[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 117 (Thursday, July 24, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S4900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    REMEMBERING LANCE HOWARD TURNER

 Mr. LEE. Mr. President, I would like to take this opportunity 
to pay tribute to a great Utahn and patriot, Lance Howard Turner. Lance 
passed from this life on Monday last, and his family and friends will 
dearly miss him.
  There is a beautiful painting hanging on the wall of the Rex E. Lee 
conference room in my office. It is a painting of a majestic landscape 
in the Southwestern portion of United States painted by Lance Turner. 
This painting shows the beauty of the land that he loved so dearly and 
demonstrates the mastery developed over a lifetime of hard work.
  During his career, Lance was able to take part in and lead many 
successful programs. One such program, well known to all, involves a 
talking bear that helps campers keep our forests safe. In 2009, KSL, a 
Utah news station, ran a story on Lance, who was the art director at 
Foote, Cone & Belding in the 1950s. Lance was tasked with marketing the 
newly created Smokey Bear, whose mission was to reduce manmade forest 
fires. The campaign was a success and remains the longest running PSA 
campaign in our country's history. Smokey Bear also remains a highly 
recognized American character and continues his original mission of 
encouraging fire safety.
  More important than any success in his professional life, Lance was a 
good husband and father who, according to his children, was always 
willing to share the wisdom he had gained through a life of service. He 
was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints and made sure to always take care of those in need. He loved to 
hunt pheasants and had a deep love for this country.
  I offer my heartfelt condolences to his children, Heidi, Josh, Chip, 
and Matt, and his 14 grandchildren and 22 grandchildren. I know his 
legacy will shine brightly through their examples of faith and 
patriotism. Happily, Lance leaves this life to reunite with his 
sweetheart Marilyn. The thought of such a joyous reunion reminds me of 
an old but dear hymn by Katharina von Schlegel. I close with touching 
words of the third verse: ``Be still, my soul: The hour is hast'ning 
on, When we shall be forever with the Lord, When disappointment, grief, 
and fear are gone, Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.
  Be still, my soul: When change and tears are past, All safe and 
blessed we shall meet at last.''

                          ____________________