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SHELF LIFE
Father Unto Many Sons
By Rod Miller
August, 2018 by Five Star Publishing
Rod Miller ’75 studied journalism at Utah State,
graduated to a career in broadcast, and found his creative footing in advertising. But the former USU Rodeo Team member never lost sight of his Western roots. Miller began crafting cowboy poetry in the mid-1990s and later writing fiction. He’s won four Spur Awards to date, most recently in 2018 for the short story “Lost and Found.”
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This micro-excerpt is from his forthcoming novel Father Unto Many Sons.
Blood and vomit mingled in a puddle between Abel Pate’s spattered boots.
Head bowed, elbows on knees, he slumped on the edge of the board sidewalk, heaved, and added to the vile stew soaking slowly into the dust. Sweat beaded on his forehead and dripped without splash into the viscous mess. Again and again he heaved until only bile, then nothing but stringy spittle, dribbled from his lips and chin. Abel’s breathing slowed and the spasms stopped. He sat upright and stared without understanding at the knife in his hand, smeared with the blood of his uncle. Turning aside, he wiped the flats of the blade across the dead man’s shirt and let it rest on the stain. The body sprawled on the walkway next to him, head dangling over the edge, the deep slit across the throat leering at the boy like a wide scarlet smile. Using the bandana he had knotted around his neck, Abel mopped his face and pondered his next move. The town was dark and quiet. Abel guessed it would be three or four hours yet until dawn. He picked up Uncle Ben’s hat and brushed the dust off it and knew then what he had to do. He slid his uncle’s heavy knife into the shaft of his boot. He worked one arm out of the long linen duster, rolled the body over, pulled the other sleeve loose and tossed the duster aside. Sweat again moistened his brow as hefted the lifeless feet and rolled the body off the wooden sidewalk that spanned a narrow gap between the stone block building that housed a bank and a wood-framed barber shop. He stepped down and sat on the street, braced his hands behind himself and with both feet pushed Uncle Ben’s remains under the walkway. Even for a boy grown to the size of a man, the dead weight made the job difficult. With the side of his boot, he scraped dirt and litter over the blood and vomit, turning it all to dark mud. Abel knew his work made no kind of concealment but figured it would buy him an hour or two come daylight and that would have to do. Dusting off his backside with both hands, he slid into Uncle Ben’s long coat. He lacked the dead man’s heft, but hoped it would not be obvious under the duster. Tugging the wide-brim hat low over his brow, he set off for his late uncle’s house, trusting the darkness and his feeble disguise to accomplish his mission.
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1940s
Conrad C. Alder ’46, Jun. 24, ID Ronald C. Barker ’49, Jul. 10, UT David L. Berrey ’41 Att, May 11, UT Jack Dixon Bowen ’49, May 14, ID Jean Daines (Carlson) ’46 Att, May 3, UT Marianna C. Israelsen (Crookston) ’46 Att, Jun. 20, UT Ross D. Jackson ’48, Jul. 9, UT George A. Jeffs ’49, ’56MS, ’63PHD, Jun. 6, UT Merlene H. Peterson (Harrison) ’48, Apr. 26, UT Wendell K. Petterson ’40, Jun. 1, UT Jack H. Sneddon ’43, Jun. 28, MO Sue Stimpson (Hansen) ’48, May 2, WA Catherine E. Taylor ’45, May 22, UT Kenneth L. Williams ’46 Att, Jul. 3, UT
1950s
Carl Leroy Ashby ’59, ’66MS, Jun. 22, UT Marriner Dell Ashcroft ’55 Att, Apr. 29, UT Eugene V. Barker ’59, May 9, UT Perry Bird ’52, May 7, UT Maurice F. Blau ’53, Jun. 25, UT Irene Barrett Bodily (Barrett) ’52 Att, May 18, UT Duane D. Christensen ’52, May 6, FL Sharm Christiansen ’52 Att, May 27, UT David Chugg ’55, ’58MS, May 26, UT Lucille P. Clark ’52, Jun. 29, UT Patrick D. Collins ’58, Jun. 30, UT Eugene L. Corbridge ’57, May 18, UT Douglas D. Cox ’56, Jun. 13, UT Lt Col Reed M. Darley ’55, May 3, UT Greta A. Doutre ’54 Att, Jul. 5, UT Darlo L. Esplin ’51, May 19, UT Arlos D. Fordham ’50, Apr. 30, UT Jo Ann Gillette ’51 Att, May 5, UT James Gubbine ’51, May 28, NV Samuel D. Handy ’54, May 7, UT Clair L. Hansen ’52 Att, May 19, ID Carma Hawkes (Wiser) ’51, Jun. 13, UT LaGrande Hobbs ’56, May 8, ID Ella J. Howell (Harper) ’53, Jul. 9, UT Lynn F. James ’50, ’57MS, ’66PHD, Apr. 28, UT Janet Jensen (Stallings) ’57, May 19, ID James Robert Johnson ’54, May 30, IL Melvin R. Kitchen ’50, Jun. 25, UT Dee Odell Leak ’59, May 7, UT Mavis R. Linford (Datwyler) ’51, Jun. 2, UT Marvin W. Loosle ’59, May 12, UT Carl L. Mayers ’59, Jun. 8, UT Melvin E. Mecham ’52, ’79MED, May 1, UT Ted Milovich ’54, Jul. 24, UT Iris June Mortenson (Call) ’51 Att, May 12, UT Van J. Myers ’52, Jul. 16, UT Mary M. Nash ’56, May 29, CA Julia C. Nelson (Campbell) ’55 Att, May 12, OR Nancy A. Perazzo (Adams) ’56, May 11, NV Leland B. Petersen ’55 Att, May 10, TX Barbara Blanchard Poole (Blanchard) ’55 Att, Jun. 9, UT Clive A. Pope, Jr. ’56, Jun. 20, ID Elaine A. Ravsten (Anderson) ’51, Jun. 15, UT Shirley S. Rawlings (Spackman) ’56 Att, May 2, UT Merrill G. Shupe ’55 Att, Jul. 9, UT Robert H. Shurtliff ’52, Jul. 8, UT C. Wayne Smith ’53, May 8, UT J. Hamilton Smith ’53MS, Apr. 29, UT Samuel B. Smith ’57, Jun. 27, UT Ralph C. Sonderegger ’52, May 20, ID Milton L. Starley ’56, Jun. 17, UT Rhea H. Stephens ’52, May 11, ID Roger L. Stephens ’53, ’66MS, May 24, UT Lynn Stewart ’53, ’66MS, Jun. 15, UT Marcia R. Toomey (Warner) ’51, Jul. 16, ID Marvin A. Traveller ’59 Att, Jun. 7, UT John F. Vallentine ’53MS, Apr. 25, UT Evert G. VanVoorthuizen ’56, Jul. 6, UT Deanne Walker (Catmull) ’59, Jun. 1, UT George R. Wardleigh ’55, May 27, UT Jack A. Wilcock ’59, ’67MED, ’72EDD, Jul. 17, UT
1960s
Bruce Webb Albretsen ’61, ’71MS, Jun. 21, UT Sharon Allman ’64, ’91MED, May 31, UT Mella Laraine Bedell (Weeks) ’62, Jun. 16, UT Lynn R. Bradshaw ’67, Jun. 13, UT Owen James Brower ’66, Jun. 29, UT Alma Lindsay Carlisle ’61, ’64MS, May 29, UT Jay A. Carlson ’64, Jun. 10, UT Ruth B. Chadwick ’67, Jun. 4, WA Coleen A. Clark ’66, Jul. 1, UT John M. Coleman ’62 Att, May 12, UT Joseph A. Draper ’60MF, Jun. 26, UT Clive Garn ’60, Jun. 11, AZ Norma Hastings (Call) ’63, May 24, WY Helen B. Hess ’60, May 22, UT John R. Jensen ’65MS, May 14, ID Eldon Ralph Johnson ’61, Jul. 12, UT Calvin C. Kunz ’66, Jun. 9, ID Albert Lavon Liston ’62, Apr. 28, UT Colleen T. Long ’65, Apr. 27, UT Lavon D. Loynd ’64, May 4, ID Joseph L. Mangum ’62, Jul. 16, UT Laurel K. McClain (Hugie) ’61, May 23, UT Wells A. McInelly ’60, Jun. 1, WA Robert Monson ’65, May 8, UT Sonja N. Moore ’64 Att, Jul. 7, ID Neil W. Morgan ’64, ’66MS, ’72PHD, Apr. 24, UT Barnett K. Moss ’69 Att, May 6, UT Daryl Fred Nelson ’67, ’74MS, Jun. 12, ID George William Paxman ’62, May 17, UT Madelon Payne (Jones) ’64, Jun. 17, UT George T. Peterson, Jr. ’67 Att, Jul. 8, UT Max Peterson ’60, ’66MS, Jun. 25, UT Vernon L. Richey ’67, May 1, NM Wayne R. Rives ’60 Att, Jun. 5, UT LuDean T. Seely (Woodward) ’68, Jul. 13, UT Bill Sharp ’66, May 30, ID Lee Skabelund ’67, ’71MS, May 17, UT Ronald B. Stapley ’61, May 31, KS Larry B. Thompson ’66, Jun. 12, OR James Leon Tillett ’60, May 18, UT Ronn L. Wooden ’61, ’65MS, Jun. 6, UT Arthur Harold Yeager ’67, May 21, UT
1970s
Lynn K. Beckstead ’76MS, Jun. 27, UT Allen R. Berrett ’71, Jul. 23, UT James N. Bleak ’70 Att, Apr. 30, UT Ralph J. Couch ’74, Jun. 30, UT Kay Bastian Cummings ’76 Att, Jun. 20, UT Lawrence P. Fowers ’76, May 26, UT Niranjan R. Gandhi ’70MS, ’72PHD, Jun. 22, WI Sergeant Ronald B. Hammond ’70 Att, May 13, UT William D. Harvell ’73, May 16, UT David H. Janke ’70, Jun. 30, ID Mindy J. Jeppson ’76, May 29, ID Steven Klausing ’74, Jun. 1, TX Robert A. Larsen ’74, May 1, UT Richard Earl Logan ’72 Att, Jun. 28, OH Clark Weldon Millard ’75, May 27, ID David D. Miller ’72, ’92MS, Jul. 15, UT Audrey I. Minchey (Isom) ’70, Jun. 10, UT Phil H. Mitchell ’74, May 4, UT Susan M. Myers ’79, Jun. 4, AK Pamela Lea Norton (Williams) ’70, Jul. 8, UT Robert Burrell Nyman ’74 Att, Apr. 26, UT Danny C. Porter ’75, Jun. 25, UT Boyd Losser Rasmussen ’72, May 20, UT Reed K. Richens ’74, Jul. 7, UT Jeffrey P. Smith ’72 Att, Jun. 23, NV Renee Thackeray ’73 Att, Jul. 9, UT Ivan R. Thomas ’77MS, Jul. 12, ID Robert P. Thurston ’79, May 15, IN Christine T. Upwall ’73MED, Jul. 8, UT Deanne Jones Williams ’75 Att, Jul. 16, UT Carolyn W. Winterton (Walker) ’76 Att, May 6, UT William L. Wright ’71MS, Jul. 1, UT
1980s
Kathleen Adamson ’86MS, May 26, CO Bill N. Berry ’86MED, Jun. 24, UT Elden Douglas Chard ’81MS, Jun. 1, UT Sarah Jane Clayton ’89 Att, Jun. 9, UT Joe Featherston ’82 Att, Jun. 19, UT Michael R. Huffman ’83, Jun. 22, MO Lois K. Maudlin ’86, May 5, UT Jan L. Miller ’86 Att, Jun. 3, UT John T. O’Donnell, Jr. ’80, Jun. 2, CA Joan B. Palmer ’89, Jul. 21, UT James Jay Potter ’87MBA, Jun. 6, UT Patricia G. Seach ’88MSS, Jul. 16, UT Corrine Spencer ’86, Jun. 14, UT Scott D. Spooner ’80, ’83, Jun. 14, LA Elton L. Taylor ’81MED, May 22, UT Chris W. Thomas ’84, Jun. 9, UT
1990s
John D. Adams ’96, Jul. 22, ID Daniel W. Brown ’96, Jul. 4, ID Jordan B. Goudy ’97, May 10, UT Jack M. Lafollette ’93, May 11, UT Sterling B. Liddell ’97, ’98, Jul. 4, MO Trina Marie Moore ’99MED, May 26, WV Corey L. Naylor ’93, Jun. 22, UT Carolyn A. Pierson ’96, May 2, UT Jill Washburn ’91, May 27, UT Susan Ann Wilde (Wilde) ’92MS, Jun. 18, UT
2000s
Clint J. Carroll ’99, May 27, SC
2010s
Kaylee Faye Hoffman (Bird) ’10, May 31, UT Wesley Marshall Jun. 7, UT
2020s
Theresa Laurel Swindell Jul. 3, NH
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