Gerald Evan Vickers, 81, our special dad and grandpa, passed away on December 31, 1996 at the Beaver Valley Hospital.
He was born December 5, 1915 in Mount Pleasant, Utah to Lacy Park and Nina Goodman Vickers.
He married Mildred Anna Butler in the Manti LDS Temple on December 9, 1939. She preceded him in death on April 1, 1986.
He graduated from Payson High School. He served in the Navy and the US Army during World War II. He worked for the Mt. States Telephone Co. for many years and was the telephone manager for Beaver County when he retired. He was known for being a kind man with a special little humor to him. We will always miss him.
He is survived by his children: a daughter, Janice and Bill Fails, of Minersville; a son, Evan J. and Chris Vickers, of Cedar City; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sister, Alice Smith.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, January 3, 1997 in the Beaver Second Ward Chapel at 3 p.m. Friends may call at Olpin Mortuary on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. and on Friday at the Church from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Interment will be in the Mountain View Cemetery in Beaver under the direction of Olpin Mortuary.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on 1/2/1997.
He was born December 5, 1915 in Mount Pleasant, Utah to Lacy Park and Nina Goodman Vickers.
He married Mildred Anna Butler in the Manti LDS Temple on December 9, 1939. She preceded him in death on April 1, 1986.
He graduated from Payson High School. He served in the Navy and the US Army during World War II. He worked for the Mt. States Telephone Co. for many years and was the telephone manager for Beaver County when he retired. He was known for being a kind man with a special little humor to him. We will always miss him.
He is survived by his children: a daughter, Janice and Bill Fails, of Minersville; a son, Evan J. and Chris Vickers, of Cedar City; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sister, Alice Smith.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, January 3, 1997 in the Beaver Second Ward Chapel at 3 p.m. Friends may call at Olpin Mortuary on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. and on Friday at the Church from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Interment will be in the Mountain View Cemetery in Beaver under the direction of Olpin Mortuary.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on 1/2/1997.
Gerald Evan Vickers, 81, our special dad and grandpa, passed away on December 31, 1996 at the Beaver Valley Hospital.
He was born December 5, 1915 in Mount Pleasant, Utah to Lacy Park and Nina Goodman Vickers.
He married Mildred Anna Butler in the Manti LDS Temple on December 9, 1939. She preceded him in death on April 1, 1986.
He graduated from Payson High School. He served in the Navy and the US Army during World War II. He worked for the Mt. States Telephone Co. for many years and was the telephone manager for Beaver County when he retired. He was known for being a kind man with a special little humor to him. We will always miss him.
He is survived by his children: a daughter, Janice and Bill Fails, of Minersville; a son, Evan J. and Chris Vickers, of Cedar City; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sister, Alice Smith.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, January 3, 1997 in the Beaver Second Ward Chapel at 3 p.m. Friends may call at Olpin Mortuary on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. and on Friday at the Church from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Interment will be in the Mountain View Cemetery in Beaver under the direction of Olpin Mortuary.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on 1/2/1997.
He was born December 5, 1915 in Mount Pleasant, Utah to Lacy Park and Nina Goodman Vickers.
He married Mildred Anna Butler in the Manti LDS Temple on December 9, 1939. She preceded him in death on April 1, 1986.
He graduated from Payson High School. He served in the Navy and the US Army during World War II. He worked for the Mt. States Telephone Co. for many years and was the telephone manager for Beaver County when he retired. He was known for being a kind man with a special little humor to him. We will always miss him.
He is survived by his children: a daughter, Janice and Bill Fails, of Minersville; a son, Evan J. and Chris Vickers, of Cedar City; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sister, Alice Smith.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, January 3, 1997 in the Beaver Second Ward Chapel at 3 p.m. Friends may call at Olpin Mortuary on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. and on Friday at the Church from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Interment will be in the Mountain View Cemetery in Beaver under the direction of Olpin Mortuary.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on 1/2/1997.
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