Loyd J Warnick
1930~ 2018
Loyd J. Warnick, age 88, passed away peacefully at home on November 10, 2018, in the company of his wife and children, after a struggle of several years with Alzheimer’s disease.
Born January 27, 1930, to Blaine and Veloy Servilla (Petersen) Warnick on the Manila Bench of Pleasant Grove, Utah, Loyd spent his early years in the same area settled by his pioneer forbears in the 1860s. When Loyd was 7, the Great Depression prompted his family to seek better prospects on a ranch they purchased near Fairfield, Mont., west of Great Falls. Life was not easy on this hardscrabble land, yet these years planted a deep love of Montana in Loyd and his twin brother, Boyd, that they carried the rest of their lives. Many a pilgrimage to Montana would follow. American Fork Canyon also was a lifelong Mecca.
Loyd enlisted in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Though he did not serve an LDS mission when young, he was instrumental in the conversion of a beautiful Air Force WAF from Saginaw, Mich., he met while posted in Newfoundland. This was Evelyn Jane Cook, whom he married in the Salt Lake Temple Sept. 17, 1954. By then Loyd had completed pilot and officer training, and a military career followed with assignments to Sacramento, Calif. (twice); Okinawa; Ontario, Calif.; and Hill Air Force Base, Utah. He also completed a tour of duty during the Vietnam War and retired in 1977 with the rank of Major. During his Air Force service he also managed to earn a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and a master’s from the University of Southern California.
After settling in Taylorsville, Utah, in his “second careers” Loyd operated a small trucking company with Boyd, then managed the first Bishop’s Central Storehouse in Colton, Calif., for the LDS Church. Later he oversaw the Church’s Deseret Transportation truck fleet and, finally, coordinated its safety program and training.
Loyd was often called to serve in leadership positions in the Church, both during and after his military career. He served as president of the Taylorsville North Stake from 1987-1996 and after retirement served multiple local missions with his eternal companion. Loyd and Jane moved to Rexburg, Idaho, for several years and worked in the Idaho Falls and Rexburg temples virtually their entire time there. Finally, Loyd completed his full circle by returning to his ancestral roots and moving with Jane to Highland, Utah, for his final decade of life.
He was a lifelong learner and had an explorer’s soul. Loyd was an early adopter of 8mm film and video camera technology so he could take hours of pictures at his and Jane’s many traditional family gatherings and special occasions. He started flying again and began performing original cowboy poetry compositions – while in his 70s. He bought a riding mower so he could better help with others’ yards and plow their driveways and sidewalks first thing in the morning. The few hobbies he enjoyed later in life – cross-country skiing, fishing, golf – were pursued largely so he could spend more quality time with family and friends. His kindness, generosity and willingness to assist others were legendary.
Loyd was preceded in death by his identical twin brother, Boyd. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Evelyn Jane Cook Warnick; and children Lee (Lori) Warnick of Rexburg, Idaho; Cheryl (Bill) Tucker of Roxborough Park, Colo.; Lisa (Dave) McFadden of Taylorsville, Utah; Debbie (Gordon) Fausett of Taylorsville, Utah; and Jay (Emily) Warnick of Lehi, Utah; also 21 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
The family offers special thanks to the compassionate and dedicated employees of Encompass Health, who provided valued hospice services in the final months of Loyd’s life, particularly his regular caregivers, Rachel and Kristy, and Ann, who sensitivelyministered to our needs at Loyd’s passing.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Highland Stake Center Chapel, 5335 West 11200 North, Highland, Utah. Family and friends may call on Thursday, November 15, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the church, and again on Friday from 9:00 to 10:30 am at the church prior to services. Interment will be at the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.warenski.com
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a memorial donation to the Alzheimer’s Association:www.act.alz.org/donate.
1930~ 2018
Loyd J. Warnick, age 88, passed away peacefully at home on November 10, 2018, in the company of his wife and children, after a struggle of several years with Alzheimer’s disease.
Born January 27, 1930, to Blaine and Veloy Servilla (Petersen) Warnick on the Manila Bench of Pleasant Grove, Utah, Loyd spent his early years in the same area settled by his pioneer forbears in the 1860s. When Loyd was 7, the Great Depression prompted his family to seek better prospects on a ranch they purchased near Fairfield, Mont., west of Great Falls. Life was not easy on this hardscrabble land, yet these years planted a deep love of Montana in Loyd and his twin brother, Boyd, that they carried the rest of their lives. Many a pilgrimage to Montana would follow. American Fork Canyon also was a lifelong Mecca.
Loyd enlisted in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Though he did not serve an LDS mission when young, he was instrumental in the conversion of a beautiful Air Force WAF from Saginaw, Mich., he met while posted in Newfoundland. This was Evelyn Jane Cook, whom he married in the Salt Lake Temple Sept. 17, 1954. By then Loyd had completed pilot and officer training, and a military career followed with assignments to Sacramento, Calif. (twice); Okinawa; Ontario, Calif.; and Hill Air Force Base, Utah. He also completed a tour of duty during the Vietnam War and retired in 1977 with the rank of Major. During his Air Force service he also managed to earn a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and a master’s from the University of Southern California.
After settling in Taylorsville, Utah, in his “second careers” Loyd operated a small trucking company with Boyd, then managed the first Bishop’s Central Storehouse in Colton, Calif., for the LDS Church. Later he oversaw the Church’s Deseret Transportation truck fleet and, finally, coordinated its safety program and training.
Loyd was often called to serve in leadership positions in the Church, both during and after his military career. He served as president of the Taylorsville North Stake from 1987-1996 and after retirement served multiple local missions with his eternal companion. Loyd and Jane moved to Rexburg, Idaho, for several years and worked in the Idaho Falls and Rexburg temples virtually their entire time there. Finally, Loyd completed his full circle by returning to his ancestral roots and moving with Jane to Highland, Utah, for his final decade of life.
He was a lifelong learner and had an explorer’s soul. Loyd was an early adopter of 8mm film and video camera technology so he could take hours of pictures at his and Jane’s many traditional family gatherings and special occasions. He started flying again and began performing original cowboy poetry compositions – while in his 70s. He bought a riding mower so he could better help with others’ yards and plow their driveways and sidewalks first thing in the morning. The few hobbies he enjoyed later in life – cross-country skiing, fishing, golf – were pursued largely so he could spend more quality time with family and friends. His kindness, generosity and willingness to assist others were legendary.
Loyd was preceded in death by his identical twin brother, Boyd. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Evelyn Jane Cook Warnick; and children Lee (Lori) Warnick of Rexburg, Idaho; Cheryl (Bill) Tucker of Roxborough Park, Colo.; Lisa (Dave) McFadden of Taylorsville, Utah; Debbie (Gordon) Fausett of Taylorsville, Utah; and Jay (Emily) Warnick of Lehi, Utah; also 21 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
The family offers special thanks to the compassionate and dedicated employees of Encompass Health, who provided valued hospice services in the final months of Loyd’s life, particularly his regular caregivers, Rachel and Kristy, and Ann, who sensitivelyministered to our needs at Loyd’s passing.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Highland Stake Center Chapel, 5335 West 11200 North, Highland, Utah. Family and friends may call on Thursday, November 15, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the church, and again on Friday from 9:00 to 10:30 am at the church prior to services. Interment will be at the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.warenski.com
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a memorial donation to the Alzheimer’s Association:www.act.alz.org/donate.
Loyd J Warnick
1930~ 2018
Loyd J. Warnick, age 88, passed away peacefully at home on November 10, 2018, in the company of his wife and children, after a struggle of several years with Alzheimer’s disease.
Born January 27, 1930, to Blaine and Veloy Servilla (Petersen) Warnick on the Manila Bench of Pleasant Grove, Utah, Loyd spent his early years in the same area settled by his pioneer forbears in the 1860s. When Loyd was 7, the Great Depression prompted his family to seek better prospects on a ranch they purchased near Fairfield, Mont., west of Great Falls. Life was not easy on this hardscrabble land, yet these years planted a deep love of Montana in Loyd and his twin brother, Boyd, that they carried the rest of their lives. Many a pilgrimage to Montana would follow. American Fork Canyon also was a lifelong Mecca.
Loyd enlisted in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Though he did not serve an LDS mission when young, he was instrumental in the conversion of a beautiful Air Force WAF from Saginaw, Mich., he met while posted in Newfoundland. This was Evelyn Jane Cook, whom he married in the Salt Lake Temple Sept. 17, 1954. By then Loyd had completed pilot and officer training, and a military career followed with assignments to Sacramento, Calif. (twice); Okinawa; Ontario, Calif.; and Hill Air Force Base, Utah. He also completed a tour of duty during the Vietnam War and retired in 1977 with the rank of Major. During his Air Force service he also managed to earn a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and a master’s from the University of Southern California.
After settling in Taylorsville, Utah, in his “second careers” Loyd operated a small trucking company with Boyd, then managed the first Bishop’s Central Storehouse in Colton, Calif., for the LDS Church. Later he oversaw the Church’s Deseret Transportation truck fleet and, finally, coordinated its safety program and training.
Loyd was often called to serve in leadership positions in the Church, both during and after his military career. He served as president of the Taylorsville North Stake from 1987-1996 and after retirement served multiple local missions with his eternal companion. Loyd and Jane moved to Rexburg, Idaho, for several years and worked in the Idaho Falls and Rexburg temples virtually their entire time there. Finally, Loyd completed his full circle by returning to his ancestral roots and moving with Jane to Highland, Utah, for his final decade of life.
He was a lifelong learner and had an explorer’s soul. Loyd was an early adopter of 8mm film and video camera technology so he could take hours of pictures at his and Jane’s many traditional family gatherings and special occasions. He started flying again and began performing original cowboy poetry compositions – while in his 70s. He bought a riding mower so he could better help with others’ yards and plow their driveways and sidewalks first thing in the morning. The few hobbies he enjoyed later in life – cross-country skiing, fishing, golf – were pursued largely so he could spend more quality time with family and friends. His kindness, generosity and willingness to assist others were legendary.
Loyd was preceded in death by his identical twin brother, Boyd. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Evelyn Jane Cook Warnick; and children Lee (Lori) Warnick of Rexburg, Idaho; Cheryl (Bill) Tucker of Roxborough Park, Colo.; Lisa (Dave) McFadden of Taylorsville, Utah; Debbie (Gordon) Fausett of Taylorsville, Utah; and Jay (Emily) Warnick of Lehi, Utah; also 21 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
The family offers special thanks to the compassionate and dedicated employees of Encompass Health, who provided valued hospice services in the final months of Loyd’s life, particularly his regular caregivers, Rachel and Kristy, and Ann, who sensitivelyministered to our needs at Loyd’s passing.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Highland Stake Center Chapel, 5335 West 11200 North, Highland, Utah. Family and friends may call on Thursday, November 15, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the church, and again on Friday from 9:00 to 10:30 am at the church prior to services. Interment will be at the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.warenski.com
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a memorial donation to the Alzheimer’s Association:www.act.alz.org/donate.
1930~ 2018
Loyd J. Warnick, age 88, passed away peacefully at home on November 10, 2018, in the company of his wife and children, after a struggle of several years with Alzheimer’s disease.
Born January 27, 1930, to Blaine and Veloy Servilla (Petersen) Warnick on the Manila Bench of Pleasant Grove, Utah, Loyd spent his early years in the same area settled by his pioneer forbears in the 1860s. When Loyd was 7, the Great Depression prompted his family to seek better prospects on a ranch they purchased near Fairfield, Mont., west of Great Falls. Life was not easy on this hardscrabble land, yet these years planted a deep love of Montana in Loyd and his twin brother, Boyd, that they carried the rest of their lives. Many a pilgrimage to Montana would follow. American Fork Canyon also was a lifelong Mecca.
Loyd enlisted in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Though he did not serve an LDS mission when young, he was instrumental in the conversion of a beautiful Air Force WAF from Saginaw, Mich., he met while posted in Newfoundland. This was Evelyn Jane Cook, whom he married in the Salt Lake Temple Sept. 17, 1954. By then Loyd had completed pilot and officer training, and a military career followed with assignments to Sacramento, Calif. (twice); Okinawa; Ontario, Calif.; and Hill Air Force Base, Utah. He also completed a tour of duty during the Vietnam War and retired in 1977 with the rank of Major. During his Air Force service he also managed to earn a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and a master’s from the University of Southern California.
After settling in Taylorsville, Utah, in his “second careers” Loyd operated a small trucking company with Boyd, then managed the first Bishop’s Central Storehouse in Colton, Calif., for the LDS Church. Later he oversaw the Church’s Deseret Transportation truck fleet and, finally, coordinated its safety program and training.
Loyd was often called to serve in leadership positions in the Church, both during and after his military career. He served as president of the Taylorsville North Stake from 1987-1996 and after retirement served multiple local missions with his eternal companion. Loyd and Jane moved to Rexburg, Idaho, for several years and worked in the Idaho Falls and Rexburg temples virtually their entire time there. Finally, Loyd completed his full circle by returning to his ancestral roots and moving with Jane to Highland, Utah, for his final decade of life.
He was a lifelong learner and had an explorer’s soul. Loyd was an early adopter of 8mm film and video camera technology so he could take hours of pictures at his and Jane’s many traditional family gatherings and special occasions. He started flying again and began performing original cowboy poetry compositions – while in his 70s. He bought a riding mower so he could better help with others’ yards and plow their driveways and sidewalks first thing in the morning. The few hobbies he enjoyed later in life – cross-country skiing, fishing, golf – were pursued largely so he could spend more quality time with family and friends. His kindness, generosity and willingness to assist others were legendary.
Loyd was preceded in death by his identical twin brother, Boyd. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Evelyn Jane Cook Warnick; and children Lee (Lori) Warnick of Rexburg, Idaho; Cheryl (Bill) Tucker of Roxborough Park, Colo.; Lisa (Dave) McFadden of Taylorsville, Utah; Debbie (Gordon) Fausett of Taylorsville, Utah; and Jay (Emily) Warnick of Lehi, Utah; also 21 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
The family offers special thanks to the compassionate and dedicated employees of Encompass Health, who provided valued hospice services in the final months of Loyd’s life, particularly his regular caregivers, Rachel and Kristy, and Ann, who sensitivelyministered to our needs at Loyd’s passing.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Highland Stake Center Chapel, 5335 West 11200 North, Highland, Utah. Family and friends may call on Thursday, November 15, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the church, and again on Friday from 9:00 to 10:30 am at the church prior to services. Interment will be at the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.warenski.com
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a memorial donation to the Alzheimer’s Association:www.act.alz.org/donate.
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