OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Carma Peterson Hillyard
Apr 5, 2015
Carma Petersen Hillyard, 88, passed away in her home on April 5, 2015 surrounded by loving family members. Carma was born on September 8, 1926 in Newton, the daughter of Parley and Ella Petersen. She spent her childhood on a farm in Newton as part of a large family of five brothers and three sisters. Carma met the love of...
Lynn N. Vinson
Mar 22, 2015
Lynn N. Vinson passed away on March 22, 2015 at his home in Hurricane, Utah. He was 75 years of age. A graveside service and interment will be conducted on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at the Richmond (Utah) cemetery at 1:00 PM. Lynn was born in Preston, Idaho. He spent most of his early life in Richmond, Utah with family,...
Parley Lewis Pitcher
Mar 21, 2015
On Saturday March 21,2015, Parley Lewis Pitcher passed away with his wife and children by his side. Lewie was born April 27, 1936 in Logan, Utah to Leo Mikkelsen Pitcher and Marie Petty Pitcher. He was the oldest of five children. He graduated from North Cache High School. Lewie married his high school sweetheart Mary Lee Sanders on November 7,...
Willis Arnold Finchum Jr.
Mar 13, 2015
Willis Arnold Finchum Jr. passed away at Legacy House in Logan, Utah, on March 13, 2015, after a short illness. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on May 27, 1921, to Willis Arnold Finchum and Maggie Gladys Wells. He grew up with 3 younger sisters: Francis, Jean, and Polly. He was educated in Indianapolis public schools, and graduated from Ben...
Nathan William Parkinson
Mar 11, 2015
Nathan William Parkinson (Bill) 63 passed away March 11 2015 in Salt Lake City Utah. Bill was born to Charles Floyd and Eva Melvina Thornley Parkinson on July 30, 1951 in Logan , Utah. Bill was raised in Smithfield and moved to S.L.C. after graduation from Sky View High School where he resided at the time of his death. When...
A Ray Winn
Mar 8, 2015
Ray Winn SMITHFIELD--Archie Ray Winn, 75, passed away March 8, 2015, eight months after his initial diagnosis with glioblastoma. His passing was peaceful, and he was surrounded by family at home. Ray was born May 4, 1939 in Logan, Utah. He was the third child of Shirley Egbert and Parley Nelson Winn. Ray lived nearly his entire life in Smithfield....
Melvin Jay Woodward
Mar 2, 2015
Melvin Jay Woodward, 84, passed away peacefully in his sleep March 2, 2015 at his home in St. George with his wife and caretaker Ruby at his side. He was born Oct 23, 1930 in Franklin, Idaho, a son of Ivan Woodward and Ordell Mecham Doney. He was the 3rd of 6 children and also had 8 half-siblings. He learned...
Gary Hatch Flake
Feb 28, 2015
Gary Hatch Flake, 71, passed from this mortal life on February 28, 2015. She was born August 17, 1943, in Coalville, Summit County, Utah, to Clark and Cleo Parrish Hatch. The first 18 years of her life was spent on the family farm in Oakley, Utah. Gary was the fourth in a family of six children. She was preceded in...
Daphne Faye Chambers Shupe
Feb 27, 2015
Faye Chambers Shupe passed away on Friday, February 27, 2015. She was born in Smithfield, Utah on February 17, 1931 to George and Tacy Toolson Chambers. She received her education in the Cache County school system graduating from North Cache High School in 1949. She continued her education at Utah State Agriculture College (USU) receiving her Bachelor of Science degree...
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...
