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Ernest Rulon Brough
Ernest Rulon Brough, age 91, passed away on July 2,
2003. He was born in Fillmore, Utah, on Dec. 30, 1911 to
Ernest and Laura Giles Brough. He was the oldest of six
children.
On Oct. 18, 1940, he married Arta Jenkins in the Manti
LDS Temple. Soon after their marriage he was drafted into
the U.S. Army and served during World War II. He
participated in the North African and Italian Campaigns
receiving a battlefield commission due to demonstrated
leadership skills beyond the call of duty. He landed at both
Salerno and Anzio beachheads and was part of the liberation
of Naples and Rome, as well as Northern Italy.
Upon being released from the Army in 1945 he returned
to Nephi. In 1947 he was called as a counselor in the Juab
Stake Presidency of the LDS Church and served in this
capacity for over 19 years. He spent eight years on the
Nephi City Council and served for several years as the
commander of the Nephi chapter of the American Legion.
The first 55 years of his life were spent in Nephi
working on the family farm and as an employee of
Intermountain Farmers. In 1966, he and his family moved to
Cedar City, Utah where he managed the Cedar City branch of
Intermountain Farmers.
Rulon was an active member of the community and the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served two
missions. The first was to the Central States Mission during
the Great Depression and the second was with his Arta to the
Anchorage Alaska Mission from June 1980 to November 1981.
Upon their return to Cedar City they were called as the
first managers of the Cedar City LDS Employment office. He
also served for seven years as an ordinance worker in the
St. George LDS Temple.
Rulon loved farming, music, and fishing. He learned to
play the alto saxaphone in high school and later taught
himself to pluck the strings of the bass fiddle while in
Italy with the 3rd Army. For over 20 years he played the
string bass as a member of the Nebo Knights dance band.
Rulon was also an avid fisherman.
Rulon was preceded in death by his parents, his two
brothers, John (Jack) and Arnold, and his eldest son Giles
Bradley Brough. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Arta
Jenkins Brough; children, Margo Jan (Douglas) Hovik of
Morgan Hill, California, Angela Brough of Sunnyvale,
California, Rulon Larry (Joy) Brough of Enoch, Thomas Vance
(Elayne) Brough of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Allyson (Randy)
Cox of Beaver; sisters Enid (Allen) Christensen of Nephi,
Madge (Van) Price, Arizona, Helen Brough, and Laura Lee
(Win) Ellertson, all of Mesa, Arizona; 17 grandchildren and
15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held July 7, 2003 in the Cedar
City 7th Ward Chapel. Interment in Vine Bluff Cemetery,
Nephi, Utah.
Jim Johnson
Jim R. Johnson passed away on July 2, 2003 at his home
in Nephi, Utah.
Jim was born to Wayne and Winnie Belle Yount Johnson
March 29, 1937 in Monte Vista, Colorado. Jim graduated from
Monte Vista High School and joined the United States Navy.
He loved his 4 years in the navy and the time years he spent
cruising in the Mediterranean Ocean. In June 1957 he married
Frances Kerr, and from this union came 3 children and 4
grandchildren. When his children were young, he was involved
as a volunteer adult leader in scouting and little league
baseball.
Jim worked for Western Electric and it's successors,
installing Central Office Telephone Switches, for 30 years,
until he retired in 1994.
Jim loved to fish, hunt, camp, golf, read, and travel.
He could fix anything and could always design and build a
new gadget when it was needed. After retiring, he built his
home in Nephi, loved traveling and spending the winters in
Arizona.
He is survived by his wife Frances; three children,
Justin of Boise, Idaho, Martin of Salt Lake City, and Dianna
(Mark) Wright of South Jordan; 4 grandchildren; brother,
Lynn (Bea); and sisters, Bonnie (Don) Denney and Edith
Johnson, all of Monte Vista, Colorado.
A nondenominational service was held July 7, 2003 in
the Nephi LDS Chapel located at 345 East 500 North.
Interment in Vine Bluff Cemetery Nephi, Utah. Directors,
Anderson Funeral Home.
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