OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Daphne Painter Sharp
Dec 13, 2019
A woman of many talents, Daphne Painter Sharp was most noted for three passions: family, design, and travel. The oldest daughter of Mark and Irene Painter and third of 11 children, Daphne grew up on 300 West in Logan in the twilight of the old ways – cultivating gardens, raising chickens, and tending a cow. Like many children of the...
Phyllis Mauchley Corbett Gonzales
Dec 8, 2019
Phyllis LaRae Coley Mauchley Corbett Gonzales passed away unexpectedly at the age of 70 on December 8, 2019 at Logan Regional Hospital. She was born on February 12, 1949 in Coalville, Utah to Clifton Ray Coley and Virginia Cox Coley. She graduated from Logan High School in 1967 and later became a CNA, working for the Sunshine Terrace for many...
IlaRee Jackson Reese
Dec 6, 2019
IlaRee was born in Ogden, UT, the daughter of Merlyn and Ethel Mae Rose Jackson. She passed away in her home in Hyde Park on December 6, 2019, surrounded by her family. IlaRee spent her childhood years in Tremonton, and after graduating from Bear River High School, spent two years in Hawaii before marrying the love of her life, Gerald...
Don B. Poppleton
Dec 4, 2019
Don B. Poppleton passed away unexpectedly December 4, 2019 at Logan Regional Hospital, with family by his side. Don was born May 10, 1936, to William Larsen and Elsie Brown Poppleton. He grew up in Wellsville, where he attended Elementary and Junior High School. He graduated in 1954 from South Cache High School in Hyrum and he attended Utah State...
Ruth Nadine Nethery
Nov 29, 2019
Ruth Nadine Nethery, 82, passed away November 29, 2019 at Maple Springs Rehab Center, North Logan, UT Nadine was born July 15,1937 in Garland, UT to Horace Stephen Rose and Ruth Alice Sederholm Rose. She was raised and educated in Garland and attended Bear River High School. Because her father was in the military, she moved with the family and...
Jay B Karren
Nov 24, 2019
Jay B Karren, 83 11/12 years old, passed away when his heart plumb gave out on Sunday, November 24, 2019. He was surrounded by family. First child of Bert Ernest and Edris Cook Karren on December 22, 1935 in a family home in Naples, Utah. Jay’s family moved to wherever his father was able to find work. He changed schools...
Dixie Packard Decker
Nov 12, 2019
Dixie Doreen Packard Decker peacefully returned to her Father in Heaven on November 12th, 2019, in her home in Logan, Utah. Dixie was born in Lovell, Wyoming on February 19, 1941, the daughter of Ivan Earl and Tennessee Gwynn Packard. She had a wonderful childhood in Omaha, Nebraska. Dixie married Joseph Franklin Decker for time and all eternity in the...
Judy Ann Jeppesen Barton
Nov 11, 2019
Beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loved ones and faithful animals. Judy was born in Rexburg Idaho to Keith and Iola Jeppesen, she was the 2nd of five children. She married Frederick Jon Barton on June 28, 1961; the marriage was later solemnized in the Rexburg temple on September 24, 2014. They...
Sherma Bair Allsop
Nov 8, 2019
Sherma Bair Allsop, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and good friend passed away on November 8, 2019 from injuries sustained in a fall. Sherma was born at home in Wellsville, Utah on November 16, 1931 to Julian and Ida Walters Bair. She was the youngest of eleven children, all of them bound together with loving ties extending back for...
Isabelle Slowman Toledo
Oct 24, 2019
Isabelle Slowman Toledo, 63, of Smithfield, UT, passed away, Oct. 24, 2019, with her family by her side. Isabelle (Izzy) was born to Sam Lansing Slowman Sr. and Nusbah (Mary) John Slowman on April 16, 1956, in Sweetwater, AZ. Izzy spent some of her schooling with her Peterson family in Wheatridge, CO. Thereafter, Izzy lived with the Andrus family and...
Bryan Garnell Sorenson
Oct 22, 2019
Bryan Garnell Sorenson, 93, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 of causes incident to age. He was born Sep. 15, 1926 to Chesney Bryan Sorenson and Jessie Alithe Beal in Ephraim, Utah. His mother passed away when he was 6 months old, after which his father moved the young family to Cub River, Idaho. He grew up there and with...
Donald Raymond Barber
Oct 20, 2019
Donald Raymond Barber was born on February 3, 1935 in Manito, Illinois. He grew up in a Catholic boys’ school where he was taught to love God and the Bible, which led him to eventually become a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Donald has given great service throughout his life. He served as a Sergeant...
"BJ" William James Simmonds
Oct 18, 2019
William James (BJ) Simmonds was called home to be with his loved ones in heaven on Friday, October 18, 2019. BJ was born August 1, 1977 in Logan, Utah, to Jerry Charles and Lana Bailey Simmonds, the middle of three boys. He graduated from Sky View High School in 1995 and went on to study biochemistry at Utah State University....
Gerald B Robison
Oct 9, 2019
Gerald was born on June 29, 1931 in Cokeville, WY; the only son and second oldest child of Budd and Gonzella (Nate) Robison. He died of kidney failure on October 9, 2019. Gerald was raised in Cokeville, WY. He graduated from Cokeville High School in 1949. Gerald continued his education at Utah State University (Bachelor’s and Master’s) and University of...
William E. Fox Jr.
Oct 8, 2019
William E. Fox, Jr passed away on October 8, 2019 of Lewy Body Dementia and the complications of pneumonia at North Hyde Park, Utah. He was born on November 16, 1937 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to William E. Fox, Sr and Mildred Naomi Heller. Bill was married to Marilyn Janice Craft at Montrose, Pennsylvania on October 10, 1959. He is survived...
Harry E. Leavenworth
Oct 1, 2019
Harry Emerson Leavenworth of Hyrum, Utah, born the third son of Ebeni and Llora Leavenworth on September 29, 1929 in Bridgeport, Washington was 90 years old when he graduated mortality. He often joked in his later years that he was waiting for his birth certificate to expire. It finally did on October 1, 2019. He long maintained that there was...
John Dale Slater
Sep 30, 2019
John Dale Slater passed away on September 30, 2019. John was born August 5, 1947 in Ogden, Utah to Nevada Pearl Wardle and Raymond (Bill) LaVell Slater. He was their fifth and last child. John grew up in Marriott, Utah and spent his boyhood roaming the fields on his trusted steed “Stormy” with his dog “Ears” by his side. John...
Kurt Valentin Fiedler
Sep 30, 2019
Kurt Valentin Fiedler Born July 22, 1926 in Germany, passed away peacefully the morning of Sept. 30th, 2019 at the age of 93. He immigrated from Dusseldorf Germany in 1950 to Preston Idaho, then later settled in Salt Lake City. He served in the German Navy during WWII . He served as a missionary after the War for the Church...
De Ann Read Vanderwerf
Sep 27, 2019
DeAnn Read Vanderwerf, age 67, passed away Friday September 27, 2019. She was surrounded by her four sons and had been visited by other family and friends in the days leading up to her death, all of whom will miss her influence in their lives. DeAnn was born to Dale and Darlene Read March 16, 1952 in Smithfield, Utah. She...
Richard Tanner Johnson
Sep 20, 2019
Richard Tanner Johnson (3/22/91- 9/20/19) Richard Tanner Johnson passed away on the morning of September 20th, 2019 at the age of 28. Tanner was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 22nd, 1991. He graduated from Northridge High School in 2009 and went on to pursue his education further at the University of Utah. Tanner most recently worked as...
