Don Call Don R. Call of Taylor passed peacefully July 30, 2021.He was born April 15, 1932, in Burley, Idaho, to Russell and LaVern Call. He was 16 years old when the family moved to Mesa. A viewing will be held from 10 to 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 880 N. Centennial Blvd., in Taylor. The funeral service will follow at 11 a.m., with interment at the Reed Hatch Memorial Cemetery in Taylor. Don served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil, where he learned to speak Portuguese. After his mission he married Laree Crockett in April 1956 in the Mesa Arizona temple. Don was in the family dairy business but left and moved to Taylor where he started raising beaver for furs. He later worked for Southwest Forest Industries where he spent the rest of his career as an operator in the coal-fired power generating station. Don was a hardworking man who loved to build and “tinker.” He was always figuring a way to “make it work.” Don also loved drafting and was offered a college scholarship in architecture but elected to start a family and work on the family farm. Through the years Don built several homes to quench his desire to draft and build. Don loved music and was very musically inclined. He could play almost any instrument by ear, but his greatest love was for his family and the Lord. Don is survived by his wife, Laree; his eight children, Russell (Kimberly), Dale (Marty), Elaine (Jim), Laurie (Stuart), Brad (Suzanne), Deanne (Brian), Brian and Andrea (Shaun); his sisters, Joy Tanner and Ranae Crockett; 48 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Owens Livingston Mortuary-Heritage Chapel in Snowflake handled the arrangements.
