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Source for: Gordon Russell Smith, 21 OCT 1927 - 5 OCT 1995
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Birth source: Place: S1004Death source: Place: S100Death source: S73Page: Heber City, Utah
Date: JUN 2014
Text: Our beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away on October 5, 1995, from a heart attack. He will be greatly missed.
Gordon was born on October 21, 1927, to Ruth Turner and J. Albert Smith in Heber City, Utah. He attended school in Heber City, where he was an All State Selection on the 1944 and 1945 Wasatch High School State Championship basketball teams. Gub also played basketball while attending the University of Utah and was able to participate in a tournament at Madison Square Garden. He graduated from the U in 1951. He served in the Army Signal Corps in 1946 and was on a special basketball team in the service.
Gordon married Geraldine Humphrey on March 15, 1951, in Salt Lake City.
He is survived by Gerry and their sons Bradford Russell of Scottsdale, Arizona; Craig Gordon (Teresa) of Springville, Utah; and Darrell Humphrey (Shauna) of Salt Lake City. He is also survived by the grandchildren he adored: Jordan, Caitlin, Taylor, Madison, Dillon and Bailey; his brother William Albert (Gwen) of Heber City, Uncle Tony , Aunt Janet (Joseph) Wood, and Aunt Barbara (Ray) Clark of Salt Lake City. He is preceded in death by his parents
Gordon was an outstanding salesman at Carleson Cadillac for 37 years and received numerous national awards.
Gub's family was involved in the sheep business for several generations. He loved being in the mountains, working with livestock, spending time at the Smith's Two-Bar Ranch near Tabiona, traveling around the West with his Uncle Tony and being with his family and friends. He had a zeal for living and helped others as an American Cancer Society volunteer.
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Source for: Marjorie Marie Heiner, 16 JUL 1908 - 29 SEP 1976
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Birth source: Place: S1003Death source: Place: S100Death source: S73Page: Wasatch, Utah
Date: JUN 2014
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Source for: Kendal Day Garff, 18 JUL 1906 - 14 MAR 1997
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Birth source: Place: S1002Death source: Place: S100Death source: S73Page: Wasatch, Utah
Date: JUN 2014
Text: Kendall Day Garff, 90, automobile dealer, rancher, community leader, politician, philanthropist, and family man, died March 14, 1997 at his home following a brief illness.
Born July 18, 1906 in Draper, Utah to Royal Brigham and Rachel Day Garff.
Married Marjorie Heiner on September 1, 1932 in the Salt Lake Temple. She passed away on September 29, 1976. Married Betty June Morgan on February 26, 1977.
Attended public schools in Draper, Logan, and Salt Lake City. Graduated from the University of Utah, with BA degree in 1932. Served mission for LDS Church in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1926-1928. Active member in the LDS Church, holding many positions, including temple worker.
Sold woolen goods in Utah, Montana, and North Dakota as a college student to finance his education. First business was gas station at 5th South and 2nd East in Salt Lake. First new vehicle dealership was Studebaker cars and trucks just prior to World War II and then Oldsmobile in 1946 which has grown today to seventeen franchises throughout Utah.
Founder and Chairman of the Board of Garff Enterprises for many years, former owner in Deseret Livestock Company, principle owner and president of Skull Valley Ranches, director, Detroiter Mobile Homes and for several years the largest mobile home dealer in the world.
Served on board of directors of Service, Inc. and Process Systems, Inc. Also a director of First Security Corporation for twenty-five years, two-term president of Utah Automobile Dealers Association, past-president of Fidelity American Life Insurance Co., member of the University of Utah National Advisory Council, member of the University of Utah Business School Advisory Committee, member of YMCA board of directors, Chairman of Brigham Young University Achievement Council, executive director of the national board of Boy Scouts of America, past-president of the Salt Lake Country Club, and a director of the Alta Club.
University of Utah School of Business Outstanding Achievement Award in 1961, Emeritus Award winner in 1972, Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1979 and received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree in 1989.
Member of the University of Utah Business School National Board of Advisors. Was inducted into the Beehive Hall of Fame in 1996. Also received Silver Beaver Award in Scouting, was Honorary Consul for the Federal Republic of West Germany for twelve years and Honorary Colonel in the Utah National Guard.
Active in local, state, and national divisions of the Republican Party, he served as National Chairman for the party in Utah for two decades and as Transportation Director for the national convention in 1972. Ardent outdoorsman, particularly enjoying hunting, fishing and golfing with family, friends, and business associates.
Survived by his wife, Betty Morgan Garff, and three children: K. Gary and his wife, Linda, Seattle, WA; Robert H. and his wife, Katharine, Bountiful; and Jane and her husband, Chris Whitworth, Salt Lake City; thirteen grandchildren; and sixteen great-grandchildren. Also step-children: Nicholas G. Morgan, III; Stephen G. Morgan and his wife, Darlyne; Claudia Morgan Scalley and her husband, Ford G.; David T. Morgan all of Salt Lake City; and Richard S. Morgan and his wife, Maria of San Antonio, TX; fifteen grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Also survived by sister, Margaret Anderson, Salt Lake City. Preceded in death by brother, Royal Garff, and sisters, Grace Bryson and Minnie Richards.