OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Stanley Floyd Kaneko
Mar 7, 2018
Stanley Floyd Kaneko, 65, of Hyde Park Ut passed away March 7, 2018 surrounded by loved ones at McKay Dee hospital. Born on Dec.10, 1952 to Floyd and Leona (Tanaka) Kaneko of Tremonton Ut, Stan loved his Denver Bronco games and his Utah Jazz games, other things that Stan loved to do with his time was bowling, fishing, camping and...
Alvin Reid Southard
Mar 5, 2018
Alvin Reid Southard (91) died March 3. He was born in Centertown, Kentucky, to Gordon and Bessie Ashby Southard. Educated in a one-room elementary school and Beaver Dam High School in Kentucky, he was drafted in 1944 and served in the Army until April 1953, when he entered Utah State University where he earned a BS and MS in Soils...
Layton Doral Elder
Mar 3, 2018
Layton Doral Elder, known by all his friends and family as Doral, was born September 1, 1935 in Orem, Utah. Doral died in his home on March 3, 2018. He was married to Rae Elder for 44 years who preceded him in death in 2017. He worked and retired from LeGrand Johnson Construction Co. He was a heavy equipment operator...
Leonzo Gonzalez
Feb 27, 2018
Leonzo Gonzalez passed away on February 27, 2018. He was born in Alejandrenos, Texas on January 20, 1937. He is survived by his 3 sons, Gabe (Tracee) Gonzalez; Marcos (Brenda) Gonzalez and Travis Gonzalez. One brother Servando Gonzalez of Zapata, Texas. He was preceded in death by 2 sons, Hector and Gerald Gonzalez and wife Mary Solis Gonzalez, 8 brothers...
Nellene Fabricius Hancey
Feb 26, 2018
Nellene Fabricius Hancey Born in Newton, Utah on Oct 3, 1928 to Knute and Orpah Fabricius passed away at her home on February 26, 2018. She graduated from North Cache High School and worked summers at the Ogden Defense depot during World War II. On Nov 18, 1949 she married Spencer Hancey in the Idaho Falls Temple. As an active...
Mary Berntson Rogers
Feb 14, 2018
LOGAN, UTAH - Mary Berntson Rogers, 95, of Logan, left this earthly state on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, to be reunited with Dean, her eternal companion, which made for a perfect Valentine’s Day! Mary made her entrance into the world on July 26, 1922. She was the first of four daughters born to Russell and Clara Berntson. She grew up...
Valdemar Rodriguez Castillo
Feb 1, 2018
Val passed away peaceful at his home on February 1, 2018 at the age of 93 surrounded by family. He was born on October 25, 1924 in Del Rio, Texas to Arturo and Virginia Castillo-the third child in a family of 13 children. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He married the...
Marlene Thorpe Baldwin
Jan 27, 2018
Eva Marlene Adams Thorpe Baldwin a.k.a “Munner” passed away surrounded by her family on January 27th, 2018 at the age of 85. Marlene was born on March 3rd, 1932 in Macon, Georgia, the only daughter of Sherwood Wesley and Emily Massey Adams. She had one brother, Bennett Wesley Adams. She attended school in Macon and after graduation, she trained to...
Lorraine Quinn Funke
Jan 15, 2018
Lorraine Quinn Funke July 28, 1924 - January 15, 2018 Smiling until the end, having given so much and asked for so little, Olive Lorraine Quinn Funke left us on January 15, 2018 at age 93. Lorraine was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on July 28, 1924. The youngest of 4 siblings, she was known as Babe and later Aunt...
Gordon J Ewing
Jan 13, 2018
Gordon (Buck) J Ewing passed away January 13, 2018 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Gordon was born on November 1, 1931 in Smithfield, Utah to Gwen Larson Ewing and Gordon Jackson Ewing. He spent his youth in the Smithfield area hiking, hunting, fishing, and working on the small family dairy farm. There, he also started his life long interests in...
Marjorie Weeks Scholes
Jan 13, 2018
Marjorie Weeks Scholes passed into immortality peacefully on January 13, 2018. She was born October 29, 1926 in Smithfield, Utah. Growing up on the family farm she learned the value of hard work. She attended Cache County Schools, graduating from North Cache High School. Continuing her education at Utah State Agricultural College she graduated with honors. Through relatives she met...
R Gregory Low
Jan 4, 2018
Robert Gregory Low, Sr. passed away peacefully, but unexpectedly at his Smithfield home on January 4, 2018. He was born May 17, 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Leo and Selena Gregory Low. He was a lifelong resident of Smithfield. He spoke often of his childhood and growing up in what he called “Camelot”. After graduating from North Cache...
Nancy Elaine Nilson
Dec 25, 2017
Nancy Elaine Nilson was born September 16, 1937, in Gooding Idaho – Died December 25, 2017. Nancy passed away at her home in Smithfield, UT, surrounded by family of natural causes. Nancy married Frank Miles Nilson January 15, 1955 in Logan, UT and they had six children together. She was a loving and caring wife, mother and grandmother. She was...
LaDawn A. Foster
Dec 23, 2017
LaDawn Anderson Foster, 80, passed away peacefully in her home in Logan, Utah on December 23, 2017 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. LaDawn was born on December 3, 1937 to Elgo and Christena Anderson in College Ward, Utah where she grew up on the family farm. She graduated from South Cache High School and afterward attended Utah...
Karma Ann Schoonover
Dec 22, 2017
Karma Ann Schoonover, 77 years old, returned home to her Heavenly Father on December 22, surrounded by her family after many years of struggling with health problems. She was born in Lehi, Utah to Ralph and Lillian Hoggard. She was raised in American Fork Utah, and graduated from American Fork High School. She met the love of her life, Eldon...
Mark Jason Weeks
Dec 8, 2017
Mark Jason Weeks, husband of Ronda Bickers Weeks, returned to his Father in Heaven on December 8, 2017 after a long battle with complications arising from diabetes he lived with since the age of 9. He was the oldest of four children born to Darwin Weeks and JoAnn Larsen Weeks on February 1, 1969 at Logan LDS Hospital. Mark was...
Patricia Cheryle Burse
Dec 4, 2017
Patricia Cheryle Burse, 70, of Logan, passed away Monday, December 4, 2017 at Sunshine Terrace. She was born January 13, 1947 in San Francisco, California. She grew up in San Mateo, California. She has lived in the Logan area since 1998. She became one of Jehovah's Wittnesses on June 20, 1987 when she was baptized at the Cow Palace in...
Blake Gerald Merrill
Dec 1, 2017
Blake Gerald Merrill, beloved son, brother, and uncle, age 38, of Smithfield, Utah, passed away Friday night, Dec. 1, 2017, after succumbing to long-term illness. He was born October 1, 1979 in Logan, Utah, and spent most of his life in Trenton and Logan. Blake worked as a long-time custodian at Gossner Foods and at Utah State University. He is...
Christian Hilman Johnson III
Nov 20, 2017
Christian Hilman Johnson III, 74, passed away November 20, 2017, in St. George, Utah. He was born in Logan, Utah to Christian Hilman and Lorraine Johnson. After attending Logan City schools and graduating from Logan High School in l961, he went on to attend Utah State University later becoming a Sheet Metal Journeyman. In 1964, he met his future wife,...
Wilma Lower Miller
Nov 19, 2017
Wilma Lower Miller, our beloved mother and grandmother completed her mortal journey on November 19, 2017 in Ogden, Utah. Wilma and her twin William were born on January 24, 1925 in Lewiston, Utah to Nathan Leslie and Alice Elnora Leavitt Lower. Wilma graduated from North Cache High School, in Richmond, Utah then went to work in the Engineering Department at...
