OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Nelda Cowan Haws Owen
Feb 21, 2015
Nelda Cowan Haws Owen, of Lewiston, Utah, died February 21, 2015 at the McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah. She was born March 6, 1930, in Spring Lake, Utah, to George Marlin “Mike” Cowan & Viola Celia Butler. She was the second of six children; Frank, Nelda, Zola, Dan, Marion, Michael. She grew up in Spring Lake, attending school there and...
Edna Carol Weeks Leavitt
Feb 20, 2015
Edna Carol Weeks Leavitt, of Smithfield, Utah was born September 28th, 1932, the sixth child of Asa and Lillie Weeks. Carol was the beloved wife of Melvin Gaylord Leavitt of Lewiston, Utah for 64 years. They raised their family in San Jose, California, where Gaylord was a dentist. Carol passed away February 20, 2015 in San Diego, California. She is...
Betty Tidwell
Feb 18, 2015
Providence- Betty Charline Wilcox Tidwell passed away Feb. 18, 2015 in Logan, UT. She was born July 17, 1929 to Edna Carrie Pursel and Charles Dewey Wilcox. Betty was married and sealed to John Vernon Tidwell on Aug. 1, 1950 in the Logan LDS Temple. He preceded her in death on Aug. 26, 1986. Betty lived in Kansas, California, Idaho...
Reid Wakefield Nilson
Feb 15, 2015
Reid W. Nilson Reid Wakefield Nilson of Smithfield, Utah passed away February 15th, 2015 at the age of 70, surrounded by his family. Reid was born February 1st, 1945 in Logan, Utah to Miles R. and LaVell Pitcher Nilson. He grew up with four brothers and one sister and enjoyed his youth up Smithfield Canyon. Reid joined the Navy in...
June Murray Hill Bowen
Feb 14, 2015
June Murray Hill Bowen On Saturday, February 14, 2015, a strong, dark, and handsome Marine came by and once again swept his girl off to the Valentine Dance. A perfect day to a storybook ending couldn’t have been better penned for two sweethearts to be reunited. June Murray Hill Bowen tenderly and quietly passed away on that blessed day in...
Elna LeAnn Goodsell Yoder
Feb 10, 2015
Elna “LeAnn” Goodsell Yoder rejoined her Valentine, Jack, on February 10, 2015 after battling a long illness. She was born June 19, 1941 in Logan, UT to Grover Wesley and Elna Goodsell. She was raised in Newton and educated in Cache County schools attending North Cache High School. She married Gary Hale and had a son, Shannon Lamar Hale, but...
Evelyn Bacon Hansen
Feb 9, 2015
Evelyn B. Hansen, 90, passed away Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 in Logan, UT. She was born on Sept. 19, 1924 in Montpelier, ID the eight child of Frank Wilbur and Grace Smart Bacon. She lived in Georgetown, ID until she graduated from HS. Most of her remaining years were spent in Logan, where she met and married LaVon G. Hansen....
Lola Larsen Pierson
Feb 8, 2015
Utah. Doone was born on November 1, 1933 in Shelley, Idaho, to Vernon and Iva Larsen. She was the fourth of five children. She spent most of her childhood in Midvale, Utah. She married her high school sweetheart, Gerald Pierson, in the Salt Lake Temple on February 17, 1956. They are the parents of five children. Dad and Mom moved...
LuGene Cole Sorenson
Feb 1, 2015
LuGene Cole Sorenson, 88, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 at the Logan Regional Hospital, with family by her side. LuGene was born on May 16, 1926 in Fairview, Idaho to Leslie John Cole and Louie McKinnon Cole. She was the third of five children. She was born at home in the farmhouse built by her grandfather. She grew...
Dean J Rogers
Jan 31, 2015
Logan- Dean J. Rogers, 94, of Logan, passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at his home. Dean was born April 12, 1920, in Brigham City Utah. He was the second son of Lewis Clifford and Blanche Jorgensen Rogers. He lived in California and Ogden, Utah, before moving to Logan. Dean attended Logan City Schools and graduated from Utah State...
Evelyn Rose Lawrence
Jan 27, 2015
Evelyn Rose Lawrence returned to her Heavenly Father, and the loving embrace of her parents and sisters on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, with family at her side. Ev was born to Harold and Thelma Lawrence on June 5, 1943 in St. Anthony, Idaho. She became part of a family of two sisters and two brothers, and later another sister. Ev...
Roland S. Hansen
Jan 26, 2015
Roland S. Hansen born May 11, 1922 in Smithfield, Utah to John T. and Sena Holjeson Hansen. He died January 26, 2015 at his home in Smithfield surrounded by his family. He attended Summit Elementary School, Smithfield Junior High and North Cache High School. He enlisted in the US Marine Corp. Sept 16, 1942. He was in the invasion of...
Donna Young Roper
Jan 23, 2015
Donna Y. Roper 97, passed away January 23, 2015 In Brigham City, Utah. She was born September 8, 1917 in Egypt, Idaho to George and Rosetta Barfus Young. She graduated from Oneida High School in 1935. She married Willis O Roper November 15,1940 in the Logan LDS Temple. They were blessed with four children, Allene (Glenn) Mattson, Orrin (Julie), Dennis...
June B. Curran
Jan 23, 2015
June Allsop Bair Curran passed away Januay 23, 2015 in Concord, Califonia. June was born April 25, 1920 to T. Earl & Bessie Allsop of Smithfield. She married Julian Leigh Bair. Together they had three children. They joined with her brother Jack and his wife, Phyllis to form their store, “Jack’s and Leigh’s Market” in Smithfield. Leigh died in 1970....
Reed Randall Ripplinger
Jan 20, 2015
Richmond, Utah: Our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Reed Randall Ripplinger, passed away in his home surrounded by loved ones on January 20, 2015. Reed was born on August 13, 1936 to Lawrence and Lorraine Ripplinger of Logan, Utah. Reed grew up in North Logan. In his youth, he delivered Newspapers and was an avid baseball player. It was in...
Kent Duane Maughan
Jan 18, 2015
Kent Duane Maughan beloved brother, father, grandfather, son and friend passed away peacefully January 18, 2015 in the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, after a valiant battle with heart disease and other illnesses. Kent was born August 30, 1961 in Afton, Wyoming to G. Ray and Joyce Jacobsen Maughan. He was the seventh of nine children. He lived his...
Clarence Steele Prestwich
Jan 13, 2015
Clarence Steele Prestwich, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather passed away on January 13, 2015 in Lewiston, Utah. Clarence was born on February 23, 1933 to Clarence and Abigail Steele Prestwich in Delta, Utah. He was the tenth of twelve children. Clarence grew up in Delta and served a LDS mission in the East Central States Mission. After his...
Connie H Peterson
Jan 10, 2015
Connie Hurren Peterson, 95, passed away Saturday morning January 10, 2015 in Logan, Utah. Connie was born on November 1, 1919 to Clarence A & Carrie Follett Hurren. Connie was raised in Hyde Park, Utah and graduated from North Cache High School. She married Arthur Kermit Peterson on July 28, 1942 in Logan LDS Temple. Connie was a member of...
Mary Catherine Palazzolo
Jan 10, 2015
CLARKSTON — Mary Catherine Palazzolo, 88, passed away on Saturday, January 10, 2015 in Logan, Utah. She was born April 13, 1926 in New York, New York a daughter of Salvatore Sara and Concetta Presti. She married Vito. He preceded her in death in 1963. She is survived by her sons, Thomas (Kathie), Clarkston; Richard, Cache Junction and Steven, Franklin...
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