Local obituaries for Logan, & Cache County, UT.

Aug 1, 1943

Max Wendell Lower was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, March 3, 1920. He came to a farming family, and was the first of six children. Max’s parents, Steven and Oka Lower, moved the growing family to Lewiston, Utah, in the spring of 1926. Farming is what sustained the family through the Great Depression, as he grew up. He also completed...

WELLSVILLE, UTAH: Clarke Poppleton Maughan passed from this life on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at his home in Wellsville. Clarke was born on September 15, 1921 in Wellsville to Guy H and Emma Poppleton Maughan. He married Ruth Allen Hendry on November 12, 1947 in the Logan LDS Temple. In June, 2010, he married Clara Larsen Maughan. He attended school...

Bill Van Hemert passed away January 30, 2012 at his home in Logan, Utah (Young Ward). He was born in Soda Springs, Idaho to I.G. and Lillian (Mikesell) Van Hemert. He married Kay Van Hemert May of 2004 in Millville, Utah. He is preceded in death by his parents, and 1 nephew. He is survived by his wife and 2...

LOGAN, UTAH: Deborah Kay O’Dell was born January 18, 1951, in Bakersfield, California to Leslie Marvin O’Dell and Mary Charlotte (Robertson) O’Dell. She passed away peacefully at her home in Logan, Utah on December 28, 2011 at the age of sixty. Deb moved to Oregon in 1961, and then to Utah in 1974. She served a mission in Toronto, Canada...

HYDE PARK, UTAH: Ida C. Kennedy went to be with her Heavenly Father and family on December 22, 2011 in Helena, Montana. She was born on March 3, 1930 in Juniper, Idaho at the family homestead to Hazelton Joiner Campbell and Mariah Louisa Bingham Campbell. Ida graduated from Logan High School in 1948 in Logan, Utah. She also graduated from...

Sandy, Utah – Norma Anderson Watkins, 88, died Sunday, December 25, 2011, at home surrounded by her family. Norma was born June 21, 1923, in Wellsville to Gilbert Nathan and Mary Wyatt Anderson. She attended Wellsville schools, graduating from South Cache High School in 1941. In 1946 she met and married Derrald Lewis Watkins of Logan. She is survived by...

Mona Floy Christensen Scott, 86, passed away quietly in Logan, Utah, December 22, 2011 with the knowledge that her family loved her deeply and with one of her daughters at her side. Floy was born May 24, 1925 in Thatcher, Utah in the home of her parents, Melvin and Ivie Christensen. She spent her childhood and youth living on the...

HYDE PARK - Early in the morning on December 15th June Lake, 80, passed away from natural causes at her home in Hyde Park. Our beloved Mother, Nanna, Great-Nanna and friend left this earth to re-unite with the love of her life, our Father and her eldest daughter Rosanne Jane. Mom was born January 2,1931 in Oxford, England to Winfred...

Gayle Mearetta Carlson Taylor, 88 passed away Saturday, December 17, 2011 in Providence, Utah with her loving son by her side. Gayle was born November 23, 1923 in Logan, Utah to Victor Eugene & Mary Mearitta McNeil Carlson. Gayle spent her entire life in Logan. She married Arnold (Lefty) Taylor on August 6, 1941 in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho; later...

Gary John Burt, age 55, passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 3, 2011 following complications from a cardiac arrest a week prior. He was born on September 12, 1956 to wonderful, loving parents, John and Merle Burt in salt Lake City, Utah. He had only one brother, Jeff, who he considered a great friend. Gary often...

Brett Rex Birch passed away November 26, 2011, at the Sanpete Valley Hospital from causes related to muscular dystrophy. Brett was born May 8, 1965 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Rex Clark and Sarah Ann Birch. He grew up in Smithfield and graduated from Sky View High School in 1983. He served a mission for the LDS church in Catania,...

Norma S. Godfrey Ogden – Norma S. Godfrey “Grandma Logan”, 94, passed away of natural causes on November 23, 2011. Born September 26, 1917 in Cedarville, Idaho, to Erastus and Hannah May Schvaneveldt. Married Earland Dewain Godfrey, June 28, 1934. He died April 7, 1979. She was an active and faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

Bruce Wilson LaBeau, 47, died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah. Bruce was born February 6, 1964, in Logan, Utah, to Robert W. and Renee LaBeau. Bruce graduated from Logan High in 1982. Bruce played on the Logan High football and baseball teams and was a natural athlete who loved to ski and...

OGDEN UTAH Cindy Lea McRae Tanner died suddenly due to an aortic aneurysm on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, in Ogden, Utah. She was born January 12, 1958, in Boulder, Colorado to Don J. and Donna Lea (East) McRae. Cindy attended DeAnza Elementary School in Palo Alto California until her family moved to Utah. Cindy finished her schooling while she lived...

Austin (Jim) H. Morgan passed away on the 11th of November, 2011. He was born Oct. 19, 1914 in Millville, Utah. He was the son of Elizabeth B. & Ernest L. Morgan. Jim graduated from South Cache High School. He married Marjorie Hancey Feb. 20, 1936. Jim was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and...

Logan, Utah Early on the morning of the thirtieth of September Kathryn Caine Wanlass died peacefully in her sleep. Born ninety-five years ago in Logan, Kathryn was heir to the rich pioneer heritage of the Caine and Eccles families. From the Caines she learned the value of an education, a love of animals and one's obligation to serve the community....

BLAIN, JOHNATHAN L. Age 58, a resident of Albuquerque, died Friday, October 21, 2011. He is survived by wife, Brenda of Albuquerque, NM, son, Tyler Blain and wife Diana of Midvale, UT, daughter, Taci Blain of Albuquerque, daughter, Tia Blain of Logan UT, daughter, Brianna Blain, mother, Beatrice Blain of Idaho and many other family members. He was preceded in...

Theron J. Olsen passed away peacefully at home Wednesday, October 19th 2011 surrounded by his family. Theron was born to James H. and Malinda Olsen on June 7th, 1932. He grew up with nine siblings in College Ward, and graduated in 1950 from South Cache High School. Theron served 2 years in the United States army stationed in Korea during...

M. Keith Harris, 84, of River Heights, Utah, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 of natural causes. He was born July 10, 1927 in Hyde Park, Utah, to Alton K. Harris and Uarda Morse Harris. He hung wallpaper and painted professionally for many years and was a very hard worker. Keith truly...

LOGAN, UTAH: John Robert (Jack) Simmons, age 83, died Sunday, September 4th, 2011 at the Logan Regional Hospital. He was born in Cokeville, Wyoming May 28, 1928 to Alburtus Stone and Beatrice Dayton Simmons. At age 8, his family moved to Logan. He graduated from Logan High School in 1946. He attended Utah State Agricultural College where he met his...