OBITUARIES
Logan and Smithfield, UT Obituaries
Local obituaries for families in Logan, Smithfield, Cache County and surrounding areas in UT.
Joe Lee Lish
May 3, 2008
Tremonton, UT – Joe Lee Lish, 71, passed away Saturday, May 3, 2008 at his home. He was born August 11, 1936 in Deweyville, UT to Lloyd Ernest and Viola Harry Lish. He lived in Deweyville and Tremonton graduating from Bear River High School in 1954. He served during 1956-1958 in the U. S. Army. He worked at Thiokol and...
Virgil Grant Merrill
May 2, 2008
Virgil Grant Merrill was born June 15, 1916, in Smithfield, Utah to Virgil Taylor and Julia Irene Wheeler. Died May 2, 2008, in Heber, Utah, from causes incident to old age. Married La Vene Mallory Aug. 19, 1936 in Brigham, Utah. Marriage solemnized in Logan Temple Feb. 28, 1955. He was preceded in death by his oldest son, Dewayne Grant....
Bessie Eva Hamilton Christensen
May 2, 2008
Bear River City, Bessie Eva Hamilton Christensen, 88 of Bear River City, UT died May 2, 2008 in Brigham City, UT. Born September 4, 1919 in Brigham City, UT, she was the daughter of William Richard and Daisy Mae Skinner Hamilton. She was a graduate of Box Elder High School. On November 22, 1938 she married Chester Hyrum Christensen in...
Julie Hawkes
May 1, 2008
Julie Hawkes, 74, passed away peacefully with her two children by her side on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden. She was born July 22, 1933 in Pocatello, Idaho to Morgan and Iva Orme Hawkes. She was raised in Pocatello, where she was very active in the theater, singing, and as a violinist in the orchestra. Julie...
Chester Nelson Jones
Apr 30, 2008
Chester Nelson Jones, 86, passed away on April 30, 2008 in Logan, UT surrounded by his loving family. Chester was born Feb 16, 1922 in Harrison, Arkansas, son of Spinks and Josephine Jones. He married Norma Cheatham in Shell, WY on Nov 1, 1950. She preceded him in death. He graduated from Basin High School in Basin Wyoming. He served...
Sarah Loosle Heggie
Apr 28, 2008
Sarah Loosle Heggie died on April 28, 2008 of natural causes incident to age. She was born August 16, 1907 in Clarkston, Utah, the sixth child of Andrew Stewart and Mary Loosle Heggie, the last surviving child of eight children. She lived 93 years of her life in Clarkston and in her later years moved to Providence to be near...
Richard Vaughan Richardson
Apr 28, 2008
Smithfield – Richard Vaughan Richardson, 90, passed away Monday, April 28, 2008 at Logan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Logan. He was born July 18, 1917 in Smithfield, Utah to Richard Harper and Marion Alice Vaughan Richardson. Vaughan was raised and educated in Smithfield, graduating from North Cache High School in Richmond, where he excelled in vocational agriculture. He was...
Jacob Edward Frost
Apr 28, 2008
Jacob Edward Frost, 21 days, passed away April 28, 2008 at Primary Children's Medical Center. He was born April 7, 2008 in Murray, Utah to Melvyn Parley and Marlene Andersen Frost. A viewing will be held 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday, May 2, 2008 at Rogers and Taylor Funeral Home, 111 North 100 East, Tremonton, UT. Graveside services will be held 11:00...
Thelma Rosella Erickson Simmonds
Apr 22, 2008
Trenton – Thelma Rosella Erickson Simmonds, 95, passed away peacefully on April 22, 2008 at Logan Regional Hospital due to incidence of age. She was born November 6, 1912 in Fish Haven, Idaho, the daughter of Magnus Erickson Jr. and Rosella McCann Erickson. She married Lloyd Simmonds on January 3, 1933 in Logan, Utah. She was raised and educated in...
Jacob Vernon Merrill
Apr 22, 2008
Jacob Vernon Merrill, 26, born June 11, 1981 returned to his heavenly home April 22, 2008 to be with his loving daughter and brother. Jacob was a loving father, son, and brother. He was preceded in death by a brother, Amos Jr. and a daughter, Katie Isabella. He is survived by his parents, Amos and Elsie Merrill; brother, Joshua J....
Dennis Mitchell Haire
Apr 21, 2008
Dennis Mitchell Haire, 48, beloved husband, son, father, brother and friend died Monday, April 21, 2008 in Hartsville, South Carolina. Dennis was born December 18, 1959 in Hartsville to Benjamin S. and Vera Teal Haire. He married Tami Rogers. They lived in Tremonton and Hartsville, South Carolina. They had two sons and one daughter. Dennis was employed at Nucor Steel,...
Edna Jean Johnson
Apr 19, 2008
LEWISTON – Edna "Jean" Johnson, 79, passed away April 19, 2008, on her sweetheart's birthday, at The Heritage Home in Preston, ID, after a struggle with illness for the past several years. She was born September 3, 1928 in Murray, UT, to Julius Harold and Edna Virginia Jamison Johnson. She married Gordon Herman Johnson, her "High School Sweetheart", on September...
Harold Lee Hughes
Apr 18, 2008
Tremonton, UT - Harold Lee Hughes, 44, passed away Friday, April 18, 2008. He was born April 19, 1964 in Santa Fe Springs, CA to John Marlo and Marlene Marie Morris Hughes. Harold loved to look at pictures and newspapers, always looking for Richter Scales. He was fascinated with earth quakes. He enjoyed going out for dinner or Coke. He...
Merill Thorpe Murray
Apr 17, 2008
Richmond—Merrill Thorpe Murray, 94, better known as MUTT, passed away early Friday morning at the home of his daughter. He was born on April 17, 1914 in Wellsville, UT the son of James Littlewood and Emeline Thorpe Murray. He was one of eleven children; eight boys and three girls. He spent the first 12 years of his life in Wellsville,...
Raquel Greenwood Thomas
Apr 16, 2008
Garland, UT –With tender sadness, we bid farewell to our loving Raquel Greenwood Thomas. She passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2008 after enduring a courageous three-year battle with cancer. She had a tremendous "never-give-up attitude." Born November 13, 1952 in American Fork, Utah to Robert D. and LaRae Tidwell Greenwood. She attended school in American Fork, Utah. She married Gerry...
Dottie Field Whitney
Apr 15, 2008
Longtime Tremonton resident, Dottie Field Whitney, 87, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008, in Logan, Utah. Dottie was born February 16, 1921 in Lyman, Wyoming to John William and Mary Elizabeth Hobson Field. She had four brothers and one sister. They lived in a log cabin on homesteaded property without indoor plumbing; getting water from a pond that...
Leland Kipp Anderson
Apr 14, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008, our father, son, grandpa and brother, Leland Kipp Anderson, 51, passed away, after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Kipp was born to Leland Sharon and Karen Bennett Anderson March 11, 1957 in Ogden, UT. He grew up in Bear River City, attending Box Elder High School and graduating from Bear River High School in...
Viola Cooley Larsen
Apr 12, 2008
Viola Cooley Larsen, 95, of Logan, passed away Saturday, April 12, 2008, at Sunshine Terrace of incidents related to age. Viola was born on September 19, 1912, in Newton to Walter A. and Edith Rigby Cooley. She lived in Bancroft, Idaho, during her early childhood where her family operated a farm. After moving back to Newton, she graduated from North...
Ruth McQueen Bassett
Apr 12, 2008
Ruth M. Bassett, 92, former resident of Logan, passed away April 12, 2008 in Gilbert, Arizona. She was born March 18, 1916 to James B. McQueen and Leah Smith in Preston, Idaho. Ruth was raised in Idaho and attended the local schools there. She met Preston Rowe Bassett and they were married in the Logan Temple on November 24, 1936....
Blaine Nolden Anderson
Apr 9, 2008
Bear River City, Utah – Blaine Nolden Anderson, 84, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at his home. He was born July 16, 1923 in Bear River City to Clarence LeRoy and Martha Jorgensen Anderson. He married Thora Mae Bowman June 25, 1946 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He was stationed as a mechanic on Tinnian Island during World...
