Dave's Funeral

Steven, Jeanne, Brian and Norma drove over to the funeral in Vernal.  Norma said that when Jeanne viewed Dave she said, "That looks just like my Dad."  And she said he really did.  He probably had lost weight and his face was thinner.

After talking to Charm for a month almost every day I finally get to see her.  She is the one in the dark blue and pearls.  She is the wife of Lance,  the son of Dorothy's little brother Jimmy.  Shaunie, in the light hair, is Lance's little sister and she lives in Salt Lake City and her husband is an attorney.  

I think it was June 23 when Dave was found with a heartbeat of 22 and taken to the hospital by his friend Jake.  The niece and nephew were called.  They have been up there a lot this past spring celebrating Dave's birthday and their wedding anniversary and recently they came up to help them set all their patio furniture out for the summer.  Dave and Dorothy have been very good to them over the years and they love them dearly.  So after they were called some or all of them have been at the home for the last month.  

Jeanne, Norma, and Brian,  all remarked how beautiful and kind everyone was to them at the services and lunch. Jeanne said they all seemed so happy.  Dorothy will be living in a senior care home in Vernal.  A lot of other decisions will need to be made and they will be the ones that will have to make them.  

Jeanne said Dorothy knew who she was immediately and they talked.

Brian gave the Family Prayer before the service and Steven gave the eulogy.  One of the niece's read Carole's message, two nephews spoke and Dave's friend Jake.

Jeanne was impressed with the beautiful day and the fluffy clouds.  Norma explained to me that it was up on a hill so when you looked out the fluffy clouds is what you see.

Lance gave the prayer at the grave but I am not sure if that is him or not.

Glendive Classmate Joanie

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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Joan Kathleen Beres Hughes completed her 85 year life journey July 13, 2018, in the company of family members.

Joan was the eldest child of Joseph Sebastian and Appolonia Mary (Grasl) Beres, born in Dickinson, N.D. on March 19, 1933. She was raised and schooled primarily in Dickinson, moving during her high school years with her family to Glendive where she graduated from high school in 1951. It was during her time in Glendive that she met her future husband, a tall, slender Irishman named Thomas William Hughes. Not long after, the two were married on May 9, 1954 in a chapel at Hamilton Air Force Base near San Francisco. Four children resulted from their union.

Despite being raised in rural environments, Joan was enamored with big city life. She very much enjoyed working in Chicago and San Francisco for several years. But with the arrival of children, Joan ably stepped into her mother role, taking care of young children and supporting Tom’s evolving banking and aviation careers. She endured many household moves, first during Tom’s military service, and later during his banking career that took them from Missoula to Helena and later Glendive. Education was important to her and Tom, and all of her children were afforded the opportunity of a secondary education.

She and Tom ultimately settled in Billings in 1988 after Tom’s retirement, where she spent her final thirty years overseeing her flock of children and a growing population of grandkids. Joan loved to travel and she and Tom visited many of our country’s nicer cities. She was particularly fond of New Orleans and San Antonio, where she spent many trips enjoying her passion – music. Joan compiled a large inventory of Dixieland jazz and big band music that played frequently throughout her home and she shared her music willingly with several online DJs. She was an avid gardener with a wonderful green thumb and she was quite adept at using computers until her final days. People who knew Joan considered her a classy lady with beautiful eyes and a resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor. She was an incredible cook and many of her homemade recipes have been shared with friends and family and will survive for future generations.

Joan was an avid reader of novels and spent many hours sewing outfits and crocheting gifts for family members. She would be the first to tell you she lived a wonderful life, and she will be missed by many, far and wide.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Appie; her best-friend and brother, George Mathias (d. 1986); and brother, Joseph “Jack” Jacob (d. 1997).

She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Thomas; her children, Michael (Marlene Mathews) Hughes of Plano, Texas, Brian (Kerry Ware) Hughes of Hayden, Idaho, Deborah (Tim) Crennen of St. Cloud, Minn., and Tracey Gatlin of Belfield, N.D.; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends, all of whom were dear to her heart.

Service and burial arrangements are pending. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Greater Glendive Community Foundation.

About My Brother Dave

About My Brother Dave,

                               By Carole Fuqua, Dave’s youngest sister.

My last words to Dave were, "I love you, now just try to relax, you have done a great job keeping it all together."  But he couldn't relax, partly because that's the way he is, and partly because of his illness.

But today, I want to tell you about Dave as my brother.  There were 12 years between us, and three other sisters, so when I was 5 he was 17. I remember the music he played over and over ..."the girl that I marry will have to be as sweet and as soft as a nursery".  That's the part I remember.  He often took me on his dates in high school and she was pretty, but when he went to college and met Dorothy, his dreams really had come true.

 From them on whenever I played dress-up, my name was always Dorothy, as I, too thought she was beautiful and sweet and soft as a nursery.  Dave told me later she was also pretty tough as a sheepherder’s daughter could be.  And Janet says the music he played over and over and over the first summer home from college was “I wonder who’s kissing her now?”

You couldn't know Dave without fun, funny and happy being in the equation. When he put me on his handlebars to deliver the morning papers, it could also be exciting.  I often liked to sleep in his bed, because we could turn off the toggle switch on the radio with a string by using our toes and we could stick our gum on the metal headboard.  

One day he was tickling me so hard my mom came after him with a broom to stop him.  David was mischief and a tease, Janet remembers being his sidekick when they would climb up to the attic window and threw snowballs at all those passing below.

He used to announce the high school football games on the radio but not all the parents thought his offside comments about their sons were as funny as he did.

When he brought Dorothy to Miles City to run the Anderson's store, they had a cute little apartment over the store and my favorite photo is of Dave pretending to blow his nose in Dorothy's beautiful long hair.

I can just see him and his older brother, Dick, setting out the doll buggies and dolls for Christmas morn for all their little sisters.  Mom said that was what they did and I can imagine the fun he had with that.

Dave and Dorothy Serving!

Being the last sister, my memories of childhood with everyone there were few but happy. When life got really serious and my own boys began missions and college, Dave was always there to open his pocket book, send clothes and keep an interest in them. He escorted my Dave when he received his endowments in the Idaho Falls Temple for his mission.  David cared and he showed it.

Time has flown and when it is all over, all we have left are our memories.

We are so glad our memories of our brother Dave are happy ones.

David Anderson Obituary

Beloved husband, brother, uncle and friend David M. Anderson, passed away in Idaho Falls, Idaho after a short illness at age 91, on Sunday July 15, 2018.

Dave was born June 25, 1927 in Ogden, Utah to Ferrell and Ethel Anderson. He was the second of 6 children born to the Anderson family. In 1934 the Anderson’s moved to Glendive, Montana from Utah and opened a department store.  Dave and all of his siblings worked in Anderson’s Store with their father. As a teenager, he worked for the forest service in Idaho and severely burned his legs and feet, making him unable to serve during World War II. 

Dave attended Utah State Agricultural College (currently Utah State University) where he met his sweetheart Dorothy Rae Siddoway at a fraternity dance. They were married June 2, 1948 in the Salt Lake City Temple.   Following their marriage Dave went to work with his Dad and Uncle Lorin in the mercantile business. Dave and Dorothy made their home in Miles City, where Dave managed the Miles City Anderson’s store for the next 10 years. In 1958 they moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho where they opened Ferrell’s Department Store, a clothing store named after Dave’s father. Dave was a natural at running a business. He has an amazing ability to befriend anyone and everyone, and those lucky enough to talk to Dave walked away feeling like they’d made a friend. Ferrell’s is still in operation and a successful business to this day.

In their early years in Idaho Falls Dave and Dorothy would spend weekends skiing, fishing or hunting with friends. Dave was a people person and could make friends, young or old, wherever he went, even if that was just going to his favorite grocery store WinCo. His easy going, light hearted nature made people gravitate toward him, especially kids, and he was well loved and known by many in his neighborhood. He would go out of his way to visit with most anyone he happened to meet, simply because he loved talking to people. His own nieces and nephews loved their Uncle Dave, and they knew that time spent with him would include lots of laughter.

Dave and Dorothy loved to square dance and would often go with their square dancing group to exotic places throughout the world. He commented on their trip to China that they were the first ones to square dance on the Great Wall of China. They both enjoyed working in their beautiful yard and spent many hours together making it a beautiful, peaceful place.  Anyone who visited their home and spent time in their yard will attest to the care to detail and beauty of it. It was not uncommon for them to plant up to 600 plants in one season.  Dave was an avid golfer and enjoyed spending time on the golf course.  Dave was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in church callings and also served many people in their community. 

After Dave retired, he and Dorothy spent their winters in Mesa, Arizona.  They enjoyed the warm weather, going to live performances, square dancing, and exploring the area. Dave would drop Dorothy off at the mall and he would go golfing for the afternoon while she spent the afternoon shopping. Together they loved life and they lived it.

Dave was a devoted husband to Dorothy for 70 years, and spent many of his later years patiently caring for her.  Together, they traveled the world, while often joining family in Utah.  Family was very important to Dave and Dorothy, and they were constantly attending family reunions, visiting loved ones, and going to their homes, sharing thoughtful gifts and fun stories, whether about their travels or anecdotes or about other friends or loved ones. Dave would say he did it all and enjoyed it.

David was preceded in death by his parents Ferrell and Ethel Anderson; his brother Dick, brothers-in-laws Stanley Thayne, Arky Smith, Richard Hardy and Len Fuqua, and sister-in-laws Beverly Merkley and Marilyn Hacking.

Dave is survived by his wife, Dorothy; sisters Jeanne Thayne of Orem, Utah; Marilyn Smith of Golden, Colorado; Janet Hardy of Lake Almanor, California and Carole Fuqua of Billings, Montana; sister-in-law, Mary Anderson of Chubbuck, Idaho,  brother-in-law Jim Siddoway of Vernal, Utah and many beloved nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank all of the friends and neighbors who supported and loved Dave and Dorothy in Idaho Falls.

Funeral services will be held at the Ashley Valley Funeral Home in Vernal, Utah, Saturday July 21 at 11:00am with a viewing prior to the services from 9:45am to 10:45am. Interment will be at the Vernal Memorial Park following the service.

Now David is Gone, Too!

My brother Dave passed away yesterday evening.  I had called him at what was to be his new home for the next month or so,  on Thursday.  They were going to be living in a senior care home until he recuperated from his recent Pacemaker operation.  He was very stressed and talking so rapidly I could hardly understand him.  He said he had so many things to learn and he was concerned about Dorothy and the care she had while he was gone.

He has been the chief cook and bottlewasher etc. at their home for a long time.  Earlier in the week he had complained about how well he had everything planned and now things were not happening according to plan and he was upset.  At any rate he was so stressed I decided to give him a couple days to get used to the place before I called back.

Sunday when I called he was on his way to the hospital.  He had not felt well in the morning and finally decided he needed to go to the Emergency Room.  He must have felt really bad because Dave stayed away from Drs and hospitals as much as possible.  However, by the time he got there, there wasn't much to do but take tests and the conclusion was when he died a couple hours later that sepsis had set in.  He lived a long healthy life for most of his life.  He did well.  Jake, his friend, was fixing the sprinklers at Dave's house and then went to the hospital and was there when he died.  Helen, the next door neighbor, decided to go to the hospital to see what was happening, as all Dave's family had gone back to Vernal.  She called me with the news that he did not look well at all, he did not even want to open his eyes.

Dave was always the tease, always trying to make you laugh.  When we had the church cottage meetings in our home I was the one to do the Sacrament Gem.  I had to stand and recite this little rhyme.  While I was talking he was doing something behind my back that he thought would make me start giggling, anything to make me start giggling.  Mom was always after him for teasing one of us it seemed.  Funny other memories I have like climbing up into the attic with David when I was only about 5 or 6.  He figured out that he could push the small window open and reach snow on the roof and throw it on the heads of those who passed below.  He was always looking for some kind of mischief.  Of course, there was the time I fell asleep on the toilet, (really young, say 4) and I awoke to Dave and my sisters and their friends all looking at me...as the story goes Dave charged money for them to come and see me.  We all remember the Kayo doll he got for Christmas but now I do not remember who Kayo was or why he would want the doll.  I will have to search that on the internet.

Me in the bonnet, Dave on the side.  I don't remember Dave ever doing anything mean or unkind to anyone, just a tease and looking for mischief when we were all young.

I just had a memory of the record that Dave played over and over and over the summer after he met Dorothy at Utah State.  It was "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now".  In those days we had one record player and it was in the living room and no tv, of course, so the record could go on and on and on...and it did.

Dave married Dorothy and never completed college.  Instead, he was to work in the Miles City Andersons Store and they had an apartment above.  He was actually a great store manager and was eventually given the new Ferrell's to run in Idaho Falls.  Our uncle Lorin built them a home and they have lived in that home ever since.  They were never able to have children for some reason and have spent their life square dancing, travelling, going back and forth to Arizona, golfing, for Dave, and Dave always had lots of friends.  He was frugal but Dorothy could have about anything she wanted, if at all possible.  They attended church faithfully and David said they had the record for the most sealings at the Temple.  I think they had a happy life.

Dorothy made lots of Book of Remembrances and Dave helped her get all the information she needed and supplies, etc.

David used to like to go hunting with Dad but he gave up any interest in the cabin years ago.  They preferred to go to hotels when they travelled and they did a fair amount of travelling.  I especially remember him telling us about their trip to China and he, of course, was fascinated with the children peeing in the streets.

I always liked this picture of Mom and Dave.  When you think about you really don't live very long with your siblings here on earth.  Dave was 5 1/2 years older than me so I lived with him about 15 years and then it is phone calls or seeing them at weddings, funerals, family reunions.  Dave was always faithful about sending birthday cards and phoning on your birthday.  Even when I was traveling with SBA he knew my cell phone and made that call.  He also realized that Carole and I will not have any income in our post working days and was arranging for Carole and I to share the profits from his house being sold after he dies.  He was sure Dorothy would die first and would not need the money.  That will be nice if it happens.   We did not see each other very often but he was a caring brother.  It is fun to just think about those early family memories, a treasure of our life.  In fact, they say we add details to our memories as we age.  I can remember very vividly being in the car with him when we were at a farm or? and Dave thought he had to drive under the one clothesline for some reason and I was worried our car was too tall.  I can still see him duck as we went under and I thought that was so funny but we did not pull the clothesline down.  Now why were we at a farm and why were we driving under a clothesline??? Fact or fiction, I don't know, but it is a memory I have had for years.

He looks pretty pleased with himself I think.

Lovely Marissa at the Beach

Beautiful Meagan

Meagan and some friends made floral wreaths ... so pretty.

Lovely Granddaughter Amy

Hubby takes a pix of his wife Amy

Keira Did It!!

Masseys Celebrating the 4th of July

Celebrating the 4th

On my hammock!

 and on my deck

Tanner and Marissa in Des Moines

At the Fair for the 4th of July

They have a darling new apartment in Des Moines where Tanner is going to med school as a Lt in the Air Force and Marissa is a nurse in the Neonatal area (?) of the hospital.  They are doing well, so young and so far along in their careers.

Scenic Pix with Masseys in Utah