Warren Sidney Ottley
Kia ngawari e haere ra
A gentle man, husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, passed away peacefully at the home of his daughter after a brief but valiant fight with cancer, on Monday March 17th, 2003.
He was born on September 18, 1917 in Banida, Idaho to Sidney James and Alice Warren Ottley. Warren attended North Sevier High School and graduated from South High. He attended both Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. He served in World War II in the Signal Corps and Air Corps. He served four full-time missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – two of these in his beloved New Zealand.
Warren married Elizabeth Taylor on February 24, 1943 in the Salt Lake Temple; later divorced. Married Maurine Jensen Jeffery on February 26, 1983 in Salina. She preceded him in death in 1998. Married Beth Anderson Elledge on May 27, 2000 in Centerville. He was involved with his father and brothers at Ottley’s Paint Pot in Sugar House, and in management and ownership of various businesses until his retirement. Survived by wife, Beth; children: Warren S. Ottley Jr., Barbara (Bob) Hoffman; stepchildren: Linda Hladky, Peggy (Mel) Arent and Larry Hladky; brothers: Wayne Wilmur (LuRee) Ottley, Verlo Edward (Joyce) Ottley, Jerold Don (JoAnn) Ottley, and brother-in-law, O. Martel Pedersen; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grand-children and former wife Elizabeth T. Ottley. Preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Glen Eldon Ottley; wife, Maurine; sister, Lael Ottley Pedersen; granddaughter, Lorelei-Marie Kaleokalani Ottley and great-granddaughter, Haliaaloha Huber.
Funeral services under the direction of Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, Saturday March 22, 11:00 a.m. at the Bountiful 11th Ward Chapel (2000 So. Orchard Dr.) Viewing, Friday March 21, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 So. State, Murray and 9:00-10:45 a.m. prior to the service in Bountiful. Interment at Larkin Memorial Gardens in Sandy. The family wishes to give their warm and heartfelt gratitude to the IHC Hospice Team. Send condolences to the family at wso@redrock.net.