Melroy B. (Mel) Harward died November 26, 2016 due to complications of Alzheimer's at Pheasant Run Alzheimer's Special Care Center.
Mel was born December 22, 1936 to Thomas Orin and Alma Renee Barney Harward in Kenilworth, Carbon County.
Mel began his professional career while he was still in high school working at Sears selling draperies. He met Sheila Elizabeth Bruno while working at Sears and they married and later divorced. Mel lived most of his life in the Salt Lake Valley.
Later in life, he met and married Donna Peterson. After he married Donna, they spent summers in Minnesota and winters in Salt Lake.
Mel enlisted in the Air Force as an active duty reservist, where he visited over forty countries all over the world. At age forty, he switched branches of service so he could become an Army Green Beret. He spent over thirty years serving his country.
Education was important to Mel, after retiring from the military he went back to school for a Master's Degree in social work. He enjoyed his time in the military and as a social worker.
Mel loved to travel, boat and water ski, snow ski (he was even a ski instructor at Brighton Ski Resort), and go to ballgames with his boys. He loved cars and had several different models (Baracuda, Model-T, Jaguar, and several Mustangs) throughout his life.
Survived by his wife, Donna Peterson Harward; children, Kim (Brent) Thompson, South Jordan; Keri (Boyd) Price, Monroe; Melroy "Roy" (Athena) Harward, South Jordan; Kyle (Traci) Harward, Farmington; and Kaly (Laura) Harward, Eugene, Oregon; nineteen grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and siblings, Thomas Harward, Shirley Holt, and Oranee Abbott.
A viewing will be held on Sunday, December 4, 2016 from 5:00-5:50 p.m., followed by a celebration of life at 6:00 p.m., at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley Mortuary, 1007 West South Jordan Parkway (10600 South). There will also be a celebration of life held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2016 in the Unity Spiritual Center, 1602 East 2100 South (Garden Center at Sugar House Park).
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from December 2 to December 4, 2016.
Mel was born December 22, 1936 to Thomas Orin and Alma Renee Barney Harward in Kenilworth, Carbon County.
Mel began his professional career while he was still in high school working at Sears selling draperies. He met Sheila Elizabeth Bruno while working at Sears and they married and later divorced. Mel lived most of his life in the Salt Lake Valley.
Later in life, he met and married Donna Peterson. After he married Donna, they spent summers in Minnesota and winters in Salt Lake.
Mel enlisted in the Air Force as an active duty reservist, where he visited over forty countries all over the world. At age forty, he switched branches of service so he could become an Army Green Beret. He spent over thirty years serving his country.
Education was important to Mel, after retiring from the military he went back to school for a Master's Degree in social work. He enjoyed his time in the military and as a social worker.
Mel loved to travel, boat and water ski, snow ski (he was even a ski instructor at Brighton Ski Resort), and go to ballgames with his boys. He loved cars and had several different models (Baracuda, Model-T, Jaguar, and several Mustangs) throughout his life.
Survived by his wife, Donna Peterson Harward; children, Kim (Brent) Thompson, South Jordan; Keri (Boyd) Price, Monroe; Melroy "Roy" (Athena) Harward, South Jordan; Kyle (Traci) Harward, Farmington; and Kaly (Laura) Harward, Eugene, Oregon; nineteen grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and siblings, Thomas Harward, Shirley Holt, and Oranee Abbott.
A viewing will be held on Sunday, December 4, 2016 from 5:00-5:50 p.m., followed by a celebration of life at 6:00 p.m., at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley Mortuary, 1007 West South Jordan Parkway (10600 South). There will also be a celebration of life held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2016 in the Unity Spiritual Center, 1602 East 2100 South (Garden Center at Sugar House Park).
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from December 2 to December 4, 2016.
Melroy B. (Mel) Harward died November 26, 2016 due to complications of Alzheimer's at Pheasant Run Alzheimer's Special Care Center.
Mel was born December 22, 1936 to Thomas Orin and Alma Renee Barney Harward in Kenilworth, Carbon County.
Mel began his professional career while he was still in high school working at Sears selling draperies. He met Sheila Elizabeth Bruno while working at Sears and they married and later divorced. Mel lived most of his life in the Salt Lake Valley.
Later in life, he met and married Donna Peterson. After he married Donna, they spent summers in Minnesota and winters in Salt Lake.
Mel enlisted in the Air Force as an active duty reservist, where he visited over forty countries all over the world. At age forty, he switched branches of service so he could become an Army Green Beret. He spent over thirty years serving his country.
Education was important to Mel, after retiring from the military he went back to school for a Master's Degree in social work. He enjoyed his time in the military and as a social worker.
Mel loved to travel, boat and water ski, snow ski (he was even a ski instructor at Brighton Ski Resort), and go to ballgames with his boys. He loved cars and had several different models (Baracuda, Model-T, Jaguar, and several Mustangs) throughout his life.
Survived by his wife, Donna Peterson Harward; children, Kim (Brent) Thompson, South Jordan; Keri (Boyd) Price, Monroe; Melroy "Roy" (Athena) Harward, South Jordan; Kyle (Traci) Harward, Farmington; and Kaly (Laura) Harward, Eugene, Oregon; nineteen grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and siblings, Thomas Harward, Shirley Holt, and Oranee Abbott.
A viewing will be held on Sunday, December 4, 2016 from 5:00-5:50 p.m., followed by a celebration of life at 6:00 p.m., at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley Mortuary, 1007 West South Jordan Parkway (10600 South). There will also be a celebration of life held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2016 in the Unity Spiritual Center, 1602 East 2100 South (Garden Center at Sugar House Park).
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from December 2 to December 4, 2016.
Mel was born December 22, 1936 to Thomas Orin and Alma Renee Barney Harward in Kenilworth, Carbon County.
Mel began his professional career while he was still in high school working at Sears selling draperies. He met Sheila Elizabeth Bruno while working at Sears and they married and later divorced. Mel lived most of his life in the Salt Lake Valley.
Later in life, he met and married Donna Peterson. After he married Donna, they spent summers in Minnesota and winters in Salt Lake.
Mel enlisted in the Air Force as an active duty reservist, where he visited over forty countries all over the world. At age forty, he switched branches of service so he could become an Army Green Beret. He spent over thirty years serving his country.
Education was important to Mel, after retiring from the military he went back to school for a Master's Degree in social work. He enjoyed his time in the military and as a social worker.
Mel loved to travel, boat and water ski, snow ski (he was even a ski instructor at Brighton Ski Resort), and go to ballgames with his boys. He loved cars and had several different models (Baracuda, Model-T, Jaguar, and several Mustangs) throughout his life.
Survived by his wife, Donna Peterson Harward; children, Kim (Brent) Thompson, South Jordan; Keri (Boyd) Price, Monroe; Melroy "Roy" (Athena) Harward, South Jordan; Kyle (Traci) Harward, Farmington; and Kaly (Laura) Harward, Eugene, Oregon; nineteen grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and siblings, Thomas Harward, Shirley Holt, and Oranee Abbott.
A viewing will be held on Sunday, December 4, 2016 from 5:00-5:50 p.m., followed by a celebration of life at 6:00 p.m., at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley Mortuary, 1007 West South Jordan Parkway (10600 South). There will also be a celebration of life held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2016 in the Unity Spiritual Center, 1602 East 2100 South (Garden Center at Sugar House Park).
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from December 2 to December 4, 2016.
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