OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Royd Hyer Van Orden
May 19, 2023
Royd Hyer Van Orden passed away in Yuma, Arizona, on 19 May 2023 at age 84. He was born in Salt Lake City and was the youngest of Ottis D. and Eunice H. Van Orden’s four children. Royd graduated from Weber State College and retired from the Department of Agriculture in 1993. He is survived by his brother Sherrell D....
Erna Thea Fiedler
May 16, 2023
Erna Thea Fiedler was born October 11, 1926, in Dusseldorf, Germany. Died Tuesday May 16 at the age of 96. Mom immigrated from Dusseldorf Germany in 1953 after WWII with her husband Kurt and children Gabriele and Kurt. She was a devoted and loving wife to her husband and mother to her children. She served her father in heaven faithfully,...
Bonna Mae Corbett Cottle
May 15, 2023
Bonna Mae Corbett Cottle was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 4, 1928 to Ida Ardella (Jensen) and Daniel James Corbett. Bonna loved growing up in Salt Lake City. She would often walk to Liberty Park, and visit the Capitol building, or stroll through Memory Grove. She attended Liberty Elementary School and graduated a year early from South...
John DeMar Fonnesbeck
May 14, 2023
John DeMar Fonnesbeck returned to his sweetheart on May 14, 2023. He passed peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on September 24, 1933 to Willis and Gwen Fonnesbeck in Smithfield, Utah. He was the fifth of 8 children. He married his sweetheart, Sharon Larson, on June 29, 1956 in the Logan L.D.S. temple. Together they...
Merry Tobler Watkins
May 12, 2023
Merry Tobler Watkins passed away Friday May 12, 2023 surrounded by her four children after a valiant battle with dementia. Merry was born February 18, 1948 in Rigby, Idaho to Rondy Samuel Tobler and Carrie Myler Tobler. She was raised primarily in Preston, Idaho following her father’s early death when she was just three years old. Merry attended Preston High...
Jordan Lee Call
May 9, 2023
Jordan Lee Call passed away unexpectedly on May 9, 2023. He was born November 3, 1980 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He lived in Afton, WY in his early years and later moved to Logan, Utah. He graduated from Sky View High School in Smithfield, UT and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Utah State University. He served...
Samantha Veibell (Tisdale Johnson)
May 2, 2023
Came into this world on her due date of February 23, 1990 in Logan, Utah. She left this world on May 2, 2023 at the Ogden Regional Hospital, Ogden, Utah. Sam was the pogo stick jumping champion of our neighborhood, with approximately 500 jumps. She was a beautiful swimmer. Most importantly she was a loving mom to Donovan (Tisdale) and...
Mike W Hatch
May 1, 2023
“Still are the keys . . . . Silenced is the music . . . . that filled our home, and the hearts of many, over the years.” Our Dad, Mike W Hatch, passed away of natural causes on May 1, 2023, at the age of 92. He was born April 8, 1931, in Kelly, Idaho, the second of five...
James (Jim) Bret Skidmore
Apr 30, 2023
James (Jim) Bret Skidmore passed away April 30, 2023, peacefully surrounded by his three children. He is preceeded in death by his loving parents and sweetheart, Jane Probst Skidmore. James Bret Skidmore was born to Leroy Albert Skidmore Jr. and Vilo Adams Skidmore on August 30, 1957, in Tooele Utah. Jimmy was the baby of the family with older siblings...
Aryan Spencer
Apr 28, 2023
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the loss of Aryan, our 11-year-old daughter, sister, and friend. Aryan Mikele Spencer passed away on April 28, 2023, after a short but courageous battle with an aggressive form of sarcoma cancer. Despite her young age, Aryan faced her illness with remarkable strength and resilience, never once giving up hope or losing...
Barry David White
Apr 22, 2023
Barry David White passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on April 22, 2023, at the age of 75. As we knew his time was short, one of the greatest miracles is that he was able to have his spouse, all of his children, many grandchildren, and other family members able to see him and share their love before he...
George (Ed) Edwin Strickland Jr.
Apr 22, 2023
George Edwin (Ed) Strickland Jr. 1930-2023 George (Ed) Strickland lived a good and long life. He finally got too tired and was ready to take his "eternal" nap. He was born on July 18th, 1930, in Bell, California to Ann and George(Sr). He was the oldest of 3 siblings, Larry and a baby sister Barbara Ann (who passed away before...
Lorraine Lundquist Hulet
Apr 22, 2023
Lorraine Lundquist Hulet passed away peacefully at age 95 in South Jordan, Utah, on April 22, 2023. Lorraine was born March 25, 1928, in Malad City, ID to John F and Anna Leah House Lundquist and was the oldest of six children. She spent her childhood and teenage years in southern Idaho and northern Utah and graduated from Arimo (ID)...
Trudy Maxine Guymon Hess
Apr 22, 2023
Trudy Hess, 78, of Richmond, UT passed away on Saturday, April 22, 2023 after a long battle with several illnesses. Trudy was born in Idaho Falls, ID on June 3, 1944 to William Mack and Dolores Guymon. She graduated from Bonneville High School in Lincoln, ID and went on to graduate from Brigham Young University, earning her Bachelor of Arts...
Dennis Ray Peterson
Apr 19, 2023
“You know what I heard?” “You know what I saw?” These are the opening lines of Dennis Ray Peterson’s favorite jokes, which he told countless times and without explanation to generations of perplexed children. (He thought it was very funny that you didn’t get the joke!) Denny was born in a little house on the corner of 5th North and...
Angela Sealy Bird
Apr 16, 2023
Our dear wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother Angela Sealy Bird, 90, passed away peacefully on April 16th, 2023, at her home in Mendon, Utah surrounded by her loving family. Angela, well known as “Angie” was born on February 17th, 1933, in Logan Utah to Leon and Rachel Sealy. She was the youngest of 6 children with two sisters and three...
Janice Nelson Larkin
Apr 12, 2023
Janice Nelson Larkin quietly slipped away on April 12th, 2023 surrounded by family and loved ones following a valiant fight against cancer. Janice was born on October 15th, 1947, in Mink Creek, Idaho, to parents Lynn B. Nelson and Beverly Mae Anderson Nelson. The oldest of eight children, she learned early-on the value of hard work and the importance of...
Joshua Edward Symons
Apr 10, 2023
Joshua Edward Symons passed away peacefully in his sleep April 10, 2023 in Logan, Utah. Joshua was born to loving parents Edward Dewaine and Frances Elizabeth Bennett Symons on February 26, 1987 in San Diego, California. Joshua attended schools in California and Logan, Utah. Receiving his certificate of completion from Logan High School. Josh loved repeating the words he heard...
Larry Lenard Gittins
Apr 9, 2023
Larry Lenard Gittins, 86, passed away on April 9, 2023 after a long and brave battle with dementia. He was born October 15, 1936 in the family home in Smithfield, Utah. He was the third child of Benjamin Lenard Gittins and Bertha Hancey Gittins. Larry had nine siblings. Richard, Janice Anne, Sidney, Terry, Linda, Christie, Dan, Scott and Jeffry. Larry...
Gary Eugene Huckaby
Mar 28, 2023
Gary Eugene Huckaby, well-known local musician and beloved family man, passed away at his home in Smithfield, Utah on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023, at 85 years of age. Gary was born to Albert Huckaby and Arles (Downes) Huckaby in DeQueen, Arkansas on March 16th, 1938. While he was still a toddler, he moved with his parents to Northern California. His...
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