Grandpa Moulton

Thomas Moulton

November 13, 1924  ~  November 22, 2012

 

LOGAN, UTAH: Tom Moulton, a friend to all that knew him, passed away Thursday, November 22, 2012, surrounded by his family. Tom was born November 13, 1924 to Henry and Maybell Moulton in Heber City, Utah where he enjoyed an idyllic childhood with three brothers, one sister, and numerous cousins and friends. He graduated from Wasatch High School and maintained a close relationship with his classmates until his death.
He married Evva Jean Peay on March 15, 1950 in the Logan LDS temple. They had a wonderful 62 years together with their family and a close group of friends. They enjoyed university activities and a lifetime of service together. She has been a loving and devoted companion.
Tom served in the US Navy in the Pacific during WWII and remained an active member of the American Legion serving as Adjutant for USU’s Post Twelve for 47 years and a logistics officer for five peace corps projects; a member of USU’s Alumni council and was inducted into the Alumni Association’s Hall of Honor. He was always serving in many organizations including Logan Jaycees, Executive committee member of the Alumni council, member of the Utah State’s Old Main Society, a member of the USU Emeriti and the Big Blue Club. He helped found Sigma Alpha Epsilon foundation; which has awarded student scholarships.
He served as Utah State University’s ticket manager for 35 years taking only one sick day during has career. In 1968 he was recognized with the Gerald R. Sherratt special recognition award and in 1967 received the USU Robbin’s Award for “Special Service” and again in 1990 was named “Professional Employee” of the year. Tom leaves a legacy of deep “Aggie” affection. He was a man who was selfless in his devotion to Utah State University.
He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving faithfully his entire life.
Tom is survived by his loving and devoted wife Evva Jean and children: Dale (MyrLynn Haws) Mardyne Andrews (Craig), Kathi Bischoff (Jon), Karen Campbell (Wayne); 24 grandchildren and 41 great grand-children.
Tom’s greatest joy was his family. He was a man without guile, a man of integrity, who loved unconditionally. He will be remembered for his exemplified service to Utah State University, God, family, and country. He will always be an example to his posterity of a life well lived.
Funeral services will be held at 12 noon, Tuesday, November 27, at the Logan 29th ward at 792 North 500 East, Logan, UT. A viewing will be held Monday evening from 6 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center Street, and Tuesday morning at the church from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 prior to services. Interment will be at the Logan City Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers-Tom would encourage you to buy a ticket to a USU ball game.

Reflections Contest

Nolan entered two entries into the Reflections contest this year. The theme was "The Magic of a Moment." He made a magic carpet and a photo collage. We were pleasantly surprised to find that he had been invited to the awards ceremony. Nolan was so happy to see that both of his projects were on display that night!
He received an "Award of Merit" ribbon and a $5 Cold Stone gift card for his photography. This is what he wrote for his artist statement:

"The pictures on this art are photos I took on my camera. It feels magical to touch and see flowers. And bees can be magical when they get nectar from their flowers. One of my favorite things is to talk to bees. I tell them that we have their honey for peanut butter sandwiches. For ladybugs, I think that they're magic because when they grow up, their skin doesn't grow so they shed their skin and walk away. It's like different layers. This picture shows the skin after they walked away."
Nolan worked hard on his magic flying carpet. He was excited to pick out thread and fabric at the store, and then he loved working on the sewing machine. He did a great job being so detailed when cutting everything out. His favorite part was choosing which kind of stitch to use. He's all about using the different knobs and features on the machine! For his carpet, Nolan won an "Award of Excellence" ribbon and will be moving on to the next level of competition. He was thrilled when he received a set of clay all his own (since the category for his carpet had been 3D art, now he can do some sculpting!). Here's his artist statement for the magic carpet: "I like magic carpets because I would like to ride on one, so I made a magic carpet. I used the sewing machine and I got fabric at the fabric store to decorate it. And what makes it magic is that it flies!"

 Here are all of the winners, holding their movie ticket that our local theater gave out. What a special night! Nolan was excited that Sabine (front row, left) from his class also won. She called out, "Way to go, Nolan!" While we were out celebrating with ice cream, Nolan kept saying, "I hope that Sabine comes here, too."

 Unfortunately, Dad was out of town for the award ceremony. But Nolan called him right after and told him all about it. Nolan was disappointed that I wouldn't let him pull out the clay at 8 p.m. last night. He's always excited to start in doing arts and crafts! Good job, Nolan! We're proud of your hard work and creativity.

Halloween 2012

Another Halloween has come and gone. All the festivities of the week were fun. Our computer is having issues... so I'll have to edit the red eyes later. We enjoyed a soup dinner and donuts at our ward party. The boys dressed up as minions from the movie Despicable Me. I had seen the idea on pinterest, so I can't take credit. It was fun to see lots of great costumes, though Justin and I didn't dress up. One of these days we will... or maybe not. We sat with the Nelsons. That's our wonderful Bishop Gibbons in the background.

For family home evening we went out to eat at SoDa row in Daybreak and then headed to a corn maze. Nolan had been begging to do a corn maze so we squeezed it in just before they close for the season. Nolan loved it and was a good leader. Ezra didn't love it, but he remained a good boy as long as he was holding and loving an ear of dried corn that he found. The weather was so nice and the moon coming up over the mountains was gorgeous!

On Tuesday, I helped out at Nolan's kindergarten Halloween party. We played bingo, decorated oranges like pumpkins, searched through cooked macaroni for spider rings (all was placed in a big hollowed-out pumpkin), and wrapped each other as mummies. Nolan said it was the best party he's ever had.

Tuesday evening was Ezra's preschool program. He insisted on being a skeleton, rather than a minion. But he's cute either way, so I didn't care. He had been saying that he didn't want to sit in his seat and sing the songs, so I was worried. But he started out great. As the kids were introduced, Ez walked in and did a giant jumping turn to show his costume. He had some great energy going. Song #1 went okay, and then he really got into song #2... Witch's Brew. I took a little video that I'll try to post later. But as that song was winding down, he plopped in his seat and said, "I'm done." He tunneled his way under the other chairs and then came to sit with me for the remaining songs. We couldn't get him to go back up. But he did so good for that one song, so it was okay. Good job, little skeleton!

 Trick-or-treating was fun because Grandma K. came for dinner and then went down our street with us. The first 4 houses we went to didn't answer the door so Ezra yelled, "This is stupid!" But once we got to the houses with candy, he was thrilled. He was out for about 45 minutes before he said, "I think I'm sleepy." Dad came to get him and then Nolan and I stayed out for another 45 minutes. Nolan's our walker/hiker so he doesn't get tired easily. But it was too long. We did NOT need that much candy... even if it was fun! They had a wonderful time sorting through it at home and didn't get to bed until nearly 10 o'clock. I guess that's the fun of Halloween... staying up late all hopped up on sugar. Doesn't it seem right that Halloween always be on the last Friday of October? That would be nice if they didn't have school the next day. 

 When we got home I gave Nolan a "war head" candy, telling him they're yummy. He wasn't happy that it was totally disgusting and didn't appreciate my trick. Then Ezra licked one but he was too smart to put it all the way in his mouth.