OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Gladys Pitcher Teuscher
Oct 6, 2012
Mom left this life peacefully in the early morning of October 6, 2012 at the Logan Nursing and Rehab Center. Gladys was born May 25, 1921 to Joseph and Mabel Covey Pitcher in Smithfield. She was the youngest of six children. She married Grant F. Teuscher on May 5, 1942. They were later sealed in the Logan LDS temple. She...
Madeline Amy Likes Sortor
Oct 3, 2012
Madeline Amy Likes Sortor, our beloved Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and Great-Great Grandmother passed away peacefully at the Logan Regional Hospital following a stroke. She was born on the 12th day of May 1932 to Clarence and Amy Likes in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was the baby of five children. After graduation from high school she and her sweetheart Darrell...
Joyce Quayle Winger
Oct 2, 2012
Joyce Quayle Winger passed away Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 at Sunshine Terrace in Logan, UT. She was born May 17, 1928 in Logan, UT to John Thorpe Quayle and Mary Lamb Quayle. She had two sisters, Emma Sidney Ralph, Marcelle Thomas Payne, and one brother Jack Gwynne Quayle. Joyce attended the Ellis School & Logan High. In Joyce's childhood she...
Kerwin Jon Kotkas
Oct 1, 2012
Kerwin Jon Kotkas, 54, passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early morning hours of October 1st after a long, difficult yet courageous battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Kerwin was born July 20, 1958 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada to Joyce and Ken Kotkas. He was the oldest of four brothers, and is survived by his parents and brothers Jim, Ken,...
Thomas Oscar Baird
Sep 30, 2012
Thomas Oscar Baird was born Nov. 21, 1926 to Richard and Mary Susan Bailey Baird in Rupert, Idaho. He passed away Sunday Sept. 30 at McKay Dee Hospital in Ogden, UT with his family by his side. He was raised on a farm in Paul, Idaho. Dad was the fifth of seven children. At 17 he joined the Navy and...
Garth Snow Larsen
Sep 27, 2012
Garth Larsen passed away peacefully on Sept. 27, 2012 at the Logan Regional Hospital after suffering multiple health problems. He was born at home in Cove, Utah Jan. 17, 1926 to Owen and Della Biggs Larsen. He spent his boyhood years in Richmond, Utah where he graduated from North Cache High School in 1944. Garth joined the army immediately after...
Gerry Merrill
Sep 25, 2012
Our mother, Gerry Merrill, 68, passed away peacefully at her home onTuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Gerry was born Mar. 26, 1944 in Logan, Utah. She was the daughter of George Blaine and Geraldine Lott Merrill. She was raised in Trenton and resided there most of her life. She was married to James McGaughey on Dec. 14, 1973. She was blessed...
Lawrence Stephen Cantwell
Sep 21, 2012
Lawrence Stephen Cantwell, well known and loved Centenarian passed away on Friday, September 21, 2012 at the age of 101. He was born March 28, 1911 in Smithfield, Utah to Stephen and Mabel Pilkington Cantwell. He had three sisters: Blanche Lawrence Bingham, Naomi Levoir Dowdle, and Eva Henry Haslam. He has lived his entire life in Smithfield. Lawrence met his...
Brian Dale Wiechman
Sep 17, 2012
Brian Dale Wiechman passed away peacefully on September 17, 2012 after a brave battle with Huntington's disease. He was born on February 18, 1972 to the former Nona Kae Anderson and the late Dennis Wiechman. He attended school in Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana and Utah. He graduated from Bear River High School in 1990. There he applied his love and talent...
Charles Francis Sawyer
Sep 14, 2012
Charles Francis Sawyer passed away at age 89, Friday September 14th, 2012 due to natural causes while sleeping. He was born April 11th, 1923 in Fort Worth, TX to his parents James and Elsie Koch Sawyer. Charles married the love of his life Lois White, they spent 65 wonderful years together. He was a very active member of the LDS...
Yutona Nelson Bentley
Sep 8, 2012
Yutona N. Bentley Yutona Nelson Bentley July 21, 1940 – September 8, 2012 left us suddenly and way too soon. She was born in Las Vegas, NV to Gertrude and James Nelson. Yutona loved the desert and the beauty of it. She loved to explore ghost towns and old junk yards with her family. Growing up around Las Vegas, NV...
Violet Doris Miller Birch Andersen
Sep 4, 2012
Violet Doris Miller Birch Andersen age 91 of Logan, Utah died September 4, 2012 at Legacy House in Logan Utah of natural causes. She was born Oct 4, 1920 in Bear River City , Utah the sixth of eleven children born to Ole Sylvanus and Jensine Nelson Miller. She lived in Bear River City during her childhood and the early...
Blanche Beckstead Taylor Noble
Sep 4, 2012
Blanche Beckstead Taylor Noble returned to her Heavenly Father and loved ones on September 4, 2012. Blanche was born March 13, 1924 in Whitney, Idaho to Alvin Hull and Ella Afton Ellis Beckstead. She spent her early years in Whitney, attending Preston High School. It was in high school that she met Dale Taylor fell in love and they later...
Blanche Noble
Sep 4, 2012
Blanche Beckstead Taylor Noble returned to her Heavenly Father and loved ones on September 4, 2012. Blanche was born March 13, 1924 in Whitney, Idaho to Alvin Hull and Ella Afton Ellis Beckstead. She spent her early years in Whitney, attending Preston High School. It was in high school that she met Dale Taylor fell in love and they later...
Barbara Althea Quimby Bishop Haskell
Aug 31, 2012
Barbara Althea Quimby Bishop Haskell, 99, passed away of natural causes on August 31, 2012 at Terrace Grove Assisted Living in Logan, Utah, which was her home for the past six years. She was born October 22, 1912 in Mechanic Falls, Maine to Harold William Quimby and Velva L. Austin Quimby. She graduated from Westbrook High School in Westbrook, Maine....
Jayne Beutler Miller
Aug 29, 2012
Our wonderful mother and grandmother, Jayne Beutler Miller, 88 passed away on August 29, 2012 at her home in Hyrum, Utah. Her loving family was gathered around her at the time of her passing. She was born on May 6, 1924, in North Logan, Utah to Alfred and Rose Schwartz Beutler. She was the youngest of seven children. She had...
Arlene Constance Harrison
Aug 28, 2012
Arlene Constance Harrison Nov. 15, 1940 – Aug. 28, 2012 With a feeling of profound loss we announce the passing of Arlene Constance Harrison. Although she left us suddenly, she had suffered from severe health problems for years which we are all grateful she is finally freed from. Born in Patterson, NJ, she lived in Rockford, IL and Southern California...
Visitacion Polanco
Aug 28, 2012
Visitacion Polanco, 75, of Logan, Utah Visitacion was born on July 2, 1937 to Carmen Olaya Estrada & Timoteo Polanco Ramirez. He was the oldest of eight children. At age 16 -after the death of his father- he was seen as a father by his siblings. Married to Rutilia G. Calderon, he was a father of five children, a loving...
Jeremy Hillyard
Aug 28, 2012
SMITHFIELD - Our beloved son, brother, uncle, grandson, cousin and friend passed away on August 28, 2012. He was born on February 27, 1980 in Logan Utah. He graduated from Cache High School with the class of 1999. Jeremy loved dogs and being outdoors, you could always find him out wandering with a dog by his side. Jeremy loved camping,...
Ervin George Walker
Aug 23, 2012
Ervin George Walker peacefully returned to his loving Heavenly Father Thursday, August 23, 2012. The son of LaWanna Gay Schiess and the late Morris Dee Walker, he was born on January 2, 1974 in Logan, UT. Ervin had brothers, Jonathon Dinorah and LaMarrValerie, and a sister Georgia Tommy Magnusson. Ervin graduated from Sky View High School where he was involved...
