Traces of Time . . . April 20-26, 2020

Traces of Time . . .

(To see last week's blog post 
--scroll down to the end of this week, then 

the Week of April 13-19, 2020 will be there. 

If it's not, hit "Older Posts." at the bottom right.) 

THIS WEEK- 

APRIL 20-26, 2020

YEAR OF 2020 

THE DECADE

OF 2020 TO 2029...

MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2020

Family is Everything...

 Walt is ready to take his morning pills.

 We just happened upon this old movie

on the BYU channel today...

Do you know what year it premiered?

  Hello...

 My name is Inigo Montoya...

 You killed my father...

 Prepare to die.

 

You guessed it...
The Princess Bride
from 1987

So three years ago was it's
30th Anniversary edition...

Karen came to check on

Walt this afternoon.

 Walt's blood pressure is 138/76...good.

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Mitch sent us a photo of him and
his brothers and sisters standing
beside their Dad's casket today
at the Demaray Wendell Chapel.
On the left: Cliff, Brenda, Mitch...
On the right: Don, Beverly, Matt.

 TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2020

Family is Everything... 

This is the 6th week since Institute 

was cancelled on March 17.

But only the 5th lesson missed 

because of Spring Break on April 7.

The lesson scheduled for today

was Saints,  Chapters 42-43.

"Joseph Smith Confers the

Keys of he Kingdom on Members

of the Twelve," and "Joseph Smith

Delivers the King Follett Discourse."

Sue would have taught.

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Marci came to help

Walt start his day 

Jacee and Jackson were busy doing

their school work online when we went

out to the kitchen to have breakfast.

 Julie took us for a walk this evening.

 Thanks, Julie.

 It got up to 72 degrees today.

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We were wishing we could be in Wendell

this morning for the graveside service

of our brother-in-law, 

Dale Allen Bunn

in Wendell, Idaho.

 This is the printed program Mitch

e-mailed a copy of to us. 

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  Here's the photo they had
of Dale on the inside left of
the printed program above
the poem.

He never looked for praises

He was never one to boast

He just went on quietly working

For those he loved the most.

His dreams were seldom spoken

His wants were very few

And most of the time 
his worries went unspoken too.

He was there.... 
A firm foundation

Through all our storms of life.

A sturdy hand to hold to

In times of stress and strife.

A true friend we could turn to

When times were good or bad.

One of our greatest blessings,

The man that we called Dad.

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This was on the right inside
of the printed program:
In Memory

Dale Allen Bunn

Born March 12, 1929 Powhattan, Kansas

Entered Into Rest April 17, 2020 Wendell, Idaho

Graveside Service Held Tuesday, April 21, 2020

at 11:00 am Wendell Cemetery ~ Wendell, Idaho

Order of Service

Family Prayer Matthew Bunn

Obituary Reading Max Clifford Bunn

and Beverly Inglis

Family Sharing

Closing Hymn “God Be With You Till We Meet Again”

Military Tribute Taps ~ Presentation of Flag

Dedication of Grave Donald Bunn

Casket Bearers - Grandsons

Dale A. Bunn

Chad Bunn

Jake Bunn

Luke Bunn

Justin Bunn

Cody Bunn

Wyatt Bunn

A.J. Inglis

Honorary Bearers

Donna Bunn

Jason Bunn

Jackson Inglis

Tyler Bunn

and all the other Bunn Grandchildren...
Rhonda Bunn Hill
Rebecca Bunn Vipperman

Elizabeth Bunn Dascanio
Cal Bunn

McKenzie Bunn

Brittany Bunn Secaur
Trent Tagestad

Clara Tagestad
Gabe Inglis

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They had Dale's watch set at

the day and time he died.

Photo with Dale's Obituary

Dale Allen Bunn

     Dale Allen Bunn passed away April 17, 2020 at his home

in Wendell, ID. He was 91 years old.

     Born to Claire Mae (Rosenbaum) and Donald Lee Bunn

on a spring day in 1929 March 12 in Powhattan Kansas,

he joined his older brother William (Bill). His younger sister

Ruth was born 3 years later. Tragically, his father passed

when Dale was four. His baby brother James Merritt was

added to the clan after Mae married Robert Merritt. That

same year the family gathered their belongings, piled into

one truck and left Kansas for Oregon, adults and baby Jim

in the front, and Bill, Dale, and Ruth riding in the back of

the truck. Traveling with very little means they crossed the

country during the depression, having to stop and find odd

jobs for food and fuel until arriving in Wendell, Idaho during

harvest time where they worked, stayed, and prospered.

     Prosperity wasn’t handed over; it came through hard work

and horse sense. Dale worked as a range hand clearing sage

land, moving cattle from the Sand Springs Ranch to the

Fir Grove Ranch overlooking the Camas Prairie. He drove

truck for Peter Kiewit,constructing highways throughout

southern Idaho and western Wyoming, and long haul for

Neil Ambrose and Montana Express. He also worked at

auto and truck repair, was an owner and operator of spud

and hay trucks, city dog catcher, and cemetery sexton. He

joined his brother – Bill, in law enforcement first serving as

Wendell Chief of Police and later as a Gooding County

Deputy fulfilling his calling in serving family and community.

     He impressed, teased, and charmed all who met him,

including a spirited red-headed beauty Phyllis Petersen

who he married in 1950 at the Portland Rose Gardens.

The happy couple were soon headed back to Kansas as

Dale had joined the U.S. Air Force in December 1951. They

were blessed with a baby boy Donald, two years later

joined by younger brother Matt. Upon discharge in May of

1956 the growing family moved back to Wendell and added

two more boys Mitch and Max Clifford. Twin girls Beverly

and Brenda completed their family in 1968.

     Life in Wendell was full of activity and energy propelled

by kids, dogs, and horses. One great joy was loading up

the family and heading to the mountains with the horses

for fall hunting season. He brought everyone along on

Mustanging trips chasing, roping, and capturing wild

mustangs on the Bruneau desert and Spar Canyon

country on the east fork of the Salmon River.  His love

of kids and commotion led him into spearheading the

annual City of Wendell Easter Egg Hunt, and the

Halloween parade and costume contest which ended

at the old football field where the kids were greeted by

Santa on a city fire truck. He was a central figure in the

community and was loved and respected by many of the

youth with whom he had a chance to interact.

     Despite a formal education limited by life’s hard

requirements, he was looked to by generations for advice

and counsel. He was a dedicated member of the American

Legion Post 41 for 66 years. Late into his days Dale

ontinued to impress, tease, and charm the people of

Gooding County becoming an uncle, Grandpa, and friend

to hundreds of people that will miss him.

     He was preceded in death by his parents, older brother

- William Bill Bunn, younger brother - James Merritt,

grandson - Tyler Allen Bunn, son-in-law - Patrick Inglis,

and his wife of 64 years - Phyllis Petersen Bunn.

     Dale leaves behind his sister - Ruth Lackey, and his

six children - Donald (Jeanine) Bunn, Matthew (Brenda) Bunn,

Mitchell (Karen) Bunn, Max Clifford (Stephanie), Beverly Inglis,

Brenda (Jerry) Tagestad, and 20 grandchildren and 15 great

grandchildren.

     The family would like to thank Alliance Home Health

Hospice especially Eva Rheuby for her gentle and caring

professionalism.

     A private family graveside service was held on Tuesday,

April 21, 2020 at the Wendell Cemetery in Wendell.

     Funeral arrangements are under the care and direction

of Demaray Funeral Service – Wendell Chapel.

 Mitch texted that Susie and Wilf Sommerkorn

drove up from Kaysville for the graveside service.

They were happy to have them come.

Susie is Aunt Tess and Uncle Austin's daughter.

So she is our Prescott cousin.
This photo is from Aug 29, 2015 at
a Cemetery near Boise.
Does anyone know who's funeral?
Susie is next to Walt in the
turquoise top.
Is that Aunt Tess on the far left?
Dale Bunn is on the second row
between Susie and Andrea.
I can also see Kevin behind Bonnie Ann.
Cliff, Matt, Mitch, and Dale Petersen.
Jim Prescott is on the right of Walt.

Mitch is going to send us photos taken today.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2020

Family is Everything... 

Today--Max guarding us all again.

Walt having some trail mix.

Walt and I wondered what the two
UPS trucks were parked out
front for. We never found out.

We're ready with popcorn and 7-Up

Wednesday is 

Movie Night with Gary.

Next week I'm trying to decide

between two of my favorites.

My very favorite movie of all time

is "Love Me Or Leave Me" with

Doris Day about the life of a

1920s singer Ruth Etting.

We watched that the month 

we did musicals, so I have to come

up with another favorite.

I've narrowed it down to three:

"Calamity Jane" from 1953

or

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

from 1977

or "Cinderella" from 1950

We'll see what I decided for 

next Wednesday, April 29th, 2020.

Tonight we are watching 

an old movie from 1941 that 

a remake was done in 1978

"Heaven Can Wait."

We have seen that one but have

not seen the first one:

We liked it.

The 1978 remake "Heaven Can Wait"

had much of the same dialogue.

It had originally been a play on

Broadway in 1938 by the name of

"Heaven Can Wait."

Walt goes to bed about ten o'clock, and then I

work on my blog, follow family and friends

on face book, or sometimes watch some

recordings I've saved on TV.

I was going through to delete the news

programs that we have set to automatically

record, and some movies that I record that

I decide I am not going to watch so I

delete them.

Tonight I came to a "History of the Saints"

program that I didn't know if we'd seen

or not, it was entitled:

"From Pentecost to Persecution."

When I played it we had not seen it.

It had an answer to a question I've had

for a long time about the revelation that

Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery had in

the Kirtland Temple on Easter Sunday,

April 3, 1836.

This Sabbath was exactly one week

after the dedication of the 

Kirtland Temple on March 27, 1836.

The Lord appeared to Joseph and Oliver.

He told Joseph his sins were forgiven

and that He accepted This House

of the Lord--the Kirtland Temple.

Then other angelic messengers appeared

who brought back powerful priesthood keys.

Moses brought the keys of gathering Israel.

Elias brought the keys of the Gospel of Abraham.

Elijah brought the keys of sealing families together.

Before this I was never sure about what the

exact keys were that Elias brought back, so

I was so interested to learn it was the keys of the

Gospel of Abraham, which also includes temple marriage.

Elijah brought the keys of sealing this temple marriage.

I want to study this out further.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2020

Family is Everything... 

Marci came to help Walt

start his day. 

  Walt came and stood by his
birthday photo board today
before the photos are taken down
before Julie puts up photos for
John's birthday tomorrow.

 Karen came this afternoon to
check Walt. His blood pressure 
is 132/70, lungs clear.

Walt has a few more PVC's than normal.

...all's quiet on the eastern front...

In my Mom's photos, I found two that I'd

been looking for a long time:

This one is in Jan. 1949

It snowed so much that '48-49 winter that

we were out of school a whole lot!

I was tall for age 10...seems like I

was always the tallest girl in my class,

ending up to be 5' 7 1/2".

This was Christmas Eve 1949 at my

Grampa 'n Grama Huffaker's home with

five of my six Huffaker cousins:

Lucy Huffaker and

Linda, Louise, Lenore, and Rodney

Christensen.

(The other cousin was Sharon Huffaker

who lived in California.)

I had just turned 11 on Dec. 15, and

I remember I was trying to get Rod 

to turn around so his face could

be seen in the photo. 

I didn't succeed.

You can see we didn't have

"fancy-dancy Christmas socks"

to hang up, just the everyday long

stockings that we wore in the winter.

Sure enough, they were filled with

candy and small toys the next

morning with a real orange in the toe.

What fun childhood memories!

FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2020

Family is Everything... 

Happy Birthday, Gary...  

"55" today.

We love you. Hope you have a wonderful day!

Gary was in charge of our 2019

Walt and Eileen Petersen Family Reunion

--acronym-- WEPR

He and Isaac chose the theme

"Around the World"

30 of our 58 were able to come.

Walt and Eileen.

Janie, Ashley, Michael.

Gary, Isaac.

Steve, Natalie, Carter.

David, Julie, Josh, Anna, Sam, Will.

Julie, John, Jacee, Jackson, Maddie, Rigdon.

Brian, Jennifer, Emma, Taylor, Avery,

Lizzy, Kayden, Jordan.

We had 6 of our 7 children there,

4 of the 6 spouses,

and 18 of our 39 grandchildren there.

Right to left: Janie, Gary, Steve,

David, Julie, Brian.

Four brothers...

Right to Left:

Gary, Steve, David, Brian.

 We had a great time!

Thanks, Gary for all the planning.

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Also, today is John's birthday

John's Birthday Cake

  John got dinner from his favorite
restaurant "Ruby River"...

 ...opening birthday presents...

 ...getting birthday photos... 

 ...family time

 John with his family today...

Julie put up a fun photo board

of John's youth and now...

...here's a view of the
steak and bar-b-qued ribs...

We wish John a very happy birthday!

And a happy birthday to Kimble today..."21"
in the Coast Guard in North Carolina now.

  SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020

Family is Everything... 

Happy Birthday to Jerry Brewer

in Rochester, Minnesota.

We hope you have a great Day!

Fun birthday cake....

with lots of candles!

Marci came to help

Walt start his day.

Jackson mowed the front lawn this morning.

I didn't get a photo of Maddie 

mowing the back lawn this afternoon.

Walt was feeling "yucky" today, so 

he mostly slept.

I looked through a lot of photos of

my Mom and Dad, and 

Grampa 'n Grama Huffaker and

uncles, aunts, and cousins.

It was a great stroll down

memory lane of my growing up years.

Here's one

SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2020

Family is Everything... 

Walt was feeling better today,

but he was so shaky he could

hardly walk, so everyone came

in our bedroom to have the

sacrament, blessed by John,

and passed by Jackson.

John and Julie and kids

went to the canyon this afternoon.

John with his kids in the canyon today.

I didn't take one photo today,

so here's one of us from years gone by.

Walt's University of Idaho graduation

photo from 1959,

my photo from my college days

at Stevens' Henager Business College

and then BYU - 1957-1961

Here we are in August 1960, the

weekend we got pinned.

(That's "engaged to be engaged.")

We still enjoy being together.

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We are so thankful for The Plan of Salvation

and the Atonement of  Jesus Christ

that makes this Great Plan operational.
At the end of this April 26th,

we pray you have had a restful,

 peaceful, and spiritual 
Sabbath Day...

Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence.  He loves us just as we are at this very moment.

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Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all. 

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Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration.  He is the Restorer of all things.

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President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world. 

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The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.

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The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today.  

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I am thankful for a husband who holds and honors the Priesthood of God. He has been the patriarch of our home in righteousness. I honor and love him with all my heart. We are eternal sweethearts, sealed as husband and wife in the temple of God by Priesthood Authority for time and for all eternity.

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Of these truths we testify in the 
Name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Walt and Eileen Petersen 

Saratoga Springs, Utah, U.S.A.

April 26, 2020