He was an Arizona State Trooper with the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
Officer Duthie drowned when his cruiser was washed away by flood waters when Sycamore Creek, near Sunflower, Arizona, overflowed. Officer Duthie was responding to assist stranded citizens due to flooding. He was driving on the Beeline Highway and did not see that a portion of the bridge had been washed out. His patrol car left the roadway, went into the creek, and was washed away.
A monument in Officer Duthie's honor was placed at the north side of the bridge.
Son of Joseph James Duthie & Vida Gertrude Shupe.
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Officer Gilbert A. Duthie
Arizona Department of Public Safety
Arizona
End of Watch: Saturday, September 5, 1970
Biographical Info
Age: 39
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 143
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Drowned
Date of Incident: Saturday, September 5, 1970
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Officer Duthie drowned when his cruiser was washed away by flood waters when Sycamore Creek, near Sunflower, Arizona, overflowed. Officer Duthie was responding to assist stranded citizens due to flooding. He was driving on the Beeline Highway and did not see that a portion of the bridge had been washed out. His patrol car left the roadway, went into the creek, and was washed away.
A monument in Officer Duthie's honor was placed at the north side of the bridge.
Jerry Jay Sargent
Jerry Jay Sargent quickly left this mortal life to join his family on the other side of the veil on Sunday May 4, 2014. Born December 26, 1932 in Mesa, Arizona to George Ray and Fulvia McClellan. He attended school in Mesa and later worked hard to put himself through BYU in accounting, and was a member of the ROTC and Viking Club.
He married Patricia Green on August 18, 1953 in the Salt Lake Temple, and spent most of his married life as a resident of Layton.
His life was one of selfless service including a member of YMMIA General Board and acting Chairman of June Conference Explorer Fair and BYU Explorer Conference. A 50 year veteran of the Boy Scouts receiving Honorary Duty of God Award, Silver Beaver, National Explorer Committee and National Field Commissioner. Served many times as scoutmaster and other positions including Council Vice President, but his favorite accomplishments would have to include the hundreds of young men who received their Eagle Scout Award because of his relentless encouragement.
In 1960 he was asked by the Presiding Bishopric, who he traveled with frequently, to set up and manage the LDS Church Distribution program to consolidate the materials for the organizations of the church. He was a visionary who encouraged the church to move towards computers.
Followed by positions at Ingersoll Rand as Corporate Director of Distribution for where he restructured their distribution system; Levi Strauss in San Francisco where he developed and implemented an expansion plan; co-developed with son, Greg, an inventory management system which is still used by Levi's, and later started Ensign Systems, a POS Company.
He served a mission to Frankfurt Germany with his wife Pat in 1998. Always active in Family History writing several books on histories of his families ancestors. In Layton, he was known as "Mr. Christmas" for his work in decorating his home and hundreds of others in the community during a 7 year period. He personally solicited funds for the trees planted at Ellison Athletic Park. Honored as Layton City Outstanding Citizen of the Year 1995. He enjoyed raising flowers for his yard and his family in his greenhouse and loved hosting swimming parties.
He buried his beloved sweetheart Pat in 2004. He will be remembered by Gregory (Julie), Cindy (Tim Hawkes), David (Melinda), Lucy (Michael Chard) and 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
In 2008 married Verna Nichols in the Mesa Temple. She sweetly provided love and companionship these past 6 years.
Interment, Kaysville City Cemetery.
Obituary: Patricia Green Sargent
Deseret News, Jul 27, 2004 12:30 pm MDT
1931 ~ 2004
LAYTON Patricia G. Sargent passed away peacefully July 23, 2004 at her home surrounded by her family.
She was born October 12, 1931 in Ogden, Utah to Arthur L. Green and Ruth Barlow. She attended Layton Elementary School and Davis High School before completing an Associate Degree from Weber State and B.S. Degree from BYU.
She married Jerry Sargent August 18, 1953 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They recently celebrated their 50th anniversary.
She was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints and fulfilled many callings including ward Relief Society president, Primary president and Stake Young Women's president, and many others. She was currently serving as coordinator of the ward Visiting Teaching program. She enjoyed leading the ward choir. She was always diligent in all her assignments. She served a mission to Frankfurt, Germany with her husband.
Her life was filled with service to her neighbors, family, and ward mem-bers. She worked with her husband in painting dolls for the humanitarian program. She always had a listening ear to those in need. The greatest joy in her life was being surrounded by her husband, children, and grandchildren. She was always positive about life and her many blessings. She loved playing her violin and played at many events. She loved reading books, planning showers and was a beautiful seamstress.
Patricia was a teacher in Galena, TX, Layton Vae View and Layton Elementary schools. She loved teaching children.
She is survived by her husband Jerry; and four children, Gregory (Julie), Cynthia (Timothy Hawkes), David (Melinda), and Lucy Ann (Michael Chard); 13 grandchildren; and her brother, Kelly (Carolyn) Green.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 28, 2004 at 110 a.m. in the LDS West Layton Chapel, 2120 West Gentile Street. Family and friends may call Tuesday between 6-8 p.m. at Lindquist's Layton Mortuary, 1867 N. Fairfield Road, and Wednesday between 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the West Layton Church. E-mail condolences to the family at llm@lindquistmortuary.com
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