Willard G. Smith, 85, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Provo on Monday, December 16, 1996.
Born May 12, 1911 in Salt Lake City to Willard Richards and Florence Grant Smith. He was raised and educated in Salt Lake and graduated from University of Utah. He served a German-Austrian mission in 1931-33. He married Virginia Buist in the Salt Lake Temple in 1936 and they had three daughters. She died January 22, 1962. He later married Lillian Christensen in 1963; she passed away last month, November 6, 1996.
Willard served the community as an active member and president of the Provo Kiwanis Club. He also was a member of the UACPA Association and received honorary awards for outstanding service. He was an accountant both by profession and hobby, was a member of Riverside Country Club, where he enjoyed the association of the 30/30 club. He was an avid golfer, enjoyed photography, gardening, and was a pilot and enjoyed traveling in his plane. He was a member of Dineorators and Silver Slipper Clubs.
Very active in the LDS Church, he enjoyed serving in many callings.
He is survived by his daughters, Annette (Walter) Hill of Missoula, Montana; Carole (Ross) Davis, and Ellen (Gary) Madsen, of Provo; son, Eldon (Antoinette) Christensen of Playa del Rey, CA; daughter-in-law, Carol Ann Christensen of Centerville; sister, Florence (Ted) Jacobsen; brothers, Richard (Margorie), Briant (Ceciel), Howard (Carole), and Paul (Genevieve) Smith, and Henry (Joan) Tanner, all of Salt Lake City; 21 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wives, Virginia and Lillian; brother, Heber Smith; sister, Sarah Tanner; and son, Albert Christensen.
Funeral services will be held Friday, December 20, 1996, at 11 a.m. in the Edgemont 9th Ward LDS chapel, 4300 North Canyon Road, Provo. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, Provo, Thursday evening 6-8 p.m. or Friday morning at the chapel 9:45-10:45 a.m. Interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT)
Date: December 18, 1996
Born May 12, 1911 in Salt Lake City to Willard Richards and Florence Grant Smith. He was raised and educated in Salt Lake and graduated from University of Utah. He served a German-Austrian mission in 1931-33. He married Virginia Buist in the Salt Lake Temple in 1936 and they had three daughters. She died January 22, 1962. He later married Lillian Christensen in 1963; she passed away last month, November 6, 1996.
Willard served the community as an active member and president of the Provo Kiwanis Club. He also was a member of the UACPA Association and received honorary awards for outstanding service. He was an accountant both by profession and hobby, was a member of Riverside Country Club, where he enjoyed the association of the 30/30 club. He was an avid golfer, enjoyed photography, gardening, and was a pilot and enjoyed traveling in his plane. He was a member of Dineorators and Silver Slipper Clubs.
Very active in the LDS Church, he enjoyed serving in many callings.
He is survived by his daughters, Annette (Walter) Hill of Missoula, Montana; Carole (Ross) Davis, and Ellen (Gary) Madsen, of Provo; son, Eldon (Antoinette) Christensen of Playa del Rey, CA; daughter-in-law, Carol Ann Christensen of Centerville; sister, Florence (Ted) Jacobsen; brothers, Richard (Margorie), Briant (Ceciel), Howard (Carole), and Paul (Genevieve) Smith, and Henry (Joan) Tanner, all of Salt Lake City; 21 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wives, Virginia and Lillian; brother, Heber Smith; sister, Sarah Tanner; and son, Albert Christensen.
Funeral services will be held Friday, December 20, 1996, at 11 a.m. in the Edgemont 9th Ward LDS chapel, 4300 North Canyon Road, Provo. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, Provo, Thursday evening 6-8 p.m. or Friday morning at the chapel 9:45-10:45 a.m. Interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT)
Date: December 18, 1996
Willard G. Smith, 85, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Provo on Monday, December 16, 1996.
Born May 12, 1911 in Salt Lake City to Willard Richards and Florence Grant Smith. He was raised and educated in Salt Lake and graduated from University of Utah. He served a German-Austrian mission in 1931-33. He married Virginia Buist in the Salt Lake Temple in 1936 and they had three daughters. She died January 22, 1962. He later married Lillian Christensen in 1963; she passed away last month, November 6, 1996.
Willard served the community as an active member and president of the Provo Kiwanis Club. He also was a member of the UACPA Association and received honorary awards for outstanding service. He was an accountant both by profession and hobby, was a member of Riverside Country Club, where he enjoyed the association of the 30/30 club. He was an avid golfer, enjoyed photography, gardening, and was a pilot and enjoyed traveling in his plane. He was a member of Dineorators and Silver Slipper Clubs.
Very active in the LDS Church, he enjoyed serving in many callings.
He is survived by his daughters, Annette (Walter) Hill of Missoula, Montana; Carole (Ross) Davis, and Ellen (Gary) Madsen, of Provo; son, Eldon (Antoinette) Christensen of Playa del Rey, CA; daughter-in-law, Carol Ann Christensen of Centerville; sister, Florence (Ted) Jacobsen; brothers, Richard (Margorie), Briant (Ceciel), Howard (Carole), and Paul (Genevieve) Smith, and Henry (Joan) Tanner, all of Salt Lake City; 21 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wives, Virginia and Lillian; brother, Heber Smith; sister, Sarah Tanner; and son, Albert Christensen.
Funeral services will be held Friday, December 20, 1996, at 11 a.m. in the Edgemont 9th Ward LDS chapel, 4300 North Canyon Road, Provo. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, Provo, Thursday evening 6-8 p.m. or Friday morning at the chapel 9:45-10:45 a.m. Interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT)
Date: December 18, 1996
Born May 12, 1911 in Salt Lake City to Willard Richards and Florence Grant Smith. He was raised and educated in Salt Lake and graduated from University of Utah. He served a German-Austrian mission in 1931-33. He married Virginia Buist in the Salt Lake Temple in 1936 and they had three daughters. She died January 22, 1962. He later married Lillian Christensen in 1963; she passed away last month, November 6, 1996.
Willard served the community as an active member and president of the Provo Kiwanis Club. He also was a member of the UACPA Association and received honorary awards for outstanding service. He was an accountant both by profession and hobby, was a member of Riverside Country Club, where he enjoyed the association of the 30/30 club. He was an avid golfer, enjoyed photography, gardening, and was a pilot and enjoyed traveling in his plane. He was a member of Dineorators and Silver Slipper Clubs.
Very active in the LDS Church, he enjoyed serving in many callings.
He is survived by his daughters, Annette (Walter) Hill of Missoula, Montana; Carole (Ross) Davis, and Ellen (Gary) Madsen, of Provo; son, Eldon (Antoinette) Christensen of Playa del Rey, CA; daughter-in-law, Carol Ann Christensen of Centerville; sister, Florence (Ted) Jacobsen; brothers, Richard (Margorie), Briant (Ceciel), Howard (Carole), and Paul (Genevieve) Smith, and Henry (Joan) Tanner, all of Salt Lake City; 21 grandchildren; and 39 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wives, Virginia and Lillian; brother, Heber Smith; sister, Sarah Tanner; and son, Albert Christensen.
Funeral services will be held Friday, December 20, 1996, at 11 a.m. in the Edgemont 9th Ward LDS chapel, 4300 North Canyon Road, Provo. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, Provo, Thursday evening 6-8 p.m. or Friday morning at the chapel 9:45-10:45 a.m. Interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT)
Date: December 18, 1996
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