James S. "Cub" Halliday II

James S. “Cub” Halliday II OGDEN – On Tuesday May 24, 2011, Jim “Cub” passed away from causes related to cancer. He was born in Ogden on June 8, 1943 to Elizabeth “Beth” Story and J.S. “Monk” Halliday. He was raised and educated in Malad City, Idaho, graduating from MHS in 1961. He lettered his freshman year as a catcher. During that time, his father was the principal of MHS and his mother was the head of the school’s hot lunch program. Spending money was made by working for farmers in the Malad area and washing dishes at the school’s cafeteria. Cub went on to attend Weber State College, graduating in 1966 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Zoology. On May 2, 1967, he was drafted into the U.S. Army. After basic training at Fort Ord, California, where he fired the highest score out of his entire unit with an M-14 rifle, he trained as combat medic at Fort Sam Houston (San Antonio, TX) for a period of three weeks, then as a preventative medicine specialist. His last duty assignment, having been sent there shortly after the capturing of the Pueblo, was in the Republic of South Korea. He made SP5 without enough time in the Army or enough time in grade, and was Unit Soldier of the month three months in a row. Following his discharge from the Army, he was employed by the Bureau of Land Management in Las Vegas, Nevada during the summer months as a fire control aid and later as a fire control dispatcher. During the other months of those years, he attended Utah State University where he majored in Entomology He was accepted at B.Y.U. to work on his Master’s Degree in Entomology. However, Cub elected to go to work for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency out of Dallas, Texas, later being sent to Houston, Texas. He was an Environmental Enforcement Officer responsible for enforcing the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and later the P.C.B. Regulations, Inspectional Territory, covering most of the 88 Southern Counties in the State of Texas. He was awarded two U.S. E.P.A. Bronze Medals for Commendable Service (one in 1973 and the other in 1975). Thanks to the Carter Administration, a reduction in force eliminated the job position that he held. Wanting to get back to Ogden, he began his employment with the U.S. Postal Service (Julius Melcher Station). Following Cub’s marriage to Pat C. Hall on April 21, 1981, he transferred to the Ogden Ben Lomond U.S.P.S. Station on February 6, 1982. He helped raise Pat’s daughter, Suzzanne O’Day. They had no children of their own. Pat and Jim divorced in 1998. He retired from civil service on September 1, 2003 to provide care for his mother and holdings, not only in Ogden but also in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Cub’s hobbies included refinishing antique furniture, area beautification, boating, snow and water skiing, exercising including swimming, lifting weights and jogging, and especially pheasant hunting, having owned two labs and three vizslas. His parents, leaving several cousins mostly living in the Ogden area, preceded him in death. Graveside services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Ogden City Cemetery, where Military Honors will be accorded. Family will meet with friends at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd., on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. Send condolences to the family at: www.lindquistmortuary.com