Burridgette

SORROW
We are sorry to report the deaths of two of our dear family members.
Letha Harrison Green2/15/1913 ~ 9/2/2008 Of LDS pioneer stock from the areas of Bountiful and Tooele, UT, Letha Harrisonwas born in Kemmerer, WY, to Harold Roy Harrison (d. 1950) and Sarah ElizabethSteele (d. 1966). She graduated as salutatorian from Salt Lake's GraniteHigh in 1931. The Depression drew her family to Los Angeles, CA. She marriedWilliam Walton Green in June 1935 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She raised herfamily in Arcadia, CA, where she served in numerous callings in her LDS ward(she was an insightful and influential teacher of the scriptures), as a leaderin the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and as a worker in the Los Angeles LDSTemple. After Bill Green died in 1989, Letha married (Sept. 1990) Robert Rowden,who died in Aug. 2001. Letha spent her last four years at Cove Point RetirementFacility in Provo, Utah, where she enjoyed friendships and her role as avisiting teacher. Letha was predeceased by all her siblings (in birth order):Donald (1957), Ila (1974), Blanche (1932), Donna (1953), Harold(1979), Ruth (1988), and Von (1969); and her youngest daughter, Wendy (2004).She is survived by three children: David Harrison (md. to Rose Red Elk; Lawton,OK), Arnold Harrison (md. to Lanigene Handy; Orem, UT), and Laurel (md. toDennis Barstow; Huachuca City, AZ); by 11 grandchildren; and by 20great-grandchildren. All of her descendants treasure their memory of her as a devoted, loving parent, as a wise counselor, and as an example of spirituality and service.
Thomas Lloyd Neddo MALTA - Tom went to be with his Mom, Dad (James and Eunice) and dear Godon Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. Tom was born June 17, 1947, in Brigham City, Utah. The 12th of 14children, he was a delight and joy to the whole family. He was preceded in death by his mother; father; sister, Jean Teeter; andbrother, Larry. He is survived by eight brothers and their wives, Delbert andMaryl, Park and Ruth, Brent and Charlotte, Bill and Carol, John and Ernestine,Steven, Paul and Lori, and Griffin and Deloris Neddo; as well as three sistersand husbands, Sue and Bill Harms, Melba and Lynn VanWey, and Sandra and RogerMcCombs; and many nieces and nephews.
MARRIAGES
Maria Palmer and Brett Hein were married in the Logan Temple on May 3, 2008. Maria is the daughter of Ken and Suzi Palmer and granddaughter of Charell andPaul Harris.
Andrew Isolampi married Penny Pongpommard on Aug. 30, 2008. Penny’sdaughter, Nini, happily announced the wedding. Andrew is doing an internship atHill Air Force Base and will finish school this summer. Andrew is the son of David and Hazel Isolampi. We offer our congratulations to the new couples.
NEWS
From Dennis Anderson
“Sitting in the kitchen, contemplating the blizzard raging outside, itstrikes me again what a strange quirk of fate it has been that has led us in acircle. Obviously we are no longer in San Jose. We aren’t even in Californiabut somehow we are back in Smithfield, Utah in RoseMary’s ancestral home,living with her mother. It was always our intention to return to Cache Valley at some time, but wethought it would be at a much later time in our lives. Over the course of the past year, RoseMary’s health has become a small issue. The last straw cameduring a June visit to Oregon when she was hospitalized for several days. Atthat time we decided to close down her business, Progressive Panel Installations, Inc. We had no idea about what we would do, but it was apparentthat we had invested too much time, money and effort into the company,especially with RoseMary’s minor recurring health problems. Within two weeks after making that decision, we received a call from hersister that they needed to go to Arizona for the winter because of herhusband’s health. She asked if we could return to Utah to help their 88year-old mother for the winter months. Over the next few weeks we receivedseveral confirmations from the Spirit that we should return to Utah. With a lot of help from family and friends we managed to clean out ourhuge warehouse and dispose of the assets of the business. Simultaneously wewere finishing a major renovation on our home and preparing for the move. Due to the economic downturn, we were unable to sell our home. Our oldestdaughter, Anita and her family stepped in and agreed to rent our home for a yearor two. Most of the house is better now than when it was built nearly 50 yearsago. And so it was that November found the three of us, Dennis, RoseMary andour 12 year-old grandson, Robbie, moving to RoseMary’s mother’s house. Ourclothes, furniture, books and other belongings are split between a storage unitin Logan, the garage, our home in San Jose and just a necessary few things inthe two bedrooms we occupy in Smithfield. Robbie is enrolled in the sixth gradein Cedar Ridge middle school where he’s making a successful transition. We will miss being in San Jose with our children and grand-children forChristmas. This will be the first Christmas since we left Cache Valley 40 yearsago that we haven’t been surrounded by our descendants. But we have atestimony that this is where we need to be. During July, we had a first-ever “Donna and Ray Anderson” week-longreunion at Rockaway Beach, Oregon. RoseMary and I were several days latebecause of complications in cleaning out the warehouse, but we did get to spenda couple of good days with LeGrande, Randy, Cheri, Jeff and some of their kids. From Oregon we left for two weeks in Yellowstone and Northern Utah with seven ofour grandkids before resuming our San Jose preparations for the move. Three of our grandchildren are attending community colleges in San Jose– Michael Steburg, Chantel Steburg and Brandon Mutz. Cheri Mutz and JarretWilliams started their own office furniture delivery and installation business,modeled after Progressive, but without the overhead and baggage that RoseMaryand her partner had. Ryan Steburg is in the Oak Grove High School marching bandand Brittany Mutz was a part of a competitive cheer-leading squad with theSunnyvale, CA Pop Warner league. In April and May, I had the privilege of ordaining Robbie a deacon andAlex Clarke, another grandson, a teacher. It was also my pleasure to ordainAlex’ brother, Kenny, to the office of deacon in September. As grandparentsand parents we hope and pray that our descendants will learn to be as faithfulas many of our ancestors were.”

Melissa Burridge is Director of Recruiting for Heritage Financial Group andstill actively involved with Westminster College. She has been staying with hermom until now, but is returning to live in Salt Lake to be closer to her careerresponsibilities. She sings 4-5 times a month and was a non-winner in the KurtBestor contest for the second year in a row. Jon and Toni Burridge had a fun Thanksgiving trip. They drove with the kids tosee Toni's dad in Phoenix and have Thanksgiving dinner. Then on Friday,they flew to Chicago to see their favorite band and stayed in a five-star hotel.They had a fantastic time. Then flew back to Phoenix and drove back to theirhome in Riverton where Melissa had been house-sitting their very cute cockerspaniels, Belle and Chance.
EXPECTED ARRIVALS
Emily Burridge Tipping and her husband, Mark, are expecting their first childin April, and it's a boy!! Emily and Mark married in August of2006 and are so excited about this much-planned baby! Emily is the daughter of George Thomas Burridge Jr. (Tom) and the granddaughter and eldest grandchild ofSandra Burridge and the late Tom Burridge. (George Thomas Burridge.) Marissa and Christian Burridge are announcing that they are expecting theirfourth child in June. They have three daughters, Cecilia, Alma, and Elliana. Christian (the lawyer formerly known as Tim) is theyoungest son of Sandra and the much missed Tom Burridge.
MISSIONS
Joey Palmer, son of Suzie and Ken Palmer, returned home from the CanadianEdmonton mission on July 16th. Welcome home!!!
Todd Jacob Zollinger, son of Rowland and Kathy Zollinger, began serving an LDSmission on June 4, 2008 to Peru Lima South Mission.
Adam Petersen, son of Sharon and David Petersen, is serving a non-proselytingmission in India. He is the grandson of Bennion Lloyd.

YOUTHFUL CHIT-CHAT
Brynlee Rust, daughter of Nicole and Bartley Rust, started kindergarten thisyear. She is reading everything. Her sister, Brook, is 2 years old and learnedhow to swim this summer. They are the granddaughters of Randy and Raeleen Anderson.

SURVEY
I want to sell you the Burridge Reunion
I once had a student whose very rich gma gave him "experiences" for gifts, rather than "stuff". She gave him trips and lessons and concerts, etc...things nobody could ever take away from him. This concept, coupled with the concept that if I want to sell you something, I find out what it is you want and need rather than telling you what I think I want you to like. So, this is trying to be a combination of those concepts in SELLING YOU THE EXPERIENCE OF THE BURRIDGE FAMILY REUNION and giving you many things that can never be taken from you and your children and enriching each others' lives.
What is your favorite memory(s) of any Family Reunion you have ever been to?
What do you have to bring/share/ etc. in the way of a camper/trailer/motor home, horses, four wheelers, snow mobiles, boat--(or do you know of some that can be borrowed or rented or such?)
What types of games/activities would you like to participate in, viz. volleyball, water-skiing, baseball, snowmobiling, etc. You don't have to be proficient already--just what are you interested in?
What would you like to see or learn about in the way of things of local interest (tour a dairy, tour a beekeeping operation, go to Lagoon, see Eifel Tower :), go to Timpanogos, Scottish bagpipe parade, Manti pageant, Martin Harris pageant, hiking, Shakespearean Festival, etc?
What are the best times of the year for you to take two or three days off for a Burridge Family Reunion?
What places do you know of that we could rent for our reunion? This could be cabins, motels, camps, RV parks, whatever. Be creative--the more ideas we get here the wider our chances of success.
Would you like to see our Burridge Reunion occupy a Sunday where we could share testimonies and family heritage skits and music and such? What else would you like to see us do together on a Sunday?
What musical instruments do you play and would you be willing to practice several numbers that we could get together and play for a couple of hours at the B Reunion? Would you be willing to choose music, distribute it to people (in the right key for each instrument-with variable ability levels, etc), and conduct at the Reunion?
What talents do you have that you could show and share at the Reunion?
Will you sing if someone chose songs with parts and sent you two or three practice pieces? What part do you sing? What songs do you suggest? Would you like to be in charge of this activity?
What "classes" would you like to have at the Reunion AND what classes would you like to teach (about 15 minutes or half hour each perhaps?). Examples are guitar, music, handstands, how to skip faster, do one-handed push-ups, weaving, beading, painting, karate kata, reading better, hair braiding, dancing, sculpting, passive solar house design, upholstery, changing a tire, sewing, pruning trees--What do you know that can enrich others' lives and what would you like to learn?
What would you like to purchase at the auction, viz. a Burridge rose start, an afghan, a painting, hot pads, lead glass, a sculpture, jewelry, etc.
What can you offer at the auction?
What are some of your favorite family ancestor stories (viz. gma pinning the wolf's neck to the ground to save the cows!) and favorite church stories (Abinadi?) AND would you put them in writing so we can read them in a reader's theater or put on costumes and act them out (Would anyone object to this being one of our Sunday activities?)
What is your age? The ages of your family members that you could bring? What are your special needs or hopes for their comfort and experience at our Reunion?
Did you go to the Reunion last year? If "yes", why? If "no", why not?

Please submit answered survey, news or addresses to cmickelson@pcu.net.