This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Whitehead, Day, Chatterton Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/610 Message Board Post: The Herald Journal, 11/06/2002 FRANKLIN- John Hoyet Whitehead passed away Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2002, at the age of 85 from complications of a stroke. He was born Aug. 29, 1917, in Franklin, Idaho, to John William and Pearl Day Whitehead. He married Eva Chatterton in the Logan Temple on April 26, 1939. He was a valiant servant in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holding many positions in the different organizations. He served with his wife for 14 years in the Logan Temple. Through his life he was a very hard worker as a sheep herder and farmer. He worked at Del Monte for many years and in many other various jobs. He started his own mink ranch in 1949 and it was a family project teaching his children how to work hard until he sold it in 1984. His many enjoyments in life were his family, fishing, camping, touring and his temple work. He also kept a few sheep to keep him busy through his retired years. Surviving is his loving wife, Eva, of 63 years -- they were blessed with five children: Allan (Katherine) Whitehead, Jerry (Sherron) Whitehead, Wynn (Debbie) Whitehead, Nancy (Jerry) McPheeters, and Ted (Beverly) Whitehead. They have 15 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. He is also survived by sisters, Barbara, Emma, Reana, Doris, Vilda and June, and by a brother, Lloyd. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Paul, and a son, Allan. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002, at noon in the Franklin Stake Center with Bishop Douglas Porter conducting. Friends may call Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Webb Funeral Home and Thursday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the stake center. Burial will be in the Franklin Cemetery.