Arlo Briscoe Price

Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather passed away on September 11, 2024, at his home in Logan, Utah completing his exemplary earthly life of ninety years.

Arlo Briscoe Price was born on March 1, 1934, in Paris, Idaho to Clifford and Clea Price. He didn’t waste any time getting to work. As a young boy, he spent his summers working on the family dry farm. By the time he was eight years old, he was driving the truck and at ten, he was driving a diesel cat. If there was work to be done, he got it done. He knew the value of hard work. His tireless work ethic was a blessing to his family.

Arlo graduated from Fielding High School in the spring of 1952 and shortly after, married Mattie Valoy Hildt on August 13, 1952, in the Idaho Falls Temple. They moved to Moscow, Idaho for him to pursue a degree in engineering. Two years later, Arlo accepted an invitation to work with his father-in-law in the raspberry fields of Bear Lake. Arlo and Mattie returned to the beautiful Bear Lake valley where they raised their two sons.

Over the next forty years, Arlo worked and served in the Bear Lake community. He served on the Garden City Town Council. He served on the Rich County School Board for twenty years. He made hundreds of trips up the T.V. hill to maintain the television translators for Garden City, Laketown, and Star Valley.

Arlo was genuine and down to earth. He had a cheerful sense of humor and loved to joke and tease. He just made life fun. The billy goat song, the wide mouthed frog, and thistle hair will be remembered for generations. He approached every day with optimism. He judged no one and served everyone.

Arlo loved his family fiercely. He was not a man of many words. His love for his family was demonstrated through his actions. He built shelves for newlyweds, bought seashells, and shared his last piece of candy. He fixed cars and cleared driveways. To him, love is action. This was most apparent in the way he loved and served his wife Mattie. For 72 years, he cared for and provided for her. He was there for whatever she needed and wanted to the smallest detail.

Arlo was a man of great faith. He was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and served faithfully in many callings. He loved and sustained the prophet. Arlo had a strong testimony of our Heavenly Father’s Plan of Salvation. His faith in Jesus Christ and trust in the promise of eternal families is a comfort to those he leaves behind. He is survived by his beloved wife Mattie; two sons, Ed (Tina) and Mark; six grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

We can only imagine the reunion he will have with his parents; seven siblings; in-laws Lavoy and Jennie Hildt; and his daughter-in-law Debbie.

We look forward to seeing his genuine, loving smile again.

There will be a private family funeral on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. Interment will be at the Garden City Cemetery.

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