NEED YOUR HELP

DONATIONS FOR NEW MONUMENT NEEDED NOW!

The Monument Fund balance is currently $4,888. We have several commitments to increase that to approximately $7,200. To order a duplicate monument will require an additional nearly five-thousand dollars. The latest date to order the original design is Dec. 1. (See earlier blog) If there is not $12,000 in the Fund account by that date, we will order a design consistent with the amount available. The dedication will be May 9, 2009.

We can be justly proud to be the posterity of Chauncey Walker West. This comparatively small effort on our part is something we can and should do. His surviving family members at the time of his death were very young and their financial situation precarious due to Chauncey's early death and the financial losses he had incurred in building 200 miles of grade for the Central Pacific Railroad which he had not been paid for. Surely, we can do as well as his survivors did. His posterity now number in the hundreds, if not thousands. Chauncey left nine widows and fifteen orphans. He was father to thirty-five children, fifteen of whom died as infants or young children and are buried in his plot.

The names of all donors to this worthy project will be recognized at the gravesite in a permanent way to be decided later. In years to come, when your descendants visit that grave and see the beautiful new monument, you will want them to know that you were among those who cared enough to help.

We need to know the names of all donors, so please send checks (made out to Chauncey W. West Monument Fund) to Norma W. Buchanan, 2155 Grant Avenue, #219, Ogden, UT 84401. Any questions call me at 801-393-4385 or email norma.buchanan@hotmail.com. If you have already deposited directly to America First Credit Union, please let me know your name, amount, and date by either email, "snailmail" or phone.

Thank you so very much.