Crump, Elden Hamilton – 05 Apr 1924
Elden Hamilton Crump passed away, peacefully, surrounded by his family on February 19, 1999. He was born April 5, 1924 in Riverton, Utah to Orin LeGrande and Florence Maria Hamilton Crump, the fifth child in a family of twelve children. He grew up in Riverton and Bluffdale, Utah. He married Ruby Bills May 31, 1944. They were later sealed in the Jordan River Temple and have remained lifelong sweethearts.
Elden served in the Merchant Marines during WWII. He worked at the Midvale Smelter until it closed. He worked as a truck driver for Associated Food Stores from 1958 until he retired in 1986. He was honored for driving a million miles without an accident. Ruby and Elden enjoyed fishing in the summer and snowmobiling in the winter at Strawberry Reservoir. Elden served an LDS Stake Mission in the Bluffdale Utah Stake.
Elden moved to the Malad area in July 1997 to be near his daughter and son. Later, his wife, Ruby became a resident at the Oneida County Nursing Home. Elden has greatly appreciated the loving and thoughtful care that has been rendered to Ruby by the doctors, nurses and aides of the nursing home and hospital. He truly loved the beauty of the valley and the peace that exists here. He enjoyed the association and friendship of the Senior Citizens’ group during their luncheons on Wednesday and Friday.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby; daughter Noreen (Max) Park and son, Blaine (Marianne) Crump all of Malad; seven grandchildren: Paulette (John) Hoyt, Jennifer (Brian) Bailey, Anthony (Jamie) Park, Coby, Justin (Kim), Courtney and Jeffrey Crump; six great grandchildren: Zackary and Allson Hoyt; Madison, Abbigail Ruby, and Emma Bailey and Riley Anthony Park; one brother and five sisters: Lorin (Nancy) Crump, June (J.) Hardman of Bluffdale, Utah; LaRue Mousley, Carol (Bob) Bancroft, Naomi Powell and Marge (Bob) Prowse of Corvallis, Montana; two sister-in-laws: Emily Crump of West Valley City, Utah and Mary Lou Crump of Riverton, Utah.
Funeral services were held at the St. John Second Ward in Malad, Idaho on Wednesday, February 24, 1999. Interment with military rites was conducted at the St. John Cemetery following the services.
