David Blaine Thayne
June 14, 1935 - August 10, 2015
David Blaine Thayne was born in a log cabin on June 14, 1935 in Mountain Home, Utah, the 5th of 6 children born to Rulon Thayne and Margaret Farnsworth Thayne. As a young child, David helped with the many chores needed for his family's survival, farming, milking cows and caring for animals. He joined the army out of high school, was part of the 502nd Airborn Infantry, 101st Airborn Division from 1956-1962. He worked in personnel, jumped from airplanes, and eventually went to army language school where he became fluent in Russian. He also became fluent in Spanish in college and received a master’s degree in Russian. He taught English, Spanish and foreign language classes for over 30 years at Highland High School in Salt Lake. He traveled to Russia, Mexico, and spent a lot of time in Uruguay. He loved his family, language, history, world cultures, and never missed an opportunity to learn throughout his life.
David is preceded in death by his parents, brother Rulon Lamar, sisters Leola Stapley and LaRee Gines.
He is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Gladys Cruz Thayne, sons David,
Troy, Timothy and David Cruz Thayne, daughters Ana Stark, Deborah Evans, Silvia Mosier, Divina Dennis, Patricia Thayne, grandkids and great-grandkids.
A viewing will be held on Friday, August 14th, from 7-9 pm at Starks Funeral Parlor, 3651 South 900 East, Salt Lake City. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 15th at 10:00 am at the Utah Veterans Memorial Park Chapel, 17111 South Camp Williams Road, where a viewing will begin one hour prior. Interment to follow at the cemetery.
In Loving Memory
I have a lot of fond memories of Uncle Blaine. You are in our hearts and prayers during this difficult time.
Troy, and Family, So sorry for your loss, just want you to know we are thinking about you , I know you were close to your father, may sweet memories comfort you. Love. Rose
Mr. Thayne was my English teacher at Highland High in the 60's. He was excellent! He not only taught me how to write, but started a passion for writing that continues with me today. I have thought back on his lessons many times over the years. Condolences to Mr. Thayne's family.
First day I read this online obituary that Trish wrote for you Pop. You are dearly missed but remembered in the hearts of all you loved. You told me many times We should study the beliefs of our direct ancestors, and often spoke with pride that we came from Vikings. With this in mind I hope you found your new Mountain Home in : Helgafjell, the "holy mountain" was one idea of the afterlife which appears in West Norse sources. This mountain could be a mountain formation in the vicinity, and it was so sacred that people could not look in its direction without washing their face first. In the holy mountain, the members of the Norse clans would lead lives similar to the ones they had lived in the world of the living. Some psychic people could look into the mountain and what they saw was not intimidating, but instead it was a scene with a warm hearth, drinking and talking.[
We send our sincere condolences to your family for the loss of Mr.Thayne. May you endure these days with the help of (Ps.34:18) God who is there daily to lean on. He will be sadly missed.
I was looking at my 1978 Highland Year book today. I have often wondered what had become of my Spanish teacher. I smile remembering Mr. Thaynes field trips to El Chihuahua restaurant. I was a imigrant from Argentina and spoke fluent Spanish but Mr Thayne taught me so much more. I highly respected him and his intelligence. I am saddened that I never made the effort to locate him and reach out to let him know what a huge influance he was for me. Muchas gracias por todo senior Thayne.
In Loving Memory
