Elaine Hunter

(Obituary combined with information found on the Internet.)

Elaine Hunter, age 35, died Oct. 5, 1982 in a Salt Lake City hospital of cancer.

Elaine was born on Aug. 1, 1947 in Salt Lake City, UT to James Curtis and Lucile Pack Hunter.

She attended Davis County Schools, graduating from Bountiful High School.  Attended Weber State College, Utah State and University of Utah.

Elaine married Philip Nelson Dunlop on August 23, 1968 in Salt Lake City, UT.  They were divorced on Feb. 18, 1972 in Clark County, NV.  She also married Michael H. Watkins and was later divorced. 

Elaine was employed until the time of her illness at Phillips Petroleum Co.  She was a member of the LDS Church.

Survivors include her parents of Bountiful; sister Andrea L. Hunter, Greenville, NC; two brothers, James P., Bountiful and Paul C., North Salt Lake; one niece and one nephew.  Funeral services were held Oct. 8 at the Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary Chapel.  Interment was in the Bountiful Memorial Park.

Nancy Johnson

(Obituary compiled by Diane Day from information researched on the Internet, then enhanced via email by her youngest son, Benjamin.)

Nancy Ann Johnson was born Jan. 15, 1947 in Salt Lake City, UT.  She was adopted Feb. 10th, 1948 by James and Deseret Gedge Johnson.  Nancy married James Charles Hill, DDS on May 31, 1968 in Logan, UT.  She was the mother of five adorable boys: James Travis, Jeremy, Charles Isaac, KC, and Benjamin T, the youngest of whom was only four at her passing.  Words from her son, Ben, "Nancy was a person who made lifelong friends. The people who supported us through that tough time, still talk about her like she was here yesterday, even though it has been nearly 40 years."

One block from home, on Aug. 22, 1982, 35-year-old Nancy was involved in a horrific two-vehicle accident near Gridley, CA, caused by a drunk driver who ran a stop sign and broadsided their car.  Nancy died instantly.  Another's life was also taken and eight were injured.  Her children as well as neighborhood kids were in her car.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Deseret Johnson 1913-1979.  Nancy was survived by her husband, James Charles Hill, her five sons: Travis, Jeremy, Charlie, KC, and Ben, (plus 14 grandchildren to come), her father, James Alexander Johnson 1912-1991, a brother, David Allan Johnson, 1945-2004 and her brother Michael Herbert Johnson, 1949-2000.  She is buried in the Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, in Butte County, CA. 

This picture was taken a few months before the accident

Nancy, Travis, Jeremy, Charlie, KC, and Ben. 

These are her five boys and husband, James, at Ben's graduation

in 1996. L to R Jeremy, KC, James, Benjamin, Travis, Charlie. 

PLEASE DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE