OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Blake Gerald Merrill
Dec 1, 2017
Blake Gerald Merrill, beloved son, brother, and uncle, age 38, of Smithfield, Utah, passed away Friday night, Dec. 1, 2017, after succumbing to long-term illness. He was born October 1, 1979 in Logan, Utah, and spent most of his life in Trenton and Logan. Blake worked as a long-time custodian at Gossner Foods and at Utah State University. He is...
Christian Hilman Johnson III
Nov 20, 2017
Christian Hilman Johnson III, 74, passed away November 20, 2017, in St. George, Utah. He was born in Logan, Utah to Christian Hilman and Lorraine Johnson. After attending Logan City schools and graduating from Logan High School in l961, he went on to attend Utah State University later becoming a Sheet Metal Journeyman. In 1964, he met his future wife,...
Wilma Lower Miller
Nov 19, 2017
Wilma Lower Miller, our beloved mother and grandmother completed her mortal journey on November 19, 2017 in Ogden, Utah. Wilma and her twin William were born on January 24, 1925 in Lewiston, Utah to Nathan Leslie and Alice Elnora Leavitt Lower. Wilma graduated from North Cache High School, in Richmond, Utah then went to work in the Engineering Department at...
Rada Tims Stones
Nov 17, 2017
Rada Tims Stones, 90, of Logan, Utah, passed away Friday evening November 17, 2017 at Sunshine Terrace where she has resided for the last 6 months. She was born at home March 1, 1927 in Logan, Utah, just 3 minutes after her twin sister, Vada Thomas, to LeRoy and Virginia Tims. She graduated from Logan High School in 1945 and...
David Louis Seria
Nov 14, 2017
David Louis Seria 1954-2017 Logan, UT – After years of battling a rare neurological disease (MSA), David Louis Seria passed away on November 14, 2017. He was born December 9, 1954 to the late Louis Albert Seria and Joy Marie Sproul. David is survived by his wife Doris M. Morin and son Luke D. Seria. Raised in Middletown, CT where...
Algirdas (Al) John Maciulis
Nov 13, 2017
It’s with a heavy heart we say goodbye to Algirdas (Al) John Maciulis; father, grandfather, brother and son; who passed away unexpectedly on November 13, 2017 at the age of 65. Al was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 4, 1952 to Algirdas and Tamara Maciulis. A veteran, he proudly served in the Air Force and National Guard. He married...
Howard Lloyd
Nov 8, 2017
Howard Lloyd, 92, of Mendon, Utah completed his earthly journey on November 8, 2017 and moved on to help Heaven with their gardens. His children, grandchildren, neighbors, and friends have all been grateful recipients of his patient kindness and unconditional love, as well as his excess garden produce. He will be missed by many. Howard was born on June 5,...
Jeffrey Mark Johnson
Oct 29, 2017
Jeffrey Mark Johnson was born July 2, 1991 and returned home to our loving Heavenly Father on October 29, 2017, due to medical complications. We are so blessed to have had him in our family for 26 years. Despite being born with Spina Bifida, Jeffrey was so strong and accepted his disability courageously. Jeff graduated from Logan High School in...
Roland Cheney Willis
Oct 21, 2017
Roland Cheney Willis (Jim), having lived 80 wonderful years, made his final ride home on October 21, 2017 surrounded by his greatest joy in life – his family. On June 12, 1937, Roland was welcomed by his parents Joseph Cheney and Florence Storey Willis. He was raised in Laketown, UT where he spent his childhood working on the ranch, breaking...
LaRee Gordon McMurdie
Oct 20, 2017
Lifelong Cache Valley resident LaRee Gordon McMurdie, 93, died Oct. 20 in Logan. LaRee was born Aug. 6, 1924 in Smithfield, UT the oldest daughter of Earl and Pearl Gordon. She married her high school sweetheart, Ellis Ray McMurdie, on April 8, 1942 in the Logan LDS Temple. Our sassy grandmother and mother, LaRee, was the proud mother of 5...
William Edzell Beckstead
Oct 16, 2017
With a song on his lips, William Edzell Beckstead rejoiced and went home. On October 16, 2017 he returned to his Heavenly Fathers presence. Born June 7, 1927 to Glen Beckstead and Leona Thayne. He was born in West Jordan, Utah on the old homestead. Bill grew up farming, riding his favorite horse, Zebbie and milking Jersey cows. He enjoyed...
Jalaine Pitcher Jensen
Oct 6, 2017
Jalaine Pitcher Jensen passed away peacefully in Logan, Utah, on October 6, 2017, surrounded by family members. Jalaine was born in Smithfield on January 6, 1933. She was the second of five children born to Roy and Rae Watson Pitcher. She grew up in the little victorian-style house at 6th South and Main Street in Smithfield. The big old pine...
Bernice Hatch Wood Butterfield
Oct 1, 2017
Bernice Hatch Wood Butterfield, 82, of Lehi, Utah passed away on Oct 1, 2017 peacefully at home surrounded by family after a long struggle with dementia. Bernice was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on Feb 10, 1935 to Kenneth M. Hatch and Lucille Meldrum Hatch. She was the oldest of four daughters. She grew up in Randolph, Utah and...
Carol LeFevre Milligan
Sep 25, 2017
Carol LeFevre Milligan, 85, passed from this life to the next on September 25, 2017. Carol was born in Minersville Utah on August 24, 1932, the second of eight children born to William Darrel and Gladys Woodward LeFevre. When she was three years old, the family moved to Franklin, Idaho, where she grew up. Those were Great Depression years, and...
Charles Leroy Engebretson
Sep 21, 2017
CHARLES ENGEBRETSON aka "KING BENJAMIN" Chuck Engebretson, Smithfield, Utah passed away at the VA Veterans Home, Ogden, Utah September 21, 2017. The King Benjamin painting, for which Chuck was the model, was completed by Jeremy Winborg of Hyde Park, Utah and is a part of a collection of art done by Jeremy and his father, Larry. The painting was used...
Margaret A Anderson
Sep 7, 2017
Margaret A. Anderson, a resident of Hillsboro, died on September 7, 2017. She was 85 years of age. Margaret was born on April 28, 1932 in Logan, Utah and was the daughter of Herman and Alicia (Hansen) Closner. She attended school in Logan and on December 25, 1947 she married Harley Anderson in Logan, Utah. She worked for Sierra Lingerie,...
Iris Rae Elder
Sep 4, 2017
Iris Rae Elder (Gibbons) Rae Elder, born March 14, 1938 – died September 4, 2017 age 79. She lived in Logan Utah for the last 45 years and peacefully passed away in her sleep at home. Father, Herbert L Gibbons and Mother, Iris Janes. She married Dale Blackburn and later divorced, remarried in 1973 to Doral Elder and was married...
David LaWayne Hanks
Sep 2, 2017
David LaWayne Hanks of North Logan passed away September 2, 2017. David was born in Tetonia, Idaho, October 5, 1925, the son of David Capener Hanks and Emma Hulet Cook. He graduated from Teton High School in Driggs, Idaho. He was inducted into the U.S. Navy in 1945, where he was trained in the operation and maintenance of RADAR equipment....
Kathleen Milliner Mills
Sep 1, 2017
Kathleen Milliner Mills, our angelic mother, grandmother, wife, daughter, sister, and friend returned to her heavenly home while in the arms of her sweetheart, Hal, on September 1st, 2017. While battling with cancer for over a year, Kathleen continued to be a blessing and a strength to all those around her. Her loving example of courage and faith touched the...
Ronald J Searle
Aug 29, 2017
Born the youngest son of Asa & Eleanor Searle, he joined a family of five brothers, Stan, Lynn, Elmer, Gilbert, & Ralph, & one sister Jenny, in the small town of Tooele, UT. Shortly after graduating high school in 1944, he joined the Navy & served in WWII along with 4 of his older brothers. After his discharge in 1946...
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