Grant Judd

HOYTSVILLE- Grant L. Judd, age 90, completed his travel on the rough, bumpy detour on the road of eternal life on March 11, 2009. He was born February 27, 1919 in Wanship, Utah, the fifth child and fourth son of Frank Melvin and Sarah Edna Vernon Judd. Early in his life the family moved to Hoytsville, Utah where he resided the remainder of his life. He attended school in Hoytsville for the first six grades, and then rode a bus to Coalville to North Summit High School where he graduated in 1937. He was Student body President during the 1936-1937 school year. He participated in athletics, drama and Ag club. After one quarter at Utah State Agricultural College (USU) he returned to the family farm.

When his father died in March 1939 his mother was left with ten children and a small farm. Grant had the responsibility to take care of a lot of the farm work. When his older brother Glen returned from his mission to help on the farm, Grant accepted a call to the California Mission where he served until November 1942. World War II had been raging for about a year and most of the young men were in the service, so after helping on the farm for a year, Grant enlisted in the Army Air Corp. He served as an instructor until April 1946 when he returned again to the family farm to help his widowed mother.

In the late summer of 1946 he met Sarah Louise Durrant of Snyderville, Utah. After a short courtship they were married November 13, 1946 in the Salt Lake City Temple. They became the parents of five children: Boyce (EllaMae), Jeffrey (Sheryll), Rickey (LewJean), Charlotte (Boyd), and Brett (Teena). They have 22 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.

He was a High Priest in the LDS Church and served in several callings including Elders Quorum President, Presidency of the 27th Quorum of Seventy, MIA and Sunday School Teacher. He and Louise did extraction work and were ordinance workers in the Ogden and Dallas Temples. They also served a short term mission to Jackson, Mississippi.

He is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Glen, Kenneth and Rulon Judd, Lois Stromberg, Dorothy Blonquist and Margaret Gunn. He was preceded in death by his sweetheart of 62 years, Louise D. Judd; brothers, Roy and Vernon; sister, Gladys; and grandson, Lincoln Judd.

The family would like to express their gratitude to Love Hospice and Dr. Wain Allen for the care and concern during their father's care. Upon Grant's request, please no flowers.

Funeral services will be held Monday, March 16, 2009 at 1 pm in the Hoytsville Ward Chapel. Friends and family may call at the church Sunday from 6 to 8 pm and Monday from 11:45 am to 12:45 pm.

Interment, Hoytsville Cemetery.