Congratulations to the 2011 Lehi Round Up Rodeo Royalty

Bailee Sizemore, Queen
Whitney Clift, 1st Attendant
Raeshelle Larsen, 2nd Attendant

All the contestants were well prepared and made the selection tough on the judges. Thank you to everyone who came out to support the contestants. Thanks also to our awesome sponsors, those who donated gifts, and those who donated their time to make our contest successful...Lehi Civic Improvement Assoc., Dr. Alan Jensen and the Smile Ranch, Superior Concrete, Fox Equipment, and Lone Peak Trailers. Pioneer Party and Shane and Callie Southwick for the fun contestant gifts. Haw's Floral for the beautiful flowers. Fred Bond for the gorgeous hand-engraved tiaras and buckles awarded to the queen and attendants. The Becksteads for your help with the food. Cal Jacklin and Lec Holmes for preparing the arena. Atkinson Sound for providing the sound for the Horsemanship. And anyone else we may have missed...The Queen Committee couldn't pull this off without all the help and support we receive.

 

2011 Calendar of Daily Events

Baby Contest Online Registration

10K/5K Walk/Run Online Registration and Route Maps

 

The Civic Improvement Association and the Lehi Parade Committee are pleased to honor Ralph and Willa Hadfield Wing as the Grand Marshals of the Lehi City Celebration. They have spent their lives serving the people of Lehi.
Ralph and Willa were born within two days of each other in 1926 and have lived their entire life in Lehi. They attended Lehi Elementary school, Lehi Junior High school and Lehi High School together and were sweethearts from 7th grade on. Ralph played football and tennis, while Willa was a cheerleader and the Student Body Vice President.
            After graduation, Ralph attended the California College of Mortuary Science in Los Angeles, where he graduated with a mortician’s license. After graduation, in February of 1944, he was drafted and spent nine months in France, landing on Utah Beach a month after D-Day while serving in the Army Medical Corps. He was discharged on April 1, 1945, returning home to the hospital with pneumonia and Tuberculosis. He spent 11 more months in the hospital recovering from these diseases.
            While Ralph was at college and fighting in World War II, Willa attended a year at BYU, then worked at Geneve Steel. 
            Ralph and Willa were married June 3, 1946 in the Salt Lake Temple and just celebrated their sixty-fifth anniversary.  For most of those sixty-five years, Ralph and Willa have run the Wing Mortuary. They lived in the Mortuary for twenty-five years, where they raised their four children. Ralph has also been the President of the Utah Funeral Directors Association, President of the Confederation of Funeral Service Examining Boards of the United States and served a term as a City Council member. He has also been involved in the Lions Club for many years and ran the ambulance crew for a while. Ralph has been the President, Vice-President and Secretary of Sentinel Life Insurance and continues to serve on the Board of Directors.  Willa, while helping in the mortuary, also found time to be a PTA President.
            Ralph and Willa have also been active in the LDS church. Willa has served as a Relief Society President, Counselor in the Primary and Sunday School Instructor, while Ralph has been a Seventy, Bishop and a member of a Stake Presidency. They agree that the highlight of their life was an LDS mission to London, England where they took care of the finances. Ralph actually served 10 days as the Mission President. Ralph and Willla also served at the Missionary Training Center for four years. They served in the Provo Temple for eleven years, then in the Mount Timpanogos Temple for another two years.
            Willa enjoys quilting, flower gardening, especially raising African violets and all handiwork. Ralph has always enjoyed fishing and has spent a lot of time on boats and in waders at various locations around the state. One of their favorite locations is their cabin in Provo Canyon, where they go to relax with their sixteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. 
 

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:10 pm