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Buford Francis Darr

Clearfield resident Buford "Tiny" Darr, born May 24, 1918, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 10, at Lindquist’s Bountiful Mortuary, 727 N. 400 East, where friends may visit from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. before the service. Interment, Utah Veterans Memorial Park, 17111 S. Redwood Road, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 15. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

LaMar Van Hoskins

LaMar Van Hoskins, 87, died Saturday, April 20, 2013. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Friends may visit from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Interment, Lindquist’s Washington Heights Memorial Park, 4500 Washington Blvd. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Clearfield Meals on Wheels at Davis County Health Department, Attn. Senior Services, P.O. Box 618, Farmington UT 84025. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

Margaret Thornley Williams

Margaret Thornley Williams died Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 26, at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 N. Fairfield Road. Friends may visit from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday  and from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the mortuary. Interment will be at 3 p.m. in Logan City Cemetery. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

David Aaron Carruth

David Aaron Carruth, 49, died Saturday, January 5, 2013. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, January 10, at Leavitt’s Mortuary, 836 36th St., Ogden. The family will greet friends before the service, from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Cremation under the direction of Leavitt’s Mortuary. Post condolences at www.leavittsmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

Grant Milton Heileson

Grant Milton Heileson died Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, November 26, in the Malad LDS Stake Center. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Monday at the church. Burial will follow in the Pleasantview Cemetery. Post condolences at www.horsleyfuneralhome.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

Gregory Brent Weyburn

Gregory Brent Weyburn, born August 26, 1980, in Ogden, died Thursday, August 30, 2012, at his Liberty home. Services will be held at noon Saturday, September 8, at the Nordic Valley Ward meetinghouse, 2900 North Highway 162, Eden, where friends and family may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, September 7, and from 11 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. Saturday before the service. Graveside services will follow at Liberty Cemetery, 3900 N. 3500 East. Post condolences at gregweyburn@gmail.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

Douglas Ray Hartmann

Douglas Ray Hartmann, 62, died Monday, June 18, 2012, from an illness. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 21, at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Friends may visit family from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Interment will be at Lindquist’s Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, 1718 Combe Road. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner) Cody Patton traverses a cable during the ropes course exercise Wednesday at North Fork Park in Liberty.

Children of fallen troops forge bonds through camp lessons

EDEN — When Rachael Stets lost her father two years ago, she had a hard time finding peers who could understand what she was going through.

But this week at a special camp in the Ogden Valley, she found 10 other kids who are truly empathetic to her pain.

The 17-year-old from North Carolina was one of 11 children participating in a summer camp at the Swanson Environmental Center to learn leadership skills and work with mentors to help them prepare for college.

(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner) Chaz Kotlyn carries his boat to the trailer Monday at Pineview Reservoir in Huntsville.

Eden camp teaches children of special ops troops killed in action

EDEN — A dozen sons and daughters of special operations forces military personnel killed in action are participating in a unique summer camp near Eden this week to learn leadership skills and meet mentors to help them succeed in college and life.

The camp, Warrior Outdoor Leadership for the Future, is sponsored by the Special Operations Warrior Foundation and Visual Awareness Technologies and Consulting Inc., based in Tampa, Fla.

The foundation provides full scholarships and educational and family counseling to children of special operations personnel killed in action, as well as immediate financial assistance to severely wounded special operations personnel and their families.

Cameron Charlton

Ex-Marine from West Haven formally charged in accidental shooting of brother

NEPHI — A 27-year-old West Haven man has been charged in the shooting death of his teenage brother during a camping trip at Yuba Lake State Park.

Eric Charlton was charged Friday with a second-degree felony count of manslaughter and misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment and carrying a dangerous weapon under the influence of alcohol.

His 17-year-old brother, Cameron Charlton, of Hooper, was shot in the head May 28 while camping with family and friends at the park, about 110 miles south of Salt Lake City, in Juab County.

Grant James Cullimore

Grant James Cullimore, of Kaysville and Layton, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 4, at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 N. Fairfield Road. Friends may visit family from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday and from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday before services at the mortuary. Interment will be at Kaysville City Cemetery, where military honors will be accorded. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

Verl E. and Myrnie M. Timmerman

At noon on June 2, 2012, a service memorializing Verl E. and Myrnie M. Timmerman will be held at Leavitt’s Mortuary, 836 36th St., in Ogden, Utah. It was their wish to be remembered together. Verl died Aug. 19, 2009. Myrnie died July 8, 2011. Post condolences at www.leavittsmortuary.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

Brother arrested in fatal shooting of Hooper teen

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A Hooper teen was shot and killed early Monday while on a group camping trip near the Yuba Reservoir.

The boy’s brother is in custody and has been arrested on charges of manslaughter.

Robert Earl Barkley

Robert “Hoot” Earl Barkley, 82, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at home. A funeral will be held Monday, April 9, at the Greek Orthodox Holy Transfiguration Church, 674 42nd St., Ogden. Friends may visit family from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 8, at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Interment, Lindquist’s Washington Heights Memorial Park, 4500 Washington Blvd., where military honors will be accorded. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Ogden. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

Hacking group claims attack on dating site for military

LOS ANGELES — The hacker group known as LulzSec appears to be back after many months of lying low, saying it has obtained email addresses and other information about nearly 171,000 users of MilitarySingles.com, a commercial dating site.

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