David DeLancy Condon

1907 - 1993  (85 years)

• Name	David DeLancy Condon
  Born	23 May 1907	Covina, Los Angeles, California
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Apr 1993	Vernal, Utah
  	DEATH: DAVID DELANCEY CONDON: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT) - Tuesday, April 20, 1993 Deceased Name: DEATH: DAVID DELANCEY CONDON David deLancey Condon, age 85, died Sunday morning, April 18, 1993 at his home near Vernal, Utah. He was born May 23, 1907 in Covina, California to Leslie Guy and Louise deLancey Condon. He graduated from Provo High School, Provo, Utah and received both a Bachelor of Science degree in Botany and a Master of Science degree in Geography from Brigham Young University. He married Lorna Murray, July 24, 1935 in Rexburg, Idaho. He served a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Dave Condon had a long and distinguished career in the National Park Service. Beginning as a park ranger in Yellowstone Park and then as a naturalist in Yellowstone, and Rocky Mountain national parks. He eventually became Chief Park Naturalist in Yellowstone, where his skilled photography enhanced the experience of the park's wonders for many thousands of visitors. While in Yellowstone, he also helped found a Christian Ministry in the National Parks. Mr. Condon went on to serve as Assistant Superintendent in Great Smoky Mountains, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon National Parks. He also spent some time at Dinosaur and Scott's Bluff national monuments and Fulfilled a special exchange assignment in Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, Canada. He retired from the Park Service in 1969, having been awarded a citation for Meritorious Service in 1968. He received a further Meritorious Service Award from the Dept. of the Interior in 1987. Mr. Condon was active in Masonic organizations through most of his life. He was a member of the DeMolay Legion of Honors and of Livingston Lodge No. 32, AF&AM, Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, S.J., USA, and the Orient Chapter of Eastern Star all of Livingston, Montana, and the Kerbela Shrine Temple in Knoxville, Tennessee. Wherever he found himself, Mr. Condon took an active role in civic organizations. As president of the Gardiner, Montana PTA, he was instrumental in finding the means to provide education to children of Park Service employees. He served in many capacities and places with Boy Scout organizations, with Toastmaster, Rotary, and Lions clubs. Mr. Condon was always a ''conservationist,'' in the very highest sense of the term, his whole life demonstrating his commitment to the wise stewardship of the natural and human resources with which this world is blessed. Mr. Condon is survived by his wife, Lorna; one son, Wilson Condon and his wife Susan, Anchorage, Alaska; and one granddaughter, Marianne Donnelly and her husband Dennis, Pocatello, Id; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild. He is also survived by two foster sons, Larry Wm. Murray, Vernal; and Paul Craig Murray, Knoxville, Tenn.; their wives and children; nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and one brother. Funeral services will be held April 22, 1993, 11 a.m., Maeser 2nd Ward Chapel, 2745 West 1000 North, Vernal. Friends may call Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday morning 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Thomson's Vernal Mortuary, 15 East 100 North, Vernal. Burial will be in the Maeser Fairview Cemetery with full Military Honors by the American Legion. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, contributions be made in memory of David Condon to The Yellowstone Association, Ranger Museum Project, P.O. Box 117, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 82190 T 4/20 N 4/20 Edition: Metro Page: B4
  Person ID	I14375	Grow
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family	Lorna Merkley,   b. 29 Mar 1914, Vernal, Utah ,   d. 21 Apr 2014, Vernal, Utah  (Age 100 years)
  Children	1. Maryanne Condon   2. Wilson Leslie Condon,   b. 28 Sep 1939, Livingston, Park, Montana ,   d. 27 Dec 2015, Anchorage, Alaska  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2013
  Family ID	F5006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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