Ailing Rampton 'stable, happy'

Former Utah Gov. Calvin Rampton , who suffered a minor stroke Wednesday, is "stable, happy, in no pain and is philosophical," says his son Vince.

"He keeps saying, 'I'm 93; this is supposed to happen,"' his son said Friday.

Rampton, who was earlier diagnosed with cancer, has been living at CareSource hospice.

The minor stroke left him with no impairment of his mental function but has made it difficult to talk, "especially those hard consonants," his son said. "But he still jokes and wisecracks, and he still tells stories."

Rampton, whose health has been declining since his wife, Lucybeth, died in 2004, is Utah's longest-serving governor, having served three full terms beginning in 1964.