In Memoriam

The purpose of this blog is to honor our former classmates who attended Bountiful High School as members of the class of 1965 and are now deceased. These souls, who have gone before us, were our friends, our associates, and an important part of our own history. They deserve to be remembered. We were able to research a school photo for most of these former classmates. We have also located obituaries for many of them, and have included statistical information regarding the death of those for whom an obituary was not found. 

Our profound thanks to all of our friends who have sent information to assist us in preparing this labor of love. Researched and compiled by Yvonne Rasmussen and Diane Day.

**Due to Blogger limitations, dates for those who passed before 1970 will display inaccurately in the chronological list. You'll find those classmates' obituaries listed under 1970.


Friday, December 26, 1975

Terry Allen

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

Terry Murl Allen was born May, 29, 1947 in Salt Lake City, UT to Murl Bryant and Laberda Draper Allen.

He married Peggy Colleen Allred on February 4, 1966.  Terry and Peggy were parents of a baby boy, Troy Murl Allen, who died at 24 days, cause of death: prematurity and bronco-pneumonia.

Terry served in the US Army from June 9, 1966 until June 6, 1969.  According to his marker, he was a Sergeant E5 and served in Vietnam.

He later married Suzanne Faith Fisher on March 22 1974 in Elko, NV.

Terry passed away on December 26, 1975 at the age of 28 and is buried not far from his baby son at Larkin Sunset Gardens in Sandy, UT 

Saturday, September 27, 1975

Reva Ratcliffe

Reva Gay Ratcliffe(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet)

Reva Gay Ratcliffe Moser Mertes was born January 5, 1947 in Roanoke, VA to Ira Hale and Nora Lee Smith Ratcliffe.  She first married Richard D. Moser.  She later married David Mertes on April 5, 1972 in Elko, NV.  Reva had at least one child, a daughter.

Reva died September 27, 1975 in Salt Lake City, UT and is buried in West Jordan, UT at the Redwood Memorial Estates.

Reva was listed in the Sophmore BHS directory.

Saturday, September 13, 1975

Paul Reitz



Paul William Reitz, age 28, of 720 West 925 South, died Sept. 13, 1975 at his home of cancer.

Paul was born Dec. 16, 1946 at Grand Junction, CO to Robert William and Helen Johnson Reitz. He married Nancy Lynn Miller Aug. 21, 1969 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.

He was a graduate of Bountiful High School. He graduated from the Bountiful Seminary, also graduated with honors from the U of U receiving his MBA degree. He was active in the LDS Church and served as a missionary in the Mexico South East Mission.

Mr. Reitz is survived by his wife Nancy of Woods Cross; sons: Robert Miller and Randall Scot, also of Woods Cross.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Reitz of Bountiful; grandmother, Mrs. Ursula Miller of Denver, CO; brothers and sisters: Mrs. Carol Jean (Ruben) Anderson of Woods Cross; Robert J. of Midvale, Stephen C. of Woods Cross; and Bruce A. of Bountiful.

Funeral Services were held Wednesday, Sep. 17, 1975 at the South Bountiful Third and Fourth Ward Chapel. Bishop David Sundstrom conducted. Interment Bountiful Memorial Park.

Thursday, May 29, 1975

Steve Ostler



SALT LAKE CITY – Services will be Monday at 12:30 p.m. in the Ensign Fifth LDS Ward Chapel at 589 18th Ave., Salt Lake City for Dr. Steven Virgil Ostler, 28, who died Thursday, May 29, 1975 of injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Grants, NM. He was a brother to Craig Ostler of American Fork.

He was born Nov. 27, 1946 in Salt Lake City to Virgil F. and Josie Anderson Ostler. He married Carolyn Butler on Dec. 18, 1968 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He was a graduate of the University of Utah, University of Awtonoma of Guadalajara, Mexico College of Medicine. He founded a medical clinic in Guadalajara for the under-privileged.

He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Katherine Ostler of Salt Lake City: his parents of Salt Lake City: two brothers and one sister, James Ostler and Susan Ostler, both of Salt Lake City; Craig Ostler of American Fork; grandmother, Mrs L. G. Nockby of Salt Lake City.

Friends may call at 260 E. South Temple tonight from 6 to 8 o’clock and at the chapel one hour before services. Burial will be in Salt Lake City Cemetery.  Published in the Daily Herald, Provo Utah, June 1, 1975

Thursday, February 20, 1975

Shelley Hughes

Roshelle (Shelley) Hughes, age 27, died Feb. 20, 1975 in Anaheim, CA, after a short illness.

Born Aug. 7, 1947 at Salt Lake City, UT to Preston and Marjorie Springer Hughes.

She was a graduate of Bountiful High School, attended Weber State College for two years, former employee of the LDS Missionary Department, was a member of the ward choir and a Primary teacher in the Garden Grove Ward, CA at the time of her passing.  She served an LDS mission to Georgia and California.

She is survived by her parents of Bountiful, a sister, Mrs. James (Dawn) Ballantyne, Bountiful; Byron P., Roy and Brent We. of Provo.

Funeral services were held Tuesday in the Russon Brothers Bountiful Union Mortuary Chapel.

Interment was in the Bountiful Memorial Park.  Obituary listed in the Davis County Clipper.

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