Lyman Merrill Call Obituary (1929 - 2010)

L. Merrill Call Click here to listen to Funeral Recording Lyman Merrill Call, 81, died Friday December 10, 2010 of heart failure. He was born June 14, 1929 in Salt Lake City Utah and was the son of Lyman Call and Leah Ford Call. Merrill married Beverly Webster on June 14, 1951 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They celebrated 59 years of a happy life together. Merrill was raised and educated in Bountiful, Utah. He graduated from Davis High School in 1947 and attended Utah State University until his mission for the LDS church in 1949. Merrill served in the Central Atlantic States mission specifically serving in Virginia and North Carolina. Merrill served his country during the Korean War in the United States Marine Corp. Merrill was proud to have been in the Corp, once a Marine always a Marine. Upon returning from his service Merrill farmed with his father until he purchased his own farm in Nyssa Oregon. Merrill dairy farmed and raised his family in Nyssa for 29 years. In 1990 Merrill and Beverly sold their farm in Oregon and moved to Nibley, Utah where they resided until 2006 when they moved to North Ogden, Utah. Merrill served faithful in the LDS church in many positions: Sunday School President, Ward Clerk, Stake Clerk, High Priest President, teacher in Sunday school and MIA, temple worker and home teacher. He also worked for the church at the Kaysville Mill. He was preceded in death by his parents. Surviving are his wife Beverly of North Ogden; one son Brian Webster Call of North Ogden; three daughters Christina Smith of Washington; Angela Duerden of California; Pamela Berg of South Ogden; one brother, Rodney Call; four sisters, Erma Jean Hancey, Evelyn Lemon, Ilene Savage and Ruth Fisher; 12 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Myers Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd., Ogden, Utah at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 18, 2010 with a viewing prior to the service from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Interment Ben Lomond Cemetery VisitationMyers Mortuary - Ogden 100 Monroe Blvd. Ogden, UT 84404 December 18, 2010 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM CemeteryBen Lomond Cemetery 526 East 2850 No North Ogden, UT 84414 December 18, 2010 11:00 AM ServiceMyers Mortuary 845 Washington Blvd. Ogden, UT December 18, 2010 11:00 AM