This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cannon, Bryner, Hall Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qg.2ADE/323 Message Board Post: The Deseret News, 10/19/2002 Chester John Cannon 1916 ~ 2002 Born August 22, 1916 to Frank Cannon and Mary Susanna Bryner in Stone, Idaho. Chester (Chet) John Cannon passed away on Friday, October 18, 2002 in Salt Lake City at the age of 86. His family moved to Fielding, Utah when he was an infant and he graduated from Bear River High School in 1934. He then worked in the CCC Camps and for the Union Pacific Railroad. Chester married Dorothy Faye Hall on May 27, 1938 in Salt Lake City. The marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Chester and Dorothy moved to California in 1945 where they remained for 52 years. He worked for Longs' Drug Stores in San Jose, Modesto (1947), San Diego (1953), and El Cajon (1957) where he managed the stores. He was an active member of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Association. He retired from Longs in 1969 and spent several years working with his own recycling company, Cannell Enterprises. In 1985 he and Dorothy moved to Vista, California where they lived until 1997 when they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. He treasured his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served the Lord and others in various callings. He set up the tuna cannery welfare project in San Diego for the Church and was instrumental in the building of the Vista, CA stake meeting house. He directed the volunteers at the open house of the San Diego Temple before its dedication. He served 13 years in the San Diego Stake Presidency, as Bishop of the San Diego Third Ward for four years, counselor in the Los Angeles Temple Presidency from 1977 to 1980, and sealer in the San Diego Temple. He was joyously able to perform the sealings for one daughter and six grandchildren. Chester loved camping, ice cream, family reunions, and telling stories. He was extremely well-organized, a hard worker and a loyal friend. He is survived by Dorothy, his wife of 64 years; four daughters: Christie Walker (Gerald) of Colleyville, TX; Carole Beal (George) of Woodinville, WA; Connie Rich (Richard) of Santa Clarita, CA; and Coleen Ary (Paul) of Simi Valley, CA; 22 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; his sister Beth Weber and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by both parents, sisters Anna Krause, Zetta Cannon and brother Rulon Cannon. Funeral services will be held Monday, Oct. 21, 2002 at 11 a.m. at the Eagle Gate Second Ward building, 135 "A" St., Salt Lake City. Friends and family may call at Larkin Mortuary, 260 E. South Temple, Sunday 5 to 7 p.m. and Monday, one hour prior to services at the Ward House. Interment, Portage, Utah Cemetery. Published in the Deseret News from 10/19/2002