Keith L. McDonald
Ph.D.
Keith returned home to his Heavenly Father on January 8, 2017, at the age of 93.
He was born April 20, 1923, in Murray, Utah, to
Thomas Francis McDonald
and Ada Pearl Russell.
He graduated from Murray High School where he played
football
and also established a state track record for the shotput, which remained unbeaten for 12 years.
As a teenager, Keith acquired his pilot's license and later
served in the Army Air Force for 4 years during World War II.
He was married in the Logan LDS Temple.
Later Divorced.
Keith earned a Ph.D. in physics, was a professor at the
University of Utah
and BYU.
He also worked at Los Alamos and China Lake in the Mohave Desert.
He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had a strong testimony of the Savior and the truthfulness of the Gospel.
He is survived by his sister,
Donna Lundquist.
He is preceded in death by his parents and brother,
Russell Thomas McDonald.
Services will be at Jenkins Soffe Mortuary, 4760 So. State Street, Murray, Utah, on Friday, January 13, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., with the viewing from 10:00-10:45 a.m.
Interment Murray City Cemetery.
Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com
Published in Salt Lake Tribune on Jan. 11, 2017
∼When Keith Leon McDonald was born on April 20, 1923, in Murray, Utah, his father, Thomas, was 42 and his mother, Ada, was 31. He had one brother and one sister. He died on January 8, 2017, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 93.
Obituary of Keith Leon McDonald, Ph.D. 1923-2017, published in the Salt Lake Tribune [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=keith-l-mcdonald&pid=183546934] and Deseret News [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=keith-l-mcdonald&pid=183546933], Jan. 11, 2017:
"Keith L. McDonald returned home to his Heavenly Father on January 8, 2017, at the age of 93. He was born April 20, 1923, in Murray, Utah, to Thomas Francis McDonald and Ada Pearl Russell. He graduated from Murray High School [1941] where he played football and also established a state track record for the shot-put, which remained unbeaten for 12 years. As a teenager, Keith acquired his pilot's license and later served in the Army Air Force for 4 years during World War II. [He later crashed while flying and was severely injured, though he recovered.]
"He was married [to Ann Mar Jean Larson on July 11, 1956] in the Logan LDS Temple. Later Divorced.
"Keith earned a Ph.D. in physics, was a professor at the University of Utah & BYU [& the University of Colorado at Boulder. His specialty was research on the Sun.] He also worked at Los Alamos and China Lake in the Mohave Desert [working on nuclear bomb development].
"He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had a strong testimony of the Savior and the truthfulness of the Gospel.
"He is survived by his sister, Donna Lundquist. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother, Russell T. McDonald. Services will be at Jenkins Soffe Mortuary, 4760 So. State Street, Murray, Utah, on Friday, January 13, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., with the viewing from 10:00-10:45 a.m. Interment Murray City Cemetery.
"Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com [http://www.jenkins-soffe.com/obituary/Keith-Leon-McDonald-PhD/S.-Salt-Lake-City-UT/1691602]."
Ph.D.
Keith returned home to his Heavenly Father on January 8, 2017, at the age of 93.
He was born April 20, 1923, in Murray, Utah, to
Thomas Francis McDonald
and Ada Pearl Russell.
He graduated from Murray High School where he played
football
and also established a state track record for the shotput, which remained unbeaten for 12 years.
As a teenager, Keith acquired his pilot's license and later
served in the Army Air Force for 4 years during World War II.
He was married in the Logan LDS Temple.
Later Divorced.
Keith earned a Ph.D. in physics, was a professor at the
University of Utah
and BYU.
He also worked at Los Alamos and China Lake in the Mohave Desert.
He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had a strong testimony of the Savior and the truthfulness of the Gospel.
He is survived by his sister,
Donna Lundquist.
He is preceded in death by his parents and brother,
Russell Thomas McDonald.
Services will be at Jenkins Soffe Mortuary, 4760 So. State Street, Murray, Utah, on Friday, January 13, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., with the viewing from 10:00-10:45 a.m.
Interment Murray City Cemetery.
Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com
Published in Salt Lake Tribune on Jan. 11, 2017
∼When Keith Leon McDonald was born on April 20, 1923, in Murray, Utah, his father, Thomas, was 42 and his mother, Ada, was 31. He had one brother and one sister. He died on January 8, 2017, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 93.
Obituary of Keith Leon McDonald, Ph.D. 1923-2017, published in the Salt Lake Tribune [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=keith-l-mcdonald&pid=183546934] and Deseret News [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=keith-l-mcdonald&pid=183546933], Jan. 11, 2017:
"Keith L. McDonald returned home to his Heavenly Father on January 8, 2017, at the age of 93. He was born April 20, 1923, in Murray, Utah, to Thomas Francis McDonald and Ada Pearl Russell. He graduated from Murray High School [1941] where he played football and also established a state track record for the shot-put, which remained unbeaten for 12 years. As a teenager, Keith acquired his pilot's license and later served in the Army Air Force for 4 years during World War II. [He later crashed while flying and was severely injured, though he recovered.]
"He was married [to Ann Mar Jean Larson on July 11, 1956] in the Logan LDS Temple. Later Divorced.
"Keith earned a Ph.D. in physics, was a professor at the University of Utah & BYU [& the University of Colorado at Boulder. His specialty was research on the Sun.] He also worked at Los Alamos and China Lake in the Mohave Desert [working on nuclear bomb development].
"He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had a strong testimony of the Savior and the truthfulness of the Gospel.
"He is survived by his sister, Donna Lundquist. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother, Russell T. McDonald. Services will be at Jenkins Soffe Mortuary, 4760 So. State Street, Murray, Utah, on Friday, January 13, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., with the viewing from 10:00-10:45 a.m. Interment Murray City Cemetery.
"Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com [http://www.jenkins-soffe.com/obituary/Keith-Leon-McDonald-PhD/S.-Salt-Lake-City-UT/1691602]."
Keith L. McDonald
Ph.D.
Keith returned home to his Heavenly Father on January 8, 2017, at the age of 93.
He was born April 20, 1923, in Murray, Utah, to
Thomas Francis McDonald
and Ada Pearl Russell.
He graduated from Murray High School where he played
football
and also established a state track record for the shotput, which remained unbeaten for 12 years.
As a teenager, Keith acquired his pilot's license and later
served in the Army Air Force for 4 years during World War II.
He was married in the Logan LDS Temple.
Later Divorced.
Keith earned a Ph.D. in physics, was a professor at the
University of Utah
and BYU.
He also worked at Los Alamos and China Lake in the Mohave Desert.
He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had a strong testimony of the Savior and the truthfulness of the Gospel.
He is survived by his sister,
Donna Lundquist.
He is preceded in death by his parents and brother,
Russell Thomas McDonald.
Services will be at Jenkins Soffe Mortuary, 4760 So. State Street, Murray, Utah, on Friday, January 13, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., with the viewing from 10:00-10:45 a.m.
Interment Murray City Cemetery.
Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com
Published in Salt Lake Tribune on Jan. 11, 2017
∼When Keith Leon McDonald was born on April 20, 1923, in Murray, Utah, his father, Thomas, was 42 and his mother, Ada, was 31. He had one brother and one sister. He died on January 8, 2017, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 93.
Obituary of Keith Leon McDonald, Ph.D. 1923-2017, published in the Salt Lake Tribune [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=keith-l-mcdonald&pid=183546934] and Deseret News [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=keith-l-mcdonald&pid=183546933], Jan. 11, 2017:
"Keith L. McDonald returned home to his Heavenly Father on January 8, 2017, at the age of 93. He was born April 20, 1923, in Murray, Utah, to Thomas Francis McDonald and Ada Pearl Russell. He graduated from Murray High School [1941] where he played football and also established a state track record for the shot-put, which remained unbeaten for 12 years. As a teenager, Keith acquired his pilot's license and later served in the Army Air Force for 4 years during World War II. [He later crashed while flying and was severely injured, though he recovered.]
"He was married [to Ann Mar Jean Larson on July 11, 1956] in the Logan LDS Temple. Later Divorced.
"Keith earned a Ph.D. in physics, was a professor at the University of Utah & BYU [& the University of Colorado at Boulder. His specialty was research on the Sun.] He also worked at Los Alamos and China Lake in the Mohave Desert [working on nuclear bomb development].
"He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had a strong testimony of the Savior and the truthfulness of the Gospel.
"He is survived by his sister, Donna Lundquist. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother, Russell T. McDonald. Services will be at Jenkins Soffe Mortuary, 4760 So. State Street, Murray, Utah, on Friday, January 13, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., with the viewing from 10:00-10:45 a.m. Interment Murray City Cemetery.
"Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com [http://www.jenkins-soffe.com/obituary/Keith-Leon-McDonald-PhD/S.-Salt-Lake-City-UT/1691602]."
Ph.D.
Keith returned home to his Heavenly Father on January 8, 2017, at the age of 93.
He was born April 20, 1923, in Murray, Utah, to
Thomas Francis McDonald
and Ada Pearl Russell.
He graduated from Murray High School where he played
football
and also established a state track record for the shotput, which remained unbeaten for 12 years.
As a teenager, Keith acquired his pilot's license and later
served in the Army Air Force for 4 years during World War II.
He was married in the Logan LDS Temple.
Later Divorced.
Keith earned a Ph.D. in physics, was a professor at the
University of Utah
and BYU.
He also worked at Los Alamos and China Lake in the Mohave Desert.
He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had a strong testimony of the Savior and the truthfulness of the Gospel.
He is survived by his sister,
Donna Lundquist.
He is preceded in death by his parents and brother,
Russell Thomas McDonald.
Services will be at Jenkins Soffe Mortuary, 4760 So. State Street, Murray, Utah, on Friday, January 13, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., with the viewing from 10:00-10:45 a.m.
Interment Murray City Cemetery.
Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com
Published in Salt Lake Tribune on Jan. 11, 2017
∼When Keith Leon McDonald was born on April 20, 1923, in Murray, Utah, his father, Thomas, was 42 and his mother, Ada, was 31. He had one brother and one sister. He died on January 8, 2017, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 93.
Obituary of Keith Leon McDonald, Ph.D. 1923-2017, published in the Salt Lake Tribune [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=keith-l-mcdonald&pid=183546934] and Deseret News [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=keith-l-mcdonald&pid=183546933], Jan. 11, 2017:
"Keith L. McDonald returned home to his Heavenly Father on January 8, 2017, at the age of 93. He was born April 20, 1923, in Murray, Utah, to Thomas Francis McDonald and Ada Pearl Russell. He graduated from Murray High School [1941] where he played football and also established a state track record for the shot-put, which remained unbeaten for 12 years. As a teenager, Keith acquired his pilot's license and later served in the Army Air Force for 4 years during World War II. [He later crashed while flying and was severely injured, though he recovered.]
"He was married [to Ann Mar Jean Larson on July 11, 1956] in the Logan LDS Temple. Later Divorced.
"Keith earned a Ph.D. in physics, was a professor at the University of Utah & BYU [& the University of Colorado at Boulder. His specialty was research on the Sun.] He also worked at Los Alamos and China Lake in the Mohave Desert [working on nuclear bomb development].
"He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had a strong testimony of the Savior and the truthfulness of the Gospel.
"He is survived by his sister, Donna Lundquist. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother, Russell T. McDonald. Services will be at Jenkins Soffe Mortuary, 4760 So. State Street, Murray, Utah, on Friday, January 13, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., with the viewing from 10:00-10:45 a.m. Interment Murray City Cemetery.
"Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com [http://www.jenkins-soffe.com/obituary/Keith-Leon-McDonald-PhD/S.-Salt-Lake-City-UT/1691602]."
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