OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Rulon Lester Facer
Feb 8, 2004
Rulon Lester ?Les? Facer, 82, died of age related causes, February 8, 2004 in Harrisburg, Oregon. He was born April 18, 1921 in Smithfield, Utah to Lester E. and Rosabel Bingham Facer. Les married Mabel Hughes August 15, 1942 in Yearington, Nevada. They had two sons: Melvin Hugh Facer, who died in 1986 and Rex L. Facer. The Facer?s live...
Barbara Hickman Daley
Feb 6, 2004
Barbara Hickman Daley was born to Warren Earl and Alta Pack Hickman on December 29, 1920 in Stone, Idaho. She passed away in Bountiful, Utah on February 6, 2004 due to age related conditions. Barbara was the middle child. Her older brother, Blaine, now lives in Ogden, Utah. Her younger sister, Veda, lived in Hermiston, Oregon. They grew up on...
Donald Yoshikazu Tazoi
Feb 4, 2004
Brigham City - Donald Yoshikazu Tazoi, 55, died tragically in an industrial accident on Wednesday, February 4, 2004. Don was born December 10, 1948 to Jim Y. and Kimiko Yagi Tazoi. He attended Garland Elementary and in 1967 he graduated from Bear River High School where he participated in baseball, football and track. He had a black belt in Judo....
David Powell Choate
Feb 4, 2004
David Powell Choate, 86, of Onalaska, Texas and former resident of Logan, passed away February 4, 2004 in Livingston, Texas. He was born January 27, 1918 in Bozeman, Montana, the son of Isaac Watts Choate and Roberta Gammon Choate. He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Aileen Moody Choate, 2 brothers: Robert and Lyman; one sister: Margaret...
Venie Alice Coombs Ford
Feb 3, 2004
Venie Alice C Ford, 95, passed away February 3, 2004 of causes incident to age at the home of her daughter in Smithfield. Alice was born December 27, 1908 to Ephraim W. Coombs and Elizabeth Reed, the tenth of thirteen children. She married George E. Ford November 12, 1927 in Richfield Colorado. They were later sealed in the Logan LDS...
Elma Gayle Holmgren
Feb 2, 2004
Bear River City - Elma Gayle Holmgren, 87, passed away on Monday, February 2, 2004. She was born November 9, 1916 in Bear River City, Utah a daughter of Rueben Oleen and Meda Marie Christensen Holmgren. She graduated from Bear River High School and Utah State Agricultural College. After college she taught school in Paul and Oakley, Idaho. In 1941...
Betty Ann McLaughlin
Jan 28, 2004
Tremonton-Betty Ann Kay McLaughlin, 60, passed away at her home on January 28, 2004. She was born on January 16, 1944 to Glendon Bergin and Jean Hansen Kay. She married David Kurt McLaughlin on March 20, 1965 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is survived by her husband, three children, Kathy Jon Hicks of Malad, Idaho, Patti Rueben Amador of Tremonton, David...
Betty Ruth Jensen
Jan 28, 2004
Betty Ruth Bowcut Jensen, age 75, passed away at Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma, Arizona on January 28, 2004. Born July 4, 1928, in Garland, Utah to Alfred and Josephine Newman Bowcutt. Betty graduated from Bear River High School. She worked as a telephone operator in Garland, and after she moved to South Ogden, Utah, she worked at South Ogden...
Edith Florence Whitworth Hubbard
Jan 27, 2004
Edith Whitworth Hubbard 1902 ? 2004 She was feisty to the end. Edith Whitworth Hubbard passed away peacefully in her own home on January 27, 2004. Just three weeks shy of her one hundred and second birthday, she complained that she didn?t want another birthday party ? that people shouldn?t fuss over her. Always independent, she lived alone until she...
Ruth Forsberg Bowcutt
Jan 27, 2004
Ruth Forsberg Bowcutt, 91, passed away peacefully January 27, 2004, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ruth was born October 27, 1912, in Riverside, Utah to August A. and Hilda Josephine Forsberg. She attended grammar school in Riverside and graduated from Bear River High School in 1931. She was preceded in death by her eight siblings: Oscar, Herman, Joseph, Hilda, John, George,...
Blake Alan Williams
Jan 25, 2004
Tremonton - The greatest man, husband, Dad, and grandpa, Blake Alan Williams, 49, of Tremonton, died Sunday, January 25, 2004 at the McKay-Dee Medical Center in Ogden. He was born on April 5, 1954, the son of Evan DeVerl and Ruth Hansen Williams in Soda Springs, ID. He married Laurell Berry on February 15, 1974 in Bennettsville, S.C. and their...
Lewis Robert Boman
Jan 22, 2004
Lewis Robert Boman, 94, died peacefully in his sleep at the Logan House Assisted Living Center on January 22, 2004. He returned home to his Heavenly Father and a joyous reunion with numerous deceased loved ones and especially into the arms of his beloved mother who died when he was only six years old. Lewis was born in Lewiston, Utah...
Denzil Guy Ballard
Jan 21, 2004
Tremonton - Denzil Guy Ballard, 80, peacefully passed away at his home in Tremonton on January 21, 2004. Born in Cache Valley, December 16, 1923, a son to Guy Edward and L. Ellaree Ballard. Raised in Box Elder County in an agriculture family, he learned farming and ranching. He attended Bear River High School where he participated in sports and...
Blanche Cottam Thompson
Jan 20, 2004
Tremonton-Blanche Cottam Thompson, 88, passed away at the McKay-Dee Medical Center in Ogden, Utah on January 20, 2004. She was born January 19, 1916 to Leo and Ila Rae Cottam in Snowville, Utah. She married Erland Thompson on December 7, 1935. The marriage was later solemnized in the Logan Temple on May 7, 1954. Erland passed away on August 20,...
Florence Mary Hammer
Jan 20, 2004
Tremonton - Our dearly beloved mother, Florence Mary Hammer, 79, returned to our Heavenly Father on January 20, 2004. She passed away peacefully at her home. Florence was born on May 8, 1924 to Aaron Wilford and Urilla Thorpe Christiansen in Malad, Idaho. She married Jasper Lee Hammer on January 20, 1942. She grew up in the Thatcher/Garland/Tremonton area and...
Dean Brent Johnsen
Jan 18, 2004
Tremonton - Dean Brent Johnsen, 64, passed away at the Bear River Valley Hospital on January 18, 2004. He was born on June 16, 1939 in Bear River City the son of Vernon LeRoy and Wanda Jensen Johnsen. He married Marcia Ann Stohl on February 11, 1960 in the Logan LDS Temple. He graduated from Box Elder High School in...
Joseph David Byers
Jan 14, 2004
Joseph David Byers, 17, beloved son, brother and friend, returned to his heavenly home on Wednesday, January 14, 2004. He was born February 14, 1986, on Mountain Home A.F.B., Idaho to David and Cathi Lowdermilk Byers. Joe was a priest in the Smithfield 5th Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was an Eagle Scout....
Michael Vay Morris
Jan 13, 2004
Michael Vay Morris, 43, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 after a long battle with his health. He was born April 21, 1960, in Ogden, the son of Vay E. Morris and Myrlan Tanovich. He married Sandra Blotter on April 26, 1985 and was sealed in the Logan LDS Temple. He graduated from Weber High School...
Maria Elizabeth Lombardi Gancheff
Jan 10, 2004
Maria Elizabeth Lizzy Lombardi Gancheff, 102, passed away Saturday January 10, 2004. She was born October 5, 1901 in Cedar Ridge, Arkansas a daughter of Pasquele and Angele Fisco Lombardi . She married Evan Gancheff on August 15, 1918 in the Cathedral of Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. They lived in Trenton, Utah for the best years of their...
Kristy Morris
Jan 8, 2004
Kristy Morris died on January 8, 2004, in Logan, due to complications following influenza. She was born on February 16, 1957, in South Ruislip, Middlesex, England, to Frankie Morris and John Koran Morris and was raised in Logan. From childhood Kristy was drawn to the arts and before settling on visual art, she was a serious student of dance. Later...
