This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Poulsen, Lakey, Bennion Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hd.2ADI/1718 Message Board Post: Idaho State Journal, 08/18/06 SODA SPRINGS — Verlin Willard Poulsen, 79, of Soda Springs, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2006, at Spring Creek Manor in Soda Springs. He was born August 23, 1926, at Paris, Idaho, the son of Willard Smith and Elizabeth Lakey Poulsen. He moved to Conda when he was a small boy, and lived there until he graduated from high school in 1944. He served in the U.S. Navy in 1944 until 1946, during World War II; then attended Utah State University, Brigham Young University and later barber’s school before moving to Soda Springs in 1949. Verlin married Jacquelin Bennion July 4, 1950, at Elko, Nevada. He was a businessman entrepreneur, and had owned the Cedar View Supper Club from 1972 until 1983. He had been a barber in Soda Springs, and he worked for Jolly and Associates until his retirement. Verlin was a member of the Soda Springs LDS Fourth Ward. He was a member of the Soda Springs Lions Club, Elks, Kiwanis and VFW. He was also a member of the Oregon Trail Golf Club. He enjoyed golf and bird hunting. Verlin is survived by his wife, Jacquelin, of Soda Springs; two sons and two daughters and their spouses, Blake and Ann Poulsen, Soda Springs, Blair Verlin Poulsen, Reno, Nevada, Mardi and Dan Wheeler, Bakersfield, Calif., and Zan and Jeff Coonce, Reno, Nevada. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, Ashley Wheeler, Marcus Wheeler, Alicia Wheeler, Leigh Coonce, Blair Coonce, Jake Poulsen, Melia Poulsen, Beau Poulsen and Troy Poulsen; also a brother, Gary Poulsen, Soda Springs. He was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, August 21 at noon at the Hooper LDS Chapel on Third East and Hooper Avenue in Soda Springs. Friends may call on Sunday evening, Aug. 20 at the Sims Funeral Home from 7 to 8 p.m., and on Monday at the Hooper Chapel from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. prior to services. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery with military honors. Services are under the direc - tion of the Sims Funeral Home.