Birthday

Rex Lee Young of Sunset celebrated his 90th birthday. A family party will be held in his honor today, May 20, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law Kellie and Bill Boudreau.

He was born May 17, 1922, in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, to Preston and Ida Albertha Lee Young. He married Carol Decker on March 1, 1946, in Manti. She died on April 27, 2012.

Shanze R. Panunzio will celebrate his 90th birthday with a family dinner.

On May 25, 1922, he was born to Italian immigrant parents, Biago and Merceda Panunzio in Ogden. He was reared and educated in Riverdale.

LaVaun Kunz Hansen of Riverdale celebrated her 85th birthday with a family dinner at the Maddox Ranch House Restaurant on May 18.

The fifth of 13 children, she was born at the family home in Bern, Idaho, on May 16, 1927, to Parley Peter Kunz and Hilda Irene Stoor Kunz. She attended Bear Lake County schools, graduating from Montpelier High School in 1945.

Bessie Marie Walton Clawson of Layton, a local portrait and landscape artist, is celebrating her 90th birthday on May 15. Cards and letters are welcome from friends on her special day.

She was born in May 15, 1922, into the large family of Lydia Higley and Orson F. Walton. She is third youngest of 11 children.

Myrtle Victoria Yorgason Turley McPhie celebrated her 90th birthday on May 12. Visitors, phone calls and notes are welcome.

She was born at home in Ogden on Mother's Day, May 14, 1922, to Charles Edward and Esther Erickson Yorgason. Her siblings are Elden Yorgason, Rulon Yorgason, Kenneth Yorgason (deceased), Milton Yorgason (deceased) and Florence Coffman (deceased).

Beth W. Arnold of West Haven will celebrate her 80th birthday at an open house on May 18. Friends and family may attend an open house in her honor from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Kanesville LDS Ward building, 3330 S. 4700 West.

She was born May 26, 1932, to Hyrum Lawrence Watkins Jr. and Margaret Viola Green Watkins in Los Angeles. Her family returned to Weber County when she was 2, eventually settling on the family farm in Kanesville, (the site of the present-day Kanesville Elementary School). She attended Weber County schools, graduating from Weber High School in 1950.

Wallace C. Gross of North Ogden celebrated his 80th birthday at a family gathering held in his honor on May 5.

He was born on May 3, 1932, in Parke County, Ind., to David and Helen Gross. He graduated from Union Township High School and Brigham Young University. He served during the Korean conflict in the U.S. Air Force, stationed the entire time at Sampson Air Force Base in Geneva, N.Y.