Henry Campbell Burns

Henry Campbell Burns, 86, died on Sunday, June 22, 2008, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
   Henry went on his last roundup. He packed out about 2100 hours (for the non-military that’s 9:00 p.m.). The cause of this trip was the result of breaking too many rough horses as a young cowboy, having too many close calls in “perfectly good airplanes,” being shot at too often in Southeast Asia, and being just plain worn out from living a full life. Henry   was the first 20-year-old draftee in Arizona and became a naturalized citizen when he didn’t “pass” a security clearance. He told the Army Air Corps, “I have lived all my life in Snowflake! I’m even registered to vote!”
   During his 23 years in service to our country, Henry was in three wars, retiring as a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force. Henry graduated from Arizona State University with a B. S. in Animal Hus-bandry, served an honorable mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and made award-winning saddles, among many other accomplishments and service. He often said, “If I’d known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself.”
   He left daughter Connie and son Steve (Sharon) to tend the campfire along with his loved young ones, which include his four grandchildren, Jennifer (Vincent Cooper), Erin, Samuel, and Jacob; and his nine great grandchildren, Victoria, Jessica, Mary Elizabeth, Elyse, Lydia, William, Nicholas, Sophia, and Jonathan Hollan, and many nieces and nephews. He will be lovingly embraced by his Heavenly Father, and rendezvous again with his parents John Martin Burns and Nellie Flake, his brother Jack, and partners Effie Potter and Susan Ferguson. He’ll also be greeted by his beloved grandfather “Papa” James M. Flake and great grandfather William Jordan Flake.
   The end of the trail on earth for Henry will be Snowflake. No matter where in the world he went, Snowflake was always home. He will be buried in Snowflake Cemetery on Wednesday, July 2. Graveside services will begin at 10 a.m.