Frank Henry Orahood, age 94, our father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather, returned to the loving arms of his Father in Heaven on July 4, 2008, in Smithfield, Utah. There to greet him as he entered into the presence of his Heavenly Father was his wife of 73 years, Ruth Verna Louise Orahood, who preceded him in death on June 29, 2006.
Frank, the fourth son of Fredrick Lincoln Orahood and Martha Sarah Aldora Pendergrass, was born Sept. 20, 1913, in Albion, Idaho. Frank grew up in Burley, where he unknowingly met his future wife, Ruth, at an early age when he and some friends pelted her and her brothers with mud balls as they walked to church. After graduation from Burley High School, Frank worked at the Burley Sugar Mill counting sugar sacks and running sugar samples to and from the laboratory for testing. It was not long after that he again met Ruth at a dance. He was with another girl and Ruth was with another young man. But it was Frank who took Ruth home from the dance and they were married on Nov. 29, 1933, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. From this union came four children, David, Douglas, Delpha and Dove. David preceded his parents in death on Aug. 24, 2002.
During their 73 years of marriage, Mom and Dad survived the early years of the Great Depression with grace and determination as Dad moved from job to job seeking continued employment. Then, in 1943, Dad entered military service and served with distinction with the United States Army as a demolition engineer. After the war, he returned to school and completed a course of study in business resulting in a rewarding position with the American Legion Post in Salt Lake City, Utah. With his experience as a base, Dad then moved the family to San Jose, California, in 1948, where he accepted a position as executive secretary for the San Jose District Council of Carpenters. In 1990, Dad and Mom left California, and returned to Burley for their final years of retirement. In March of 2007, after the passing of his beloved Ruth, Dad suffered a heart attack and was forced to move to Smithfield, Utah, to be closer to family members.
Published in Twin Falls, Idaho Times News
Frank, the fourth son of Fredrick Lincoln Orahood and Martha Sarah Aldora Pendergrass, was born Sept. 20, 1913, in Albion, Idaho. Frank grew up in Burley, where he unknowingly met his future wife, Ruth, at an early age when he and some friends pelted her and her brothers with mud balls as they walked to church. After graduation from Burley High School, Frank worked at the Burley Sugar Mill counting sugar sacks and running sugar samples to and from the laboratory for testing. It was not long after that he again met Ruth at a dance. He was with another girl and Ruth was with another young man. But it was Frank who took Ruth home from the dance and they were married on Nov. 29, 1933, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. From this union came four children, David, Douglas, Delpha and Dove. David preceded his parents in death on Aug. 24, 2002.
During their 73 years of marriage, Mom and Dad survived the early years of the Great Depression with grace and determination as Dad moved from job to job seeking continued employment. Then, in 1943, Dad entered military service and served with distinction with the United States Army as a demolition engineer. After the war, he returned to school and completed a course of study in business resulting in a rewarding position with the American Legion Post in Salt Lake City, Utah. With his experience as a base, Dad then moved the family to San Jose, California, in 1948, where he accepted a position as executive secretary for the San Jose District Council of Carpenters. In 1990, Dad and Mom left California, and returned to Burley for their final years of retirement. In March of 2007, after the passing of his beloved Ruth, Dad suffered a heart attack and was forced to move to Smithfield, Utah, to be closer to family members.
Published in Twin Falls, Idaho Times News
Frank Henry Orahood, age 94, our father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather, returned to the loving arms of his Father in Heaven on July 4, 2008, in Smithfield, Utah. There to greet him as he entered into the presence of his Heavenly Father was his wife of 73 years, Ruth Verna Louise Orahood, who preceded him in death on June 29, 2006.
Frank, the fourth son of Fredrick Lincoln Orahood and Martha Sarah Aldora Pendergrass, was born Sept. 20, 1913, in Albion, Idaho. Frank grew up in Burley, where he unknowingly met his future wife, Ruth, at an early age when he and some friends pelted her and her brothers with mud balls as they walked to church. After graduation from Burley High School, Frank worked at the Burley Sugar Mill counting sugar sacks and running sugar samples to and from the laboratory for testing. It was not long after that he again met Ruth at a dance. He was with another girl and Ruth was with another young man. But it was Frank who took Ruth home from the dance and they were married on Nov. 29, 1933, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. From this union came four children, David, Douglas, Delpha and Dove. David preceded his parents in death on Aug. 24, 2002.
During their 73 years of marriage, Mom and Dad survived the early years of the Great Depression with grace and determination as Dad moved from job to job seeking continued employment. Then, in 1943, Dad entered military service and served with distinction with the United States Army as a demolition engineer. After the war, he returned to school and completed a course of study in business resulting in a rewarding position with the American Legion Post in Salt Lake City, Utah. With his experience as a base, Dad then moved the family to San Jose, California, in 1948, where he accepted a position as executive secretary for the San Jose District Council of Carpenters. In 1990, Dad and Mom left California, and returned to Burley for their final years of retirement. In March of 2007, after the passing of his beloved Ruth, Dad suffered a heart attack and was forced to move to Smithfield, Utah, to be closer to family members.
Published in Twin Falls, Idaho Times News
Frank, the fourth son of Fredrick Lincoln Orahood and Martha Sarah Aldora Pendergrass, was born Sept. 20, 1913, in Albion, Idaho. Frank grew up in Burley, where he unknowingly met his future wife, Ruth, at an early age when he and some friends pelted her and her brothers with mud balls as they walked to church. After graduation from Burley High School, Frank worked at the Burley Sugar Mill counting sugar sacks and running sugar samples to and from the laboratory for testing. It was not long after that he again met Ruth at a dance. He was with another girl and Ruth was with another young man. But it was Frank who took Ruth home from the dance and they were married on Nov. 29, 1933, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. From this union came four children, David, Douglas, Delpha and Dove. David preceded his parents in death on Aug. 24, 2002.
During their 73 years of marriage, Mom and Dad survived the early years of the Great Depression with grace and determination as Dad moved from job to job seeking continued employment. Then, in 1943, Dad entered military service and served with distinction with the United States Army as a demolition engineer. After the war, he returned to school and completed a course of study in business resulting in a rewarding position with the American Legion Post in Salt Lake City, Utah. With his experience as a base, Dad then moved the family to San Jose, California, in 1948, where he accepted a position as executive secretary for the San Jose District Council of Carpenters. In 1990, Dad and Mom left California, and returned to Burley for their final years of retirement. In March of 2007, after the passing of his beloved Ruth, Dad suffered a heart attack and was forced to move to Smithfield, Utah, to be closer to family members.
Published in Twin Falls, Idaho Times News
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