This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tippetts, Sorensen Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hd.2ADI/1503 Message Board Post: Deseret Morning News, 08/09/05 The distinguished Harold J. Tippetts left this earth on August 6, 2005. Born October 2, 1923 in Montpelier, Idaho, Harold J. Tippetts grew to be a man of honor and impeccable character. He loved the great outdoors, the beautiful State of Utah, and, above all, his wife and family. He fulfilled his civic duty as Davis County Surveyor, Planning Director and Commissioner. He was appointed to the Utah State Parks Commission in 1961, and eventually served ten years as State Parks Director. He fulfilled many callings within the LDS Church, but serving and supporting the scouting program was his greatest joy. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lorela Sorensen Tippetts; sister, Eva Dean (Mrs. Clyde Louk); daughter, Sandra (Mrs. Michael Hansen); and sons, Craig (Connie) and Brent (Eileen), Hal (Camille) Tippetts; 17 grandchildren, 16 great-grand-children and numerous friends and family to whom his passing is considered a great loss. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August ! 11, 2005 at 11 a.m. at the Farmington Utah North Stake Center, 729 W. Shepard Lane, Farmington, Utah. Friends and family may call Wednesday evening from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main, and Thursday morning from 10 - 10:45 a.m. at the church prior to services. Interment-Farmington City Cemetery. Published in the Deseret News on 8/9/2005.