Royal Ward Webb

Royal Webb Obituary

Royal Ward Webb 1908 ~ 2005 Royal Ward Webb died Thursday, September 8, 2005 in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 97 of causes incident to age. He was born February 11, 1908 in Lehi, Utah to Bernard Graham and Clara Rothe Webb. He married Thelma Goates, September 10, 1930 in the Salt Lake Temple. She died Oct. 9, 1964. He married Dorene Layne Peterson June 2, 1966. She died December 8, 2001. Ward was a farmer, rancher, and horseman in Lehi for many years. His horses won many awards and in 1982 he was given an award by the Utah Quarter Horse Association in recognition and appreciation of his valuable contribution in pioneering the advancement of the Quarter Horse in the State of Utah. He was appointed by then Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson to serve on the Utah State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. He was president of the Lehi Irrigation Company, a member of the Utah County Planning Commission and director of the State Bank of Lehi. He was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many stake and ward positions including bishop and high councilor. As a young man he served as a missionary in the Canadian Mission. He was appointed by President N. Eldon Tanner to manage the Cedar Valley Church Farm. He and his wife Dorene served as ordinance workers in the Provo Temple for a number of years. Ward served as a patriarch in the Lehi Stake and as a sealer in the Provo Temple. He was able to give patriarchal blessings to his grandchildren and perform sealing ordinances for his children and grandchildren. He is survived by a daughter Donna (Gary) Lloyd of Midway, Utah and a son Kenneth Ward (Kathryn) Webb of Lehi, Utah; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; sister Blanche Smith, Bountiful, Utah; brother B. Richard Webb, Hurricane, Utah; step-daughter Betty (Garth) Harris, Taber, Alberta, Canada; stepsons Gordon (Peg) Peterson, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Ronald (Nurae) Peterson, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Rulon (Dee) Peterson, Westminster, CA; Larry (Reta) Peterson, San Diego, CA; 32 step-grandchildren; 70 step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Robert Graham Webb and sisters, Mabel Webb Jense and Vernett Webb Tidwell. Funeral services will be held Monday, Sept. 12, 2005 at 11 a.m. in the Lehi 13th Ward Chapel on Saratoga Road at 2300 W. 901 So., Lehi. Friends may call Sunday evening, Sept. 11th, from 6-8 p.m. at the Wing Mortuary, 118 E. Main, Lehi, Utah and at the church Monday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Lehi City Cemetery. It is requested that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the LDS Church Perpetual Education Fund. The family would like to thank Stacie Hunsaker, Alpine Home Care, the staff of Bennion Care Center and Applegate Hospice for their loving and compassionate care.

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Published by Deseret News on Sep. 10, 2005.

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Karen D. Austin

September 10, 2005

Grandpa was a living legend, a person whose life seemed to leap from the pages of folklore and myths to serve as my flesh-and-blood hero. He worked hard his whole life, waking early to move irrigation pipes, to feed cattle and do innumerable chores required to run a ranch / farm. He tamed horses and soil to his will, and I never wanted to cross him because he seemed to harness the very powers of nature. He was so dependable that I never realized that grown men had a choice whether or not to support their families, live the gospel, or be faithful to family values. Until I was grown and saw men spin their own families into chaos by their bad choices did I get a great sense of the choices Grandpa made day after day to be faithful in every sense of that word. He was also a loving man. He took time to listen to me talk about my little problems. He helped me succeed in college. He encouraged me to make good choices. He was always the personification of the heritage I feel as a decendant of Utah pioneers. My roots run deepest back through his lines, his land, and his faith. He will always be the face of moral character to me, and I hope to bring that heritage to my children by telling them about their Great- and-Grand great grandfather, Ward Webb.

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