 1921 - 2013 (92 years) Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Gerald Malan Waterfall |
| Birth |
12 May 1921 |
Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States  |
| Christening |
5 Jun 1921 |
Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
9 Sep 1942 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWC5-ZSF |
| Death |
10 Aug 2013 |
South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
14 Aug 2013 |
Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I125889 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Clarence Frederick Waterfall, b. 25 Dec 1894, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States d. 10 Feb 1972 (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Pauline Louise Malan, b. 26 Jan 1898, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States d. 10 Oct 1983, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
28 Jun 1917 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F35056 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Edna Bernita Tanner, b. 18 May 1921, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States d. 2 Apr 2015, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 93 years) |
| Marriage |
13 Oct 2006 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F35058 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 12 May 1921 - Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States |
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| Christening - 5 Jun 1921 - Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 9 Sep 1942 - SLAKE |
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 | Marriage - 13 Oct 2006 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 10 Aug 2013 - South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 14 Aug 2013 - Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- He spent his youth in Ogden and was schooled at Madison Elementary, Cent r al Jr. High and Ogden Sr. High school, graduating in 1939. His freshma n a nd sophomore years were spent at California Institute of Technology a nd B righam Young University. As students who were also members of the Ut ah Na tional Guard were drafted into the U.S. Army in early 1941, he deci ded t o enroll in the new mechanic learner program that the Army Air Corp s ha d announced in preparation of staffing Hill Air Force Base, which wa s und er construction at that time. Although he was deferred in the natio nal dr aft, he left his supervisory position at Hill Air Force Base and j oined t he Navy early in 1945 where he served as an aviation electronic s technici an, first class, at the Alameda Air Station until six months a fter the en d of WWII.
After his military service he attended the University of Utah and gradua t ed in 1948 with a BS in electrical engineering. He spent the next twen t y years in management of the Waterfall Construction Co. During that ti m e he was tested and was rewarded with a Professional Civil Engineer lic en se in both Utah and Washington. In 1968 he was solicited by the Federa l A viation Agency division in Salt Lake City to join their Airway Facili tie s branch as a Civil Engineer. He worked there until 1971 when the Sal t La ke division was closed. He was then transferred to the new Seattle R egion al Airports division as their Electrical Engineer, and worked ther e unti l he retired in 1986 except for an eight year period when he was a t the F AA headquarters in Washington, D.C. There he worked with manufact urers o f hardware for airport lighting and visual guidance systems to de velop mo re efficient and effective equipment. He also revised many of th e technic al specifications to accommodate modernization and improvemen t in lightin g systems in airports across the United States.
He married Clara Tillotson, of Ogden, Utah on 9 September 1942, in the S a lt Lake Temple. They are the parents of Stephen Mark Waterfall. Durin g hi s 64th year of a wonderful marriage with Clara, she passed on. On 3 0 Octo ber 2006, Gerald was united in marriage with E. Bernita Tanner McC arthy . She is the mother of a large posterity. This gave Gerald a wonder ful ex perience to meet and establish a connection with many wonderful an d talen ted people.
Throughout his life, Gerald was an active member of the Church of Jesu s C hrist of Latter Day Saints. He served in six bishoprics in Utah and W ashi ngton wards, being the ordained Bishop in one of them. He served o n the H igh Council in the Annandale Virginia Stake, and as the Stake Pat riarch i n the Suitland Maryland and Bellevue Washington Stakes. He offic iated i n the Washington D.C. Temple and then in the Seattle Temple fo r a total o f seventeen years. He loved the Lord and served in many othe r Stake and W ard positions during his lifetime and was always one to pro vide service t o others.
Gerald loved photography as a hobby. His interest in photography bega n i n 1937 when he was given a camera to record a trip to Washington D.C . fo r the first National Boy Scout Jamboree. For most of the time sinc e the n he has had a dark room to process and print his own photos. He ha s soug ht additional knowledge and technique from educational and profess ional s ources. His most enjoyable experience was in spending two summe r session s with Ansel Adams at Yosemite. Other hobbies have been collect ing mint s heets of U.S. stamps and coins, and in remembering friends an d family wit h birthday greeting cards.
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