NORTH OGDEN--Our honorable husband, father, grandfather and brother, Warren Dale Brough, 74, passed away Tuesday, February 2, 1999 at his home surrounded by loved ones.
He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 17, 1924, to Thomas James Brough and Julia Frances Slagowski. Warren spent his youth and teenage years in Lyman, Wyoming working his family's ranch and helping his father run the State Experimental Farm.During World War II, Warren enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet, completing his training as a Bombardier/Navigator. The war ended and he was honorably discharged in November 1945. Warren graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1951 with a B.S. in Agriculture. He also did graduate work at the University of Wyoming and the University of Montana.
Warren married Marilyn Cole on June 30, 1952 in Phoenix, Arizona. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple on June 30, 1959.
Warren joined the Bureau of Land Management in 1951 and devoted all his working years to preserving and protecting our natural resources. He was a District Manager in Phoenix, Arizona, Farmington, New Mexico and Fillmore, Utah, in addition to spending three years in Washington, D.C. working important BLM issues at headquarters. Warren returned to Utah in 1975 as Chief of the Division of Resources for the State of Utah, and he retired from the BLM while serving in this capacity.
He was a devoted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, residing in the Pleasant View Ninth Ward. He had served in many capacities, including stake Sunday School president, in various Elders Quorum presidencies, and High Priest group leaderships, and as a stake missionary. Warren also served as branch president of the Cambria, California Branch.
Warren greatly enjoyed genealogy, and had been instrumental in compiling information and writing family histories, which have now been published in five different books. Warren loved the outdoors and never missed a chance to take his family to see the beautiful God-given creations. He instilled in each of his children a love for the wonders that surround us.
Surviving are his wife, Marilyn Cole Brough, North Ogden; two sons, Dale Richard (LouAnn) Brough, Clinton; and Thomas James (Suzanne) Brough, Highland; three daughters, Bonnie Marie (Darryl) Lee, North Ogden; Kathleen, North Ogden; Mary Phelps, and Laura Lynn (Joseph) Noorda, Pocatello, Idaho; and 20 loving grandchildren. He is also survived by four sisters, Dessa Richins, Mesa, AZ; Cloe Briggs, Payette, ID; Ursel Roundy, Midvale; and Beverly Brough (Pierce) Campbell, Sue Lakes, AZ; and three brothers, Blaine Brought, Mesa, AZ; Bryon (Betty) Brough, Fresno, CA; and Morris (Virginia) Brough, Smithfield, UT. Warren was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters, Frances Brough, Lenore Hoopes and Arlene Guy.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, Feb. 6, 1999 at 11 a.m. at the Pleasant View Ninth Ward Chapel, 250 W. Elberta Drive, Pleasant View, with Bishop Robert Gibb president. Friends may call on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Myers Mortuary in Ogden, 845 Washington Blvd., and Friday from 9:34-10:45 a.m. at the church. Interment: Bountiful Cemetery, Bountiful, Utah.
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