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Aloonzo "Lon" Hooley - 11/26/1992

Class of 1942

Alonzo Hooley was named after his grandfather and was known to everyone as Lon. He was the third child born to Royal Hooley and Clara L. Marrott. He attended Lindon Grade School and then went on to Pleasant Grove High School where he graduated on May 14, 1942. The main thing his mother could recall when asked about his life as a boy was that all we seemed to ever do was work, which was very true. Lon and his family were always good hard workers. When he was only twelve he hauled the tomatoes to the cannery with the team and wagon. Lon and his brother, Glen, hauled hay and grain for their Uncle James Marrott and would usually receive a calf for their pay. He also thinned beets for different people around the neighborhood and many the time he did chores for Vern Williams and others while they were on vacation or deer hunting. One incident that Lon will never forget was the time when he cultivated out all of his Dad's sugar beets and had to plant them over and thin them all himself. Also, as a boy Lon joined the 4-H. Reed Hales was their leader and many the time would the boys meet him at the corner and ride on the milk wagon that he drove and ride with him to the old Lindon Dairy Association, which has since been remodeled and is the home of Owen Hooley.
While in the 4-H he took calves to the Spanish Fork, Provo, and Salt Lake Fairs and won many ribbons on them. Mother Hooley remembers so well the many times Lon and Glen would bring their calves on the front lawn to wash and get them ready to take to the fairs and she used to show them how to braid the tails.
On September 15, 1938 Lon was selected the healthiest boy at the State Fair.
In the fall of 1941 Holly Maxfield and Lon went up American Fork Canyon and on up around the Loop with teams and wagons to get quaker logs to use for fire wood. They stayed for two days cutting the Quakies. Because of the load and steepness of the canyon they stopped at Mutual Dell to put water on the brakes. By the time they got down the canyon their poor leg and foot that held the brake down knew that it had had a work out.
Lon worked at Geneva Steel when they first started building it and then later he worked for Bert Adams for two years doing farm work.
On March 25, 1945 he went into the Navy branch of the Service. While there he made two trips to Guam, went to every port along the West Coast, and was in Adiak Alaska when the war ended. From there he went to Boston and was discharged on July 19, 1946.
On January 1, 1947 he started working for Geneva Steel again. On February 1, 1947 he bought what was left of his Grandfather's farm, which was 20 acres. In October 1946 he met Bonnie Taylor and said this was the girl for him. On September 4, 1947 he took her to the Manti Temple and there they were married for time and all eternity.
They rented in Lindon and Orem for the first seven years and then in the spring of 1954 Lon started to build his own home on the farm he had bought from his Grandfather. Then on September 30, 1954 Lon, with his wife and two daughters, moved into their new home.
When Lon was a boy he attended church at the Windsor Ward. They were later divided and were in the Lindon Ward.
In September 1955 he was asked to be a Counselor to Oliver Johnson in the Sunday School Superintendency. Lon served with him for three years. In August 1958 Lon and Bonnie served as dance directors in the Mutual for two years and what a good time they had.
All through Lon's life he has been interested in cattle. In 1950 he started feeding out a few steers and built it up to twenty head, which varied from time to time. In the spring of 1959 he tore down what was left of his grandfather's old barn and built some new sheds and grainery with the help of his father and brother, Glen. (This life sketch was in possession of LaVar Hooley)

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