BURRIDGETTE
December 2009
Merry Christmas!
Those in attendance at the family reunion planning session decided they would like a 1 day family reunion.

This is the agenda:
The reunion is scheduled for July 10, 2010 at Riverdale Resort at Preston, Idaho. Carol and I are going up Friday night to stay in the R.V. park. We have reserved pavilion 1, and R.V. park #1. If our campsite is needed Saturday we will need to move the R.V.s to the parking areas.
It is up to you whether you come on Friday night the 9th of July or just come on Saturday the 10th of July.
If you choose to come Friday night, you will need to reserve R.V. camping, tent area or motel rooms. You will be responsible for your own accommodations and cost. If you are planning on going Friday night, make your reservations now before the park and motel are full.
The Burridge Family funds will pay for the pavilion rental and the swimming fees for those who want to swim.
The auction will be held directly after lunch on Saturday so please be planning or making items for the auction.
All maps and phone #'s are attached at the end of the Burridgette.
We will have a planning meeting in the spring to finalize menu and other details.

Have a wonderful holiday!
LeGrande & Carol Anderson
and the Burridge Family officers

We extend our deepest sympathies to Kyle Ransom and his family upon the death of Pauline Ransom.

Annie Pauline Ransom (Hutchison) (1928-2009)

Annie Pauline Hutchison Ransom died Aug. 27, 2009, of causes incident to age. She was born Nov. 2, 1928, to Charlotte and David Hutchison of Malta, Idaho. Due to health issues her two beloved aunts in Providence, Utah, raised her. She participated in girl's softball, basketball and with a ballroom dance group. She also enjoyed being part of the Christmas Morning Pageant that was a tradition in Providence during that time and which later moved to the old Capital Theater in Logan. Pauline was a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and fulfilled many callings including serving a mission in the area known then as the "South Central States" mission. After returning from her mission she took a position in the cash office of a prominent department store in downtown Logan where she met her eternal mate, Kyle S. Ransom. They were sealed in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on Aug. 25, 1953, and settled in Hyde Park, Utah, where they raised their three children, Jed
(Karalee) Ransom, JD (Liz) Ransom and Paula (Curtis) Mason. Pauline and Kyle have given their children many wonderful memories of family times including camping and sightseeing. Pauline is survived by her husband, Kyle, of 56 years and two days; her three children, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and her sisters, Charell (Paul) Harris and Elsie (Fred) Grant. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Jean Hendrickson and Donna Anderson; and three brothers, Robert, Winston and David Hutchison. According to Pauline's last wishes there was no formal viewing or funeral held. She always wanted a good, old-fashioned Southern wake. In lieu of a funeral, there was a short graveside service Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, at the Hyde Park, Utah Cemetery. Following that service all friends and family were invited to attend a party in her honor at Lee's Park pavilion across from the family home to reminisce and celebrate Pauline's life.

I deeply apologize again to the family of Orval Neddo Lloyd. Orval passed away on May 30, 2008. I failed to put his obituary into the Burridgette. I feel badly about having neglected this piece of news as I deeply love and admire him and his family. We sincerely extend our sympathies to his family as well.

Orval Neddo Lloyd 1916 ~ 2008

Orval Neddo Lloyd, born May 31, 1916 in Grace, Idaho to Archie E. and Agnes Elizabeth Neddo Lloyd, passed peacefully from this life on May 30, 2008, one day shy of his 92nd birthday. After a full and productive life, his good old heart gave out. Orval spent his youth in Grace, Idaho and Logan, Utah. He served a mission for the LDS Church in the California Mission 1935-1937. He married Thoma Clawson in the Mesa, Arizona Temple on December 8, 1937. They made their home in Tucson, AZ where he graduated from business school and took employment as Field Executive for the Boy Scouts of America in Yakima, Washington. At the start of World War II they returned to Tucson where he worked at Consolidated Aircraft to support the war effort. After the war, he entered the construction industry and moved his young family to Mesa, Arizona where he continued in construction until 1964, when he received a mission call to Great Britain to build chapels for the LDS Church. This proved to be the
adventure of a lifetime for Orval, Thoma, and their three youngest children. During this four year mission, he was asked to supervise the building program for the British Isles, and in 1968 he moved his family to Salt Lake City where he took employment in the International Building Division of the LDS Church. This took him to countries around the world until his retirement in 1985. Orval had a lifelong love of flight, beginning with building model airplanes as a boy. During his early married years he earned his pilot's license 15 minutes at a time, as he could afford it. Later, with the help of his oldest son, he achieved his dream of building his first full sized airplane. Over the next 30 years he built two more biplanes in the basement of his home. In his retirement years he turned again to building model airplanes and enjoyed his associations with R/C modeling clubs and many other aviation associations. Even in his last days, he could not resist the sound of an engine flying
overhead and had to look up to see what was flying in the great blue yonder. Orval was a faithful, active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints throughout his life, serving in the Salt Lake Temple and other callings, as he fully honored the Priesthood. Orval and Thoma were blessed with six children during their 70 year marriage. He is survived by his wife, Thoma, children, Linda (Glenn) Woods, Thatcher, AZ; Anita (David) Jensen, Preston, ID; Roger (Cheryl) Lloyd, Mesa, AZ; Judy (Kenny) Ries, Las Vegas, NV; Debra Gull, Salt Lake City, UT; Barry (Jill) Lloyd, Highland, UT; brother, Bennion (Dorothy) Lloyd, sisters, Phyllis (Howard) Schow, Venice Holt, and many nieces and nephews. His posterity includes 32 grandchildren and 65 great-grandchildren. He was a loving husband and father who will be deeply missed until we see him again. Funeral services were held Fri., June 6, 2008, 11 a.m. at the Hillside Stake Center, 1400 S. 1900 E., Salt Lake City. Friends visited with
the family Thurs. evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Holbrook Mortuary, 3251 S. 2300 E., and at the church Friday morning from 9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to funeral. Burial was in the Thatcher, Arizona cemetery on June 7, 2008.

(If I leave something out of a Burridgette, please let me know immediately so I can correct the mistake. I wouldn't leave anything out intentionally.)

News from Thoma Lloyd
Debbie has 14 grandchildren. Her eldest son, James Gull and wife, April, have 3 darling boys and now twin girls. That makes 67 great grandchildren for Orval and Thoma. Debbie took her daughter, Angela, with her on the Tabernacle Choir's trip in June. They had a great time.
Barry and Jill have 2 daughters on missions…Emily Lloyd is in Houston, TX mission and Lauren Lloyd is in Seoul, Korea. Megan is working in Florida at Disneyworld. She is a chipmunk and having a lot of fun. She was at BYU this last year.
Anita has a grandson (Jacob Jensen) on a mission in Madrid, Spain. He is Thoma's first great grandchild. His parents are Eric and Ruth Jensen. Lara Jean Jensen graduated from Preston High in May 2009 as Valedictorian. Her parents are Eric and Ruth Jensen.
Wendy and Shane Checketts have their eldest son, Christopher, graduated from Warsaw Community High School in Warsaw, IND in June 2009. Wendy is Anita's daughter.
Linda and Glenn Woods have a grandson in Montevideo, Uruguay. His name is Brandt Woods. His parents are Rick and Pam Woods of Thatcher, AZ. He is Thoma's second oldest great grandchild.

News from Jeff Anderson
"The Jeff and JaNae Anderson Family are all doing well.
Though we have enjoyed living in Kennewick, Washington for the last 9 years, we felt it time for a new adventure. So with that in mind I set out looking for a new place to practice.
Much to our surprise, we found what seems to be a great opportunity in Gillette, Wyoming.
So, over the next 6 months we will be making the move to wild and wonderful Wyoming.
Dakota, our youngest son, is a senior in high school this year. He will continue to attend and graduate from his high school in Washington in June. This year he has excelled in doubles tennis and football as left tackle. He plans to attend one of the BYUs next fall and then off to serve a mission when he turns 19.
Jordon and his wife, Sunshine, have been married about 1-1/2 years. Both are working and attending BYU-I in Rexburg, Idaho.
Brandon married Lindsey Polson of Rigby, Idaho in July of this year. They are also working and attending BYU-I."

Elsie and Fred Grant are settling into their winter home in Quartzite, Arizona. They are enjoying being with their friends, music jams, and coyote calls.

News from Melissa Burridge
George Thomas Burridge, Jr. has a few years before retiring from the post office and he and his wife Debbie have a lovely rural property in Riverton, Utah, where they keep chickens for fresh eggs, and a goat, and a couple of Rottweilers. They are happily busy with their many grandchildren. Tom stays connected with his global friends via ham radio and loves his new Harley V-Rod.

Emily Burridge Tipping and her husband, Mark Tipping, are thoroughly enjoying 6-month-old Julian Thomas, who is so sweet and has such cute dimples and is so fun to be with! He is a much longed-for baby and wasn't easy to get here. They are busy running their own company, Sunlight Services, where Mark does handyman and construction and Emily offers commercial, construction, and house cleaning services.
Melissa Burridge is singing under the name Honey B. in Mazatlan, Mexico this season. She is fortunate to be working with some of the best musicians there, and meeting new fans from all over the world. She lives on a yacht, The Shamrock, at Marina El Cid and wants you to know that if you are in Mazatlan, she would love to show you la ciudad. VIVA MEXICO!
Hannah Charlotte Rosell, daughter of Melissa Burridge, granddaughter of the late George Thomas Burridge, is in ninth grade at Bonneville Junior High and is pulling mostly A's and B's. She has been accepted for private voice lessons by a great teacher in SLC who usually works only with adults. They will be recording a Christmas project soon. She will be going to Paris in the Spring with her 4th year French class, and Mexico for Christmas this year; her passport came yesterday! She is secretary of her Young Women's class and is babysitting for travel money as much as possible.
Spencer Burridge Smith, son of Melissa Burridge, grandson of the late George Thomas Burridge, is a projectionist for RedStone Theatres in Park City, Utah and loves building the films and collecting the previews. He plans to make films some day, so loves the state-of-the-art digital equipment he works on, the only one in the state. He is applying to the Physics program at Weber in hopes of pursuing astronomy as a chosen vocation. He is studying Jiu Jitsu and has a lovely girlfriend, Mandy Johnson.
Jon and Toni Burridge and their family have never been better. Jon's business, U.S. Lightworks, continues to grow and thrive as he excels at customer service and his customers love the homemade salsa he produces from his garden every year to give to them.
Jon & Toni & Melissa & Emily Burridge (daughter of George Thomas Burridge, Jr.) all attended the Rusted Root concert at The Depot in SLC as a send-off before Melissa moved to Mexico. Jon and Toni continue to travel to hear great musicians play in large U.S. cities. Their son Jonathan Thomas Burridge is an impressive drummer and his band is gaining a local following. Nicholas Hunter is doing well in 9th grade and is so fun to be around. Jonah is such a big boy now, so smart and such a great communicator! Toni is also thoroughly enjoying the blessing from heaven named River, who is her brothers' sweet baby boy and a healing balm for Toni whose mother passed recently, and too soon.

News from Nicole and Bartley Rust
"Bella was born April 29th, 7.12 lbs, 20". She has now mastered rolling over, sitting up, eating from a spoon and squealing and yelling with her sisters. Brooklyn is our social bug, she goes to 2 different play groups each week, preschool and dance class. She is still in nursery and is ready to move up with the big kids in January. She can count to 40 and spell her name. Brynlee is at the top of her 1st grade class. Her teacher told me last week she is a "model student". She is the only one in her class that is in the advanced reading program. She is loving her tumbling class, and has fun doing handstands and Cartwheels. She gave her first talk in primary last week without any help and did such a great job! I started back to school in August in hopes of obtaining my dental hygiene degree in the near future. Bartley is teaching the PA students at AT Still University, and practices in a medical clinic one day a week. He also ran his first marathon a few weeks ago."
Randy and Raeleen Anderson are Nicole's Parents.

News from Hazel Isolampi
Andrew, Hazel and Dave's son, is graduating from Weber State in Business Logistics. He is working on Hill Air Force Base, close to their home in Sunset.
Nate Gardner, Hazel and Dave's grandson, married Marissa in August. They are living in Salt Lake where Nate is going to school in education. Marissa has her degree in genealogy. Nate is the son of Mary and Cliff Gardner.

News from Bennion and Dorothy Lloyd
(I took this news over the phone. I take full responsibility for any mistakes and all mistakes in this report. My note taking abilities aren't what they used to be.)
Sandy Lloyd went with a tour group to the British Isles this past summer.
Larry Lloyd lives in the Salt Lake area.
Rob and Shanna Lloyd have a son, Josh, in the Oklahoma Tulsa Spanish speaking mission. Their son Matt has returned home from his mission in Texas and is attending the University of Utah. Another son, Chris, and his wife, Chelsey, have a daughter named Audrey and a son named Ezrah. They live in Henderson, NV.
Holly and Mark Wooley live in Salt Lake where Holly is a nurse and Mark is a doctor specializing in the care of feet.
Greg and Joyce live in Draper. Greg opened a coin and collectables shop in Draper on November 27th. We wish him well in this new adventure. Joyce is a supervising nurse at the Alta Hospital. Their daughter, Anna, is attending the university in Kansas. Anna is earning her masters and is interested in using drama to assist seniors and disabled people. Robert is attending USU and studies sociology. He has 1 year left. He became engaged to Amber Wood over Thanksgiving break. Amber teaches 2nd grade. Kathleen and David French have a cute daughter named Trinity. Jana lives in Davis County. Paul married Camilla. They have a baby daughter, Madhura (Maddie). She was born March 21, 2009.
Karen and Kent Spittler live in Bountiful. Karen works as a nurse and Kent works for KSL. Their daughter, Amy, graduated from U of U in writing and advertising. Her husband, John, attends U of U. Brain and Ali are attending BYU. Brian represented BYU as a delegate to the Democratic convention. They will be moving to Washington, D.C. where he will be an intern for Senator Reid. Allison is working and attending school. She is very artistic. Josh and Lydia are attending elementary school.
Sharon and Dave Petersen live in Draper where Dave is a dentist. Kathy and her husband, Christopher West, live in Provo. Kathy graduated from BYU with a specialty in English. She was awarded 1st place in a writing contest at BYU. Christopher is in Foods and Nutrition at BYU. They are expecting their first child in March. Daniel attends U of U. Adam is serving a mission in New Delhi, India. Stephen and Anne are attending Alta High School. Sophie is attending elementary school.
Brent and Joy Lloyd live in Sandy, UT. Brent sells cars for Infinity and Joy works as a teacher's assistant. Their daughter, Lindsay, attends Hillcrest High School and was in the High School Musical play. Their son, Blake, is in Jr. High. Their sons Brett and Brock are in Elementary school. Brock was baptized earlier this year.
Sue and Randy Cochrane both work for a real estate company. Their daughter, Candice, also works in the real estate company. She graduated from West Minster College. She is very good in art and photography. Victoria is in high school. She loves horses and participates in horse competitions. Ransom is in elementary school and plays football.

News from Dennis Anderson
"This summer as we were taking a bunch of grandkids through Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce and other parts of southern Utah we got a call from RoseMary's nearly 89 year-old mother. She informed us that she had bought a small house in Logan in a "55 and over" development. Before we left Smithfield on the trip, she'd approached us about buying her house from her. We thought she would change her mind or at least put off looking for another house, so it was a bit of a surprise when we received the news. Now we're the latest owners of a house that's as much an heirloom as a residence. It was built by RoseMary's great-grandfather in 1893, when his then family of 5 needed more space than the log cabin that he'd moved onto the property afforded. Eventually 10 children were raised in the house. Around 1905 a kitchen and bathroom were added. In 1940 RoseMary's parents bought the house from his grandmother and she built a smaller home south of her large home. I spent a
good share of last winter updating the wiring on the second floor, not because I expected to own the house, but to make the house better for my mother-in-law. Now we're in the process of updating the wiring in the first floor and basement and remodeling the 4 rooms that still have the original plaster and lathe walls and very old wallpaper. Along the way we've discovered that the laundry room/back porch was a screened-in porch originally and the screens still exist inside the walls. All outside walls of the actual old house are insulated with adobe brick and plaster laid inside the original wall timbers. The walls of a large part of the basement are the original dirt and rocks, just as they were laid down in this area by an ancient river. RoseMary and I have been called as family history consultants. It's an intimidating calling. Even though we do have a lot of family history records, we haven't done very much original research and RoseMary hasn't even been on the new
Family Search website yet.
For the past year and a half, one of our grand-daughters, Chantel, has had an obvious health problem. After much testing, the doctors were sure it was a liver problem, but they haven't been able to figure out what is the exact problem. Every hypothesis was disproven, until this last note on Facebook from Chantel: my wonderful Stanford doctor thinks she figured out what I have. It's called Primary Biliary Cirrhosis or PBC. It's an autoimmune disease where the bile ducts get damaged and makes bile build up in the liver. It's a very slow disease where over a long period of time liver tissue gets damaged and the damage just keeps getting worse. There is no cure for the disease, they just have ways to manage it." As the liver gets more damaged, a transplant may be necessary. It's going to be a long fight for Chantel, but with our prayers and help she should make it. Ryan Steburg, Chantel's younger brother, is a high school senior. He doesn't just play in the Oak Grove High
School marching band, he also composes some of the music for them. The band recently took 14th place in the whole state of California. In addition to the marching band, Ryan also plays with the Jazz band and the Concert band. Robbie Anderson (7th grade) and Alex (9th grade) and Kenny Clarke (8th grade) are other budding band members in our family. Fortunately none of them inherited their grandfather's musical skills."
News from Suzi Palmer "We are going on in our same old way. Kenny is the business manager at a sign company and still on the high council. He's also a commissioner for the Boy Scouts. I am the office manager at a countertop manufacturing plant in Salt Lake. I do accounting for other companies on the side. I am in the Stake Primary Presidency. I love children so this is a perfect calling for me. Jim is going to be a journeyman plumber in about 2 weeks. His wife Becky Ann works in Salt Lake and I get to carpool with her each day. Becky Charell is still a busy Deseret News reporter. Joe returned from his mission to Edmonton, Canada last year and married Heidi Kay in the Logan Temple last April. They just bought a house and are expecting a baby. Joe is also a plumber, though not a journeyman yet. Heidi is going to veterinarian school and working at a vet's office. Mia is married to Brett Hein. They are both students at Weber State and expect to get
their BS degrees in the spring of 2011. Katy is a senior in high school and also taking Culinary Arts classes at the local technical college. Danny is well over 6 feet tall and a sophomore in high school. He wrestles on the JV team and loves to practice on his dad. He works at Bartlett Scout Camp every summer. He loves it. Cami is in 9th grade and is very scientific. She wants to be a brain or heart surgeon. Her goal is to think like a nerd, but not look like one. Matthew will be a deacon in January. He is a straight A student and has many friends. We are just going along well in our lives and enjoying the love of family and friends. Couldn't get better!"
News from Gary Neeleman "We now have 33 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren, three of which were born in the last couple of months. The count is now 20 granddaughters and 17 grandsons, including the greats. Our oldest, John, lives in Seattle and is practicing law and both he and his wife, Gwendolyn, are partners in the law firm Lane Powell. John has 5 children. Son, David, and wife, Vicki, still live in New Canaan, CT although David commutes weekly between NY/JFK and Sao Paulo, Brazil as he launched his new airline, Azul Airways one year ago this month. The airline is doing great having flown nearly 2 million passengers in the past year with 14 aircraft--Brazilian made E195 with 118 seats. The airline serves 20 Brazilian cities. David's son, Daniel, just returned from his mission in Brazil and his daughter, Hilary, returned from her mission in Costa Rica. Ashley, David's oldest, had her second baby last month.
Daughter, Julie, and her husband, Bart, live in Orderville, Utah. Julie's daughter, April, had her first baby last month, and her son, Jacob, is serving his mission in the Lubbock, TX mission and her next son, Tyler is preparing for his mission in March 2010. Julie has four children. Our daughter, Pamela Clark, and her husband, Stephen, live on our family ranch in Southern Utah on the border of Zion National Park. Their Quadruplets are just turning 5 on Dec. 21st. Check the web site http://www.zionponderosa.com/. Our son, Stephen and his wife, Christine, live in Alpine Utah with their 5 children. Stephen practices medicine at the IHC Hospital system in Utah County and is the CEO of his own HSA insurance company, Health Equity.
Lisa and her husband, Mike lives in Draper, Utah with their 6 children. Mike and Lisa bought Grandpa Neeleman's
Miniature Market on 33rd South and 3rd East from the family and have now added 3 more stores and a Laundromat.
Mark, our youngest, is living in Brazil and working with his brother, David, at Azul Airways and loving it. He served his mission in Brazil, as well and speaks beautiful Portuguese.
We have very close contact with all of our children and grandchildren and are still very busy working with the Washington Post, Newsweek Magazine, and several other media companies for which we consult. I am still the Honorary Consul for Brazil in Utah. Rose and I completed a Brazilian Cookbook in English. A Taste of Brazil, with over 100 recipes. The recipes
are all adapted to US supermarket ingredients. It is sold on Amazon.com. We are in the process of writing another book about a jungle railroad in the heart of the Amazon.
My brother, Stan, and his wife, Sherie, left for Brazil last week to serve as Temple President and Matron in the Sao Paulo, Brazil temple.

New Babies
David and Marla Hansen welcomed a beautiful baby girl into their home. She was born the 9th of June. Her name is Annie Jo. She is especially loved by her siblings, Sydney, Sammy, Amber, and her grandparents, Elsie and Fred Grant.

Brian and Cassie Anderson welcomed Copelin Anderson into their family on August 16th. He has had a very rough start on life. He was born with an infection and spent extra time in the hospital. Then when he was a month old, he became very ill and was life flighted to Primary Children's Medical Center. He was diagnosed with Supraventricular Tachycardia (or called SVT) which is an abnormal heart rhythm (or arrhythmia) that starts in the upper chambers of the heart and causes the heart to beat rapidly. They also said that he has Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (or called WPW) which is an accessory pathway. The extra pathway provides a second route by which electrical impulses can reach the ventricles. An accessory pathway may allow impulses to travel abnormally fast. They also said he had congestive heart failure because his heart had been in this mode for quite awhile, so his heart was weak and only working 30%.....his body was shutting down. After 8 days in the hospital and many
tears and prayers, he is doing well on the medication. He will be on medication at least until he is one year old, then they are going to slowly wing him off the meds and see how his body reacts. Copelin will have to have Dr's visits at Primary Childrens every month to every other month to see his heart specialist. Copelin is the fourth grandbaby to join Randy and Raeleen Anderson's family in 2009.

Please send new addresses and news to
Cheri Mickelson
125 West Center
Providence, Utah 84332
cmickelson@pcu.net

At the close of another year, we gratefully pause to lovingly wish you a warm and happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

We have so many family members not named here that are going through tough times with illnesses, finances, and family differences. Let's keep each other in our hearts and in our prayers.