Gordon's Mother's Passing

Our heartfelt sympathies go out to Gordon, his family and all of the Webb descendants at the passing of dear Elva.  

A viewing will be held in Burley Friday night from 6-8 pm.  The funeral will be in Utah at the Bluffdale church at Noon on Saturday.  There will be a viewing before the funeral at 10:30 - 11:45. 

Obituary - Elva Ruth Bytheway Webb

In the early morning hours of Sunday, August 29, 2010, Elva Ruth Bytheway Webb, 88, joined Calvin, her eternal companion on the other side of the veil. 

Her life began on a wintery day, January 30, 1922 in West Jordan, Utah.  She was the long awaited daughter of Henry Kendrick Bytheway and Mercy Rebecca Hill Bytheway. 

Elva was raised with her 8 brothers and younger sister in Spanish Fork where her father worked for the sugar factory. After graduation she trained in dress designing and worked with Utah Woollen Mills. She also worked with the Red Cross for a short period of time during World War ll.  She attended Quish's Beauty School and was working as a beautician when she met Calvin. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple, 24th May, 1950. They settled in Bluffdale, Utah where they continued farming with his father and brothers.  

During this time they raised five children; a daughter and four sons.  They moved their farming and dairying operation to Raft River, Idaho in 1973. Elva's support and bookkeeping skills were vital to the success of the business. One of her greatest joys was seeing her children and grandchildren being productive, successful, and happy.  She also enjoyed the beauties of the earth and captured them through her paintings, gardening and poetry.     

Elva was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in various callings as well as supporting her husband in his. They enjoyed dancing and teaching others to dance. Together they served a mission to Johannesburg, South Africa in 1981-82. She was well known for her testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and exemplified this through her kindness to others. 

She is survived by her daughter Colleen Seely and four sons; Doug (Patricia), Michael (Carol), Brent (Margaret), Gordon (Paula); thirty-four grandchildren and forty-seven great grandchildren.  She is also survived by four brothers, Ronald, Quintin (Jennie), Charles, (Frieda) Alvin, (Criesta) and her sister Darlene Bytheway.  She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, four brothers; Leroy, Glenden, Mervin, Ralph and a son-in-law, Jim Seely.

Good Luck!

Just looking through a box of pictures and came across this one.  With Provo now buzzing with the influx of new students, I thought it appropriate to wish Haley, Jamie, Joe and Larsen the best of luck as they start college! Congratulations on your accomplishments that have got you to the point of entering the gates of higher learning.  And a little advice from a tender loving uncle, "Don't screw it up!" You now have the freedom and responsibility to make lots of choices and no one is going to monitor them.  You can always tell you've made a good choice if it leaves you more choices--that's free agency.  

So...go forth and learn! Work hard, enjoy the people around you, be intentionally kind and have a moderate amount of fun! We all love you VERY much! 

Peter's Week

A lovely week! (Boy do I enjoy being unemployed--at least not working for anyone!).  Monday I called Kim Hall at Leading Edge Aviation in Logan and he was ready to start working on the Mooney so I packed up my tools and screw gun and headed down for a day of removing inspection panels.  As Kim said, "Mooney is sure proud of their inspection panels!" There were 57 of them! Each with between 6 and 10 screws--how did they ever do this back in the 60's when no one had power tools? Anyway, it was actually an enjoyable experience and fun to see the guts of the plane.  Kim was great to work with and enjoyed telling me how things worked and what to watch for.  Of course, there were things I didn't want to hear like, "Oh, oh...this wing rib has a crack in it. This plane has sat by the ocean because there's a little corrosion inside.  Prop spinner has a crack and that fails the annual." And, "There's a whole part missing that anchors the muffler!" That was $650 worth of extra parts...." But, we should have it back in the air in a week or two.  See the attached pics.  

Worked more on the house getting the stove cleaned (tip...smoother in Ammonia and let sit under a plastic tent for 12 hours).  I started the "self clean" and when finished, the bottom oven element was just floppy little pieces of charcoaled tubing! Anyway, it LOOKS much better.  

Thursday drove to the Orem house (we're calling them the Orem House and the Bench House for now), stayed over night, cut the grass and then drove the BMW to St. George for Eric and Lauren Germann's wedding.  It was very nice and fun to see my good friends the Germann's and see a couple of good kids get to the marriage step without all the dating hassle. Dinner on Friday, wedding early Saturday morning and then I did a session and headed back to Orem where it was cooler!  (106 in St. George on Friday).  

Ben's office now has a new sign (thanks to Megan).  Got to spend a little time with her as she stayed here at the house for a couple of nights until she can get into her new house for fall.  Also looking forward to having Haley in the neighborhood as she starts UVU this Wednesday with a full load of generals. 

Big event of Sunday was the blessing of Francie Jane.  I missed the actual blessing but enjoyed the open house with good food and friends and family.  Kelly and Nick rode up with me and great to catch up with them.  Anyway, see some of the shots of this darling little girl! 

Francie Jane's Baby Blessing

Baby Francie Jane will be blessed Sunday, August 22 at 12:50 pm.  If you would like to attend, the meeting will be at the church on Second avenue and K street on the avenues. If you turn on South Temple and go north on 8th East,  Go up 2 blocks  and you'll come to it. 
 
Also at 5 pm  there will be an open house (sandwiches, salad and dessert) at Anna and Steve's new home. 
 
2147 S. Broadmoor St. 
 
If you take the I-80 exit, get off on Foothill Boulevard and go north to 2100 S.
 
We'd love to see you.  Paula
 

Webb Update from Raft River

Family and All,

 

Gordon just got a call from Winmill Construction telling him they had located the waterline down in the corrals.  Renovating alleyways, corrals, and pouring yards and yards of cement has been on Gordon's agenda for his employees and construction crew.  Trying to fit 2,000 cows in the basin north of the freeway requires a keen eye for manger space and commodity storage.  Rumor that dozens of silage bags and a new large commodity shed might go up at the bottom of the hill below our houses sent some of us wives into a hen clucking fit.  In the old days the corral and barn were in the front yard Gordon argues.  But back then it was only 20 to 100 head.  Not two thousand!  Gordon got a new Dodge Ram truck.  It had a bull pusher on the front which he promptly took off because he was embarrassed at how conspicuous it looked.  Or maybe it was because his brothers teased him (I think they were jealous and wanted one).  We took it to Moscow to Kendrick's baby blessing.   

 

Paula (or me) just returned from taking the sister missionaries around the Raft River Valley.  But not after they watered all the hanging baskets on the our porch and washed the outside windows on the house while I fixed lunch.  We then traveled down the valley where I sat through a discussion (and about fell asleep) until Tashina Crane came to trade me off.  Being home has forced me to look at the cleaning and business needing my attention.  I'd rather eat popcorn or do something else besides face reality.  But work I must.

 

Stuart pulled a muscle in his back while lifting rocks on the farm.  This has caused him to walk like a penguin and suffer from the strain.  He's been to a chiropractor a couple of times but says some exercises Gordon gave him seems to help.  He has tickets to fly back to Virginia to see Jessica and Clayton before they fly back here for the Pumpkin Party (yahoo!!!!).  His wish list is getting longer of things to see (Smithsonian, the capital, etc.). 

 

Anna and Steve will be blessing little Francie Jane this weekend in the Avenues Ward.  We invite all of you to come and have a lunch afterwards if you'd like.  I'll let you know on the time.   They are presently in California with the Greene family vacationing on the beach.  Little Francie has traveled well and they are enjoying their time with his family. Steve will be starting his new job next week at Numira in the research park near U of U. They are enjoying their little home as it's near three of his sisters.  

 

Jessica and Clayton quickly passed through this area on their way from Germany to Virginia.  They had a fun cruise in the Mediterranean and a few days in London before flying to the United States.  They rented a car and drove up to Moscow to spend time with Kendrick and Megan and see baby Jennie.  They've flown back to Virginia where Clayton is now in Captain's school and Jessica is trying out being a stay at home wife.  She drove to the Washington DC temple the other day encountering flooding and debris across the roads from a storm only to find the temple without power.  She was able to do a session via generator but the temple closed down right after for the rest of the week due to weather (tornado warnings were out).  They are just a few minutes from Mount Vernon, DC and Washington Monument.  An area rich in history. Tuesday night they are attending the US Army Band at the Washington Monument.

 

Kendrick and Megan and little Jennie are doing well.  Jennie was blessed last week by her father (Kendrick).  Already our family is to the point that not everyone can come to these momentous events. Gordon, Boston, Anna, Steve and little Francie and I traveled up to Moscow to attend her blessing.  Aunt Angela (Megan's aunt from Inkom) made her blessing dress.  Kiana made a classy rag quilt she sent up with us.  It was beautiful and everyone ooohed and aaahed over her color schemes and patch work. Thank you Kiana! The Eichner's were very gracious and entertained a large crowd of family and friends after the blessing.  On our way home we stopped in the wheat field to watch Kendrick start grain harvest.  The rolling hills of golden wheat are amazing with no irrigational obstructions like pivot tracts or risers to watch out for.  We stopped at a couple of fields to pick a handful of lentils and garbanzo beans.  Kendrick will be starting school Monday and is pursing his degree in Plant Science.

 

Hayden completed his first year at BYU-I in July.  He's majoring in Landscape Architecture.  Right now he is in Cortez Colorado with Larsen working with Clark's (Peaks to Plains) custom cutting, baling and stacking hay and some straw. While talking to Larsen on the phone yesterday, I heard Vaughn Clark say over the CB, "Those Webb boys are Good!" (ya, that's what we like to hear).  He should be done in a couple of weeks and heading back up to this area. 

 

Larsen took off right after graduation to prove he can be on his own.  And be on his own he is.  He drove to Cortez with a friend from his school district.  They've spent the summer doing custom cutting for the Clark's along with attending barbeques, swimming in the pond, going to Durango, going to rodeos, teaching SS lessons, talking in church with Hayden in Cortez and making several new and close friends.   He also spent 2-3 weeks in Driggs, ID area  where he did work for Clark's company.  He too will be back in a couple of weeks.  He will be starting school in BYU-I the first week of September.  I love these boys and miss them but am so thankful for video chat and our cell phones. 

 

Boston is getting a heavy dose of football. He's been walking around a little stiff today.  Up at 6:30 am for practice (actually it's me getting him up the first morning) and driving the 30 miles with cousin Calum will see what he's made of. Right now he's out throwing passes with Calum. He hiked Borah a couple of weeks ago and proved he could go to the top.  It was "Scarey" he admitted.  He's wondering how living with two middle aged parents and a grandma out in the middle of nowhere is going to affect his social life. But texting and facebook are filling in the gaps nicely I think.  School starts in a couple of weeks along with the practices he has to go to everyday.  He's well known for putting his arm around me and saying, "Mom, your such a good mom!" 

 

Grandma Webb is doing as well as her 88 years will let her.  She was struggling  for air this morning and her feet swell.  I hold my breath alot when I'm around her.  I hope I can make things comfortable for her but often wish I knew what more I can do for her.  She's still washing dishes and helping fold clothes when she feels she can.  

 

We've enjoyed visits this last month from Micheal and Virginia, Paisley, Allysa and Andrew. 

Greshen, Abby, Macey and Donna and Dee also stopped on their way back from Boise and we enjoyed a good visit.  Thank you so much. 

 

I'm looking forward to the annual "Pumpkin Party", October 14-16 (over UHEA). You are all invited to come and have fun.  Invitations will be coming out shortly for everyone. We have some fun, fun memories from past years.  

 

We hope you are doing well. It's fun to hear of all the camping/get-to-gethers everyone is having.  I wish I were part of everyone of them.  I love you and miss you all.  Love Paula  

 

Peter's Week

Well, with summer rapidly coming to a close, I'm sure there's plenty for everyone to write about but not necessarily time to write.  I, myself even without school clothes to buy or last minute camp outs and vacations to take...have the same problem!  So, here's a rundown of what I did this week with a few tidbits from other things that I've heard being here at the headwaters of the family in Bench.

Last weekend, Mom and I drove to Orem on Saturday so I could be to meetings on Sunday.  Our BYU ward is small for summer (59 in attendance) but will balloon for fall and mostly new faces so looking forward to quickly getting records and a directory together as well as staffing a ward.   Mom attended my home ward where I was finally released from the Scouts (2 months later) and replaced by a good guy.  Glad someone was there to hear it.  After church, we had the Hunters over for dinner and enjoyed spending time with them and Eric Germann and his finance Lauren Wade.  They are a special couple and both such good kids and I'm looking forward to their wedding this next week in St. George.

Monday, I ran Mom up to Aunt Shirley's and then the two of them went to an Olsen cousin's reunion at Jackie's.  They had a splendid time eating, talking and laughing.  In the mean time, I took Uncle Sam for a ride in the BMW with the top down and showed him how it corners, accelerates and brakes--all in about a half a block! Fun.

I also had lunch with the last Engineering head at Move and got updated on the saga there when I stopped by to buy one of the old computers.  Still in limbo and it sounds like there are probably 50 people still on payrolls of different sorts.  Fun to catch up and the company is still a puzzle to me. On other fronts, I now have a solid offer from HireVue which I'm planning to accept in the next couple of days.  Start work on September 1.  I really enjoy the young CEO that I've been dealing with and he has as his number one goal, building a greatly executing team which I'm excited about.  Not as 'entertainment' oriented as Move but still sort of in the video space.  I'll keep you posted as to what exactly it does.

Monday night, Mom and I drove back to Grace and spent the rest of the week working on stuff.  Completely cleaned out the basement to my house...found some old Abba LPs down there! Now, on to fixing on the house. I started pulling out picture hanging nails and there must have been 200 that Aunt Donette had put up! I think the first project is putting laminate on the kitchen, bathroom and backroom floors.  Then painting.   Also we switched Mom's freezer from the big house to the garage and moved Mignon's to the shop. 

Tuesday night was the Williams Ward party and it was a great success with lots of people, good food and some of Mom's fresh green bean salad.  I've been in heaven here with her making fresh raspberry pie, short cake, squash and beans to eat.  Tonight, Uncle Glayd and Aunt Helen came over for raspberry shortcake and to visit. 

Wednesday was a great day as we finished up chores and the drove to Bear Lake to meet up with Don, Greshen and kids who are staying over there all week with the Gilberts. The winds were up but it was warm and Dad and Mom sat at the water's edge in lawn chairs just soaking up wave therapy.  Me and Don? That's another story! Don had had bad luck all week.  Truck wouldn't run then he got it going and a few miles into the trip, an electrical wire was on the manifold and the truck quit.  Then the bearings on the boat trailer, then the bearings on the other boat trailer.... after two days of fixing, he about had order again.  They had a little 10' sailboat of Greshen's uncle so Don and I went out on it (first time I've really put my Skipper training skills to use after 8 years!) A few minutes into the sail, we noticed that the wood tiller had cracks in it and was coming apart so headed back to shore before we were left adrift in the whitecaps. We tightened up the screw and then bailing wired it only to have it break completely off! Sailing's over...or so we thought.  We sat there on the beach for a while and then Don's engineering mind caught hold on the fact that he could disassemble his dutch oven tripod to make a replacement.  Add some Gorilla tape (duct tape on steroids!) and we had a new tiller! We went out with Grant on the nose, then again out a couple of miles.  Dad said, "That sail was only about three inches high!" Great fun! The boat is simple and small but uses all the same principles as the big ones.  We tacked back and forth, coming about and trimming the sails. Coming in to the beach, we even were running (full wind behind us, filling the sail).  Don and I had a good time! We got back to Bench at dark...just in time to lock the chickens in!

Big news is that Kai and Joe now have been emancipated! They got little bikes from the DI and Kent put training wheels on them.  They ride down to my place and the Kiana comes and pulls them home behind the ATV (see picture).  Dad's been riding his trike and a couple of days ago, I needed to take a load over to the junk pile at the Well. I took him and Joe to the corner and said I would meet them at the low point in the road just before going up to where the cattle dip was. I dropped the stuff at the pile, turned around to start back and here was Joe! He'd ridden his little bike clear over there! Dad was waiting up on the road and so we rigged a rope he could throw over a bar on his trike and pulled him from Gilbert's pond to the corner and then up the lane (see pics).  Here's a little video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iXWNbucIa0). 

The other night, Kent got a call from Uncle David and Aunt Shirley had been helping him move some machinery and a Caterpillar hitch fell on the back of her leg and cut it quite badly.  Kent and I went to the hospital to help give her a blessing and she was in the ER being sown up.  Quite a gash (44 stitches) and looked very painful.  Fortunately the muscle wasn't cut and the tendon was still intact but I felt so sorry for her.  Uncle David's luck! as Robert calls it.  I believe they are back in Boise now but she has been on pain meds and needed to use a wheelchair. 

I understand that the Ben's and Kent's families met at Onida (The Narrows) for a cookout and camping and a good time was had by all.  I was helping Mom put on a quilt and by the time we got done, we were too tired to go down.  Tonight, the Kent's have gone to their lodge in Gray's Lake (Kent is leasing property out there that has a house on it) and they will stay tomorrow then head to Idaho Falls for school shopping and school starts on Wednesday. 

Dad and Mom are doing well.  It's so nice to be able to spend time with them.  Dad has his list of daily chores with birds, chickens, eggs, cats, yard things and whatever Kent needs help with.  Mom has been busy, busy, busy picking and processing raspberries and beans.  It's nice in summer for them both to get outside and it has been so beautiful here.  Last night driving home from Bailey's to get milk, the setting sun was on the east mountains and a hundred shades of green and the golden grain.  A magical time of night. 

Ok...this is longer than most of you will read but hey...it's recorded for some day in the future when we can't remember the past! Mom got an updated history of Great Grandpa Frank which I'll forward for you to all read. 

Love,
Peter

East Canyon Cabin

Cool place! Steve, Shannon and fam just secured ownership in a piece of property near East Canyon Reservoir near Morgan.  Attached are a few pics...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Steven Clegg <stevenclegg@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:15 PM
Subject: East Canyon Cabin
To: Peter Clegg <pclegg1@gmail.com>


Hi Peter;

Here are a couple of pictures of our new cabin.  We're shooting for a
little get together in late august.

Triathlon for Shannon's birthday

Here some pictures from this morning's triathlon.  Shannon did the
swim, I biked the 18 miles, and we both ran the 5k to finish it off.
We won in the relay team group (out of 2 entrants-).  Jordan smoked
his swimming, but the chain got messed up on his bike and he lost
about 5 minutes.  Still finished in the top 10 for his age group.  I'm
still not buying the tight biking shorts.