Col. Doyle 'Dode' Rees

DOYLE “DODE” REES

Colonel Doyle Rees, died on December 29, 2007, in Logan, Utah. He was born in Benson, Utah, on September 9, 1908, the son of Jesse T. and Florence Tarbet Rees. He married Gladie Bailey on September 7, 1935, at Jackson, Wyoming.

Col. Rees was a career officer, retired from the U. S. Air Force. He held many high level command and staff positions with both the Army and the Air Force. During his service, he received a number of high honors, including the Bronze Star Medal and Presidential Unit Citation with three Oak Leaf Clusters. His military specialty was Special Investigations, Intelligence and Counterintelligence. One of his special assignments was the construction of an Escape and Evasion route up the Yukon River of Alaska from the Bering Sea to the Canadian border. After retirement he was employed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) covering the Intermountain area.

He graduated from Utah State University and later did graduate study. He attended the George Washington University Law School for three years before entering the military service. He was a graduate of the Air Force Special Investigation School, The Air Command and Staff College Air University, The Nuclear Special Weapons School and the Air Force Missile School.

He was a 32o Scottish Rite Mason, Masonic Lodge Hawaii, a member of the Imperial Council Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, The Arctic Circle Masonic Club of Alaska and The Top of the World Masonic Club of Thule, Greenland. He was also a member of the Rotary International, Dayton, Ohio, and Logan, Utah; The National Society Sons of the American Revolution; the Logan Golf and Country Club; and the Utah State University American Legion Post 12.

Col. Rees served as Chairman of both the Cache County March of Dimes and the Cache County American Red Cross Chapter and for many years worked as a volunteer assisting many in the preparation of Estate Plans and in the settlement of estates. He was a member of the Utah State University Old Main Society and was a recipient of the Utah State University Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2005. He was instrumental in the creation of the Veteran’s Memorial on the Utah State University campus in 2003 and the Russell L. Maughan Memorial in 2006.

His family includes his daughter and son-in-law, Julie and Robert Rudzinski, Phoenix, Arizona; the following grandchildren: Jon and Ellen Rudzinski, Boston, Massachusetts; Mishelle Rudzinski, Portland, Oregon; Amy Rudzinski and Taylor Webb, Vancouver, British Columbia; four great-grandchildren, Isabel and Nickodem Rees Rudzinski, Boston, Massachusetts; Bakha Rudzinski, Portland, Oregon; and Owen Webb, Vancouver, British Columbia; and his dear friend, Vernon Buehler.

The family wishes to thank the nursing staff on the 3rd floor Medical Unit, the Intensive Care Unit and the Transitional Care Unit of Logan Regional Hospital for their sweet and loving care. Our gratitude also to Hospice for their compassionate assistance.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon on Thursday, January 3, 2007, at the Allen-Hall Mortuary with Bishop Scott Hlavaty conducting. Friends may call prior to the funeral from 10:00 to 11:30 AM. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to The Sunshine Terrace Foundation. Condolences and thoughts may be expressed to the family at www.allenmortuaries.net