OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
David W. Ballif
Feb 28, 2004
David W. Ballif, 77, of Sheffield Lake died Saturday at Community Health Partners West in Lorain, Ohio following a brief illness. Mr. Ballif was born in Provo, Utah and has been a resident of Lorain County for the past 35 years. He served in the U.S. Army and the Air Force Reserve. He worked as an electrician and was a...
Geneva Nelson
Feb 28, 2004
Garland - Alice Geneva Remington Bowman Nelson, 87, passed away at the McKay-Dee Hospital on Saturday, February 28, 2004. She was born on March 18, 1916 the daughter of Alson Hull and Edith Lavern Siler Remington. She married Alma Bowman on April 15, 1932 and later divorced. She married Billy Nelson in December of 1952 in Libby, Montana. Geneva lived...
Joan Cox Anderson
Feb 28, 2004
Joan Cox Anderson, 53, of Logan passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 28, 2004 surrounded by her family at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. She was born January 19, 1951 in Hot Springs, Arkansas to Buddy L. and Eva Beckman McCoy. Joan was the third of eight children and married Alan Anderson in January 1993. A gifted student,...
Arthur George Price
Feb 27, 2004
Arthur George Price, 87 passed away at the Logan Regional Hospital on Friday, February 27th, 2004 as a result of an injury. Arthur was born in England on August 14, 1916, and traveled to the United States by ship with his family at the age of five. They settled in Cornish, Utah and there Arthur was raised and went to...
James Allen Hoffmann
Feb 26, 2004
James Allen Hoffmann passed away Thursday, February 26, 2004. Jim was born in Breese, Illinois on December 18, 1928 to Harrison W. Hoffmann and Byrdie Ann Cross, both deceased. He attended grade school, high school and college in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his B.S. Degree in Forest Management from Utah State University, Logan, and his Ph.D. Degree in Plant...
Kay Nard Obray
Feb 26, 2004
Kay Nard Obray of Smithfield passed away February 26, 2004 at his home in Smithfield at the age of 76. He was born June 18, 1927 in Paradise, the son of William G. and Lydia Jackson Obray. He received his GED while serving in the US Air Force from 1952 ? 1954. He retired after serving 32 years in the...
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...
