didn't follow a formal religious life but said that he felt closer to God in the life he had chosen in Good's great outdoors. He loved his family and was loved by them in return.
Merritt, D'Orr Ray (b 31 Dec 2003)Star Valley Indep
D'ORR RAY MERRITT is the son of RAY MARCELLIS MERRITT and ETHEL CHAROLATE RICH
D'ORR RAY MERRITT married LEILANI JEAN LUPENUI 29 NOV 1949 in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho
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