Bruce Taylor Neville MD June 26,1930-January 6, 2016

I was given the honor of writing dad's obituary and life story. The first two pictures are the pictures mom chose for the obituary, the first because it showed his Air Force wings, the second because it showed the man she knew and loved. The other pictures I added for my blog because I want them in a narrative. 

 Bruce Taylor Neville M.D.

Bruce Taylor Neville, dearly loved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, and uncle left this world on Epiphany, January 6, 2016 due to the frailties of age. He was born June 28, 1930 in Salt Lake City, the son of Joseph William and Julia Taylor Neville. He had four siblings, including his identical twin brother Robert (Maxine) Neville, Joseph (Evelyn) Neville, Anne (Robert) Gustaveson, and Nancy (Drew) Van Wagoner.

He had a lifelong inseparable bond with his twin brother, Bob, which was not dimmed by distance, time, or age. When he was five, his family moved to Cedar City and later Escalante, Utah where his father worked as an engineer for the government, building roads in central Utah. Living in the mountains above Escalante in a small cabin was an idyllic childhood for the children, though probably not for their mother.

                The family moved to Ogden, Utah when Bruce and Bob were 9 years old and eventually settled in Washington Terrace. Bruce was amazed and disappointed that the Wasatch Mountains were not the red of his familiar Escalante.

During World War II, Bruce and Bob rode their bicycles to deliver telegrams to the families of fallen soldiers. They graduated from Weber High School and later Weber College. They both served LDS missions in Germany and were companions at one time, much to the delight of the German people.  

                The twins served in the Air Force from 1953-1957 following their missions. They were in the Strategic Air Command working as performance engineers on the B-36 bombers, training to deliver the atomic bomb to sites in Russia.

  Bruce received his wings from the Air Force and soon after married his beloved Beth Ann Hill on May 14, 1954 in the Salt Lake Temple. They had seven children in seven years: Roark, Jeanne, Jayne, Brett, Stacey, Shelley, and Ann.

Bruce started medical school at the University of Utah when Beth Ann was expecting their fifth child. He graduated in 1962 shortly after their seventh child was born. During medical school, he worked all night every 5th night as a lab technician at LDS hospital to support his family. He joined Drs. Ralph Peterson and Joe Amano at the Clearfield Clinic as a family physician and later worked with his son Dr. Roark Neville at Davis Family Physicians. As a physician, he was loved by his patients for his kindness and compassion and respected by his colleagues.  He served as the President of the Davis County Medical Association, President of the Ogden Surgical Society, and President of the Utah Academy of Family Physicians.

Bruce loved learning about new things and sharing them with his children. He enjoyed golf, fishing, hiking, sailing, canoeing, alpine, and cross country and telemark skiing. His love of the outdoors continues with his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren as they seek adventure wherever they go.

 He had a firm testimony of Jesus Christ and faithfully served in many callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. From 2000-2002, Bruce and Beth Ann were called to the Sao Palo, Brazil mission where he served as the physician to the missionaries in the Sao Palo MTC and the ten northern Brazilian missions.  

His and Beth Ann’s legacy are their children: Roark and Melanie Neville, Jeanne and John Lingard, Jayne and David Rogers, Brett and Kerri Neville, Stacey and Steve Engebretsen, Shelley Neville, and Ann Neville; 23 grandchildren, and 38 great grandchildren with 4 more on the way.

Friends may visit with the family on Friday, January 15, 2016 from 6:00 -8:00 p.m. at the Lindquist Mortuary: 1867 North Fairfield Road, Layton, Utah. The family will also receive friends on Saturday, January 16, 2016 from 10:00-10:45 a.m. at the Farmington Greens Chapel: 79 South 1525 West, Farmington, Utah with funeral services following at 11:00 a.m.