Grandpa!

Glen Losee

December 8, 1918  ~  April 13, 2013

Glen Losee, age 94, passed away April 13, 2013 in Delta, Utah. Glen was born December 8, 1918 in Sugarville, Utah to Isaac Huff and Roxie Ann Young Losee. His mother always said he was born on the 9th and was the fifth child in a family of eleven children. He attended Sugarville and Sutherland Elementary Schools, Delta Junior High and graduated from Delta High School with the class of 1937.

He was a farmer all of his life, but also earned a retirement from the Union Pacific Railroad after working on the tracks for over twenty years. He also learned to repair radios, TVs, watches and clocks.

As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints he served in many positions. He helped to build the Sugarville Chapel which he and his family attended until the ward was moved to Sutherland.

Glen married Naoma Ruth Abbott on September 16, 1940 in Provo, Utah. They made their home in Sugarville where their sons Lynn and Lane were born. Glen was drafted into the Army and was fighting in Europe under General Patton when he received word that his son Dean had been born. He was wounded February 1945 for which he received a “Purple Heart” and was awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in action.

After the war Glen returned to his family and farm. Glen and Ruth added three daughters to their family, Linda, Donna and Annette. He was very proud of his children and very supportive of them.

Glen loved to hunt arrowheads and do prospecting on the West desert. He could fix about anything you put in front of him. He was a man of great integrity. He was loved and admired by his wonderful and numerous posterity. They loved to visit the farm, ride the tractor, and explore the old buildings and looked forward to the yearly gathering at the “hard pan”.

In 1994 Glen and Ruth moved to Delta where they enjoyed new friends and neighbors, but made almost daily trips back to Sugarville.

After Ruth passed away on October 19, 1999, Glen continued to live in his home as independent as he could, for thirteen years. For his last nine months he was tenderly and compassionately cared for at the Millard Care and Rehabilitation Center, for which his family expresses their heart-felt appreciation. They express their thanks to Dr Shamo and those who continued to visit and care for Glen. We Will Miss Him.

Glen is survived by sons and daughters: Lynn (Rosalyn) Losee, Lane (Carolyn) Losee, Dean (Karen) Losee, Linda Palmer, Donna (David) Rowlette, Annette (Kevin) Kirkland; 36 grandchildren, 106 great grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by son-in-law Steve Palmer; 3 great grandchildren, brothers and sisters: Roy, Ralph, Eugene, Cecil, Ted, Ned, Virgil, Hilda, Ila, Allie Mae.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 20, at 11:00 AM at the Delta 5th Ward LDS Chapel. Viewings will be held Friday evening at the Nickle Mortuary, 6:30-8:00 PM; and Saturday morning at the church, 9:30-10:40 AM. Burial will be in the Delta City Cemetery. Online condolences at www.nicklemortuary.com

My last living Grandpa passed away on April 13, 2013. I now have only one grandparent left, my grandma Kendall. Grandpa Losee was 94 years old and lived a great life and had an amazing prosperity. He had 6 children, 36 grandchildren, 109 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren. That's pretty good if you ask me. My grandma Losee passed away 14 years ago and he has been so lonely since. It brings me much peace knowing they are together again. 

The girls hanging out at the viewing

Adam, I and the girls drove to Delta Friday afternoon for the viewing that night. 

The Display Table

This is a picture of my grandpa out on the hard pan and his shovel. You can't see it very well in the picture but this shovel was loved and used so much by my grandpa that it is worn down to almost nothing. As soon as my mom asked us kids to start thinking about anything we might want from grandpa's house I immediately knew... I wanted his shovel.  I realized later at the funeral how coveted this shovel was so I kept a good eye on it and I am proud to say I am the new owner of this prized shovel.

Picture of the farm.

Grandpa's arrow head collection.

After the viewing I went over to grandpa's house (for probably the last time) and took pictures of all my childhood memories from that house. 

Grandma and Grandpa's House in Delta

The downstairs family room, the orange carpet and this couch. I have so many memories playing in this room with my cousins. One of our favorite things to do was turn the couch on it's side and ride it like a rocking horse. 

Gentry trying it out. 

The Rainbow Stairs...enough said!

Downstairs fireplace

The ceiling in the basement. Grandma and Grandpa had a pool table and I think every single one of us grand kids helped put marks, dents and holes in their ceiling with our pool cues. 

The mechanical room full of knick knacks and grandpa's treasures. 

The living room where most of the sleepovers took place. I have been coming to this home for as long as I can remember. I have such fond memories of it. It was hard to close the door on this chapter of my life. 

The next morning was another viewing, the funeral, burial and the luncheon. 

All the grand kids named on the back of the program. There are 36 of us and we were ALL there. 

It was such a great funeral. All 6 kids spoke and the granddaughters sang while the grandsons were all pallbearers. 

After the funeral the pallbearers loaded the casket on a trailer and Dean pulled it with Grandpa's beloved tractor to the cemetery...only in Delta, right? It actually turned out to be really neat. 

All 36 of us grand kids behind the tractor and casket. First time this may have ever happened and probably the last. It was so great to see everyone. 

Front of the tractor.

The girls modeling on Grandpa's tractor. 

My grandpa was honored with a Military Funeral and Burial for his service in World War II where he received a purple heat and silver star. I had never been to one before but it was awesome. There was such a peaceful, emotional, grateful and proud feeling there.

Pallbearers caring the flag covered casket.

The crowd. There were so many people there. There were over 200 just with family. 

The American Legion presenting the flag to Lynn (the oldest child)

My dad and his brothers and sisters with the flag.

With spouses. 

Each of the grand kids letting a balloon go in honor of grandpa. 

We did the same thing at grandma's funeral.
It was a sad but great day surrounded by so much family.

After the luncheon we headed to Bountiful where all of Adam's aunts and uncles were waiting for us to celebrate his mom's birthday which was the same day as the funeral (April 20th) It was so good to see everyone. We hung out and ate and visited for a while and then all of Adam's brothers and sisters went to a park to play some more.

It's so fun watching the cousins play together. There were cousins ages 21-4 and they all just hang out and play together as if there was no age difference. We hung out until it got dark and then he headed to our hotel, let the girls go swimming and then fell into bed. (It was very interesting staying in 2 different hotels each for one night with 3 girls...stuff everywhere) The next morning we woke up and headed to Travis's (Adam's nephew) welcome home.  Then to their house for breakfast. The kids had so much fun hanging out with cousins again. They were all so sad when it was time to hit the road. It took us 30 minutes just to get them all to all say goodbye. 

 They did a couple cheers...

 and their secret cousin handshake...the cinnamon roll...

 which eventually broke out into a wrestling match.

What a long, tiring but fun-filled weekend spent with both sides of the family!

April Happenings...so far!

Just some misc pictures of things we've been up to lately!

Gentry had her Tuacahn choir performance with the other elementary choirs from the district.

She's so funny. She really likes choir but doesn't like performing in front of people, her comfort zone area is not very big. We did however get a couple of waves.  We had all of us (mom, dad, Calli, Sadie, Grandma & Grandpa Losee, Grandma & Grandpa Peterson, Kami, Rylee and Raiden) all in the overflow section down front cheering on Hallee and Gentry. They did great!

Kami and I along with her brother, sister-in-law and some nieces and nephews went to the B-52 concert at Tuacahn. It was such a bizarre concert but we made it fun by making fools of ourselves dancing, screaming and singing like we were their biggest fans. 

Gentry qualified to run the 100 at Snow Canyon and so I went and hung out at Field day and cheered her on

I was so stinking proud of her. She ran her little heart out. 

Later that day Gentry had a dentist appointment for a tooth that had been bugging her. Sadie was so excited to walk in and see that they had new toys. She was so funny. She sat and played with this table the whole time, setting up towns, tracks, cars, buildings, people and animals. I just sat and watched her and laughed. 

They ended up pulling the tooth because her adult tooth was right behind it. That night she left a note for the tooth fairy with questions for her to answer and a clear container filled with water and her tooth at the bottom. She said that when the tooth fairy dives into the water to get the tooth, the tooth fairies wings will change the color of the water to whatever color her wings are.

She woke up the next morning to find a dollar, her questions answered and her water turned purple. 

BEST investment ever. For Easter the girls got ice cream makers. I can't even count how many times they have each made ice cream...so fun!

Just a quick picure of Bo in the mornings as we drive the other two girls to school. She gets all wrapped up in her blanket and usually falls back to sleep on the drive. 

This is something really neat that Red Mountain Elementary do every Friday. Before school starts they all meet out front for a flag raising ceremony, the pledge, and then the national anthem. 

Morning Routine

Calli and Sadie both start out in their own bedroom or bathroom to do their hair. They bring in chairs with pillows to style their hair in comfort.

Then they usually end up in Calli's bathroom together doing their make-up. I love this. I remember sharing a bathroom with my sister and getting ready together. I also remember getting ready together for the last time on her wedding day. I hope they always remember this precious time spent together each morning too.

Just a random picture of Gentry, Hallee and Savanna playing. I looked out my bedroom window and saw them all playing next door at Hallee's. They played here forever so I couldn't help snap a picture. These three have a lot of fun together. 

Calli had another soccer game. Towards the end of the game a girl on the opposing team kicked the ball about 3 feet away from Calli and it flew up and slammed her right in the face. You could tell it must have hurt because her head flew all the back. She rubbed her nose but kept playing. A few seconds later JUST as our team scored Calli was running towards the sidelines with her hands over her nose and blood running down her arms, trying to get her cheering team and coaches attention. Once they saw her they pulled her out and doctored her up. Here she is on the bench with her head back trying to get it to stop. She was just fine after the game just a little embarrassed. I love what an aggressive player she is, she is so much fun to watch.

That same weeknd Eric and Amber brought Gabe down to the hospital for some tests. He ended up staying for 6 days. He was diagnosed with Crones Disease. We took the other 3 kids for the weekend.  

Watching conference with the crew.

I made packets for everyone and then gave them a basket with the ingredients to make caramel popcorn. 

Taking a break in between conference. 

 The following weekend we drove to Payson for my nephew Ethan's Baptism. 

Adam enjoying his cute little juice box on the way up.

We checked out the progress of the temple on our way to my brothers. The temple is in his backyard. You can see it from his dining room window. After seeing the view they get to enjoy at every meal I decided to start petitioning for a temple in Ivins. 

Twinners at the baptism.

Gentry and Maddie, Stacy and I, Kassi and Sadie (Their dresses were the same only different colors and they had on matching boots)

The plan was to stay in Payson and then head to Delta to see my grandpa on our way home Sunday, but we got the sad news just as the baptism was starting that grandpa had passed. They had given him 4-6 weeks to live 6 weeks earlier, so we were prepared but surprised how quickly he declined the last couple days especially the last couple of hours. As soon as the baptism and confirmation was over my mom and dad headed to Delta to meet up with the rest of the brothers and sisters to say goodbye and discuss funeral arrangements.  We all went back to Keven and Jen's for a luncheon. The cousins always have such a fun time being together. 

Sadie and the Anikan mask that she had a blast wearing almost the entire time.

She looked so freaky that I had to get a normal picture of her as well.  We hung out and visited until 8:30 that night talking back and forth with mom and dad getting the updates. Seeing that they were not going to be back anytime soon we just decided to get on the road and head home.  (More updates on grandpa and funeral coming soon) So, far April has been very eventful.