Leslie C. Oldham
Leslie Carrel Oldham was born March 24, 1943 to Anna Ashby and George Neal Oldham.
Leslie was in the Air Force for 3 1/2 years, from 1961 to 1964, spending three years of that time in Germany. After receiving his separation papers in November 1964, he joined the National Guard in December 1964 and was a Sergeant E5 at the time of his death.
On Friday June 11, 1965 while taking a group of Boy Scouts down the Yampa River, he fell overboard from a large rubber raft. Leslie was employed by Hatch River Expeditions and was in charge of one of the two rafts that were going on this four day trip. Al Holland was directing the second one. These expeditions left Lilly Park, Colorado on the Yampa River and disbanded at Split Mountain, Dinosaur National Monument on the Green River.
The accident occurred between Mantle's Ranch and Echo Park, where the craft was running a series of rapids caused by a mud slide 3 1/2 miles above the Yampa's confluence with the Green River.
Prior to leaving Vernal, Leslie called his mother, a patient at Cottonwood Hospital in Murray, Utah and told her, "This is my last trip down the river."
Leslie was at the oars when the boats approached the rapids. Employing his quick maneuverability, he put his weight on the oars in order to miss the large rocks. Witnesses said he toppled into the river when one of the oars broke. The other oar splintered. Members of the group in the boats that came through the rapids safely said they saw Leslie come up once and then disappear.
For eleven days the National Park Service sent out rangers and searchers. The Hatch and Western River Expeditions instructed their boating groups to watch for the body. A 24 hour a day watch was kept by relatives and friends on the bridge at Jensen, Utah.
On June 22, 1965 the body was recovered in the Split Mountain Gorge on the Green River between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. by District Ranger Jim Todd and two seasonal rangers, Darrel Steele and Bob Dye. After removing the body from a rock where it had been lodged, the searchers brought it to Split Mountain Campgrounds on a rubber raft. The clothing was still intact.
Leslie is survived by his parents, George and Anna, two brothers, Steven George and James Allison, and a paternal grandmother, Claudia Anderson Oldham Murphy.
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Leslie Oldham Funeral Held Here Thursday
Funeral services were held on Thursday of last week at 10 a.m. in the Maeser Ward Chapel for Leslie Oldham, 22, who died in a boating accident.
Prayer at the mortuary was given by Ivan Hall. Mrs John Evan Jones played the prelude music.
Ward Ashby gave the invocation.
Amber Tebbs and Dana Dee Smith sang, "Beyond the Sunset," accompanied by Mrs. Jones.
The obituary and remarks were given by Ferron Peterson. A tribute to Leslie Oldham composed by Mazie Sinfield was read by Jackie Adams. A quartet composed of Larry Hacking, Terry Tullis, Deloy Simper and Billy Schaefermeyer sang,"Sometime We'll Understand."
Speakers were Bishop Harvey McKee and Bishop Douglas Lawson.
Amber Tebbs and Dana Dee Smith sang, "In the Sweet By and By." James Jenkins gave the benediction. Phillip Hall dedicated the grave.
Honorary pallbearers were the Natonal Guard and Leslie's Sunday School class. Pallbearers were Kirt Rich, Charles (Buss) Rich, Don and Garn Anderson, Richard and Ronnie Merrell.
Military rites were given by National Guard at the cemetery.
The First Ward Relief Society took care of the flowers and the lunch.
-Vernal Express, July 1, 1965, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
Leslie Carrel Oldham was born March 24, 1943 to Anna Ashby and George Neal Oldham.
Leslie was in the Air Force for 3 1/2 years, from 1961 to 1964, spending three years of that time in Germany. After receiving his separation papers in November 1964, he joined the National Guard in December 1964 and was a Sergeant E5 at the time of his death.
On Friday June 11, 1965 while taking a group of Boy Scouts down the Yampa River, he fell overboard from a large rubber raft. Leslie was employed by Hatch River Expeditions and was in charge of one of the two rafts that were going on this four day trip. Al Holland was directing the second one. These expeditions left Lilly Park, Colorado on the Yampa River and disbanded at Split Mountain, Dinosaur National Monument on the Green River.
The accident occurred between Mantle's Ranch and Echo Park, where the craft was running a series of rapids caused by a mud slide 3 1/2 miles above the Yampa's confluence with the Green River.
Prior to leaving Vernal, Leslie called his mother, a patient at Cottonwood Hospital in Murray, Utah and told her, "This is my last trip down the river."
Leslie was at the oars when the boats approached the rapids. Employing his quick maneuverability, he put his weight on the oars in order to miss the large rocks. Witnesses said he toppled into the river when one of the oars broke. The other oar splintered. Members of the group in the boats that came through the rapids safely said they saw Leslie come up once and then disappear.
For eleven days the National Park Service sent out rangers and searchers. The Hatch and Western River Expeditions instructed their boating groups to watch for the body. A 24 hour a day watch was kept by relatives and friends on the bridge at Jensen, Utah.
On June 22, 1965 the body was recovered in the Split Mountain Gorge on the Green River between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. by District Ranger Jim Todd and two seasonal rangers, Darrel Steele and Bob Dye. After removing the body from a rock where it had been lodged, the searchers brought it to Split Mountain Campgrounds on a rubber raft. The clothing was still intact.
Leslie is survived by his parents, George and Anna, two brothers, Steven George and James Allison, and a paternal grandmother, Claudia Anderson Oldham Murphy.
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Leslie Oldham Funeral Held Here Thursday
Funeral services were held on Thursday of last week at 10 a.m. in the Maeser Ward Chapel for Leslie Oldham, 22, who died in a boating accident.
Prayer at the mortuary was given by Ivan Hall. Mrs John Evan Jones played the prelude music.
Ward Ashby gave the invocation.
Amber Tebbs and Dana Dee Smith sang, "Beyond the Sunset," accompanied by Mrs. Jones.
The obituary and remarks were given by Ferron Peterson. A tribute to Leslie Oldham composed by Mazie Sinfield was read by Jackie Adams. A quartet composed of Larry Hacking, Terry Tullis, Deloy Simper and Billy Schaefermeyer sang,"Sometime We'll Understand."
Speakers were Bishop Harvey McKee and Bishop Douglas Lawson.
Amber Tebbs and Dana Dee Smith sang, "In the Sweet By and By." James Jenkins gave the benediction. Phillip Hall dedicated the grave.
Honorary pallbearers were the Natonal Guard and Leslie's Sunday School class. Pallbearers were Kirt Rich, Charles (Buss) Rich, Don and Garn Anderson, Richard and Ronnie Merrell.
Military rites were given by National Guard at the cemetery.
The First Ward Relief Society took care of the flowers and the lunch.
-Vernal Express, July 1, 1965, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
Leslie C. Oldham
Leslie Carrel Oldham was born March 24, 1943 to Anna Ashby and George Neal Oldham.
Leslie was in the Air Force for 3 1/2 years, from 1961 to 1964, spending three years of that time in Germany. After receiving his separation papers in November 1964, he joined the National Guard in December 1964 and was a Sergeant E5 at the time of his death.
On Friday June 11, 1965 while taking a group of Boy Scouts down the Yampa River, he fell overboard from a large rubber raft. Leslie was employed by Hatch River Expeditions and was in charge of one of the two rafts that were going on this four day trip. Al Holland was directing the second one. These expeditions left Lilly Park, Colorado on the Yampa River and disbanded at Split Mountain, Dinosaur National Monument on the Green River.
The accident occurred between Mantle's Ranch and Echo Park, where the craft was running a series of rapids caused by a mud slide 3 1/2 miles above the Yampa's confluence with the Green River.
Prior to leaving Vernal, Leslie called his mother, a patient at Cottonwood Hospital in Murray, Utah and told her, "This is my last trip down the river."
Leslie was at the oars when the boats approached the rapids. Employing his quick maneuverability, he put his weight on the oars in order to miss the large rocks. Witnesses said he toppled into the river when one of the oars broke. The other oar splintered. Members of the group in the boats that came through the rapids safely said they saw Leslie come up once and then disappear.
For eleven days the National Park Service sent out rangers and searchers. The Hatch and Western River Expeditions instructed their boating groups to watch for the body. A 24 hour a day watch was kept by relatives and friends on the bridge at Jensen, Utah.
On June 22, 1965 the body was recovered in the Split Mountain Gorge on the Green River between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. by District Ranger Jim Todd and two seasonal rangers, Darrel Steele and Bob Dye. After removing the body from a rock where it had been lodged, the searchers brought it to Split Mountain Campgrounds on a rubber raft. The clothing was still intact.
Leslie is survived by his parents, George and Anna, two brothers, Steven George and James Allison, and a paternal grandmother, Claudia Anderson Oldham Murphy.
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Leslie Oldham Funeral Held Here Thursday
Funeral services were held on Thursday of last week at 10 a.m. in the Maeser Ward Chapel for Leslie Oldham, 22, who died in a boating accident.
Prayer at the mortuary was given by Ivan Hall. Mrs John Evan Jones played the prelude music.
Ward Ashby gave the invocation.
Amber Tebbs and Dana Dee Smith sang, "Beyond the Sunset," accompanied by Mrs. Jones.
The obituary and remarks were given by Ferron Peterson. A tribute to Leslie Oldham composed by Mazie Sinfield was read by Jackie Adams. A quartet composed of Larry Hacking, Terry Tullis, Deloy Simper and Billy Schaefermeyer sang,"Sometime We'll Understand."
Speakers were Bishop Harvey McKee and Bishop Douglas Lawson.
Amber Tebbs and Dana Dee Smith sang, "In the Sweet By and By." James Jenkins gave the benediction. Phillip Hall dedicated the grave.
Honorary pallbearers were the Natonal Guard and Leslie's Sunday School class. Pallbearers were Kirt Rich, Charles (Buss) Rich, Don and Garn Anderson, Richard and Ronnie Merrell.
Military rites were given by National Guard at the cemetery.
The First Ward Relief Society took care of the flowers and the lunch.
-Vernal Express, July 1, 1965, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
Leslie Carrel Oldham was born March 24, 1943 to Anna Ashby and George Neal Oldham.
Leslie was in the Air Force for 3 1/2 years, from 1961 to 1964, spending three years of that time in Germany. After receiving his separation papers in November 1964, he joined the National Guard in December 1964 and was a Sergeant E5 at the time of his death.
On Friday June 11, 1965 while taking a group of Boy Scouts down the Yampa River, he fell overboard from a large rubber raft. Leslie was employed by Hatch River Expeditions and was in charge of one of the two rafts that were going on this four day trip. Al Holland was directing the second one. These expeditions left Lilly Park, Colorado on the Yampa River and disbanded at Split Mountain, Dinosaur National Monument on the Green River.
The accident occurred between Mantle's Ranch and Echo Park, where the craft was running a series of rapids caused by a mud slide 3 1/2 miles above the Yampa's confluence with the Green River.
Prior to leaving Vernal, Leslie called his mother, a patient at Cottonwood Hospital in Murray, Utah and told her, "This is my last trip down the river."
Leslie was at the oars when the boats approached the rapids. Employing his quick maneuverability, he put his weight on the oars in order to miss the large rocks. Witnesses said he toppled into the river when one of the oars broke. The other oar splintered. Members of the group in the boats that came through the rapids safely said they saw Leslie come up once and then disappear.
For eleven days the National Park Service sent out rangers and searchers. The Hatch and Western River Expeditions instructed their boating groups to watch for the body. A 24 hour a day watch was kept by relatives and friends on the bridge at Jensen, Utah.
On June 22, 1965 the body was recovered in the Split Mountain Gorge on the Green River between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. by District Ranger Jim Todd and two seasonal rangers, Darrel Steele and Bob Dye. After removing the body from a rock where it had been lodged, the searchers brought it to Split Mountain Campgrounds on a rubber raft. The clothing was still intact.
Leslie is survived by his parents, George and Anna, two brothers, Steven George and James Allison, and a paternal grandmother, Claudia Anderson Oldham Murphy.
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Leslie Oldham Funeral Held Here Thursday
Funeral services were held on Thursday of last week at 10 a.m. in the Maeser Ward Chapel for Leslie Oldham, 22, who died in a boating accident.
Prayer at the mortuary was given by Ivan Hall. Mrs John Evan Jones played the prelude music.
Ward Ashby gave the invocation.
Amber Tebbs and Dana Dee Smith sang, "Beyond the Sunset," accompanied by Mrs. Jones.
The obituary and remarks were given by Ferron Peterson. A tribute to Leslie Oldham composed by Mazie Sinfield was read by Jackie Adams. A quartet composed of Larry Hacking, Terry Tullis, Deloy Simper and Billy Schaefermeyer sang,"Sometime We'll Understand."
Speakers were Bishop Harvey McKee and Bishop Douglas Lawson.
Amber Tebbs and Dana Dee Smith sang, "In the Sweet By and By." James Jenkins gave the benediction. Phillip Hall dedicated the grave.
Honorary pallbearers were the Natonal Guard and Leslie's Sunday School class. Pallbearers were Kirt Rich, Charles (Buss) Rich, Don and Garn Anderson, Richard and Ronnie Merrell.
Military rites were given by National Guard at the cemetery.
The First Ward Relief Society took care of the flowers and the lunch.
-Vernal Express, July 1, 1965, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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