The following contains informative information about the current Kentucky Louisville Mission (Last updated Sept. 17, 2004.) Please send your mission news and happenings to Rob Metcalf for inclusion on this page!
A KLM Pres. Cannon mission reunion is being held in the Salt Lake area on Friday, October 1, 2004. Here are the details:
* Time: 7:00 p.m.; Friday, October 1, 2004
* Place: Walnut Hills LDS Meetinghouse, 5938 W 6200 South, Kearns/West Jordan area (Access 6200 So. at Redwood Rd. or any place west, including off Bangerter Hwy.; head west on 6200 South beyond 5600 West three blocks; the building is on the right.)
* Activities: Renewal of friendships, pictures; program around 8:00 p.m.
* Meal: Pot luck (bring favorite dish or goodies)
Questions? Contact Michael Cannon (208-359-1247 or 709-8066; e-mail Michael Cannon) or Don Dunn (801-599-7018)
August 25, 2004
Dear Friends and Fellow ECS/KTM Missionaries:
It has been many years since we served together in the East Central States and Kentucky-Tennessee Mission. Like you, I had many wonderful experiences, long remembered and greatly cherished. We met great people, the choicest ever, and formed friendships dear to each of us.
The time has come to again meet together, to renew those choice friendships, to swap stories, and spend time reminiscing about our good old days as missionaries. A committee of our fellow missionaries has been working to put together an unforgettable mission reunion.
This note is provided so you can mark your calendars and make the necessary preparations to attend the best ever, ECS/KTM Reunion. This special occasion is only several weeks away, so please make note of the following:Event: East Central States/Kentucky-Tennessee Mission Reunion
For: All ECS/KTM missionaries* who served with President William H. Day
When: Friday – October 1, 2004 (General Conference Weekend)
Where: SLC, Utah, Highland Park Ward, 2435 Douglas Street, (approx 13th E. and 2435 S.)
Time: 6:30 PM
Activity: Dinner, visiting, formal program, more visiting, and a fun evening
Cost: $20.00 per couple is requested to pay for a catered dinner, to be paid at the door.
*Spouses and partners are invited and encouraged to attend.
Please join us for this enjoyable evening. In the meantime, if you have questions regarding the reunion or to RSVP, please contact any of the following: Richard A Boudrero, Boudrero@cc.usu.edu, John Geilmann,, jgeilmann@msn.com, Ross Mertlich, mmertl1773@aol.com
Sister Day and I are looking forward to meeting again with each of you. If your circumstances permit, please plan to attend. SLY!
Sincerely, William H. Day, PhD, Past President and Fellow Servant, East Central States/Kentucky-Tennessee Mission
P.S. Please RSVP no later than September 22nd so arrangements can be made with the caterer.
David Doerr reported the following on April 30, 2004:
Subject: Elder Michael Hall passed away...
To anyone that knew Elder Hall, I just read his obituary in my hometown newspaper... I am not sure how he died, but I know his family would need our prayers and love.
http://www.southidahopress.com/articles/2004/04/30/obituaries/hallobit.txt
Keith Duffin (KLM, 1989-91) sent a message regarding the following in January 2004:
Subject: Anja Montgomery Fraser Passed Away on January 20, 2004...
I had the privilege of knowing her while on my mission and continuing that friendship afterwards. I traveled to GA for the funeral. It was well attended and from what was said it was obvious that I was not the only one who had been affected by this great sister. Anja had a saying that she tried to live her life by: "Live well, laugh often, love much."
A KLM Pres. Cannon mission reunion is being held in the Salt Lake area on Friday, October 3, 2003. Here are the details:
* Time: 7:00 p.m.; Friday, October 3, 2003
* Place: Walnut Hills LDS Meetinghouse, 5938 W 6200 South, Kearns/West Jordan area (Access 6200 So. at Redwood Rd. or any place west, including off Bangerter Hwy.; head west on 6200 South beyond 5600 West three blocks; the building is on the right.)
* Activities: Renewal of friendships, pictures; program around 8:00 p.m.
* Meal: Pot luck (bring favorite dish or goodies)
Questions? Contact Michael Cannon (208-359-1247 or 709-8066; e-mail Michael Cannon) or Linda Caywood (435-881-1380)
A mission reunion is being held in the Salt Lake area on Friday, October 3, 2003. Here are the details:
* Time: 6:30 p.m.; Friday, October 3, 2003
* Place: Salt Lake Comm. College Institute of Religion Bldg., 4554 South 2025 West, Salt Lake
* Activities: Light buffet dinner (Sunday dress suggested)
* Cost: $10 per person ($20 per couple)
* Please give a tentative/definite RSVP to: Forrest Flake email forrest_flake@byu.edu; home tel 801-491-2892; work tel 801-422-4486
We want every missionary who served under the Durrant's to attend. We will have messages from President and Sister Durrant, the Durrant children, good food, and a great renewing of friendships.
Those who can make it are also invited (with spouses) to attend a temple session Friday afternoon, October 3, with President Durrant in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple, where he is a sealer. We will meet in the chapel at 1:00 p.m. for the 1:30 p.m. session.
We desperately need your help finding all of the missionaries. All we have to work with is a 30-year-old home address list. Please contact everyone you know and send phone numbers and/or e-mail addresses (preferably both) for the master list to Forrest Flake at the e-mail address above. Let us know if you want a copy of the old address list. We need volunteers to do Internet searches to locate several hundred missionaries. Thanks in advance for your help. This will be a great, memorable experience and tribute to the Durrant's! We look forward to hearing from you.
Andy Fox, Greg Downs, and Forrest Flake
A mission reunion is being held in the Salt Lake area on Friday, April 4. Here are the details:
* Time: 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.; Friday, April 4
* Place: Salt Lake Comm. College Jordan Campus Institute of Religion, 90th South and Bangerter Highway (enter parking lot off of 90th South, just east of Bangerter)
* Dress: Casual
* Activities: Food, fun, fellowship, remembrances, and a brief program at 8:00 p.m. All missionaries and (post-mission) companions, children, Kentucky area Saints, and special friends are welcome. We hope to see many of you there! President and Sister Cannon
* For more information contact: President and Sister Cannon (208/359-1247), or Don Dunn (801/969-8444)
We hope to see you there!
An e-mail came in on April 6. Here's part of what it said: "My name is Aric Whitaker (GKLM 2000-2002) and I took some pics with my digital camera..." The following are a few of Aric's shots...(Hope you enjoy them--thanks to Aric!):
The following message is quoted from an e-mail message from Lindsay (Wilde) Unsworth: "There has been a death of another KLM missionary...Sister Shellise Sharp (1999-2000) was killed on Monday, July 22, in a collision outside of Parma, Idaho. Her funeral [was] Saturday, July 27. She will be missed by all of us whose lives she touched."
Fredy Carrasco from Argentia is looking for his friend, Freddy Sanchez, who served his mission in the Kentucky Louisville Mission from 1993/95. Fredy (Osvaldo) Carrasco would appreciate a call if you know how he can get in touch with this friend (and Fredy can be reached at 801-671-2904). Thank you/gracias...
A mission Reunion Open House will be held Friday night, April 5, 2002, at Chuck-a-Rama Buffet in Salt Lake City at 2960 South Highland Drive
Dinner will be from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
The program will be from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
The cost is approximately $9.00 per meal
Please come and eat and visit with old friends and President and Sister Reed Benson.
Internet Link: http://www.dan.bradshaw.net
Hope to see you there!
The following is an update submitted on February 6, 2002, by Elder James Storms (2001/03), a current missionary in the
KLM: "A beloved senior missionary, Elder [Howard] Jensen has died. He died about January 20, 2002, [and was serving]
as current branch President of the Monticello Branch [Lexington, Kentucky area]. We will miss him greatly."
Announcing... The Great Kentucky Louisville Mission Reunion! Saturday, October 6, 2001 at the Wilkinson Student Center (student union building) on BYU campus in Provo, Utah, room 3228. (You can park anywhere on campus at that hour.) 8:15 to 10:00 P.M. (right after General Priesthood Meeting.) All KLM'rs from 1996 through the present are invited, and also visa waiters, Ohio Cincinnati missionaries, Temple Square sisters, Church members from the KLM, etc. Bring your spouse and babies, girlfriends, etc. Come for great visiting, memories, bonding, I remember whens, etc. Bring a plate of treats if you can. Bring photos, scrapbooks, memorabilia, etc., if you want. Don't miss it! Spread the word! We love you. President and Sister Flake 4627 Berkshire Dr. Boise, Idaho 83704 ph. 208-658-0297 fax 208-658-5253 e-mail Flake13@juno.com See you there!
The following is an update from Ron Ray, a former missionary (KTM, 1971/73): "Although we don't know each other, [we] have the common bond of serving and living in the greatest mission in the world...I write to inform you of the loss of one of our fellow missionaries: Elder Keith Claridge (KTM, 1971/73), [who] passed away June 12, 2001. He lived in Wilcox, Arizona. He was working out on the ranch that he grew up on and died of a heart attack. He was serving as Bishop of [his] ward and [left] a wife and six children. He was also the fifth grade teacher in Thatcher, Arizona. Thought you'd all like to know."
The following is an update from Russell Wilkins, son of former Elder James Andrew Wilkins: "My father James Andrew Wilkins, who served with my mother as an elder missionary couple in 1990 entirely in the Somerset Branch, passed away November 22 (2000). His funeral was on the 25th. His experience serving as a missionary in the Somerset Branch was a major highlight in his life."
Date: Saturday, June 9th 2001
Location: The Lunt Ranch, Oakley Utah
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. approximately
Address: 1101 West 4750 North ("Cow Alley"), Oakley Utah
Phone Number: 818-692-5552 or 801-550-8886
Directions:
Activities: Baseball, Volleyball, late Lunch/early dinner, music, pictures, great family fun, and much, much more.
Note: Please contact Richard Hoffman via email or telephone at 818-786-5008 to insure that your contact information is
current. -- Thx
Tragic News * November 20, 2000Dear Elders and Sisters:
Elder Brad Doman was killed Saturday in a snowmobile accident near Rexburg, Idaho. How we loved him. What a great missionary. Such a pure spirit and so humble yet powerful, hardworking, and obedient. What a sad, sad loss. May the Lord bless his parents and family. He was attending Ricks College, and his family had just moved three months ago from Turlock, California to Woodburn, Oregon, just south of Portland.
The funeral will be held Wednesday, November 22, at 10 A.M. at the Woodburn Ward chapel. If any of you who live over that way, could possibly attend, it would undoubtedly be a great comfort to the family. If you wish to call or write Elder Doman's parents, their address is:
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Doman, 6228 South Schneider Road, Woodburn, Oregon 97071 (contact President Flake for phone--see E-mail list for Pres. Flake e-mail address)
Please let any of our missionaries who knew Elder Doman, know of this sad event. May the Lord's death and resurrection be a great hope and comfort to all of us who loved Elder Doman so much. How we will miss him. We love you all. These two tragedies this month have endeared you all to us so much. We love you. Be careful. Keep the commandments. Stay focused on the Lord.
Love, President and Sister Flake.
Bishop Bower, of the Ricks College 4th Ward, is putting together a remembrance book to give to Elder Doman's parents (Bishop Bower's phone number can be obtained from President Flake.) In case you would like to send a memory, thought, or feeling about Elder Doman.
Also on a very sad note: Elder Tyler Livingston, who served in the KLM in 1998-1999 died on Wednesday, November 8, 2000. He was always an upbeat, happy, positive missionary with an infectious smile and lots of potential, and personality. We will miss him terribly. We loved him so much. His poor parents and family are suffering much, as you can imagine. They seem like wonderful people. I and about 25 KLM missionaries who knew Elder Livingston attended the funeral in Salt Lake City. It was very comforting. President Michael Cannon and I sent flowers "from the past and present missionaries of the Great Kentucky Louisville Mission." Love, President Flake.
Elder Livingston's parents' address is:
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Livingston, 2623 Gaylar Circle, Salt Lake City, Utah 84109
President Lunt October 1999 Conference Reunion Report:
Our KLM reunion the Saturday night of General Conference turned out so well. About 150 came out and we had a
great time catching up on how everyone is doing, work, school, marriage, etc., and reminiscing about the great mission
times. We had a lot of missionaries there who finished their missions in the Ohio Cincinnati Mission. It was so good to see
them again. There were also some visa waiters who had served in our mission and also spouses, fiancees, etc., who
attended. Our whole family was able to attend. It was so gratifying.
Click here for a link to Dan Bradshaw's page detailing this special reunion (with posted photos!)... Benson KLM Reunion Web Page
According to former President Flake, "President Michael Cannon is taking my place here. He is from Salt Lake City . He and his wife have four children--two of whom are college age. He is an editorial writer for the Deseret News. He served a mission 20 years ago in Columbus, Ohio. He was a member of the YM General Board of the Church, and has been serving in a stake presidency. He is George Q. Cannon's great, great grandson. I have talked to him several times on the phone--he will be tremendous."
Provo, Utah - President and Sister Durrant were recognized for their tremendous service at a 25-year Anniversary reunion of the Kentucky Tennessee Mission held in Orem, Utah, on Friday, April 2, 1999. Do you recognize any of these folks?
Here is a photo taken recently (October 1999) by Dan Bradshaw - apeeper@hotmail.com - who was visiting the Louisville,
Kentucky, area. Thanks for sharing this with us, Dan! For further details, also feel free to visit a great website on the new
temple's construction (we appreciate the tip from Heather Flake): http://www.kentuckylds.org
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