SONNE, ALMA BALLANTYNE, April 2, 1921 – December 15, 2008

Alma Ballantyne Sonne, born April 2, 1921, passed away December 15, 2008 during a snowstorm in Las Vegas, yet Al was a teacher by trade and taught at Malad High School in Idaho, White Pine high School in Ely, Nevada and Centennial Middle School in Norwalk, California. Al grew up in Logan, Utah, graduated from Utah State University and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Reserves in March, 1942. He was ordered to Paris Island, South Carolina for boot camp. He then went to Quantico, Virginia to OCS, after which he was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. After his training at Camp LeJune, North Carolina, he fought in the battle of Iwo Jima. After 36 days of combat, he was one of the few officers to survive unscathed.

He was a musician; he played the saxophone, piano and was church organist for many years. He served in the Whittier, California Sixth Ward Bishopric and on the Stake High Council.

He married Patricia Hatch in 1946. They had two children, Robert Hatch Sonne and Jacqueline Sonne Liddle Shelline.

Survived by his wife; two children; four grandchildren; and five great-grand daughters.

No service is scheduled. A memorial service will precede the burial in the Franklin, Idaho Cemetery.