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GLENNIS SMITH (BINGHAM)  Left Message  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GLENNIS

** OBITUARY FOR MICHAEL HEATON (Cedar High Class of  '64)

Washington City, Utah - Micheal Lee Heaton, 80, passed away Monday, September 1, 2025. He was born July 19, 1945, in Cedar City, Utah to Glen and Charlotte Bunting Heaton. He married Alice Joy Riding, September 1, 1967, in St. George, Utah.

Michael was our age, but didn't start school until one year later. Born with a congenital heart defect, he fought for his life every day for 80 years. His first ten years were spent struggling to walk and breathe. At the age of 10 he underwent the first aorta transplant west of the Mississippi river at Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City. Doctors said he wouldn't live to be 16, but Mike had something they didn't foresee - grit!

He graduated from Cedar High in 1964, served a mission to England, and met Alice Joy Riding at the College of Southern Utah.

Mike lived with pain every day of his life. He broke his legs eight different times, shattered both heels, broke his back in a truck accident, was run over by a tractor, endured two major strokes and four heart surgeries. Despite all this, Mike never gave up. He was full of love, strength and resilience.

WAYNE COOLEY still lives in Tennessee. He and his son came to Utah awhile back. They stopped to see relatives, and went to a Cousin Reunion in Parowan. He stopped in Wyoming to see a relative who has 3,000 head of cattle. They went to Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore.

Of course, we talked about old times. Wayne said he remembered Lennis Davis, JoAnn Duncan, and Neil Roberts were really fast runners at the West Elementary. Lenora Adams had Wayne for Saddie Hawkins. Wayne said that when he first started football in high school, Neil was a great mentor. He has always appreciated that help. Wayne is doing well. He has been divorced for about a year and a half. His kids take good care of him, and his daughter lives with him.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WAYNE.

ELIZABETH PARKINSON (WAHL) has had to give up Sweet Adeline, the group with whom she sang. She still sings with the ward choir. Elizabeth was with her singing group for quite awhile, and they performed all over. She has had her knees and her heart repaired. Doctors put in implants to control the problems with her heart, and now she is feeling much better. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELIZABETH

JEAN MISEL (LAMOREAUX) lives in Sun Lakes, AZ.  Her family lives near her, and her girls are giving her a birthday party--a Brunch with lots of food.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JEAN  

**How many of you can remember the UTAH TRAIN song we learned in Mrs. Sherratt's 4th-grade class, North Elementary?

  Beaver, Carbon, Davis, Morgan, Daggett, Millard, and Duchesne

  Iron, Uintah, Rich, and Summit, Garfield, Cache, Piute, and Kane.

  Wasatch,Washington, and Weber, Sanpete, San Juan, Salt Lake, Wayne,

  Juab, Box Elder, Grand, Tooele, Sevier, and Emery Utah Train.

JANET HIGBEE (WEBB) jhigbeewebb@yahoo.com