OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
JoAnne Rene Freeze Jensen
Feb 15, 2020
JoAnne Jensen, born to Sherman and Florence Freeze in Salt Lake City, Utah, passed away February 15, 2020. She was raised in Murray, Utah where she loved swimming constantly. She later moved to Cache Valley with her husband and 3 children where she loved planting flowers around her house. In 1987, she met the love of her life, Rick Jensen...
Diane Ames Panek
Feb 8, 2020
In the early morning hours of February 8, 2020, Diane Patricia Willis Davis Ames Panek passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family after a valiant battle with cancer. She was born on May 31, 1932 in Pocatello, Idaho to Merle and Elaine Davis Willis. At the tender age of 18 months, her sweet mother Elaine passed away. Diane...
Tina Leng
Feb 7, 2020
Tina Leng was born on October 7, 1976 to Sopheap & Hak Leng in Cambodia. Tina is survived by his children: Kayla Johnson, Taylin, Bryson, & Asasia Leng; & his brother's Votha & Bobby Leng. Tina passed away on February 7, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Private family services are being performed under the direction of Nelson Funeral Home.
Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Wardle
Jan 26, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Gibbs Wardle, 90, a long time Logan resident passed away on Sunday morning, January 26th. “Beth,” as many friends and family members knew her, was born on October 17th, 1929 to William Golden and Hazel M. Gibbs in Pocatello, Idaho. She was an accomplished viola player at Pocatello High School where she graduated in 1947. She graduated from...
Eldon Bryant Hooper
Jan 15, 2020
Eldon Bryant Hooper, age 94, passed away peacefully on 15 January 2020. Eldon was born 15 December 1925 in Kelsey, Texas, to Earley Belle Bryant and William Harvey Hooper. His mother, stricken with tuberculosis, passed away when Eldon was only 12 years old. After his mother’s passing, his maternal grandparents stepped in and took care of the children and Eldon...
Sarah Fae Wilson Bindrup
Jan 9, 2020
Sarah Fae Wilson Bindrup born July 30, 1976 died January 9, 2020 loving mother, devoted wife, caring friend, Born to father Nacey Glen Wilson mother Illa Rae Morris both deceased. Sarah was reunited in heaven with her parents because they had her sealed to them in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. Siblings: Anthony Hill, Mathew Wilson,...
John Roger Petersen
Jan 6, 2020
John Roger Petersen returned to his Heavenly Father January 6th 2020 from complications of long term diabetes. John was born July 8, 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The oldest of 3 children to Lois Allsop Petersen and Roger William Petersen. John grew up in Benson where he graduated from Sky View in 1971. He served 2 years in the...
Shirley Coleman Larsen
Dec 26, 2019
Shirley Larsen slipped from this life to the next in the early morning hours of Dec. 26. She was born Feb. 27, 1928 in Smithfield to William Ervin Coleman and Berneice Wilcox Coleman. She met her eternal companion, Garth Larsen, on a blind date in December 1945. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple Sept. 4, 1946 and were...
Doris Anita Hyde Yost
Dec 21, 2019
Doris Anita Hyde was born on April 27, 1933 to Josephine Fowler Hyde and Philip Augustus Hyde in Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho. She returned home to our Heavenly Father on December 21, 2019. Doris spent most of her childhood in the Portland, Oregon area. When she was 16 years old she moved to Rupert, Idaho to live with her oldest...
Jay Blaine Merrill
Dec 20, 2019
Jay Blaine Merrill passed away December 20 from pancreatic cancer while holding the love of his life’s hand. Born August 15, 1945 to George Blaine and Geraldine Lott Merrill, he grew up in Trenton, Utah and lived most of his 74 years there. Jay was a smart, kind, generous, caring man who married Mary Dare Wilson on February 18, 1972...
Michelle Hansen Snyder
Dec 13, 2019
Michelle Snyder of Hyrum Utah passed away on December 13th 2019 at the age of 60. Michelle was born in Logan Utah on March 24th 1959 to Carlyn Shumway and Richard Clair Hansen. She married Garth Snyder on April 17th 2012. They enjoyed doing many outdoor activities together and went on many trips together along with her beloved dog Lee...
Daphne Painter Sharp
Dec 13, 2019
A woman of many talents, Daphne Painter Sharp was most noted for three passions: family, design, and travel. The oldest daughter of Mark and Irene Painter and third of 11 children, Daphne grew up on 300 West in Logan in the twilight of the old ways – cultivating gardens, raising chickens, and tending a cow. Like many children of the...
Phyllis Mauchley Corbett Gonzales
Dec 8, 2019
Phyllis LaRae Coley Mauchley Corbett Gonzales passed away unexpectedly at the age of 70 on December 8, 2019 at Logan Regional Hospital. She was born on February 12, 1949 in Coalville, Utah to Clifton Ray Coley and Virginia Cox Coley. She graduated from Logan High School in 1967 and later became a CNA, working for the Sunshine Terrace for many...
IlaRee Jackson Reese
Dec 6, 2019
IlaRee was born in Ogden, UT, the daughter of Merlyn and Ethel Mae Rose Jackson. She passed away in her home in Hyde Park on December 6, 2019, surrounded by her family. IlaRee spent her childhood years in Tremonton, and after graduating from Bear River High School, spent two years in Hawaii before marrying the love of her life, Gerald...
Don B. Poppleton
Dec 4, 2019
Don B. Poppleton passed away unexpectedly December 4, 2019 at Logan Regional Hospital, with family by his side. Don was born May 10, 1936, to William Larsen and Elsie Brown Poppleton. He grew up in Wellsville, where he attended Elementary and Junior High School. He graduated in 1954 from South Cache High School in Hyrum and he attended Utah State...
Ruth Nadine Nethery
Nov 29, 2019
Ruth Nadine Nethery, 82, passed away November 29, 2019 at Maple Springs Rehab Center, North Logan, UT Nadine was born July 15,1937 in Garland, UT to Horace Stephen Rose and Ruth Alice Sederholm Rose. She was raised and educated in Garland and attended Bear River High School. Because her father was in the military, she moved with the family and...
Jay B Karren
Nov 24, 2019
Jay B Karren, 83 11/12 years old, passed away when his heart plumb gave out on Sunday, November 24, 2019. He was surrounded by family. First child of Bert Ernest and Edris Cook Karren on December 22, 1935 in a family home in Naples, Utah. Jay’s family moved to wherever his father was able to find work. He changed schools...
Dixie Packard Decker
Nov 12, 2019
Dixie Doreen Packard Decker peacefully returned to her Father in Heaven on November 12th, 2019, in her home in Logan, Utah. Dixie was born in Lovell, Wyoming on February 19, 1941, the daughter of Ivan Earl and Tennessee Gwynn Packard. She had a wonderful childhood in Omaha, Nebraska. Dixie married Joseph Franklin Decker for time and all eternity in the...
Judy Ann Jeppesen Barton
Nov 11, 2019
Beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loved ones and faithful animals. Judy was born in Rexburg Idaho to Keith and Iola Jeppesen, she was the 2nd of five children. She married Frederick Jon Barton on June 28, 1961; the marriage was later solemnized in the Rexburg temple on September 24, 2014. They...
Sherma Bair Allsop
Nov 8, 2019
Sherma Bair Allsop, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and good friend passed away on November 8, 2019 from injuries sustained in a fall. Sherma was born at home in Wellsville, Utah on November 16, 1931 to Julian and Ida Walters Bair. She was the youngest of eleven children, all of them bound together with loving ties extending back for...
