Everett Bingham, beloved husband, father and grandfather, died of natural causes June 24, 2001, 93 years of age.
He was born June 4, 1908 in Thatcher, Arizona, the second of seven children of Wallace Bingham and Laura May Woolsey. He attended Gila Academy. He married Lucile Gumm in 1941. They would have celebrated their 60th Anniversary in August.
He is survived by one sister, Pearl Dodge of Thatcher, AZ; four children, Jeran F. Bingham (Linda), Kaysville, UT; Laura Fayone Willes (Mark), Honolulu, HI; Bonnie L. Streiff, (Rick), Farmington, UT; and E. Kurt Bingham (Eva), West Jordan, UT; 22 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.
An army veteran of World War II, he served in the Signal Corps from 1943 until 1945. He participated in the D-Day invasion of Europe and helped liberate concentration camps in Germany. He served in both the European and Pacific theaters of the war.
His career was in US Government Civil Service from which he retired in 1972 after almost 40 years. The last 22 years were with the Weather Bureau. An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served as bishop of the Airport Ward, Riverside Stake and on the High Council of the Pioneer Stake. In 1963 he was called to serve on the Priesthood Genealogical Committee of the church. With his wife, Lucile, he served in the South Carolina Columbia Mission from 1977 to 1979. He loved his family, his church and his country and will be greatly missed.
Funeral services will be held Friday, June 29, 2001 at 1 p.m. at the Bountiful 7th Ward Chapel, 1250 South Main where friends may call from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. prior to services. Interment-Bountiful City Cemetery.