My iPhone contacts/notes disappear at random times. Help?

For the past few months my iPhone contacts and notes have been disappearing at random times. Sometimed they reappear, sometimes they dont. For awhile I was solving the problem by going into iCloud settings and toggling some features off and on. This no longer works. I get the feeling this is an iCloud issue as the "find My iPhone" feature is always off when I go back into settings, even when I have just switched it back on a day or so earlier.
I notice that whenever my contacts disappear the "Find iPhone" feature is also disabled. All of this started when I thought I lost my phone and put it into "lost" mode.
Any suggestions? I phone latest iOS on a Verizon 4S.

No dangers at all resetting the PRAM. I forgot to post instructions earlier so I'll post them below. It's possible resets may handle the issue or it's possible it's something mechanical too such as not enough RAM which is easy to upgrade or a failing HD. BTW how much RAM is installed and what size HD does the machine have and how much is availalble? But let's finish the basic resets (SMC, PRAM and Safe Mode restart) before we start looking at anything else.
SMC RESET
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord and all peripherals.
Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
Release the power button.
Attach the computers power cable.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
PRAM RESET
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.

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