OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Joan Gubler Gyllenskog
Oct 11, 2015
Joan Gubler Gyllenskog Obituary Joan Gubler Gyllenskog, age 90, passed away peacefully Oct. 11, 2015 at the Sunshine Terrace in Logan. She was born Dec. 21, 1924 in Paris, Idaho to Robert Ernest and Belle Emeline Stocker Gubler. She married Lyndon LeRoy Gyllenskog on Dec. 20, 1947. Joan and Roy had one child. Roy proceeded her in death on Aug....
Barta Caldwell Shaffer
Oct 2, 2015
Barta Caldwell Shaffer has returned to a loving Father in Heaven after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. Barta passed away peacefully at home on Friday, October 2, 2015, at the age of 88 surrounded by her family. Barta was born September 26, 1927, to Wallace and Mar Caldwell in Vernal, Utah. She was known for her beautiful smile and...
Thomas J Post
Sep 27, 2015
“Tom” Thomas J. Post Born June 16, 1962 in Los Angeles, CA passed at home on Sept. 27, 2015. Tommy was adopted by Dr. Frederick Post and Jane Post on July 9, 1963. Joined soon after by adopted sister Teri, the Post family moved to Logan in Aug. of 1965. The Post family added one more with the adoption of...
Richard Francis Jaacks
Sep 24, 2015
Richard (Dick) Francis Jaacks died of natural causes on September 24, 2015 at Legacy House of Logan. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 21, 1925 to Lucille Chlebik Jaglowski and Louis S. Jaglowski. He attended Quigley Seminary and Foreman High School in Chicago. He was drafted into the U.S. Navy during World War II and served in the...
Thais Nielson Nelson
Sep 24, 2015
Thais Nielson Nelson, 85, finished her mortal journey on September 24, 2015. She was born in Millville, Utah on March 30, 1930 to Levi Kenneth and Hazel Izatt Nielson. She was the second of five girls. When she was 9 years old the family moved to Smithfield where she resided for the rest of her life. She attended Summit Elementary...
RoGene Winona Frank
Sep 20, 2015
RoGene (Jean) Winona Bradford Frank, 101, died Sunday evening in her home in Elwood surrounded by her family. She was born on July 11, 1914, to Samuel Blaine and Minnie Cutler Bradford in Corinne, Utah, the third of eight children. She married Duane J. Frank on February 26, 1935, in Ogden. The marriage was later solemnized in the Logan Temple....
Buford Swanson Jr
Sep 19, 2015
Buford Swanson Jr. June 27, 1928 – September 19, 2015 Junior was born June 27, 1928 in Hyrum, Utah to Buford Lionel and Martha Elizabeth (Bessie) Cook Swanson joining two older sisters; Chloe and Lois, later getting a younger sister, Rella Mae. He lived his entire life in Hyrum. As a young boy he developed his love of horses and...
John Hollis Ripplinger
Sep 16, 2015
John Hollis Ripplinger died peacefully of natural causes on September 16, 2015, in Logan, Utah. He was born April 12, 1935, the son of Lawrence Arnold and Lorraine Holm Ripplinger. He is survived by a daughter, Christine Fisher, and a son, Jeffrey Lynn Ripplinger. Another daughter, Sandra Ripplinger, preceded Hollis in death. Hollis dedicated his life to temple service. The...
Melvin Gaylord Leavitt
Sep 6, 2015
“A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth,” Charles Darwin. Melvin Gaylord Leavitt was born April 3rd, 1930 to William Verlan Leavitt and Ethel Kent. He passed away September 6, 2015 in San Diego, CA, surrounded by his children, KaraLyn Drake (Lynn), Kent Leavitt (Janalee), Terri Calvert (Randy), and Eric Bryan (Louise). Gaylord grew up in...
Alieen Christiansen Bird
Sep 4, 2015
Alieen Christiansen Bird, 89, of Logan, Utah, passed away on September 4, 2015, at Legacy House of Logan of causes incident to age. Alieen was born in Logan, Utah, to Niels Wilford Christiansen and Erma Mary Hill Christiansen on June 19, 1926. Her Mother passed away when Alieen was five days old, and she was raised in Newton, Utah, by...
Ray Ellis Jorgensen
Aug 31, 2015
Ray Ellis Jorgensen, 91, passed away August 31, 2015 at the Legacy House of Logan. He was born November 21, 1923 in Burley, ID, to Royal Elred Jorgensen and Bernice Ellis Jorgensen. Ray was raised in Amalga, Utah. He attended school in Amalga, Smithfield and graduated from North Cache High School. Ray proudly served his country in the U.S. Army...
Gerald Lyman Perkes
Aug 27, 2015
July 16, 1938-August 27, 2015 Grandpa Gerald is now in heaven enjoying the reunion with his parents, Lyman and Fern Perkes, his parents in law, Winston and Ramona Crawford, brother Craig, his oldest daughter Pam and his granddaughter Mallory. He died August 27th after a lingering battle with myelofibrosis, an uncommon type of chronic leukemia. He did his level best...
Devon L. Loveday
Aug 22, 2015
Devon L. Loveday was born October 13, 1954 and passed away on August 22, 2015. A life long resident of Cache Valley, Devon was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, a participant in the Special Olympics and involved with the best buddies program. Some of his favorite activities was fishing, camping, bike marathon and watching all sporting events. He...
Marilyn Swartz Thornley
Aug 18, 2015
Marilyn Swartz Thornley, age 68,. formerly of Smithfield, and Brigham City, UT, passed away on Tuesday, August, 18th, 2015, with her daughter Jeana by her side. It wasn't sudden. Marilyn had been struggling with her health for some time. In May of 2015, she was admitted to Logan Nursing and Rehab, where she received care until the time of her...
Beth Loosle Campbell
Aug 16, 2015
Beth Loosle Campbell was born on September 5, 1925 to Reuben Oddo Loosle and Sylvia Heggie Griffiths in Clarkston, Utah. She was the 4th child in a family of 11 children. They later moved to Logan where she attended school. Beth earned a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University and taught at South Cache High School before her marriage. She...
Hazen Leon "Lonnie" Loveday
Aug 9, 2015
Hazen Leon "Lonnie" Loveday Hazen Leon (Lonnie) Loveday was born November 8, 1925 in Logan, Utah. He was the sixth child of Isaac nd Hazel Winberg Loveday. No one at that time could imagine the impact that this one life would have on multiple generations of students and residents of Cache Valley and beyond. He served in the Navy and...
Lillian Martha Hatch Fowers
Aug 6, 2015
Lillian Martha Hatch Fowers devoted mother, wife, and friend was born June 2, 1936 in Torrington, Wyoming. She was the fifth of ten children of Martha and Walter Hatch. Lillian was raised in the Black Hills of South Dakota and graduated from Hot Springs High School. She married her missionary sweetheart, Kenneth Carl Fowers of Plain City Utah, in the...
Seth Lamoin Downs
Jul 28, 2015
Seth Lamoin Downs, 80, of Smithfield passed away July 28, 2015, after a seventeen year struggle with Parkinson disease. He was born February 2,1935, in Smithfield, Utah to Arthur Edward and Birdie Hunt Downs and was the youngest child in a family of twelve children. He was educated in the Cache County School District graduating from North Cache High School...
W. Keith Godderidge
Jul 24, 2015
Wallace Keith Godderidge, son of William Godderidge and Alice Effie Gamet died at the age of 85, Friday, July 24, 2015 at United Health Care in Logan, Utah. He was grateful for the loving care he received there. Keith was born June 7, 1930 in Smithfield Utah, the 6th of 8 children. He is survived by his brother in law...
Gloria Columbine Ward
Jul 17, 2015
Gloria Columbine Ward, 90, passed away July 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born at home in Raymond, California to Charlie P. Roesbery and Henrietta Guillemin on September 7, 1924. She graduated from Raymond High School. Gloria married Perl Ward in 1944 in Reno, Nevada. They raised four children while they lived in Raymond. Two girls and two...
