OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Lillian Anthon
Mar 3, 2011
SMITHFIELD, UTAH - Lillian was born in Alta, Wyoming to Fred and Lena Duersch who were homesteading a 60 acre farm on the west side of the Grand Tetons near Driggs, Idaho. She, her five brothers and four sisters learned to work hard doing chores and harvesting their food from the farm and the nearby mountains. Lillian graduated from Teton...
Errol Austin Jenson
Mar 2, 2011
Errol "Austin" Jenson, 16, passed away Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011 at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. Austin was born on July 5th, 1994 in Montpelier, Idaho. He lived with his family in Mendon, UT for almost 6 years and then in Wellsville, UT for almost 11. Austin never spoke a word, but taught great lessons about endurance and...
Errol Austin Jenson
Mar 2, 2011
Errol "Austin" Jenson, 16, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. Austin was born July 5, 1994, in Montpelier, Idaho. He lived with his family in Mendon, Utah, for almost six years and then in Wellsville, Utah, for almost 11. Austin never spoke a word, but taught great lessons about endurance and unconditional...
Tommy Wayne Wilburn
Feb 26, 2011
Tommy Wayne Wilburn passed away February 26, 2011 at his home in Logan, UT. He was born August 1, 1951 in Pocatello, ID to Willis Alvin and Wanda Thompson Wilburn. He grew up in Tremonton and was a veteran of the Viet Nam War. He worked as a Truck Driver and was a very talented Singer Song Writer and Musician....
James Owen Yeates
Feb 24, 2011
J. Owen Yeates passed away Thursday, February 24 at Logan Regional Hospital following a short illness. He was born May 25, 1928 in Logan, Utah to R. Owen Yeates and Evalyn Monson Yeates. Owen grew up In the Logan 3rd Ward area, attending Ellis Elementary School and graduating from Logan High School in 1946. Owen served a LDS mission in...
Steven George Braegger
Feb 23, 2011
Brigham City – Steven George Braegger, 55, returned home to his Heavenly Father surrounded by his family February 23, 2011. Steve was born March 14, 1955 in Logan, UT to his wonderful parents Roy and LaRene Braegger. He was forth of seven children. Steve married his sweetheart Susie February 6, 1975 and was sealed for time and all eternity April...
Ruby Johnson Thornley
Feb 23, 2011
Ruby Johnson Thornley passed away Feb 23, 2011. Glen Jay, Ilene, Ann and Owen are proud and blessed to call her mother. Ruby was born March 11, 1918 in Beaver Dam, Utah to Joseph Seymour and Kate Yates Johnson. She married Glen Thornley in 1940 in the Logan Temple, and they made their home at the same location in Smithfield...
Deon W Hubbard
Feb 20, 2011
Deon W Hubbard He died with his boots on. In spite of his graduate degrees, Deon was a farmer at heart with a farmer?s work ethic. When a diagnosis of aggressive lymphoma left him bed-ridden one month ago, Deon lamented that he wouldn?t die with his boots on. So his cowboy boots were put on the metal legs of his...
Doris Budge
Feb 14, 2011
Doris Wallin Budge, age 90, passed away on February 14, 2011. One of her life-long goals was to reach the "ripe young age" of 90. Doris was born to Alvin G. Wallin and Lillian R. Wallin on November 4, 1920, in Salt Lake City, UT. She was the oldest daughter of seven siblings and the last surviving child. Doris was...
Brett Wayne Peterson
Feb 13, 2011
OBITUARY Brett Wayne Peterson 1959-2011 51, returned home to his Heavenly Father and the loving arms of family on February 13, 2011. Brett was born October 29, 1959 in Fort Benton, Montana, to loving and hardworking parents, Lyle Roland and Corma Mae Peterson. Brett was the fifth of seven children. Brett and Laura first saw each other at the Preston...
William Swainston Dursteler
Feb 9, 2011
Our beloved father, brother, grandfather and great grandfather, William Swainston Dursteler, passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 9, 2011. Preceded in death by his loving wife, Donna Dursteler of 64 years. Survived by two sisters, Barbara Winward and Faelm Gill; three children, William H. Dursteler, son; Devra Lopez, daughter, Betty Jo Black, daughter; twenty-one grandchildren and twenty-four great grandchildren. William Swainston...
Don Marinus Hansen
Feb 9, 2011
TREMONTON - Don Marinus Hansen, 87, died at his home in Tremonton on February 9, 2011. He was born February 12, 1923, in Mink Creek, Idaho, one of seven children to Marinus Woodruff and Gudren Elizabeth Pukkendal Hansen. Hansen was a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps., serving as a sharpshooter in the Asia-Pacific theater of World War II. He...
Charlotte Pitkin Larsen Nilson
Feb 8, 2011
Charlotte Larsen Nilson Our dear Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. She and Dad are finally together again… Mother was born in Logan, Utah on March 28, 1921, and she lived the majority of her life in Utah. Mother was the youngest in her family – nearly 16 years younger than Marjorie her beloved...
Ronda Thurston Hyde
Feb 3, 2011
Ronda Thurston Hyde, our beloved mother, sister, grandmother, and friend passed away on February 3, 2011. Ronda was born October 12, 1929, in Hyde Park, Utah. She is one of five children born to Orma Adella Christensen and Orion James Thurston. She married Vooris Rosel Hyde on December 17, 1947, in the Logan LDS Temple. Together they made their home...
Kenneth J. Anderson
Feb 2, 2011
Kenneth J. Anderson of Quincy passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 2, 2011, in Moses Lake, after a lengthy illness, joining his wife who pre-deceased him. Born August 2, 1935 in Hyde Park, Utah, Ken was raised in the Cache Valley in Northern Utah. He was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. After serving...
Francis Petersen Brown
Feb 2, 2011
Born July 20, 1918, "joined her angels" on Feb. 2, 2011. She was the daughter of Charles Emil Petersen, owner of a lime kiln and Ida Rose Beutler, a homemaker to seven children: Alfred, Leona, Virginia, Isabell Karma, Francis and Rosezella, all deceased. Francis, so beautiful, met a dapper Logan farm boy, Joseph Woodrow Brown, at a church dance. They...
MaeLynn Kartchner Harris
Jan 31, 2011
MaeLynn Kartchner Harris, beloved wife, mother, daughter and friend, passed away quietly at home on January 31, 2011 from neuroendocrine cancer. MaeLynn was born April 11, 1980, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the daughter of Jerry Charles Kartchner and Marie Hanks Kartchner. She attended school in Salt Lake City and graduated from Brighton High School in 1998. In...
MaeLynn Kartchner Harris
Jan 31, 2011
MaeLynn Kartchner Harris, beloved wife, mother, daughter and friend, passed away quietly at home on January 31, 2011 from neuroendocrine cancer. MaeLynn was born April 11, 1980, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the daughter of Jerry Charles Kartchner and Marie Hanks Kartchner. She attended school in Salt Lake City and graduated from Brighton High School in 1998. In...
Jill Renae Goodwin Snow
Jan 29, 2011
Jill Renae Goodwin Snow, 57, from the heart broken, loving arms of her family into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our sweet wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend, passed away peacefully January 29, 2011 at the Logan Regional Hospital due to health conditions. She was born to Maxine and Benny Goodwin. She was...
Leah Benson Johnson
Jan 29, 2011
Our sweet Mom, Grandma and friend, Leah Benson Johnson, died peacefully at her daughter's home in Smithfield, UT on Jan 29, 2011 at the age of 88. Leah was born March 11, 1922 in Newton, UT the daughter of Emory Harold and Ella Parker Benson. She has 5 siblings: Reda, Norene, Neil, Natalie, and Gladys. Leah graduated from North Cache...
