This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Illum, Atkinson, Hamblin Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qg.2ADE/233 Message Board Post: The Standard Examiner, Wed, Feb 6, 2002 SYRACUSE - Kenneth Walter Illum, age 57, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2002 at his home of heart failure. He was born May 11, 1944 in Malad, Idaho the son of Elmer Walter and Verlene Atkinson Illum. He was raised by his father and loving step-mother, Wilda LaRece Illum. Kenneth was reared and educated in Malad, Idaho graduating from Malad High School. Kenneth married Gail Hamblin on May 20, 1983 in Syracuse. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on May 30, 1985. Kenneth served in the U. S. Navy. He was employed at the Ogden Clinic for 13 years and retired from the Davis School District in 1999. He was a member of the LDS church serving as a High Priest. He enjoyed gardening, repairing small engines and loved to share the harvest of the garden with friends and neighbors. He had a very special companion, Teeboo. Surviving are his wife, one son, Robert J. (Angela) Illum, Pleasant View; two grandchildren, Christian and McKinley. Also surviving are three brothers, Doug (Maureen) Illum, Idaho Falls, ID; Lonnie (Phyllis) Kay, Randolph; Danny Kay, CA; and three sisters, Mollie (Ted) Barnes, Bancroft, ID; Patricia (Tom) Willis, Great Falls, MT; and Karaleen (Jim) Parkinson, Collinston. He was preceded in death by his father. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 8, 2002 at 11 a.m. at Lindquist"s Layton Mortuary,1867 No. Fairfield Road. Friends and family may call Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at the mortuary. Interment, Syracuse City Cemetery.