Myron Frazier

Myron Alfred Frazier passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2016.

Myron was born January 8, 1929 to Lorenzo Alfred and Otiss De St. Jeor Frazier in Provo, Utah.  He was the youngest child in the family of four boys and one girl: VerNon, Garth, Leon, and Dea.

His father passed away at Myron’s tender age of eleven and so he was raised by his older brothers and the male members of the old 2nd Ward in Provo.

He began working at the Knudsen Lake Front Dairy Farm in the February of 1943 to help support the family at the age of fourteen.  Up at 4:00 a.m. started the day.

In January of 1949, after graduating high school, he left for a two-year stint in the Western Canadian Mission.  The military service was immediately after his return.  He joined the Air Force, receiving top clearance.  Four years later, he was released at Hamilton Air Force Base near San Francisco.

While in San Francisco, he entered the Academy of Stenographic Arts to become a court reporter.   After a two-year schooling period, he certified for the states of California, Utah, and Arizona.

This is where he met and married Ellen Overson on September 8, 1959, in the Salt Lake Temple.

He put in a short period of time in the Navajo County Supreme Court, in the state of Arizona before they came back to Utah.

He was employed for 26 years in the 4th District Court of the State of Utah. The first part of his term was under Judge Maurice Harding.  The last half of his term was under George Balliff.

While, they lived in Orem, they had four sons and one daughter: Lorenzo, Mark, Norman, Judd, and LeAnn.

He was counselor to the Bishop Dean Rigby for seven years in the Orem 10th Ward.  He became bishop of the Orem 30th Ward.  During his term as bishop he performed one marriage.

When he retired as a court reporter in 1987, he drove cars for Enterprise Rent-a-Car, which he enjoyed very much for ten years.

Myron and Ellen were foster parents to about six or seven teenagers graduating from Heritage School.

Myron and Ellen also served a mission from March 2002 to September 2003 to Kentucky.

Myron’s niece, Debi Frazier, wrote, “Our favorite uncle was so much fun.  He had a great sense of humor.  He knew how to laugh and make others around him laugh also.”

He is survived by his wife, children, 13 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.