Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameHelen Mildred LUTHER 
Birth Date22 Apr 1917
Birth PlaceEl Dorado, Butler County, Kansas
Death Date10 Mar 2016 Age: 98
Death PlaceAmerican Fork, Utah County, Utah
Burial PlaceMonticello, San Juan County, Utah, Monticello City Cemetery
OccupationWWII Women’s Army Auxiliary Corp (WAAC)
FatherOscar George LUTHER (1888-1943)
MotherMinnie Mae HURT (1895-1971)
Spouses
Birth Date11 Jan 1919
Birth PlaceMonticello, San Juan County, Utah
Death Date13 Mar 2018 Age: 99
Death PlaceCedar Hills, Utah County, Utah
Burial PlaceMonticello, San Juan County, Utah, Monticello City Cemetery
OccupationWWII Soldier, Farmer
Family ID2093
Marr Date18 Mar 1944
Marr PlaceOklahoma City, Oklahoma, Will Rogers Field
Notes for Helen Mildred LUTHER
Helen Mildred Luther Perkins, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at the age of 98 at her home in American Fork, UT.
Helen was born on April 23, 1917 in Eldorado, KS to Oscar Luther and Minnie Mae Hurt. She was one of seven children.
Her family moved a few times before finally settling in Rochester, MN, where she lived until she graduated from high school. Upon finishing school she began working until World War II broke out.
At that time she felt her life wasn’t too exciting, so when there was a push for new recruits for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corp (WAAC), she enlisted.
During basic training, she had an appendicitis attack. While she was recuperating, her company shipped out, so she was sent to Will Rodgers Air Force Base and assigned to be the secretary to the Post Inspector General, where she was soon made a corporal.
This is where a handsome young soldier named DeMar Perkins came into her life. Eventually they fell in love and were married on March 18, 1944.
Their first son, Larry, was born in Rochester, MN. When the war ended, they moved back to DeMar’s hometown of Monticello, UT. There, they had two more children, Dan and Kristine, and they then settled into many years of enjoying life in southern Utah.
During this time, Helen worked at various jobs, including a position as a job specialist at the ASCS Department of Agriculture for 24 years. Eventually she retired from this position at the age of 71.
In 2008 Helen and DeMar moved to American Fork, UT to be closer to family.
Unlike DeMar, Helen was not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but after lessons from the stake missionaries in Monticello, she was eventually baptized on July 31, 1953.
They were later sealed for time and all eternity, with their children, in the Mesa Arizona Temple on their wedding anniversary in 1959.
Helen served in many church auxiliaries but she spent most of her time serving in the Primary and in Young Women’s.
She and DeMar served six church missions, four of which were stake missions mostly on the Navajo Reservation, and two full time missions in North Carolina.
Helen was a great example of love and service to everyone. She was a faithful and loving wife to her husband DeMar and she especially adored, served, and cherished her children and grandchildren throughout her life.
We will all miss her constant loving support, her personal attention, her wonderful meals, but most of all, her sweet smile and the peace she brought to each of us.
She is preceded in death by her parents, six siblings, one grandchild, and two great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband, DeMar B. Perkins, of almost 72 years; children Larry (Muriel) Perkins of Sandy, UT, Dan (Sue) Perkins of Sandy, UT, and Kris (Rick) Ellison of American Fork, UT; 15 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren and one on the way; and seven great-great-grandchildren and three on the way.
Funeral services were Tuesday, March 15 in American Fork, UT.
Interment graveside services will take place on Wednesday, March 16 at 1 p.m. at the Monticello, UT Cemetery.
From Find A Grave.
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Helen was born on April 23, 1917 in Eldorado, KS to Oscar Luther and Minnie Mae Hurt. She was one of seven children.
Her family moved a few times before finally settling in Rochester, MN, where she lived until she graduated from high school. Upon finishing school she began working until World War II broke out.
At that time she felt her life wasn’t too exciting, so when there was a push for new recruits for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corp (WAAC), she enlisted.
During basic training, she had an appendicitis attack. While she was recuperating, her company shipped out, so she was sent to Will Rodgers Air Force Base and assigned to be the secretary to the Post Inspector General, where she was soon made a corporal.
This is where a handsome young soldier named DeMar Perkins came into her life. Eventually they fell in love and were married on March 18, 1944.
Their first son, Larry, was born in Rochester, MN. When the war ended, they moved back to DeMar’s hometown of Monticello, UT. There, they had two more children, Dan and Kristine, and they then settled into many years of enjoying life in southern Utah.
During this time, Helen worked at various jobs, including a position as a job specialist at the ASCS Department of Agriculture for 24 years. Eventually she retired from this position at the age of 71.
In 2008 Helen and DeMar moved to American Fork, UT to be closer to family.
Unlike DeMar, Helen was not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but after lessons from the stake missionaries in Monticello, she was eventually baptized on July 31, 1953.
They were later sealed for time and all eternity, with their children, in the Mesa Arizona Temple on their wedding anniversary in 1959.
Helen served in many church auxiliaries but she spent most of her time serving in the Primary and in Young Women’s.
She and DeMar served six church missions, four of which were stake missions mostly on the Navajo Reservation, and two full time missions in North Carolina.
Helen was a great example of love and service to everyone. She was a faithful and loving wife to her husband DeMar and she especially adored, served, and cherished her children and grandchildren throughout her life.
We will all miss her constant loving support, her personal attention, her wonderful meals, but most of all, her sweet smile and the peace she brought to each of us.
She is preceded in death by her parents, six siblings, one grandchild, and two great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband, DeMar B. Perkins, of almost 72 years; children Larry (Muriel) Perkins of Sandy, UT, Dan (Sue) Perkins of Sandy, UT, and Kris (Rick) Ellison of American Fork, UT; 15 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren and one on the way; and seven great-great-grandchildren and three on the way.
Funeral services were Tuesday, March 15 in American Fork, UT.
Interment graveside services will take place on Wednesday, March 16 at 1 p.m. at the Monticello, UT Cemetery.
From Find A Grave.
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Notes for DeMar B. (Spouse 1)
January 11, 1919 ~ March 13, 2018
DeMar B Perkins, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather, passed away on March 13, 2018 at the age of 99 in Cedar Hills, UT, surrounded by his daughter, daughter-in-law, and granddaughters.
DeMar was born on January 11, 1919 in Monticello, UT to Daniel and Mary Cornelia Adams Perkins.
His sister, Norma, was born about four years earlier. He also had three step-siblings from his father’s previous marriage, Ula, Kloyd, and Lloyd.
He was raised in Monticello and loved the area. As kids, they owned horses and practically lived on them. He once sold one of his horses and bought a bicycle, the only bike in Monticello, but it didn’t take the place of his horses.
As a boy and young man, he was active and busy. Some of the jobs he had as a boy were milking cows, putting up hay, and building reservoirs.
He ran track and competed in boxing in high school and was never defeated. He learned to play tennis, baseball, and basketball, which he played in college and on town teams later.
During World War II, he was drafted into the horse cavalry and sent to Kansas, where he said they taught him to ride horses the army way.
He was made a gunner on a heavy weapons squad and earned the distinction of receiving the expert rifle badge.
A year later, he was transferred to the Army Air Corp, where he was made Sergeant after graduating from the aerial gunners school.
He was a born leader and came up with several ideas and tools that helped the soldiers. He was soon promoted to Master Sergeant.
Some new concepts in the army were created, and they were shipped out in small groups to Will Rodgers Field for reassignment and restricted to the air base.
Here he was standing on the steps of the USO recreation building when he “saw the cutest little WAC walk by.” They started dating, and he and Helen Mildred Luther were soon married on March 18, 1944.
He was still in the Army for a time when Helen stayed with her parents while expecting their first child. Their first son, Larry, was born in Rochester, MN.
When the war ended, they moved back to DeMar’s hometown of Monticello, UT. There they had two more children, Daniel and Kristine, and they then settled into many years of enjoying life in southern Utah.
They were later sealed for time and all eternity, with their children, in the Mesa Arizona Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on their wedding anniversary in 1959.
DeMar worked as a farmer and as a salesman selling mobile homes, cars, and insurance. He was also in the uranium and gold mining business, teaching his kids and grandkids how to pan for gold.
He loved to create and invent, from little gadgets around the house to a loading trailer which was manufactured and sold around the country.
He loved to read, study and take notes and wrote several writings on his thoughts and beliefs.
He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in the Elders Quorum Presidency, the local President of the Seventies over missionary work, and High Priest Group Leader.
He and Helen served six church missions, four of which were stake missions mostly on the Navajo Reservation, and two full time missions in North Carolina.
DeMar loved his family, both from the past and present. He loved to share stories and histories about his parents and grandparents and was proud to be the descendent of a Hole-in-the-Rock pioneer grandfather, Benjamin Perkins.
He loved San Juan County, especially Monticello and the mountains there. He taught us all to look for the Blue Mountain Horsehead.
In 2008, DeMar and Helen moved to American Fork, UT to be closer to family. They often took weekend trips back to visit Monticello. They loved to gather with family, and DeMar would light up when he heard that a new great-grandchild or great-great-grandchild was to be born.
We will miss his enthusiasm for life and the strength and stubbornness he had that helped make us all who we are today.
He is preceded in death by his wife Helen, parents, sister, three half siblings, one granddaughter, and two great-grandchildren.
He is survived by their children Larry (Muriel) Perkins of American Fork, UT, Dan (Sue) Perkins of Sandy, UT, Kris (Rick) Ellison of American Fork, UT, 14 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren, 14 great-great-grandchildren and two on the way.
On Find A Grave.
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DeMar B Perkins, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather, passed away on March 13, 2018 at the age of 99 in Cedar Hills, UT, surrounded by his daughter, daughter-in-law, and granddaughters.
DeMar was born on January 11, 1919 in Monticello, UT to Daniel and Mary Cornelia Adams Perkins.
His sister, Norma, was born about four years earlier. He also had three step-siblings from his father’s previous marriage, Ula, Kloyd, and Lloyd.
He was raised in Monticello and loved the area. As kids, they owned horses and practically lived on them. He once sold one of his horses and bought a bicycle, the only bike in Monticello, but it didn’t take the place of his horses.
As a boy and young man, he was active and busy. Some of the jobs he had as a boy were milking cows, putting up hay, and building reservoirs.
He ran track and competed in boxing in high school and was never defeated. He learned to play tennis, baseball, and basketball, which he played in college and on town teams later.
During World War II, he was drafted into the horse cavalry and sent to Kansas, where he said they taught him to ride horses the army way.
He was made a gunner on a heavy weapons squad and earned the distinction of receiving the expert rifle badge.
A year later, he was transferred to the Army Air Corp, where he was made Sergeant after graduating from the aerial gunners school.
He was a born leader and came up with several ideas and tools that helped the soldiers. He was soon promoted to Master Sergeant.
Some new concepts in the army were created, and they were shipped out in small groups to Will Rodgers Field for reassignment and restricted to the air base.
Here he was standing on the steps of the USO recreation building when he “saw the cutest little WAC walk by.” They started dating, and he and Helen Mildred Luther were soon married on March 18, 1944.
He was still in the Army for a time when Helen stayed with her parents while expecting their first child. Their first son, Larry, was born in Rochester, MN.
When the war ended, they moved back to DeMar’s hometown of Monticello, UT. There they had two more children, Daniel and Kristine, and they then settled into many years of enjoying life in southern Utah.
They were later sealed for time and all eternity, with their children, in the Mesa Arizona Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on their wedding anniversary in 1959.
DeMar worked as a farmer and as a salesman selling mobile homes, cars, and insurance. He was also in the uranium and gold mining business, teaching his kids and grandkids how to pan for gold.
He loved to create and invent, from little gadgets around the house to a loading trailer which was manufactured and sold around the country.
He loved to read, study and take notes and wrote several writings on his thoughts and beliefs.
He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in the Elders Quorum Presidency, the local President of the Seventies over missionary work, and High Priest Group Leader.
He and Helen served six church missions, four of which were stake missions mostly on the Navajo Reservation, and two full time missions in North Carolina.
DeMar loved his family, both from the past and present. He loved to share stories and histories about his parents and grandparents and was proud to be the descendent of a Hole-in-the-Rock pioneer grandfather, Benjamin Perkins.
He loved San Juan County, especially Monticello and the mountains there. He taught us all to look for the Blue Mountain Horsehead.
In 2008, DeMar and Helen moved to American Fork, UT to be closer to family. They often took weekend trips back to visit Monticello. They loved to gather with family, and DeMar would light up when he heard that a new great-grandchild or great-great-grandchild was to be born.
We will miss his enthusiasm for life and the strength and stubbornness he had that helped make us all who we are today.
He is preceded in death by his wife Helen, parents, sister, three half siblings, one granddaughter, and two great-grandchildren.
He is survived by their children Larry (Muriel) Perkins of American Fork, UT, Dan (Sue) Perkins of Sandy, UT, Kris (Rick) Ellison of American Fork, UT, 14 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren, 14 great-great-grandchildren and two on the way.
On Find A Grave.
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