LIFETIME SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARD ReciPIENTS

LIFETIME SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARD RECIPIENTS

Each year the UFDA board selects retired or near retirement funeral professionals to receive the Lifetime Service Recognition award. We are always looking for nominations from members to recognize funeral professionals who have dedicated their career to improving the profession and providing exceptional service to the community.

1987

Woodrow V. Robinson

LeGrande Spilsbury

Harold Felt Vaughn Soffe


1988

LaVar Tate

Alva Wing

Blaine Olsen

Neal S. Magleby


1989

Max W. Berg

A. Max Larkin

George Larkin

Joe Springer, Sr.


1990

Earl S. Anderson

Alma J. Larkin, Jr.

John A. Lindquist

Amy Ireta Burr Ursenbach

 

1991

Dan M. Eastman

Norris W. Nalder

Roy D. Olpin

Elwood L. Sundberg


1992

Gates P. Christensen

Albert J. Nickle

Larkin Patterson

Blaine Wheeler


1993

Miles Anderson

Orson T. Foulger

R. David McDougal

Sterling Nelson


1994

Francis L. Frye

Eugene W. Stewart

George H. Weldon

Alva R. Wing


1995

Ruth P. Stevenson

Earl Ursenbach


1996

Kenneth R. Metcalf

Dee Peel


1997

Keith S. Jenkins

Aaron F. Jolley

Guy Olpin

Robert M. Walker


1998

Everett DeLaMare

Dale Russon

Leo W. Russon

John L. Wheeler

1999

Willard A. Casper

Jess N. Hunsaker

Joseph E. “Ted” Olpin

Verl L. Peterson


2000

Thomas J. Leavitt

John E. MacKay

Richard M. McDougal

Thomas M. Smart


2001

Fred H. Holladay

Byron Knight

Richard Syme

Franklin D. Thomson


2002

Spencer A. Cranney

Grant C. Fausett

Clark K. Graff

Larry R. Millett

 

2003

James R. Allen

Bruce H. Bird

Robert H. Etzel

Roger D. Olpin


2004

Wallace S. Buchanan

Charles W. Lindquist

Jaren C. Soffe

Joe H. Springer


2005

Richard E. Myers

Wallace L. Olney

Don Orme

Don Palmer


2006

Alan S. Anderson

Richard Smith Boyer, Jr.

Burke Eldredge

Robert A. Larkin


2007

Ronald Jess Bird

Ron L. Broomhead

G. Ward Taylor

Stewart Walker

Douglas Webb


2008

Del Ballard

Joseph G. Christensen

Alma Gray Magleby

Phillip K. Rimmasch


2009

William G. Hewitson

F. Duayne Sims


2010

Ferrell L. French

Reed A. Myers

2011

G. Kent Larkin

D. Scott Nickle


2012

V. Gregg Soffe

Lenard A. Wing


2013

Leonard H. Matthews

Brent C. Russon


2014

Allen Heitman

Stephen K. Johnston

John E. Lindquist

Ronald E. Nielson

Thomas E. Sanderson


2015

Barry Kelly

Earl Lavar Tate II


2016

John L. Platt

William N. Spafford, Jr.


2017

Glen W. Bennett

Dale Hickman

John Milton Hullinger


2018

Dan Call

Allyn Rawlins Walker


2019

S. Mike Anderson

Norris Nalder

Mark Walker


2021

Logan Ellis

Robert Russon

Bruce Turner


2022

Scott C. Russon

Edward A. Spilsbury

Paul Wheeler


2023

Craig J. McMillan

K. Ron Metcalf

Reg V. Ecker


2024

Dieter R. Hechtle

Kirk R. Mackay

Richard J. Fryer Jr.

Roger K. Wilcox


2025

Shaun S. Myers

Kerry Don Peterson

Jerry L. Richardson