OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Phyllis Christensen
Feb 26, 2004
Phyllis Christensen, 93, passed away peacefully of natural causes February 26, 2004 in Meridian Idaho. Phyllis was born March 3, 1910 in Robin, Idaho, the eldest child of Alvin James Christensen and Clara Amelia Jenkins. She was educated in Arimo, Idaho. She received a bachelor of education degree from Brigham Young University. She taught school in Emery County, Utah, Arimo,...
Orpha Deen Bowers
Feb 25, 2004
Layton - Orpha Deen Jacobs Bowers, 95, passed away on Wednesday morning, February 25, 2004. Orpha was born on July 15, 1908 to George Isace Jacobs and Hannah May Workman. She married Charles Edward Bowers on November 6, 1924. Their marriage was solemnized on September 9, 1963 in the Logan LDS Temple. They were married 72 ½ years. Edward passed...
Beulah Izatt Reese
Feb 24, 2004
Beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend, Beulah Izatt Reese, 85, went home to her loving husband, Dee DeMar Reese, Tuesday, February 24, 2004 after a lengthy illness. She went peacefully in her sleep at the home of her daughter, Joannie. She was born December 12, 1918 in Logan, a daughter of Andrew McNeil Izatt and Candias Amelia Bassett. She...
Freeman Justin Byington
Feb 22, 2004
A very kind, gentle and patient man, Freeman J. Byington, 91, passed away Sunday, February 22, 2004 at his home in Logan from causes incident to age. Freeman was born August 6, 1912 in the family farm home in Blazer, Bannock county, Idaho, the son of Ettie Sophia Smithies and Charles Norton Byington. He attended school in Blazer, Logan High...
Mary Eileen Clark Buttars
Feb 16, 2004
Mary Eileen Clark Buttars, 98, passed away Monday, February 16, 2004 at her home in Clarkston surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 4, 1905 to James Michael and Annie Larson Clark at the family ranch north of Clarkston. Eileen lived her entire life in the Clarkston area and attended the local schools. She graduated from North Cache...
Martha Maie Larson
Feb 10, 2004
Tremonton - Martha Maie Adams Larson, 75, passed away peacefully at her home on February 10, 2004. She was born on September 16, 1928 to Alexander and Martha Jane Cameron Adams in Delta, Utah. She married Gordon P. Larson on August 20, 1955 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple. She has...
Vernon Larkin Shaffer
Feb 10, 2004
Orem - Vernon Larkin Shaffer, 96, passed away February 10, 2004 in Orem, Utah of natural causes. He was born July 11th, 1907 in Acoma, Lincoln Co., Nevada, the oldest of 11 children to the late Larkin Richard and Dora Woods Shaffer. He married his sweetheart Lucile Garn, October 14, 1931 in the Salt Lake Temple. She passed away on...
Philip Alonzo Pugsley
Feb 10, 2004
Tremonton - Philip Alonzo Pugsley, 93, passed away at his home on February 10, 2004. He was born on July 24, 1910 in Rosette, Utah to Philip Roy and Louise Kunzler Pugsley. He married Elinore Daisy Mandry on December 23, 1937 in Ogden, Utah. Philip grew up in Rosette where he worked for his father in the sheep business. He...
Darlene Grover Whitaker
Feb 8, 2004
Gardnerville, Nevada - Beloved Mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend after a long courageous fight with cancer returned to her Heavenly Father on Sunday, February 8, 2004. She was born Dec. 17, 1925 in East Garland, Utah. She graduated from Bear River High School and attended Utah State University. She and her husband, Lowell, were married in the Logan LDS...
Rulon Lester Facer
Feb 8, 2004
Rulon Lester ?Les? Facer, 82, died of age related causes, February 8, 2004 in Harrisburg, Oregon. He was born April 18, 1921 in Smithfield, Utah to Lester E. and Rosabel Bingham Facer. Les married Mabel Hughes August 15, 1942 in Yearington, Nevada. They had two sons: Melvin Hugh Facer, who died in 1986 and Rex L. Facer. The Facer?s live...
Barbara Hickman Daley
Feb 6, 2004
Barbara Hickman Daley was born to Warren Earl and Alta Pack Hickman on December 29, 1920 in Stone, Idaho. She passed away in Bountiful, Utah on February 6, 2004 due to age related conditions. Barbara was the middle child. Her older brother, Blaine, now lives in Ogden, Utah. Her younger sister, Veda, lived in Hermiston, Oregon. They grew up on...
Donald Yoshikazu Tazoi
Feb 4, 2004
Brigham City - Donald Yoshikazu Tazoi, 55, died tragically in an industrial accident on Wednesday, February 4, 2004. Don was born December 10, 1948 to Jim Y. and Kimiko Yagi Tazoi. He attended Garland Elementary and in 1967 he graduated from Bear River High School where he participated in baseball, football and track. He had a black belt in Judo....
David Powell Choate
Feb 4, 2004
David Powell Choate, 86, of Onalaska, Texas and former resident of Logan, passed away February 4, 2004 in Livingston, Texas. He was born January 27, 1918 in Bozeman, Montana, the son of Isaac Watts Choate and Roberta Gammon Choate. He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Aileen Moody Choate, 2 brothers: Robert and Lyman; one sister: Margaret...
Venie Alice Coombs Ford
Feb 3, 2004
Venie Alice C Ford, 95, passed away February 3, 2004 of causes incident to age at the home of her daughter in Smithfield. Alice was born December 27, 1908 to Ephraim W. Coombs and Elizabeth Reed, the tenth of thirteen children. She married George E. Ford November 12, 1927 in Richfield Colorado. They were later sealed in the Logan LDS...
Elma Gayle Holmgren
Feb 2, 2004
Bear River City - Elma Gayle Holmgren, 87, passed away on Monday, February 2, 2004. She was born November 9, 1916 in Bear River City, Utah a daughter of Rueben Oleen and Meda Marie Christensen Holmgren. She graduated from Bear River High School and Utah State Agricultural College. After college she taught school in Paul and Oakley, Idaho. In 1941...
Betty Ann McLaughlin
Jan 28, 2004
Tremonton-Betty Ann Kay McLaughlin, 60, passed away at her home on January 28, 2004. She was born on January 16, 1944 to Glendon Bergin and Jean Hansen Kay. She married David Kurt McLaughlin on March 20, 1965 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is survived by her husband, three children, Kathy Jon Hicks of Malad, Idaho, Patti Rueben Amador of Tremonton, David...
Betty Ruth Jensen
Jan 28, 2004
Betty Ruth Bowcut Jensen, age 75, passed away at Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma, Arizona on January 28, 2004. Born July 4, 1928, in Garland, Utah to Alfred and Josephine Newman Bowcutt. Betty graduated from Bear River High School. She worked as a telephone operator in Garland, and after she moved to South Ogden, Utah, she worked at South Ogden...
Edith Florence Whitworth Hubbard
Jan 27, 2004
Edith Whitworth Hubbard 1902 ? 2004 She was feisty to the end. Edith Whitworth Hubbard passed away peacefully in her own home on January 27, 2004. Just three weeks shy of her one hundred and second birthday, she complained that she didn?t want another birthday party ? that people shouldn?t fuss over her. Always independent, she lived alone until she...
Ruth Forsberg Bowcutt
Jan 27, 2004
Ruth Forsberg Bowcutt, 91, passed away peacefully January 27, 2004, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ruth was born October 27, 1912, in Riverside, Utah to August A. and Hilda Josephine Forsberg. She attended grammar school in Riverside and graduated from Bear River High School in 1931. She was preceded in death by her eight siblings: Oscar, Herman, Joseph, Hilda, John, George,...
Blake Alan Williams
Jan 25, 2004
Tremonton - The greatest man, husband, Dad, and grandpa, Blake Alan Williams, 49, of Tremonton, died Sunday, January 25, 2004 at the McKay-Dee Medical Center in Ogden. He was born on April 5, 1954, the son of Evan DeVerl and Ruth Hansen Williams in Soda Springs, ID. He married Laurell Berry on February 15, 1974 in Bennettsville, S.C. and their...
