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took the older grandchildren to Yosemite and Disneyland.
Lyle and Dallas made a yearly pilgrimage to the Woodbury Family Reunions in Southern Utah. Often they took grandchildren along. They enjoyed getting to know Dallas' sisters and brother, but Lyle longed for them to get to know his own brothers and sister. He held 2 reunions that I remember, one in the 50's and one thirty years later. He spent his retirement years visiting his remaining siblings and making sure they were taken care of. He influenced many for good and encourage one sister-in-law to join the Church, a brother to reactivate and was a positive influence among his siblings.
He had a ready smile and love all his grandchildren equally. He helped bless the first 21 and had confirmed all of his grandchildren members of the Church.
Friends. Like Will Rogers, Lyle seldom met a man he didn't like. He was friendly and appreciative for the slightest things. Nurses loved him. Associates respected him. It was truly a source of price to be his son, his grandson, his granddaughter. He told a good tale in his slow drawling fashion and his wit was drier than dry.
The word that is most synonymous with Lyle is Temple. He worked for over 22 years as an ordinance worker and part of that time as a supervisor in the Oakland Temple. When he was released he didn't know what he would do with the extra time. Once he could no longer drive there he would find rides any way he could. He literally spent years living at the temple for a week at a time. He knew the importance of temple work.
But he also enjoyed Golf. He began golfing in his 60's. He and Vern spent days together. He golfed for years until his eyesight got too bad to see. When he was 78 he recorded winning one of his trophies in a tournament. At age 87 he recorded playing 9 holes of golf and home teaching 11 families. De delighted in keeping fit. In the last years of his life he rigged up a pulley and weight in the basement, where he would exercise his arms each day, until he was to feeble to do so.
Feeble! He did not like the word. He wanted to be out home teaching, helping open and close up the Stake campground, which he did for years. He liked taking care of his garden and fruit trees, helping others, setting up tables for Dallas' meetings. He never felt old at heart and resented growing old in body. So perhaps this was the last thing he needed to learn: how to be old and frail and unable to do the slightest things without help.
Looking back, it seems like just a moment in time, but to him it seemed like an eternity. And now he is facing eternity, no more suffering and sorrows. This is exactly what he has been living for. He endured to the end.
Drumming the children in from Recess
Lyle's class picture, can you find Lyle? ?
Lyle and little Lavonda
Lyle worked the mills and Dallas tended children
The White Star Plaster mill in Hupton
Lyle Arnold, b. 13 Aug. 1903, Nephi, Juab, UT, d. 4 July 1996, Sacramento, CA
Married 2 June 1924
Dallas Woodbury, b. 17 Feb. 1906, Mesquite, Clark NV, d. 2 Sept, 1997, Sacramento, CA
Max Lyle, b. 7 June 1925, Mesquite, Clark, NV. d. 27 Jan. 1929, Arden, Clark, NV
Lester Vern, b. 4 Mar. 1927, Arden, Clark, NV, md. Catherine King, 16 Nov. 1951
Fred Von Roy, b. 27 Nov. 1935, Los Angeles, CA, d. 31 Dec. 1997, Carmichael, CA
Second son,Vern
Big brother Max and baby Vern
Lyle on horseback at Fallon
A visiting missionary with Lyle, Dallas and Vern
Fred in 1936
Vern, Lyle, Dallas and Fred Coleman
Sept. 8, 1946, Lyle with parents and family
Dallas, Lyle and Lavonda's daughter, June
Called to Northwestern States Mission
On their Golden Wedding Day
Their son, Vern, Catherine, and grandchildren
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