OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Dorothy Diana Harris
Apr 1, 2002
Dorothy Diana Bessinger Harris Portage: Dorothy Diana Bessinger Harris, of Portage, UT, passed away April 1, 2002, after losing her battle to cancer. She was born November 27, 1941, in Tremonton, UT, the daughter of Henry and Dorothy Bessinger. She graduated from Bear River High School in 1960. After receiving a Bachelors of Science from Utah State University she taught...
Walter Robert ''Bob'' Lewelling
Apr 1, 2002
College Ward, Utah ? Bob Lewelling, 59, died Monday, April 1, 2002 at the VA Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah from complications due to pneumonia. He was born May 16, 1942 to Henry and Fay Jordan Lewelling in Dallas, Texas. He met his wife, Jackie Leeks, in Cache Valley at her first Mountain Man Rendezvous in 1980. Together for...
Marie Jeannette Young Merchant
Apr 1, 2002
Logan ? Marie J. Merchant, 87, passed away on April 1, 2002, from causes incident to old age. She was born February 3, 1915 in Knoxville, Illinois to George Wilson Young and Minnie Beamer. She graduated from nursing school at Galesburg Hospital and worked as a registered nurse throughout her life, especially liking to work in the nursery with newborn...
Franklin Ting Fai Loo
Mar 30, 2002
Franklin Ting Fai Loo Franklin Ting Fai Loo, affectionately known as ?Papa Loo? by his grandchildren, children, friends, and family, died in his home in Torrance, California, on March 30, 2002, at the age of 68. Gentle, kind, generous, and loving, Papa Loo was a friend to all who met him. A devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, brother-in-law, and friend,...
Terry C. Nielsen Spook
Mar 28, 2002
Logan ? Terry C. Nielsen Spook, 61, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2002 at his home. He was born January 22, 1941 in Logan to Glenn G. and Lillian J. Nielsen. He attended Logan High School and Utah State University and was affiliated with the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He is survived by his mother, brother-in-law, Scott Barbara Budge, Logan; niece,...
Joseph Samuel Steed
Mar 28, 2002
Snowville ? Joseph Samuel Steed, 92, of Snowville, UT, died Thursday, March 28, 2002, in Mesa, Arizona. He was born June 14, 1909, in Ogden, Utah, the son of Joseph F. and Charlotte Branford Steed. Joseph lived and attended school in Ogden, East Canyon, Clinton, and Clearfield. He moved with his family to Stone, Idaho, at age ten, where he...
Ephraim Jensen Falslev
Mar 26, 2002
Nibley ? Ephraim Jensen Falslev, 85, passed away peacefully March 26, 2002 at the Logan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born July 7, 1916 in Benson, Utah, a son of Marius Jensen and Mariane Jensen Falslev. He married Edris Avern Kidman in 1936. They were later divorced. He married Thelma Rasmussen Coleman on October 22, 1970. He grew up...
Ardes Margarette Adams
Mar 25, 2002
Ardes Margarette Adams Tremonton ? Ardes Margarette Adams, 94, passed away March 25, 2002, at the Mountain View Hospital in Payson, UT. A native of East Garland, born on January 9, 1908, to Delos Edgar and Hannah Christina Peterson Adams. She was the fifth child in a family of six boys and six girls. After graduating from Bear River High...
Pearl Ethel Gardner
Mar 24, 2002
Smithfield ? Pearl Ethel Gardner, 92, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2002 at the Logan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Logan, Utah. Pearl was born March 9, 1910 in Antigo, Wisconsin, the daughter of Joseph Sinclair and Naomi Rodgers Sinclair. She obtained her education in the Wisconsin area and taught in the elementary grades for thirteen years. She also...
Glen Lyle Griffin
Mar 22, 2002
TRENTON, Utah ? Glen Lyle Griffin, 74, passed away March 22, 2002 after a nine-month battle with cancer. He was born July 22, 1927 in Clarkston, Utah, the oldest son of Aubrey Myler Griffin & Pearl Sarah Thompson. He married Nola Pitcher on March 3, 1947, in the Logan LDS Temple after serving in the U.S. Army. They have been...
Arvid Fredrickson
Mar 22, 2002
Garland ? Arvid Fredrickson, 85, passed away March 20, 2002 at the McKay Dee Medical Center in Ogden. He was born September 28, 1916 in Roosevelt UT, to Gustave F. Fredrickson and Lydia Gertrude Cook. He married Ruth Jorgensen on Jan 9, 1946 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She passed away August 13, 1971. Arvid married Ruby H. Yoder...
Kay Vern Jensen
Mar 19, 2002
Hyrum ? Kay Vern Jensen, 67, passed away peacefully on March 19, 2002 at the Logan Regional Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Hyrum, Utah February 26, 1935 to Charles Vern and Menita Cummings Jensen. Kay grew up in Hyrum attending the local schools and graduated from South Cache High, a member of the Class of...
William Herbert Bartlett
Mar 16, 2002
LOGAN ? William Herbert Bartlett, 98, died Saturday, March 16, 2002 at Logan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born October 1, 1903 in Laurel Hill, Tennessee to Sylvanus Wales and Teressa Hoggard Bartlett. In 1908 the family moved from Tennessee to Lindon, Utah then in 1913 they moved to Burley, Idaho. He graduated from Burley High School in 1924...
Zella Delilah Christensen Harris
Mar 16, 2002
ZELLA DELILAH HARRIS Ogden ? Zella Delilah Harris, 84, of Ogden, died Saturday. March 16, 2002, at the McKay Dee Medical Center in Ogden. She was born May 24, 1917, in Bear River City, Utah, the daughter of Aaron Erastus and Sarah Elvira Olsen Christensen. She married Alma Martin Harris on July 16, 1937, in Brigham City. Their marriage was...
Marlin Grant Johnson
Mar 14, 2002
Richmond, Utah ? Our loving husband, father and grandfather, Marlin Grant Johnson, returned to his Heavenly Father on his 81st birthday, March 14, 2002, at the Logan Regional Hospital. He experienced complications from long standing illnesses. During his stay in the hospital, he was surrounded and attended by his loving family. Marlin was born on March 14, 1921 in Franklin,...
Leslie Harold Wight
Mar 12, 2002
Leslie Harold Wight Thatcher, UT ? Leslie ?Les? Harold Wight, 83, passed away peacefully March 12, 2002, at the McKay Dee Hospital, from complication of pneumonia, surrounded by his loving family. Les was born July 7, 1918, the son of Almon Nelson and Elizabeth Young Wight. He was reared and educated in the Bear River Valley, graduating from Bear River...
Andrew Vincent Tepedino
Mar 11, 2002
Andrew Vincent Tepedino, 25, passed away on March 11, 2002. He was born May 12, 1976 in Laramie, Wyoming to Vincent J. and Felicia Bocchino Tepedino. He lived the first two years of his life in Laramie, at which time the family moved to Logan. He spent his growing years in Logan, making many friends and enjoying life. He has...
Ellen Cordelia Wanner Tuveson
Mar 11, 2002
Ellen Cordelia Wanner Tuveson, 90, passed away at her home in Smithfield on Monday, March 11, 2002. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 16 at 12:00 noon at the Smithfield 11th Ward Chapel, 179 North 100 East. Friends and family may call on Friday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home, 85 South Main, Smithfield...
Roger William Petersen
Mar 10, 2002
Smithfield, Utah ? Our loving father and grandfather, Roger William Petersen, returned to his Heavenly Father on Sunday March 10, 2002, at Logan Regional Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Roger was born September 18, 1924, in Benson, Utah. He is the son of Leonora Rogers and Willi James Petersen. On October 25, 1944 he married Lois Allsop in the...
Farres Hurren Nyman
Mar 7, 2002
Smithfield ? Farres Hurren Nyman, 81, passed away peacefully at his home in Smithfield on March 7, 2002 following a lengthy illness. Farrres was born December 8, 1920 in North Logan, Utah to Andrew B. and Dessie Thurston Nyman. He grew up on the family farm in North Logan where he learned to thin sugar beets, tromp hay and pick...
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