Floyd Seeholzer Wilhelm

Floyd Seeholzer Wilhelm, 93, died Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at Logan Regional Hospital, from causes incident to age.
He was born May 18, 1914 in North Logan, Utah and was the sixth child of four brothers and two sisters born to Louis E. and Lydia Seeholzer. He attended elementary school in North Logan and North Cache High School in Richmond, Utah. He grew up on the family farm in North Logan. He worked with his father repairing cars and in the blacksmith shop located on the farm.
He married a hometown girl, Delilah Palmer, on Sept. 29, 1939. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple. She passed away Jan. 18, 1989. He worked as an auto mechanic at car dealers in Logan and for the U.S. Forest Service as a heavy duty equipment mechanic. He started working on aircraft and aircraft engines in 1939 and received his Aircraft and Aircraft Engine Mechanic License issued by the Civil Aeronautics Administration in 1940. He was made a designated aircraft maintenance inspector by the CAA in June 1946. This enabled him to release aircraft for flight after major repairs or the mandatory yearly inspection. He spent several years working on airplanes in Cache, Box Elder, Weber and Davis counties.
He spent five years as project supervisor at the research foundation, an affiliate of Utah State University, in the development and building of oversnow vehicles and made trips to the North Slope of Alaska on field tests.
With the opening of Thiokol Research and Development Plant, he started working for them on the development and building of the Minuteman rocket engines. Due to his past experience, he received an engineer's rating. After final development of the engine, the project was completed.
He accepted a job with Schreiber Food, preparing for the opening of the plant. He was in charge of the boilers and refrigeration until his retirement in May 1977. He has served on the Cache County Senior Citizen Advisory Council.
Surviving are his children and their spouses: Colleen and Larry D. Swensen, Logan; F. Clayne Wilhelm, North Logan; Sarah Adell and Clinton Smith, Salt Lake City; RaNae and Ray Lechtenberg, Roy; and Robert K. and Anne Wilhelm, North Logan. He has 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at Allen Mortuary, 420 East 1800 North, North Logan on Sunday, March 2, 2008, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Graveside services will be held Monday, March 3, 2008, at 11:00 a.m., at the Logan City Cemetery, 1200 East 900 North
We offer our sincere thanks to Dr. Robert Nash and Dr. Scott Cunningham and the nursing staff at Logan Regional Hospital for their care and concern for our father.
Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.allenmortuaries.net