Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend passed away on March 26, 2019 due to a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease.
John was born in Oakland, California during the Great Depression, where he lived in meager circumstances. Eventually, they returned to Utah to live. He attended school at South High, graduating in 1948. Johns father, Clarence, was a prominent builder in the Salt Lake Valley, where he taught John many of his carpentry skills which served him, his family, and others. He helped to build the family cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The cabin has been a place of many great family gatherings; he put so much time, love, and heart into this great dwelling.
While serving an LDS mission in Sweden, his mother, Virginia, passed away. Upon completing his mission, he spent a few months touring Europe. After returning, he attended BYU for a short period of time, and in that time he met the love of his life, Patricia Farnsworth. After a quick whirlwind courting, they were married on June 24, 1954 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
John transferred schools and they were off to Oregon, where he finished his education as a civil engineer at the University of Oregon. He also took pottery classes, where he became a very accomplished potter. While there, they found that they were unable to have children so they started their adoption journey and were graced with three beautiful babies, all from Oregon. They returned to Utah, where John went to work for UDOT. He had a very successful thirty-five-year career and eventually became the Utah District 2 Roadway Design Engineer, where he had his hands in designing many of the Utah highways. He also served as Consultant Manager for UDOT. He retired in 1996.
John and Pat participated in the Navajo Placement Program, which brought Marilyn Martin to join the Maurer family, who remains family to this day. John also loved the great outdoors, which included hunting, fishing, and panning for gold.
John and Pat served in many callings for the LDS Church. They were temple workers at the Jordan River Temple and were released when they were called to serve as missionaries at the Utah State Prison. They were instrumental in furthering the Genealogy Research Program, using the inmates as researchers; they also helped to start the African/American Genealogy Research Program. They served beyond their one-year mission call for an additional eleven years. They were also home teachers to several inmates and maintained friendships beyond the prison walls.
John and Pat started going to the Sandy Senior Center, where John became the pottery teacher, where he taught many seniors how to throw a beautiful pot. Throughout their retired years, they helped raised their great-grandchildren and they traveled and cruised extensively, visiting the many beautiful wonders of the world. John loved the Lord and he lived as Christ has asked us to, loving, kind and unconditionally. His wife, Pat, stood by, cared for, and loved this man for sixty-five wonderful years.
John is survived by his wife, Patricia; son, Scott (Laurie); daughter, Annette (Quito) Atwood; Navajo daughter, Marilyn Martin; daughter-in-law, Nancy Maurer; granddaughters, Rose (Blash) Williams and Heather (Adam) Kimler; grandsons, Weston Maurer, Indiana (McKenzie) Atwood, Dakota (Shantelle) Atwood, and Nebraska and Montana Atwood; great-granddaughters, Celeste (Jake) Swift and Kayla Williams; great-grandsons, James LeCheminant Gauge Kimler and Bronson, Heath, and Odin Atwood; and sisters, Carolyn (Bob) Christenson, Melodie (Mike) Williams, and Lauri Hansen. Preceded in death by his son, Charles Kevin; great-granddaughter, Candace Samples; brothers, David and Larry Maurer and Mike Hansen; and sisters, Chris Utley and Jane Bryan.
Special thanks to Jack and Ellie, who are in-home caretakers; special friend, Sandy Saddler, who did so much to help; and Bristol Hospice caregivers, Sara, Jake, Alan, and Karla.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 1, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. in the Alta Heights Ward Chapel, 1475 East 8600 South. A viewing will be held prior to the services beginning at 10:45 a.m., as well as Sunday, March 31, 2019 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary, 1950 East Dimple Dell Road (10600 South).
Interment will follow in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from March 30 to March 31, 2019.
John was born in Oakland, California during the Great Depression, where he lived in meager circumstances. Eventually, they returned to Utah to live. He attended school at South High, graduating in 1948. Johns father, Clarence, was a prominent builder in the Salt Lake Valley, where he taught John many of his carpentry skills which served him, his family, and others. He helped to build the family cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The cabin has been a place of many great family gatherings; he put so much time, love, and heart into this great dwelling.
While serving an LDS mission in Sweden, his mother, Virginia, passed away. Upon completing his mission, he spent a few months touring Europe. After returning, he attended BYU for a short period of time, and in that time he met the love of his life, Patricia Farnsworth. After a quick whirlwind courting, they were married on June 24, 1954 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
John transferred schools and they were off to Oregon, where he finished his education as a civil engineer at the University of Oregon. He also took pottery classes, where he became a very accomplished potter. While there, they found that they were unable to have children so they started their adoption journey and were graced with three beautiful babies, all from Oregon. They returned to Utah, where John went to work for UDOT. He had a very successful thirty-five-year career and eventually became the Utah District 2 Roadway Design Engineer, where he had his hands in designing many of the Utah highways. He also served as Consultant Manager for UDOT. He retired in 1996.
John and Pat participated in the Navajo Placement Program, which brought Marilyn Martin to join the Maurer family, who remains family to this day. John also loved the great outdoors, which included hunting, fishing, and panning for gold.
John and Pat served in many callings for the LDS Church. They were temple workers at the Jordan River Temple and were released when they were called to serve as missionaries at the Utah State Prison. They were instrumental in furthering the Genealogy Research Program, using the inmates as researchers; they also helped to start the African/American Genealogy Research Program. They served beyond their one-year mission call for an additional eleven years. They were also home teachers to several inmates and maintained friendships beyond the prison walls.
John and Pat started going to the Sandy Senior Center, where John became the pottery teacher, where he taught many seniors how to throw a beautiful pot. Throughout their retired years, they helped raised their great-grandchildren and they traveled and cruised extensively, visiting the many beautiful wonders of the world. John loved the Lord and he lived as Christ has asked us to, loving, kind and unconditionally. His wife, Pat, stood by, cared for, and loved this man for sixty-five wonderful years.
John is survived by his wife, Patricia; son, Scott (Laurie); daughter, Annette (Quito) Atwood; Navajo daughter, Marilyn Martin; daughter-in-law, Nancy Maurer; granddaughters, Rose (Blash) Williams and Heather (Adam) Kimler; grandsons, Weston Maurer, Indiana (McKenzie) Atwood, Dakota (Shantelle) Atwood, and Nebraska and Montana Atwood; great-granddaughters, Celeste (Jake) Swift and Kayla Williams; great-grandsons, James LeCheminant Gauge Kimler and Bronson, Heath, and Odin Atwood; and sisters, Carolyn (Bob) Christenson, Melodie (Mike) Williams, and Lauri Hansen. Preceded in death by his son, Charles Kevin; great-granddaughter, Candace Samples; brothers, David and Larry Maurer and Mike Hansen; and sisters, Chris Utley and Jane Bryan.
Special thanks to Jack and Ellie, who are in-home caretakers; special friend, Sandy Saddler, who did so much to help; and Bristol Hospice caregivers, Sara, Jake, Alan, and Karla.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 1, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. in the Alta Heights Ward Chapel, 1475 East 8600 South. A viewing will be held prior to the services beginning at 10:45 a.m., as well as Sunday, March 31, 2019 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary, 1950 East Dimple Dell Road (10600 South).
Interment will follow in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from March 30 to March 31, 2019.
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend passed away on March 26, 2019 due to a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease.
John was born in Oakland, California during the Great Depression, where he lived in meager circumstances. Eventually, they returned to Utah to live. He attended school at South High, graduating in 1948. Johns father, Clarence, was a prominent builder in the Salt Lake Valley, where he taught John many of his carpentry skills which served him, his family, and others. He helped to build the family cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The cabin has been a place of many great family gatherings; he put so much time, love, and heart into this great dwelling.
While serving an LDS mission in Sweden, his mother, Virginia, passed away. Upon completing his mission, he spent a few months touring Europe. After returning, he attended BYU for a short period of time, and in that time he met the love of his life, Patricia Farnsworth. After a quick whirlwind courting, they were married on June 24, 1954 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
John transferred schools and they were off to Oregon, where he finished his education as a civil engineer at the University of Oregon. He also took pottery classes, where he became a very accomplished potter. While there, they found that they were unable to have children so they started their adoption journey and were graced with three beautiful babies, all from Oregon. They returned to Utah, where John went to work for UDOT. He had a very successful thirty-five-year career and eventually became the Utah District 2 Roadway Design Engineer, where he had his hands in designing many of the Utah highways. He also served as Consultant Manager for UDOT. He retired in 1996.
John and Pat participated in the Navajo Placement Program, which brought Marilyn Martin to join the Maurer family, who remains family to this day. John also loved the great outdoors, which included hunting, fishing, and panning for gold.
John and Pat served in many callings for the LDS Church. They were temple workers at the Jordan River Temple and were released when they were called to serve as missionaries at the Utah State Prison. They were instrumental in furthering the Genealogy Research Program, using the inmates as researchers; they also helped to start the African/American Genealogy Research Program. They served beyond their one-year mission call for an additional eleven years. They were also home teachers to several inmates and maintained friendships beyond the prison walls.
John and Pat started going to the Sandy Senior Center, where John became the pottery teacher, where he taught many seniors how to throw a beautiful pot. Throughout their retired years, they helped raised their great-grandchildren and they traveled and cruised extensively, visiting the many beautiful wonders of the world. John loved the Lord and he lived as Christ has asked us to, loving, kind and unconditionally. His wife, Pat, stood by, cared for, and loved this man for sixty-five wonderful years.
John is survived by his wife, Patricia; son, Scott (Laurie); daughter, Annette (Quito) Atwood; Navajo daughter, Marilyn Martin; daughter-in-law, Nancy Maurer; granddaughters, Rose (Blash) Williams and Heather (Adam) Kimler; grandsons, Weston Maurer, Indiana (McKenzie) Atwood, Dakota (Shantelle) Atwood, and Nebraska and Montana Atwood; great-granddaughters, Celeste (Jake) Swift and Kayla Williams; great-grandsons, James LeCheminant Gauge Kimler and Bronson, Heath, and Odin Atwood; and sisters, Carolyn (Bob) Christenson, Melodie (Mike) Williams, and Lauri Hansen. Preceded in death by his son, Charles Kevin; great-granddaughter, Candace Samples; brothers, David and Larry Maurer and Mike Hansen; and sisters, Chris Utley and Jane Bryan.
Special thanks to Jack and Ellie, who are in-home caretakers; special friend, Sandy Saddler, who did so much to help; and Bristol Hospice caregivers, Sara, Jake, Alan, and Karla.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 1, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. in the Alta Heights Ward Chapel, 1475 East 8600 South. A viewing will be held prior to the services beginning at 10:45 a.m., as well as Sunday, March 31, 2019 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary, 1950 East Dimple Dell Road (10600 South).
Interment will follow in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from March 30 to March 31, 2019.
John was born in Oakland, California during the Great Depression, where he lived in meager circumstances. Eventually, they returned to Utah to live. He attended school at South High, graduating in 1948. Johns father, Clarence, was a prominent builder in the Salt Lake Valley, where he taught John many of his carpentry skills which served him, his family, and others. He helped to build the family cabin in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The cabin has been a place of many great family gatherings; he put so much time, love, and heart into this great dwelling.
While serving an LDS mission in Sweden, his mother, Virginia, passed away. Upon completing his mission, he spent a few months touring Europe. After returning, he attended BYU for a short period of time, and in that time he met the love of his life, Patricia Farnsworth. After a quick whirlwind courting, they were married on June 24, 1954 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
John transferred schools and they were off to Oregon, where he finished his education as a civil engineer at the University of Oregon. He also took pottery classes, where he became a very accomplished potter. While there, they found that they were unable to have children so they started their adoption journey and were graced with three beautiful babies, all from Oregon. They returned to Utah, where John went to work for UDOT. He had a very successful thirty-five-year career and eventually became the Utah District 2 Roadway Design Engineer, where he had his hands in designing many of the Utah highways. He also served as Consultant Manager for UDOT. He retired in 1996.
John and Pat participated in the Navajo Placement Program, which brought Marilyn Martin to join the Maurer family, who remains family to this day. John also loved the great outdoors, which included hunting, fishing, and panning for gold.
John and Pat served in many callings for the LDS Church. They were temple workers at the Jordan River Temple and were released when they were called to serve as missionaries at the Utah State Prison. They were instrumental in furthering the Genealogy Research Program, using the inmates as researchers; they also helped to start the African/American Genealogy Research Program. They served beyond their one-year mission call for an additional eleven years. They were also home teachers to several inmates and maintained friendships beyond the prison walls.
John and Pat started going to the Sandy Senior Center, where John became the pottery teacher, where he taught many seniors how to throw a beautiful pot. Throughout their retired years, they helped raised their great-grandchildren and they traveled and cruised extensively, visiting the many beautiful wonders of the world. John loved the Lord and he lived as Christ has asked us to, loving, kind and unconditionally. His wife, Pat, stood by, cared for, and loved this man for sixty-five wonderful years.
John is survived by his wife, Patricia; son, Scott (Laurie); daughter, Annette (Quito) Atwood; Navajo daughter, Marilyn Martin; daughter-in-law, Nancy Maurer; granddaughters, Rose (Blash) Williams and Heather (Adam) Kimler; grandsons, Weston Maurer, Indiana (McKenzie) Atwood, Dakota (Shantelle) Atwood, and Nebraska and Montana Atwood; great-granddaughters, Celeste (Jake) Swift and Kayla Williams; great-grandsons, James LeCheminant Gauge Kimler and Bronson, Heath, and Odin Atwood; and sisters, Carolyn (Bob) Christenson, Melodie (Mike) Williams, and Lauri Hansen. Preceded in death by his son, Charles Kevin; great-granddaughter, Candace Samples; brothers, David and Larry Maurer and Mike Hansen; and sisters, Chris Utley and Jane Bryan.
Special thanks to Jack and Ellie, who are in-home caretakers; special friend, Sandy Saddler, who did so much to help; and Bristol Hospice caregivers, Sara, Jake, Alan, and Karla.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 1, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. in the Alta Heights Ward Chapel, 1475 East 8600 South. A viewing will be held prior to the services beginning at 10:45 a.m., as well as Sunday, March 31, 2019 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Gardens Mortuary, 1950 East Dimple Dell Road (10600 South).
Interment will follow in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from March 30 to March 31, 2019.
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