Preston Lindsay (Pres) Summerhays, the son of William Henry Summerhays and Lula Bennion Lindsay, passed away Monday, April 29, 1996, at his home in Farmington, Utah, of causes incident to age.
He was born January 17, 1906 in Salt Lake City. He married Cleo Margaret Patton, December 5, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri; and was sealed July 3, 1993 with his wife and sons in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.He is survived by his three sons: Bruce Patton (Carolyn), Heber City; Gary Preston (Lynne), Carmichael, California; and Lynn Lee (Ann), Farmington; two brothers: Lawrence Lindsay (Alleyne), Salt Lake City; and Melvin Lindsay (Margaret), Midvale; and three sisters: Emma Walker, Holladay; Marjorie Hovik (Leon), Penn Valley, Calif.; and Norma Purrington, Salt Lake City; 27 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife.
Mr. Summerhays graduated from the University of Utah in 1931, receiving Honorable Mention All-American honors in four undefeated seasons with the football teams. He served as an Army Officer in World War II. He spent 42 years coaching football, baseball, skiing and golf at the high school (St. Anthony, Carbon) and college (Carbon, University of Utah) levels. His teams won two State Championships and four Conference Titles. His coaching accomplishments led to his appointment to the National Winter Olympic Rules Committee, American College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame and the Utah Sports Hall of Fame. He had a life-long love of the game of golf, which love was inherited by his posterity.
Pres' sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren recognize and share a reverent gratitude for his goodness, his sense of humor, his sweet disposition and his courageous, quiet and beautiful return to the faith of his youth during the later years of his life.
He passed away peaceful in conscience, gentle and happy in disposition and filled with a desire, as he said in his coaching vernacular, "to play by the rules."
Funeral services will be held at the Farmington 6th Ward Chapel, 850 North Compton Road, Tuesday, May 7 at 12 noon. A viewing will be held at the Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, Bountiful, Monday evening May 6th from 6-8 p.m. and just prior to the services from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Relief Society Room. Interment will be in the Taylorsville Cemetery.
-Deseret News, May 4, 1996
He was born January 17, 1906 in Salt Lake City. He married Cleo Margaret Patton, December 5, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri; and was sealed July 3, 1993 with his wife and sons in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.He is survived by his three sons: Bruce Patton (Carolyn), Heber City; Gary Preston (Lynne), Carmichael, California; and Lynn Lee (Ann), Farmington; two brothers: Lawrence Lindsay (Alleyne), Salt Lake City; and Melvin Lindsay (Margaret), Midvale; and three sisters: Emma Walker, Holladay; Marjorie Hovik (Leon), Penn Valley, Calif.; and Norma Purrington, Salt Lake City; 27 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife.
Mr. Summerhays graduated from the University of Utah in 1931, receiving Honorable Mention All-American honors in four undefeated seasons with the football teams. He served as an Army Officer in World War II. He spent 42 years coaching football, baseball, skiing and golf at the high school (St. Anthony, Carbon) and college (Carbon, University of Utah) levels. His teams won two State Championships and four Conference Titles. His coaching accomplishments led to his appointment to the National Winter Olympic Rules Committee, American College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame and the Utah Sports Hall of Fame. He had a life-long love of the game of golf, which love was inherited by his posterity.
Pres' sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren recognize and share a reverent gratitude for his goodness, his sense of humor, his sweet disposition and his courageous, quiet and beautiful return to the faith of his youth during the later years of his life.
He passed away peaceful in conscience, gentle and happy in disposition and filled with a desire, as he said in his coaching vernacular, "to play by the rules."
Funeral services will be held at the Farmington 6th Ward Chapel, 850 North Compton Road, Tuesday, May 7 at 12 noon. A viewing will be held at the Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, Bountiful, Monday evening May 6th from 6-8 p.m. and just prior to the services from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Relief Society Room. Interment will be in the Taylorsville Cemetery.
-Deseret News, May 4, 1996
Preston Lindsay (Pres) Summerhays, the son of William Henry Summerhays and Lula Bennion Lindsay, passed away Monday, April 29, 1996, at his home in Farmington, Utah, of causes incident to age.
He was born January 17, 1906 in Salt Lake City. He married Cleo Margaret Patton, December 5, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri; and was sealed July 3, 1993 with his wife and sons in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.He is survived by his three sons: Bruce Patton (Carolyn), Heber City; Gary Preston (Lynne), Carmichael, California; and Lynn Lee (Ann), Farmington; two brothers: Lawrence Lindsay (Alleyne), Salt Lake City; and Melvin Lindsay (Margaret), Midvale; and three sisters: Emma Walker, Holladay; Marjorie Hovik (Leon), Penn Valley, Calif.; and Norma Purrington, Salt Lake City; 27 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife.
Mr. Summerhays graduated from the University of Utah in 1931, receiving Honorable Mention All-American honors in four undefeated seasons with the football teams. He served as an Army Officer in World War II. He spent 42 years coaching football, baseball, skiing and golf at the high school (St. Anthony, Carbon) and college (Carbon, University of Utah) levels. His teams won two State Championships and four Conference Titles. His coaching accomplishments led to his appointment to the National Winter Olympic Rules Committee, American College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame and the Utah Sports Hall of Fame. He had a life-long love of the game of golf, which love was inherited by his posterity.
Pres' sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren recognize and share a reverent gratitude for his goodness, his sense of humor, his sweet disposition and his courageous, quiet and beautiful return to the faith of his youth during the later years of his life.
He passed away peaceful in conscience, gentle and happy in disposition and filled with a desire, as he said in his coaching vernacular, "to play by the rules."
Funeral services will be held at the Farmington 6th Ward Chapel, 850 North Compton Road, Tuesday, May 7 at 12 noon. A viewing will be held at the Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, Bountiful, Monday evening May 6th from 6-8 p.m. and just prior to the services from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Relief Society Room. Interment will be in the Taylorsville Cemetery.
-Deseret News, May 4, 1996
He was born January 17, 1906 in Salt Lake City. He married Cleo Margaret Patton, December 5, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri; and was sealed July 3, 1993 with his wife and sons in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.He is survived by his three sons: Bruce Patton (Carolyn), Heber City; Gary Preston (Lynne), Carmichael, California; and Lynn Lee (Ann), Farmington; two brothers: Lawrence Lindsay (Alleyne), Salt Lake City; and Melvin Lindsay (Margaret), Midvale; and three sisters: Emma Walker, Holladay; Marjorie Hovik (Leon), Penn Valley, Calif.; and Norma Purrington, Salt Lake City; 27 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife.
Mr. Summerhays graduated from the University of Utah in 1931, receiving Honorable Mention All-American honors in four undefeated seasons with the football teams. He served as an Army Officer in World War II. He spent 42 years coaching football, baseball, skiing and golf at the high school (St. Anthony, Carbon) and college (Carbon, University of Utah) levels. His teams won two State Championships and four Conference Titles. His coaching accomplishments led to his appointment to the National Winter Olympic Rules Committee, American College Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame and the Utah Sports Hall of Fame. He had a life-long love of the game of golf, which love was inherited by his posterity.
Pres' sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren recognize and share a reverent gratitude for his goodness, his sense of humor, his sweet disposition and his courageous, quiet and beautiful return to the faith of his youth during the later years of his life.
He passed away peaceful in conscience, gentle and happy in disposition and filled with a desire, as he said in his coaching vernacular, "to play by the rules."
Funeral services will be held at the Farmington 6th Ward Chapel, 850 North Compton Road, Tuesday, May 7 at 12 noon. A viewing will be held at the Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, Bountiful, Monday evening May 6th from 6-8 p.m. and just prior to the services from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Relief Society Room. Interment will be in the Taylorsville Cemetery.
-Deseret News, May 4, 1996
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