Verl Wilson Godfrey

CLARKSTON – Verl Wilson Godfrey of Clarkston, Utah left this life on Monday May 31, 2010 after living 93 years in the city of his birth.
He was born March 19, 1917 in Clarkston, Utah and lived there all his days all but the time he spent as a missionary. He was the son of John Morris Godfrey and Margret Pricilla Buttars. Verl was the seventh of their eight children consisting of four boys and four girls. His siblings were Dr. J Morris Godfrey, Sarah Clark, Cora Godfrey, Elva Ravsten, Nathan Godfrey, LaRue Godfrey and Elsie Welling. He was preceded in death by his father and mother and all of his brothers and sisters, his infant daughter Margie and a son in law, Richard J. Goodsell.
He married his sweetheart Faye Thompson on July 10, 1941 in the Logan Temple making Faye his eternal companion. Both he and his wife were raised in Clarkston and have lived in three houses since their marriage. One they rented and two they have owned. All of their places of residence have been within a city block of each other.
He attended school in Clarkston and also attended North Cache high school. He contracted pneumonia in March of his senior year, so he missed graduating. He had a diary farm and raised wheat so spent his life pursuing farming as a profession.
He had a strong testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and fulfilled many positions in the LDS Church. He and his wife filled a mission for the LDS Church in Tallahassee Florida in 1985 and also served as officiators for 7 years in the Logan Temple.
He is survived by his wife Faye Thompson Godfrey and five children and their spouses: Clinton Diane Godfrey, Maxine Stephen Keller, Helen Wayne Cooper, Mary Godfrey, Brent Jill Godfrey, 19 grandkids and 39 great grandkids and two more coming this year. Of the 19 grandkids, 16 of them have married so with their spouses making quite a large posterity to remember the good Verl has done for all of them, for they were truly the joy of his life.
Funeral services will be held Friday, June 4 at 12 noon in the Clarkston 2nd Ward Chapel. A viewing will be held Thursday June 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home, 85 South Main, Smithfield and Friday at the church from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Interment will be in the Clarkston Cemetery. Thanks to Alpine Hospice for their excellent care Pat, Michelle, Mary Kay and Cory. Though his life light has been turned off his example will give power to ours! His Family.