Blaine Golden Tempest Obituary (1931 - 2010)

Born June 11th 1931 in Salt Lake City to parents, Henry Golden and Bertha Mae (Minshew) Tempest. Blaine, 79, passed away December 14th in Longmont, CO., joining many family members awaiting him on the other side of the veil. Blaine served in the US Navy on an aircraft carrier as an air traffic controller. He worked for the FAA as chief of the Salt Lake City air traffic control center and in differing capacities. He retired from the FAA as chief liaison officer for military and civil traffic for the Denver, Colorado region in 1987. He lived in Longmont, Colorado for the past thirty years of his life and enjoyed photography, electronics, computers and service in the LDS church. He was a member of the Siberian Husky Club of America, the Train Collectors Association, the St. Vrain Photographic Society and the Longmont Camera Club. He was a wonderful and loving husband, father, brother and son. Blaine married Leola R. Fairclough with whom they had three children: Jeff Tempest, Cheryl Tempest Burton, and Renee' Tempest Lyman. He later married Karla Weiss who introduced him to raising, training, showing, and sled racing Siberian Huskies. In March of 2000 he married Carita Loveland Eggers with whom he shared the rest of his life and together they served in the Denver, Colorado Temple and in different callings in the LDS church. Survivors include his wife Carita Tempest of Longmont, CO; his son Jeff (Becky) Tempest of South Jordan, UT; his daughters Cheryl (Mitch) Burton of Orem, UT, and Renee Lyman of Holladay, UT. Further survivors include his brothers, Byron (Beverly) Tempest of St. George, UT and Keith (Diane) Tempest of South Jordan, UT; 12 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. He is also survived by his stepdaughters, Kristen (Wayne) St. Jeor of Layton, UT, Brenda Bozeman of Brighton, CO, Karen (Don) Bradford of Thornton, CO; 10 step grandchildren and 12 step great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Longmont, CO. Funeral Services in Utah will be held on Tuesday, December 21st, 12:00 noon at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley located at 1007 W. South Jordan Parkway (10600 So.) with a viewing from 11:00-11:45 am prior to the services.