DOUGLAS JOSEPH FIFE WAS BORN AT RIVERDALE, UTAH TO PARENTS OF PIONEER HERITAGE, JOSEPH ADAM AMD CLARA JENSEN FIFE, ON MARCH 21, 1910. THERE WERE 8 CHLDREN IN THE FAMILY, WILBERT, GLEN, AND GLADYS WERE FIRST. THEN DOUG'S FATHER WAS CALLED ON A MISSION TO SCOTLAND. UPON HIS RETURN, JEAN WAS BORN. THEN DOUGLAS, MARY, MARTHA, AND WENDELL. WE ARE VERY PLEASED THAT AUNT JEAN AND AUNT MARTHA AND THEIR HUSBANDS REED AND MILTON ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. ALSO, GENEVA'S BROTHER, REESE AND HIS WIFE, MAXCINE ARE HERE WITH US. MANY OF DOUG AND GENEVA'S NIECES AND NEPHEWS ARE HERE, AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

DOUG'S FATHER'S FAMILY MOVED TO TRENTON AND IN 1921, THEIR MOTHER PASSED AWAY WHEN DOUGLAS WAS JUST 10 YEARS OLD. THEIR FATHER THEN TOOK THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF RAISING THE CHILDREN ALONG WITH GLADY'S HELP - SHE WAS JUST 16 AT THE TIME, BUT DOUG ALWAYS THOUGHT OF HER AS HIS SECOND MOTHER THE FAMILY LATER MOVED TO PRESTON AND THATS WHERE DOUG RECEIVED HIS HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. HE WORKED AS A YOUTH ON THE FAMILY FARM, THINNING BEETS, HAULING HAY, MILKING COWS, AND STILL FOUND TIME TO TEASE HIS SISTERS SO MUCH THAT THEY WOULD CHASE HIM AROUND THE KITCHEN WITH A BROOM. IN THOSE DAYS, HE RODE HIS HORSE TO SCHOOL, AND HE CONTINUED TO LOVE HORSES ALL THROUGH THE YEARS.

AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, DOUG HEADED TO CALIFORNIA AND WORKED IN THE OIL FIELDS, DRIVING TRUCK AND DELIVERING PIPE TO THE THEN EMERGING CITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HIS FIRST CONSTRUCTION JOB WAS DIGGING THE BASEMENT OF A CHURCH WITH A HAND SHOVEL. HE RETURNED TO IDAHO AND WENT TO WORK FOR THE OLOF NELSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. IN 1933, HE WENT TO MCCAMMON, IDAHO TO BUILD AN OVERPASS, AND HE WENT TO FIND A PLACE FOR HIS MEN TO BOARD. HE WAS DIRECTED TO GENEVA'S MOTHER'S HOUSE AND THAT'S WHERE THE COUPLE FIRST MET. AFTER A LONG COURTSHIP AND AN EVEN LONGER ENGAGEMENT, THEY WERE MARRIED ON FEBRUARY 28, 1939 AT REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA. THE MARRIAGE WAS LATER SOLEMNIZED IN THE LOS ANGELES TEMPLE. DOUG AND GENEVA THEN BOTH WORKED FOR OLOF NELSON, DOING ROAD JOBS ALL OVER THE WESTERN STATES. THEY HAD A LITTLE TRAILER THEY WOULD PULL BEHIND THEIR CAR WITH ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS - THEY COULD SET UP HOUSEKEEPING AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE. DOUG WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH UTAH CONSTRUCTION TO CANADA AND BUILD 150 MILES OF THE ALCAN HIGHWAY. THEN, IN 1942, HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY AND SPENT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS BUILDING AIRSTRIPS IN THE PACIFIC DURING WORLD WAR II. DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, GENEVA WORKED FOR FIRST SECURITY BANK IN SALT LAKE CITY AND LIVED WITH HER MOTHER. DOUG FINALLY ARRIVED HOME AND BROUGHT WITH HIM A RECURRING CASE OF MALARIA.

ON JUNE 10, 1946, DOUG AND GENEVA BOUGHT ORA BUNDY'S BUSINESS AND STARTED THEIR COMPANY. THEY HAVE WORKED TOGETHER SINCE THEN, AND DOUG WAS PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF FIFE ROCK PRODUCTS AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. MANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE HERE TODAY AND WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LOYALTY AND RESPECT THEY HAVE SHOWN DOUG AND GENEVA. DOUG BECAME ACTIVE IN THE ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA, FIRST SERVING AS THE STATE CHAPTER PRESIDENT AND THEN PRESIDENT OF THE WESTERN CHAPTERS. HE BECAME NATIONAL HIGHWAY CHAIRMAN AND A LIFETIME NATIONAL DIRECTOR. HIS INTEREST IN SCOUTING HAS SPANNED MANY YEARS AND HAS INCLUDED BEING PRESIDENT OF THE LAKE BONNEVILLE COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERTCA. HE WAS AWARDED THE SILVER BEAVER AND SILVER ANTELOPE AWARDS. DOUG WAS A MEMBER OF ROTARY FOR 45 YEARS AND ENJOYED THE ASSOCIATION WITH HIS FELLOW ROTARIANS. DOUG JOINED THE UTAH MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND SERVED AS PRESTDENT OF THAT ORGANIZATION. HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE BOX ELDER COUNTY BANK AND BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE BOX ELDER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND WAS A DIRECTOR OF UTAH FOUNDATION. DOUG WAS A HIGH PRIEST IN THE FIRST WARD AND HELPED WITH DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THIS BUILDING. DOUG AND GENEVA CELEBRATED THEIR 55TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN FEBRUARY AND HAVE MANY CHERISHED MEMORIES. MANY OF THESE MEMORIES INVOLVED SO MANY OF YOU HERE TODAY. GOOD NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, FAMILY MEMBERS - YOU ALL HAVE HELPED TO DEFINE DOUG AND GENEVA'S YEARS TOGETHER. NINETEEN YEARS AGO WHEN I ENTERED IN THE PICTURE OF THE FIFE FAMILY I WAS ACCEPTED WITH OPEN ARMS AND TREATED JUST LIKE THEIR SON. I REMEMBER DOUG TELLING ME HIS FATHER CALLED HIM LAD AND IT WAS NOT LONG AFTER THAT I WAS CALLED BY DOUG AND GENEVA NOW LAD DO IT THIS WAY OR LAD THINK ABOUT THIS. I WILL ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE MEMORIES OF THE TRIPS WE TOOK TO GETHER TO THE AGC CONVENTIONS WHERE I WOULD ATTEND MANY OF THE HIGHWAY MEETINGS WITH DOUG, I WILL MISS THE BUSINESS LUNCH MEETINGS WHERE WE WOULD DISCUSS MANY OF THE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF THE CONSTRUCTTON INDUSTRY.. NO MATTER WHAT PROBLEM OR ISSUE THAT AROSE, DOUG ALWAYS HAD A POSITIVE ATTITIJDE ON HOW TO RESOLVE OR TACKLE THE EVENT AT HAND. HIS WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND INSTRUCTION ALWAYS HAD A BALANCING EFFECT ON ANY PROBLEM OR ISSUE THAT MIGHT ARISE IN OUR BUSINESS, OR FAMILY CIRCLE. HE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT EVEN IF HE DID NOT HAVE THE ANSWER FOR THE PROBLEM, A LITTLE HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND COOPERATION COULD SOLVE MOST CONFLICTS. IN CONCLUSION, DOUG WAS A LOVING FATHER, A DEVOTED AND LOYAL HUSBAND AND A SUPER GRANDPA. GENEVA, KATHRYN, MATTHEW, AND I HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF THIS GIANT OF A MAN. HE WILL BE WITH US ALWAYS IN SPIRIT AND IN MIND, AND ALTHOUGH HE IS LEAVING THIS EARTHLY LIFE, HIS LEGACY LIVES ON THROUGH THE LOVE HE BROUGHT INTO OUR LIVES AND INTO THE LIVES OF MANY OTHERS. IN OUR HEARTS, HE WILL CONTINUE TO RIDE TALL IN THE SADDLE.

TRIBUTE DELIVERED BY PAUL DAMON ON JUNE 10, 1994