OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Chorn "Jon" Tiew
Mar 29, 2020
Chorn (Jon) Tiew son of Lai Tiew and Hout Meak passed away at the age of 38 peacefully at the U of U hospital. He leaves behind his awesome wife Linna, his dear son Alex and all his siblings: Sola Hough, Janee, Jim and Sandy Tiew. He was always the center of attention anywhere he went. He was a hard...
Melvin Eugene Dietz
Mar 22, 2020
Melvin Eugene Dietz was welcomed home in heaven on March 22, 2020 after an extended illness. He was born to Jacob and Sadie Dietz on October 17, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He grew up in South Salt Lake and graduated from Granite High School in 1960. He was activated in the Utah National Guard shortly after graduation. He...
Dorothy Rae Tuttle Griffiths
Mar 18, 2020
Dorothy Rae Tuttle Griffiths passed away quietly during the night of March 18, 2020 as the rain fell, surrounded by her three daughters. She was 102 years old. Dorothy Rae Tuttle Griffiths was born on January 25, 1918 in Smithfield, Utah to Rachel Louisa Hale and Edward Ray Tuttle. Dorothy was the third of 8 children in her family. Her...
Virginia (Jean) Marie Bates
Mar 16, 2020
Virginia (Jean) Marie Bates, 93, of Logan, Utah passed away on Monday, March 16, 2020. Jean was born Feb. 12, 1927, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the daughter of Pearl and Maggie Jane Foster McCain. She was raised on the family farm in Cape Girardeau, MO. Growing up she was in charge of collecting the eggs from the hen house, until...
Jean Spackman Nelson
Mar 14, 2020
Jean Spackman Nelson passed away March 14, 2020, at the Memory Care Facility of Legacy House of Logan in Logan, Utah. She was born March 10, 1952 in Logan, Utah the second born to Don Ellis and Pauline Strobelt Spackman. She attended school at Logan and Trenton elementary, Lewiston Jr. High, Sky View High School, and graduated from Utah State...
Phoebe Hazel Elliott Green Pierce
Mar 5, 2020
Phoebe Hazel Elliott Green Pierce finished her earthy life on March 5, 2020 at Legacy House in Logan, UT at the age of 102. Phoebe was born in IvyLog, Union co., GA on 1 November 1917 to Robert Walter Elliott and Lassie Minnie Chapman. She was the 7th child of 10. She would tell how she was the seventh daughter...
Barbara Carlson
Feb 28, 2020
On Friday, February 28, 2020, Barbara Carlson passed away at the age of 91 in her home in Richmond, Utah. Barbara was born in February 1929. She was married to Jerome Carlson. Barbara loved animals and was a generous supporter of many rescue organizations. She was also proud of her tree-filled yard, and worked outside daily into her 90's. She...
Rebecca Chambers Funk
Feb 16, 2020
Rebecca Chambers Funk (91), of Smithfield, passed away on February 16, 2020, surrounded by her family. Rebecca was born on December 4, 1928 to Seth Jay and Leone Cantwell Chambers. She inherited her mother’s positive approach towards life and her father’s practical good sense. She grew up in Smithfield as the oldest of three children. She is survived by her...
LoRee Munk Downs
Feb 15, 2020
Our sharing, caring, loving and 100-year-old Mother, Margaret LoRee Downs, left this earthly life on February 15, 2020 at the crack of dawn. She was born to Harvey L. and Eva V. Munk in Benson, Utah on January 12, 1920. LoRee was raised in Amalga, Utah and loved the farming life. She married her soldier and cowboy sweetheart, Glen E....
JoAnne Rene Freeze Jensen
Feb 15, 2020
JoAnne Jensen, born to Sherman and Florence Freeze in Salt Lake City, Utah, passed away February 15, 2020. She was raised in Murray, Utah where she loved swimming constantly. She later moved to Cache Valley with her husband and 3 children where she loved planting flowers around her house. In 1987, she met the love of her life, Rick Jensen...
Diane Ames Panek
Feb 8, 2020
In the early morning hours of February 8, 2020, Diane Patricia Willis Davis Ames Panek passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family after a valiant battle with cancer. She was born on May 31, 1932 in Pocatello, Idaho to Merle and Elaine Davis Willis. At the tender age of 18 months, her sweet mother Elaine passed away. Diane...
Tina Leng
Feb 7, 2020
Tina Leng was born on October 7, 1976 to Sopheap & Hak Leng in Cambodia. Tina is survived by his children: Kayla Johnson, Taylin, Bryson, & Asasia Leng; & his brother's Votha & Bobby Leng. Tina passed away on February 7, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Private family services are being performed under the direction of Nelson Funeral Home.
Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Wardle
Jan 26, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Gibbs Wardle, 90, a long time Logan resident passed away on Sunday morning, January 26th. “Beth,” as many friends and family members knew her, was born on October 17th, 1929 to William Golden and Hazel M. Gibbs in Pocatello, Idaho. She was an accomplished viola player at Pocatello High School where she graduated in 1947. She graduated from...
Eldon Bryant Hooper
Jan 15, 2020
Eldon Bryant Hooper, age 94, passed away peacefully on 15 January 2020. Eldon was born 15 December 1925 in Kelsey, Texas, to Earley Belle Bryant and William Harvey Hooper. His mother, stricken with tuberculosis, passed away when Eldon was only 12 years old. After his mother’s passing, his maternal grandparents stepped in and took care of the children and Eldon...
Sarah Fae Wilson Bindrup
Jan 9, 2020
Sarah Fae Wilson Bindrup born July 30, 1976 died January 9, 2020 loving mother, devoted wife, caring friend, Born to father Nacey Glen Wilson mother Illa Rae Morris both deceased. Sarah was reunited in heaven with her parents because they had her sealed to them in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. Siblings: Anthony Hill, Mathew Wilson,...
John Roger Petersen
Jan 6, 2020
John Roger Petersen returned to his Heavenly Father January 6th 2020 from complications of long term diabetes. John was born July 8, 1953 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The oldest of 3 children to Lois Allsop Petersen and Roger William Petersen. John grew up in Benson where he graduated from Sky View in 1971. He served 2 years in the...
Shirley Coleman Larsen
Dec 26, 2019
Shirley Larsen slipped from this life to the next in the early morning hours of Dec. 26. She was born Feb. 27, 1928 in Smithfield to William Ervin Coleman and Berneice Wilcox Coleman. She met her eternal companion, Garth Larsen, on a blind date in December 1945. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple Sept. 4, 1946 and were...
Doris Anita Hyde Yost
Dec 21, 2019
Doris Anita Hyde was born on April 27, 1933 to Josephine Fowler Hyde and Philip Augustus Hyde in Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho. She returned home to our Heavenly Father on December 21, 2019. Doris spent most of her childhood in the Portland, Oregon area. When she was 16 years old she moved to Rupert, Idaho to live with her oldest...
Jay Blaine Merrill
Dec 20, 2019
Jay Blaine Merrill passed away December 20 from pancreatic cancer while holding the love of his life’s hand. Born August 15, 1945 to George Blaine and Geraldine Lott Merrill, he grew up in Trenton, Utah and lived most of his 74 years there. Jay was a smart, kind, generous, caring man who married Mary Dare Wilson on February 18, 1972...
Michelle Hansen Snyder
Dec 13, 2019
Michelle Snyder of Hyrum Utah passed away on December 13th 2019 at the age of 60. Michelle was born in Logan Utah on March 24th 1959 to Carlyn Shumway and Richard Clair Hansen. She married Garth Snyder on April 17th 2012. They enjoyed doing many outdoor activities together and went on many trips together along with her beloved dog Lee...
