OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Elva Myrtle Mortensen
Jan 17, 2002
Tremonton ? Myrtle ?Myrt? Sorensen Mortensen, 94, of Tremonton, died Thursday, January 17, 2002 at the Brigham City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Myrtle was born on July 4, 1907 in Hyrum, UT, the daughter of Julius and Caroline Christensen Sorensen. She married Elmer Knud Mortensen on September 22, 1936 in Brigham City. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Logan...
Gordon Odell Bronson
Jan 17, 2002
Gordon Odell Bronson PLYMOUTH - Gordon Odell Bronson, 83, died January 17, 2002, at the Veteran?s Hospital in Salt Lake City. He was born December 10, 1918, in Tremonton, Utah, a son of George Amos and Marguerite Wilcox Bronson. He married Edith Hunsaker on December 15, 1945, in Tremonton, Utah and the marriage was sealed in the Logan LDS Temple,...
Harold Max Bergeson
Jan 16, 2002
Harold Max Bergeson, Lieutenant Colonel, US Air Force retired, died January 16th, 2002 the day before his 59th wedding anniversary, in Logan, Utah, after an extended illness due to his cardiomyopathy. He was 82 years old, having been born on July 29th, 1919 in Cornish, Utah. The eldest of six children four boys and two girls born to Reba Miranda...
Maxine Johnson Coombs
Jan 13, 2002
Maxine Johnson Coombs Wellsville: Maxine Johnson Coombs, 63, passed away January 13, 2002, at her home in Wellsville, UT. She was born May 27, 1938, in Riverside, UT, the daughter of Lawrence Monroe and Inez Florence Udy Johnson. She married Clyde Ray Coombs April 7, 1958, in the Logan LDS Temple. She was educated in the Bear River Valley where...
Berneice Anderson Larsen
Jan 12, 2002
SMITHFIELD-- In loving memory of our dear wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. Berneice Anderson Larsen, 82, died peacefully at home with her loving husband by her side on January 12, 2002, due to complications related to congestive heart failure. Berneice was born February 13, 1919, to Otto W. Anderson and Isabell Lowe Anderson in Grace, Idaho. She had one brother,...
Michelle Thompson
Jan 11, 2002
Garland ? Michelle Thompson, 12, of Garland, returned home to her Father in Heaven, Friday, January 11, 2002, of injuries sustained in a skiing accident in Idaho. She was born September 16, 1989, in Logan, Utah, the daughter of Darwin H. & Laurie Griffin Thompson. Michelle lived in Garland all of her life. Attended Garland Elementary & Alice C Harris...
Edwin John ''Jay'' Holmgren
Jan 8, 2002
Edwin John ?Jay? Holmgren Garland: Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Edwin John ?Jay? Holmgren Jr. passed away quietly and peacefully in his sleep on January 8, 2002. Born June 14, 1915, he lived his entire life in Box Elder County. This area was truly his home, and he loved the people and everything about it. He graduated from...
Owen Carl Anderson
Jan 6, 2002
Owen Carl Anderson, born to Carl & Mary Larsen Anderson, on January 15th, 1914 quickly and peacefully was reunited with his parents, sister Lillie and brother Carl, on January 6th 2002. Owen graduated from Logan High, attended USU and then moved to California. There, he enlisted in the Army Air Corp. and honorably served during WWII. He returned to Utah...
Michael Gage Herran
Jan 3, 2002
Michael Gage Herran Deweyville: Michael Gage Herran the son of Michael Steven Herran and Jayme Amanda Gage was born January 3, 2002, at the Logan Regional Hospital. He was cradled gently in his mother?s arm for a few moments before being called back to his Heavenly Father. He affected his family greatly with the sweetness of his little spirit and...
Richard Theodore Nessler
Jan 3, 2002
Richard Theodore Nessler Bear River City, UT: Richard Theodore Nessler, 86, passed away at the Brigham City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, January 3, 2002. He was born November 15, 1915, in Baraboo, Wisconsin, the son of Matthew and Pauline Stavenor Nessler. He married Nola Christensen on January 23, 1946, in Bear River City. Their marriage was solemnized in the Logan...
LaVean Christensen Robbins
Jan 3, 2002
LaVean Christensen Robbins Tremonton- LaVean Christensen Robbins, 94, of Tremonton, died Thursday, January 3, 2002 at the home of her son Darvel & Velda Robbins, in Roy, where she received tender loving care. She was born December 30, 1907 in Elwood, Utah the daughter of Parley William & Margaret Hunsaker Christensen. She married Melvin A. Robbins, on August 24, 1927...
George Blaine Merrill
Jan 1, 2002
George Blaine Merrill passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 1, 2002. He was born on October 14, 1922 in Trenton, Utah to George Osborn and Lois Mary Ashcroft Merrill. He married Geraldine Lott on June 7, 1943 in the Salt Lake Temple. He was raised in Trenton and graduated from North Cache High School. He later served his...
Gwendolyn Alice Ward
Dec 30, 2001
Gwendolyn Alice Smith Ward Riverside, UT; Gwendolyn Alice Smith Ward, born 10 April 1910 in Malad, Idaho, the daughter of Lot Smith, Jr. and Sarah Louisa Bingham, died 30 December 2001, in Kaysville, Utah. Orphaned at age three along with four siblings, she was raised by her grandmother Alice Ann Richards Smith in Fielding, Utah. She married Ira Zundel Ward...
Brent Lavon Darley
Dec 29, 2001
Brent Lavon Darley Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Brent Lavon Darley, 34, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2001, at the Oklahoma University Hospital of systemic Lymphoma and kidney failure. He was born March 10, 1967, in Salt Lake City, Utah, a son of Lynn A. and Marcia Darley. Childhood years were spent in Murray and Taylorsville, Utah. Brent and family moved to...
Albert Thomas Gittins
Dec 29, 2001
Albert Thomas Gittins returned to his Heavenly Father on Saturday, December 29, 2001 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on November 20, 1923 in Smithfield, Utah to Thomas Henry Gittins and Katie Louise Stone Gittins. Albert spent his early years in Smithfield where he attended school and then at the age of 16 moved with his family...
Martin Gene Thimmes
Dec 27, 2001
Logan ? Martin Gene Thimmes passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2001, from complications of diabetes. He was born November 21, 1944 in LaGrande, Oregon to Leonard Martin and Geraldine Wright Thimmes. He grew up on the Silver Mountain Ranch, which was owned by his grandparents, in Lower Cove, Oregon. There, he learned to love the outdoors, tractor work and...
Garnel Petersen Poppleton
Dec 25, 2001
Garnel Petersen Poppleton, 88, passed away on December 25, 2001. He was born in Wellsville, Utah on January 9, 1913 to David Jeffs and Emma Petersen Poppleton. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and held numerous positions including: temple officiator in the Logan Temple, mutual president, counselor, teacher, secretary and speech, dance...
George B. Corbett
Dec 21, 2001
TRENTON?George B. Corbett, 47, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 21, 2001, surrounded by his loving wife and family. George was born on June 13, 1954 in Brigham City, Utah to Jack Barnes and Bonnie Jean Bywater Corbett. He was reared and educated in Box Elder County and eventually earned his Nurse?s Aid Certification in Logan. He married Phyllis LaRae...
Marie Larsen Richards
Dec 18, 2001
Marie Larsen Richards, 60, of Logan returned to the loving arms of her Heavenly Father, Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at the Logan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born December 3, 1941 in Logan, Utah to Edward J. and Berneice Larsen of Smithfield. Marie was the apple of her Grandpa Otto?s eye. She loved to be with her mother and...
Wendell ''Lonny'' Pitcher
Dec 16, 2001
Wendell ?Lonny? Pitcher, 57, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2001 in Brenda, Arizona. He was born July 19, 1944 in Cornish, Utah to Eldon Brown and Mary Fife Pitcher. He married Susan Wilson in January of 1966. They were later divorced. From this union came two children: Doug and Wendy. Lonny loved hunting pheasants, fly fishing, gold prospecting, touring in...
