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     Infant Culp was born on January 27, 1878 at Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Iowa.¹ She died on February 8, 1878 at Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Iowa.¹

     Sarah B. Culp was born on February 9, 1879 at Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Iowa.² She died on July 30, 1880 at Keokuk Co., Iowa, at age 1.²

     Maude/Maud Ethel Culp was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Annex School District 29, Malheur Co., Oregon.^1,5 She was born on September 12, 1880 at Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Iowa.^1,2 She died on January 8, 1933 at Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho, at age 52.^1,2

     Emerson Claude Culp was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Payette, Payette Co., Idaho.¹ His Social Security Number was 531-16-0824.² He was born on April 10, 1882 at Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Iowa.^4,7,1,2,3 He married Sadie May Burling on August 1, 1905 at Lancaster Co., Nebraska.⁴ Emerson Claude Culp died on July 29, 1950 at Seattle, King Co., Washington, at age 68.^4,1,6,3 He Claude Emerson Culp, 68, resident of Seattle and formerly of the Payette area, died July 29 in Seattle, it was learned here Tuesday. Mr. Culp was born in Sigourney, Iowa, April 10, 1882. He is survived by two sons, Cecil Culp, Boise, and Leland Culp, Edgemont, Cal; two daughters, Mrs. Irene Carsons of Lyman, Neb., and Miss Lela Culp of Boise; one brother, George W. Culp of Vale, Ore., and one sister, Mrs. Bernice Clough of Payette, and by five grandchildren. on August 2, 1950.³

     Blanche Edna Culp was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Annex School District 29, Malheur Co., Oregon.^1,5 She was born on September 22, 1885 at Sigourney, Keokuk Co., Iowa.¹ She died on April 19, 1921 at Malheur Co., Oregon, at age 35.^1,2

     George Wilson Culp was buried at Valley View Cemetery, Vale, Malheur Co., Oregon; His tombstone reads "Oregon WW I Pvt. Btry E 37 Arty Cac."² His Social Security Number was 543-40-6371.⁶ He was born on May 13, 1893 at Princeton, Lancaster Co., Nebraska.^1,2,6 He married Johanna Wilhelmina "Hanna" Jesperson on September 17, 1925 at Payette, Payette Co., Idaho.^1,2 George Wilson Culp died on January 14, 1970 at Ontario, Malheur Co., Oregon, at age 76.^1,2

     Bernice Mable Culp was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Payette, Payette Co., Idaho.² She was born on September 1, 1895 at Princeton, Lancaster Co., Nebraska.^3,1,2 She married Mason Dodge Clough on December 4, 1917 at Gage Co., Nebraska.^3,1,2 As of December 4, 1917,her married name was Clough. Bernice Mable Culp died on December 12, 1961 at Ontario, Malheur Co., Oregon, at age 66.^6,1,2

     Sadie May Burling was buried at Dietz Cemetery, Firth, Lancaster Co., Nebraska.² She was born on August 6, 1882 at Nebraska.^3,2 She married Emerson Claude Culp, son of Col. George Washinton Culp and Mary Emmaline Conner, on August 1, 1905 at Lancaster Co., Nebraska.¹ As of August 1, 1905,her married name was Culp. Sadie May Burling died on June 26, 1915 at Lancaster Co., Nebraska, at age 32.²

     Her Social Security Number was 543-50-2581.⁴ Johanna Wilhelmina "Hanna" Jesperson was buried at Valley View Cemetery, Vale, Malheur Co., Oregon.² She was born on April 23, 1900 at Filley, Gage Co., Nebraska.^1,2,4 She married George Wilson Culp, son of Col. George Washinton Culp and Mary Emmaline Conner, on September 17, 1925 at Payette, Payette Co., Idaho.^1,2 As of September 17, 1925,her married name was Culp. Johanna Wilhelmina "Hanna" Jesperson died on December 28, 1994 at Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon, at age 94.⁴

     Her Social Security Number was 518-28-8018.⁸ Helen Marie Culp was buried at Lakeview Memorial Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah.² She was born on December 10, 1926 at Payette, Payette Co., Idaho.^1,8,2 She married William Charles King on June 22, 1947 at Vale, Malheur Co., Oregon.^1,2,3 As of June 22, 1947,her married name was King. Helen Marie Culp died on November 17, 2007 at Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah, at age 80.^8,2 She Helen Marie Culp King, age 80, passed away 17 November 2007 due to complications from pneumonia. She was born 10 December 1926 to George Wilson Culp and Johannah Wilhelmina Jesperson in Payette, Payette Co., Idaho, Helen married William Charles King, 22 June 1947 in the Christian Church at Vale, Malhuer Co., Oregon. Bill and Helen were instructed by the LDS missionaries while Bill was pursuing his education at Linfield College in McMinnville, Yamhill Co., Oregon. They were baptized 9 November 1949 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon. On 9 April 1952 their marriage was sealed in the Idaho Falls, Bonneville Co., Idaho Temple. She is survived by her husband and four children. They, along with their spouses, are William Gregory and Susan Kay Green King, Cedar Hills, Utah; Leslie Charles and Jill Ann Mineer King, Loganville, Georgia; Lance Miller and Kathryn King Call of North Ogden, Utah, and Steven Douglas and Michelle Milne King of Bountiful, Utah. Seventeen precious grandchildren (one is deceased) were her pride and joy, as well as 7 great-grandchildren with 5 more on the way. She also leaves the following brothers and sister; Kenneth George and Shirley Jean Newlun Culp, Klamath Falls, Oregon; Thomas William and Janet Maud Culp Taylor, Pendleton, Oregon; Darrell Wilson Culp, Orlando, Florida; Curtis Wayne and Bonita Jo Caywood Culp, Dunster B. C. Canada. Her father, mother, one brother (John Lee Culp) and one grandson (Jonathan King) preceded her in death. Numerous nieces and nephews and a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, James Robert and Marilyn Joyce King Terjeson of Pendleton, Oregon also mourn her passing. The source of Helen's greatest joy was her devoted husband, Bill, and their posterity. Her earthly pleasure was centered on her family, serving her Heavenly Father and others. Hard work and industry were no strangers to Helen as she was raised on a ranch in Eastern Oregon. She energetically and enthusiastically rendered a lifetime of service to the community and to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With her husband as her companion, she has served 3 Stake Missions in California and Utah. They also spent 19 months in Laie, Hawaii on a full-time mission at the Hawaii Temple Visitor's Center. Her capable leadership ability found her in many Relief Society, Young Women and Sunday School Stake Presidencies. Helen loved young adults. They were often found in her home seeking friendship, counsel and advice. She served in the Stake Young Women's and Stake Relief Society Presidencies and as Stake Secretary in the Sunday School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Relief Society was important to Helen. She served several years as President and in many presidencies in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Las Vegas, Nevada and Livermore, California. Helen spent 7 years as a volunteer supervisor serving the women inmates at Santa Rita prison near Pleasanton, California. She was elected PTA President in Las Vegas, Nevada and also spent several years prior to her Hawaiian mission as a hostess in the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City, Utah. She also served several enjoyable years as an Ordinance Worker in the Bountiful, Utah Temple. After her husband's 1988 retirement from the University of California Lawrence Livermore Laboratory as a physicist, they relocated to Bountiful, Utah to be near their children and grandchildren. She completely fulfilled her mission in life and left a family legacy that will never end. She cared for her friends, family and community. She will be remembered by every age group as a loving, caring person. She had a sense of fun that carried through generations from the oldest to the youngest. She loved life. Friends will remember her energy and determination to maintain the beauty of her home, yard, and surroundings, making the world around her a bit of "Heaven on Earth." Helen was delighted to contribute her considerable talents to service and met each task with an abundance of energy, enthusiasm and love. Funeral services will be Tuesday, 27 November 2007, at 11:00 a.m. in the North Canyon Stake Center (965 Oakwood Drive in Bountiful, Utah). Viewings will be held at the Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 North Main, Bountiful, Utah on Monday 26 November 2007 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Tuesday at the North Canyon Stake Center from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Interment will be in the Lakeview Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the LDS General Missionary Fund, 50 E. North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84100. Online guestbook and direction map at www.russonmortuary.com. on November 27, 2007.²

     Kenneth George "Ken" Culp was buried at Eternal Hills Memorial Gardens, 4711 Highway 39, Klamath Falls, Klamath Co., Oregon.⁴ His Social Security Number was 543-28-1725.⁸ He was born on July 29, 1928 at Payette, Payette Co., Idaho; The SSDI has a birth date of Jul 28, 1928.^5,3,8,9,4 He married Shirley Jean Newlun on June 20, 1954 at Klamath Co., Oregon.^5,2,10,11 Kenneth George "Ken" Culp died on December 3, 2009 at Klamath Falls, Klamath Co., Oregon, at age 81.^8,9,4 He Kenneth (Ken) George Culp died in Klamath Falls on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, at the age of 81. He will be greatly missed. A service of tribute and love will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, at Eternal Hills Chapel. A visitation will be held from 3-7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, at Eternal Hills. Ken was born July 29, 1928, in Payette, Idaho, to George and JoHanna Culp. His family moved to Vale, Ore., when he was 10, where Ken finished his childhood. Ken enlisted in the military after high school and returned home to work for the Idaho Power Company. In 1951 he suffered a spinal cord injury on the job. Ken's positive attitude and strong will got him through the ordeal and recovery. Ken attended OIT for rehabilitation and received an associate's degree in Electronics. Ken married Shirley Jean Culp in 1954 and moved to Livermore, Calif., where he worked for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory until he retired in 1990. Ken and Shirley raised two children, Dan and Linda. Ken and Shirley moved back to Klamath Falls when they retired. Ken loved to hunt and fish and was an active member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation where he spent many hours volunteering. Ken brought laughter to almost everyone he met with his teasing and amusing sense of humor. Ken was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, John Culp; and two sisters, Helen King and Janet Taylor. He is survived by two children; son, Dan Culp and his wife, Marylin; daughter, Linda Culp; two brothers, Curtis Culp and Darrell Culp; two grandchildren, James Culp and fiancé Lisa Powers, and Crystal Culp; plus many nieces and nephews. on December 6, 2009.⁴

     John Lee Culp After serving in both the Army and Navy, John Culp enlisted in the Coast Guard May 22, 1956. Between 1956-1960, Culp was stationed at Base Seattle, the cutter Bonham at Coos Bay, the cutter Mallow at Astoria, the cutter Winona at Port Angeles, and the Point Adams Lifeboat Station at Hammond, OR. During his tour at Point Adams, Culp advanced from Seaman through Boatswain Mate First Class. After advancing to Boatswain Mate First Class, he became the coxswain of the motor lifeboat CG 52301 Triumph at Point Adams. On the night of January 12, 1961, Culp and his crew attempted to rescue two persons from the fishing vessel Mermaid which had become disabled in the Peacock Spit at the north entrance to the Columbia river. While working in adverse weather conditions and heavy surf the vessel was finally taken in tow. After having the towline part once and managing to recover the vessel, the line parted a second time. As the Mermaid drifted into the Peacock Spit, one of the most dangerous areas on the Pacific Coast, Culp steered the motor lifeboat into the breakers to attempt a second recovery. He was not seen alive again as the boat was overwhelmed by the boiling surf. John Lee Culp was posthumously awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal for displaying "outstanding courage and fortitude while sacrificing his own life in a gallant attempt to save the lives of others." January 31, 1979 the John Lee Culp Recruit Training Building at the Coast Guard Training Center, Alameda, CA was dedicated in his memory. In 2008 the book "They Had To Go Out" by Gary J. Hudson, telling the story of the tragedy came out.³ He was buried at Ocean View Cemetery, Warrenton, Clatsop Co., Oregon.³ He was born on August 22, 1929 at Payette, Payette Co., Idaho.¹ He married Annie Verne Kesler on March 1, 1958.¹ John Lee Culp died on January 12, 1961 at Hammond, Clatsop Co., Oregon, at age 31.^1,3

     Janet Maude Culp was buried at Skyview Memorial Park, State Route 395 & Interstate 84, Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon.³ She was born on July 12, 1930 at Payette, Payette Co., Idaho.^1,3,6 She married Thomas William Taylor on June 17, 1951.^1,2,3 As of June 17, 1951,her married name was Taylor. Janet Maude Culp died on January 6, 2009 at Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon, at age 78.^6,3 She Longtime Pendleton educator, Janet Taylor, passed away Jan. 6, 2009 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Pendleton. A viewing was held Jan. 9 at Burns Mortuary in Pendleton, with graveside services at Skyview Memorial Park. Janet Maud (Culp) Taylor was born in Payette, Idaho, to George and Johannah Culp, and raised on the family farm outside Vale. She graduated from Vale Union High School in 1948 and went on to attend college at Eastern Oregon College of Education where she received her teaching certificate. While at college she met and married Thomas William Taylor of North Powder. They were married June 17, 1951. They began their life together in John Day. She taught first grade at the old Canyon City schoolhouse while he worked for the Oregon State Police. She continued teaching for more than 30 years in Canyon City, Hermiston, and Echo, finishing her career in 1982 at Sherwood Heights in Pendleton. Upon retirement the couple enjoyed traveling extensively throughout the United States and Canada, wintering in Arizona and Mexico with family and friends. She traveled to Europe on several occasions with family members. She loved the desert in the spring, gardening, flower arranging, sewing, and calligraphy, Mrs. Taylor collected first day stamps and began a collection of Hummel figurines after visiting Germany. She also collected the new Caldecott honor book as it was announced each year. She was active in many organizations in the Pendleton community including the Garden Club, Friends of the Library, Retired Educators, Umatilla County Historical Society, Research Club, Priscilla Group of the First Christian Church, and AAUW. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Tom; brothers Ken, Darrell, and Curtis Culp; daughter and son-in-law, Pat and Scott VanNice of Cove; son and daughter-in-law Mike and Patsy Taylor of Echo; grandchildren, Jenny and Justin Samp of Pendleton, Jason and Aimee VanNice of Bend, Thomas VanNice of Cove, and Sam and Jack Taylor of Echo. She found special enjoyment playing with her great-granddaughters Jilly and Jaden Samp and Cambria VanNice. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother John Culp, and sister Helen Culp King. Donations may be made to Pendleton Friends of the Library, First Christian Church of Pendleton or to the Alzheimer's Association, 1650 NW Naito Parkway, Suite 190, Portland, OR, 97209, or a charity of choice. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements.
on January 14, 2009.³

     William Charles King was buried at Lakeview Memorial Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah.³ He was born on December 15, 1924 at Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon.^4,3 He married Helen Marie Culp, daughter of George Wilson Culp and Johanna Wilhelmina "Hanna" Jesperson, on June 22, 1947 at Vale, Malheur Co., Oregon.^1,2,3 William Charles King died on October 9, 2012 at Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah, at age 87.^4,3 He William Charles King (87) of Bountiful, Utah, passed away late Tuesday night, October 9, 2012. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in the Bountiful Utah North Canyon Stake Center located at 965 East Oakwood Drive. A viewing will precede the funeral services from 10:00 a.m. -10:45 a.m. Family and friends may also attend a viewing to be held Tuesday, October 16 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Russon Brothers Mortuary located at 295 North Main Street in Bountiful. Interment will be at Lakeview Memorial Estates where he will be buried next to his wife, Helen, who preceded him in death. Bill was born December 15, 1924 in Pendleton, Oregon to William Earl King and Vashti Bell Hoskins. Having enlisted in the army at the age of 17, Bill served in the Pacific theatre during WWII, and was part of the New Guinea and Philippine Islands campaigns as a combat weather observer. Upon his return from the war, he met and married Helen Marie Culp on June 22, 1947 in Vale, Oregon. Shortly thereafter, while attending college in McMinnville, Oregon, they were contacted by Mormon missionaries and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1949. Bill and Helen were later sealed, with the two children they had at the time, in the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple. After receiving his BA degree in physics from Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, Bill and Helen moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where Bill received his Masters of Science Degree in physics at Vanderbilt University on a fellowship from the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. It was in Oak Ridge, Tennessee where Bill began his professional career in nuclear physics. In 1952, Bill relocated his family to Idaho Falls, Idaho to work at the National Reactor Testing Station, where he assisted in the start-up of the Chemical Processing Plant and the Engineering Test Reactor. He later became leader of a special problem-solving group involving nuclear safety. In 1960, he moved his family to Las Vegas, Nevada where he worked at the Nevada Test Site for the University of California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Nuclear Ram-Jet propulsion and nuclear weapons. He was safety advisor to various test group leaders and was manager of the Health and Safety Division. In 1973, the family moved to Livermore, California to be near the home laboratory where he worked as a project group leader on highly classified projects as well as group leader in the Hazards Control Department. He was a charter member of the Health Physics Society and a Certified Health Physicist by the American Board of Health Physics. Bill formally retired in December of 1987. He and his wife, Helen, moved to Bountiful, Utah the following year. Following retirement, he worked as a Health Physics Consultant for the Department of Energy on safety evaluation of nuclear facilities. In 1991, he gave up consulting to serve a full-time mission with his wife assigned to labor at the Hawaii Temple Visitors' Center in Laie, Hawaii. He had a great love for the Polynesian people and for missionary service. In the Church, he served as a stake missionary, Priesthood quorum leader, and a Sunday school teacher. He also served for over 20 years on the High Council of three different stakes. Bill is survived by his four children: William G. (Susan) King of Lehi, Utah; Leslie C. (Jill) King of Lawrenceville, Georgia; Kathryn K. (Lance) Call of Lehi, Utah; and Steven D. (Michelle) King of Bountiful, Utah; and a sister, Marilyn (James) Terjeson of Pendleton, Oregon. He has 17 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one grandson, Jonathan Leslie King, and also by his beloved wife, Helen. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the missionary efforts of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. on October 14, 2012.³

     Shirley Jean Newlun was buried at Eternal Hills Memorial Gardens, 4711 Highway 39, Klamath Falls, Klamath Co., Oregon.⁴ Her Social Security Number was 540-40-6126.⁵ She was born on August 8, 1935 at Phoenix, Jackson Co., Oregon.^5,4 She married Kenneth George "Ken" Culp, son of George Wilson Culp and Johanna Wilhelmina "Hanna" Jesperson, on June 20, 1954 at Klamath Co., Oregon.^1,2,3,4 As of June 20, 1954,her married name was Culp. Shirley Jean Newlun died on October 26, 2008 at Klamath Falls, Klamath Co., Oregon, at age 73.^5,6,4 She Shirley Jean Culp died in Klamath Falls, Ore., on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. She was 73 and a wife, mother and grandmother. Shirley was born on Aug. 8, 1935, in Phoenix, Ore., to Kenneth and Kathryn Newlun, the fourth of six children. Her family moved to Sprague River, Ore., when she was 2 and she lived there until she went to Oregon Institute of Technology in 1954 and married Kenneth Culp of Vale, Ore. In 1956, the couple moved to Livermore, Calif., where they lived, worked, and raised two children. Shirley dedicated her life to taking care of her family. She loved the family camping trips and being with good friends. She was an avid bowler and enjoyed the weekly card games with the girls. In 1990, Ken and Shirley retired and moved back to Klamath Falls to the place they had always considered home. Shirley died comfortably at her home in Klamath Falls with a most amazing, caring family at her side. Her husband, her children, grandchildren, two brothers and their wives, her sister and husband, two nieces, three nephews were with her during the week of her death. Shirley was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Doris Marvin. She is survived by her husband; two children, son Dan Culp and his wife Marylin of Klamath Falls and daughter Linda Culp of Klamath Falls; one sister, Luella Dunham, and her husband, Buck, of Hermiston, Ore; three brothers Buster Newlun of Klamath Falls, Vernon Newlun and his wife Pattie of Dairy, Ore., and Bill Newlun and his wife Donna of Las Vegas, Nev; and two grandchildren James Culp of Dublin, Ohio, and Crystal Culp of Sunnyvale, Calif. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, at 10 a.m. at Eternal Hills Memorial Gardens. on October 28, 2008.⁴