Allen Ned Gines

Allen Ned Gines passed away on March 10, 2018 at his home in River Heights, Utah surrounded by his family, from incidents related to brain cancer. He was 82 years old at the time of his death.
Born December 10, 1935 in Provo, Utah, the son of Ned L. Gines and Myrle Norton Gines. He was the oldest of 4 children, 2 sisters, Pat and Karen and a brother, Jerry. He grew up in Roosevelt, Utah where he learned to hunt, fish, and train horses. He graduated from Union High School in 1954, where he excelled in vocal music, (he had a beautiful Tenor voice), band, and sports, especially track.
In 1959 the family moved to Logan, Utah where he met is wife Vida B. Gines. They were married on November 23, 1960.
Al had an ongoing romance with motor vehicles that began as a teenager when he rode a Cushman scooter to work at the horse arena each day after school. He loved cars, fast boats, dirt bikes, 4 wheelers, and more recently, side by sides. He was very mechanical and could fix anything. He loved time spent at the cabin at Bear Lake, which he and Charlie Stoddart built from the ground up. He loved trips to the sand dunes to ride motorcycles, and especially loved his 1976 Yamaha TT 500, that he purchased sight unseen from Cloyd Fredricks, of Cache Yamaha.
He built a 1963 Dodge truck, using mostly spare parts and he restored a 1973 Triumph Spitfire convertible, which he owned until he died.
He and Vi are the parents of 3 sons, Ned Allen Gines, Robert B Gines, Ron J. Gines, they were the love of his life. He taught them to love and work on dirt bikes, waterski, snow ski, and all things outdoors. He and Vi took many trips in their Motorhome, and enjoyed traveling during their retirement.
His professional career started as a college student working at Bob’s Chevron on 1st South & Main. He was a member of the Utah Highway Patrol for 1 ½ years, and was also employed with the Logan City Police Department, where he worked for 13 years. He then went to work for ATK Thiokol from which he retired in 1995. He was also an officer in the Utah National Guard.
He is survived by his wife Vi of 58 years, his son Ned and granddaughter Madeline Gines. Son Rob (Lori) and granddaughters Janessa, Kirany (Bennett), and Payton. Son, Ron (Melinda Petro), grandson Kerrick, granddaughter, Sequoia and his brother (Jerry Gines) and sisters, (Pat Souza), (Karen Gines). He was preceeded in death by his parents and a Brother in Law (Will Souza).
At his request, there will be a cremation and no funeral. We will have a celebration of his life at a later date.
We want to issue a special thank you to the kind and caring staff at CNS Hospice Services and Dr. Lars Bergeson and his staff.