Stuart F. Hardman

Logan, Utah: Stuart F. Hardman, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and friend, passed away peacefully May 26th, 2005. His wife, Colleen, was at his side. Born Jun 5, 1916, he was in is 89th year. Son of Joseph Floyd and Sarah Ann Stuart Hardman, he spent his early years in the farming town of Mendon. He was the oldest of six children. After finishing grade school in Mendon, Stuart graduated from South Cache High School in 1934. He obtained a degree in Speech from USAC in 1938. He was a graduate student in English Literature at University of Colorado and finished a Master of Arts degree at the University of Washington in 1950. He served in the US Navy Reserve from 1942 until near the end of the war. He married Dorothy Johnson at the beginning of his military service and they had one child, Ann Denise. They were divorced in 1946. While an instructor at Utah State University, Stuart married Colleen May Bowcutt in the Logan Temple on June 2, 1948. They are the parents of 5 children. Stuart also worked as a movie theater owner-operator, a lineman for Logan City, and was a master electrician and electrical contractor later in life. He was a jack-of-all trades, and a willing worker, from which trade he never really retired. He was an active member of the LDS church and a High Priest in the Logan 19th ward. He was preceded in death by his mother, father, a sister (Ann), 2 brothers (Neff and Joe), and 4 grand children. Stuart is survived by his wife Colleen, children, Ann Denise (Bob) Ward (Salt Lake), Loralee (Gabriel) Rincon (Willard), Lance (Jan) Hardman (Mendon), Launee (Kerry) Fowler (Bountiful), Lucy (Ken) Gibbons (Mendon), Larry (Amy) Hardman (Bountiful), and his grandchildren, Dana (Myles) Parrish, Robert, Karissa, Roger, Katie, Nathan, Nick, Claire, Carrie, Brian, Aaron, Kori, Kelly, Sam, Emily and his great-grandchildren, Addison Parrish, and Michael, Mason, and Sierra Creer. He is also survived by his siblings, Barbara Merrill and Heber (Shirley) Hardman and his sister-in-law Oneda Hardman, and many nieces and nephews. A viewing will be held Monday May 30 from 6-8 p.m. at Allen-Cranney Mortuary (420 E. 1800 N.). Funeral services will begin at 12:00 noon Tuesday May 31st with a viewing from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Logan 19th Ward (6th E. 1255 N.). Services will be conducted by Bishop Paul Manning. Burial will be in the Mendon Cemetery.
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