Jesse Richard Dredge Sr. (Birth 17 May 1907/Death 28 Jul 1982)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Jesse Richard Dredge Sr.—Age 75
Born May 17,1907-Malad City, Idaho
Passed Away July 28,1982-Provo, Utah

Funeral Service
Saturday, July 31,1982-12 Noon
Malad L.D.S. 1st Ward Chapel
Bishop Gordon Griffiths, officiating

CASKET BEARERS
Stephen W. Dredge
Stephen D. Dredge
Andrew D. Dredge
Rod E. Thompson
John D. Dredge Jr
Daniel L. Dredge
Rick L. Stephens
Brian P. Acton

JESSE DREDGE SR.
MALAD — Jesse Richard Dredge Sr., 496 N. 600 West, Malad, died Wednesday (28 Jul 1982) in the Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah.

He was born May 17, 1907, in Malad, to Jesse H. and Eliza Rosetta Kunz Dredge, was reared and educated in Malad and a graduate of Malad High School. He attended Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah. He married Shelba Deschamps Sept. 4, 1930, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple.

Mr. Dredge was a lifetime resident of Malad where he was a prominent sheep and cattle rancher for many years. He was a member of the Church of Jesus of Latter-day Saints and was on the Stake High Council. As a young man, he served a mission in the northern states area. Recently, he returned from Arizona, where he served a mission with his wife in the Arizona-Holbrook mission. He was a member of the Lions Club, had served on the Oneida County hospital board, and had served as a county commissioner.
He is survived by his wife, Malad; four sons, Jesse R. Dredge Jr., Kaysville, Utah; John D. Dredge and David R. both of Orem, Utah; and Louis S. Dredge, Malad; one daughter, Marilee D. King, Provo, Utah; 33 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Wilford Dredge, Fruit Heights, Utah, and Calvin Dredge, Burley; five sisters, Ellen Castleton, Salt Lake City, Utah; Cecilia Rutter, Malad; Mary Crowther, Orem, Hettie Barns, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Thelma Gibbs, Portage, Utah.

Funeral services will be Saturday at noon in the Malad LDS First Ward chapel with Gordon Griffiths officiating. Friends may call at the Benson-Horsley Funeral Home Friday evening and Saturday prior to services. Burial will be in the Malad City Cemetery.

MY GRANDFATHER
Together we stood, my Grandpa and I,
Ever so gently he took my hand,
Then we walked down the road,
Side by side, across the land.

We spoke of the past. He and I,
He told of his life and dreams.
Squeezing my hand, we slowed our pace,
Bathing in the early morning sunbeams.

He shared all the bright moments,
The times of achievement and glory.
Giving all the credit to our Lord,
Bearing his testimony with each story.

All my questions he answered,
Every rough spot he helped cross,
Guiding with his examples of love
Praying together we overcame all loss.

Grandpa walked close by my side,
Not once did his gait ever falter.
Teaching me through constant obedience.
Expressing his pride as I knelt at the alter.

Now all alone I stand on the road,
Tears in my eyes, fear in my heart.
I am afraid to venture on alone,
Not quite sure how I should start.

Yet as I stand I am not alone,
For Grandpa’s memory fills my soul.
And soon we’ll be walking hand in hand,
Together sharing our eternal, celestial goal.
July 29.1982
By Lisa June Dredge Stephens