MAYNES, Alden Despain

The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah Tuesday, May 24, 2005 Alden Despain Maynes - 1920 ~ 2005 Alden Despain Maynes, 84, of Kaysville, Utah, passed away at the Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona on May 21, 2005. He was born December 21, 1920 in Butlerville, Utah to John Alexander Maynes and Louretta Despain Maynes, the fifth child in a family of 10 children. He graduated from Jordan High School, and in 1939 joined the Army Air Corps. He married June Kitchen on September 21, 1942 and they raised a family of four children. She passed away on September 8, 1996. Alden was a decorated World War II veteran. He was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and was shot down over Berlin and spent a year in Germany as a prisoner of war. He retired from the Air Force Reserves as a Lt. Colonel. After the war he became a general contractor for many years and then went to work at Hill Field until he retired. After retirement, he and June spent their winters in Quartzsite, AZ. He loved camping, fishing, traveling and was an accomplished wood carver. He was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in various callings. Alden married Colleen Davies on July 21, 2001 and they have resided in Kaysville, Utah and Quartzsite, AZ. He is survived by his wife, Colleen; children, Steven (Marsha), Cherie (Forrest) Bitter, Gregory, David (Paula) Dickerson, Linda (John) Boyer, Connie (Scott) Bush, Karen Clark, Steven (Pam) Dickerson, Joyce (Don) Archuleta, Larry (LeAnn) Dickerson, Richard Dickerson; brothers William (Connie, deceased), Gaylen (Shirley), Fredrick (Colleen); sisters Marna (Lloyd) McGee, Mary (Leroy) Jones; 37 grandchildren; 30 great-grand-children. He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Darrel, John, Lawrence, Robert; and a daughter, Debra Maynes. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 11 a.m. at the Kaysville Crestwood Chapel, 1039 E. Crestwood Road, Kaysville, Utah. Friends and family may call Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lindquist's Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Road and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church. Interment, Kaysville City Cemetery where military honors will be accorded.
Posted by Judy Wight Branson on January 26, 2010

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