Neil Frank Cowdin

  General Notes:

GEN: CAUS Heart/IHSS GEN: SSN GEN: PLAC 529-28-4900Neil F. Cowdin GEN: UINTAH--Following a valiant struggle with heart disease, Neil Frank Cowdin, 70, returned to our Father in Heaven on Wednesday, GEN: February 11, 1998. GEN: He was born September 6, 1927 in Salt Lake City, a son of Roy Norman and Lillian Parents Cowdin. GEN: Neil married Helen Watts in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on February 25, 1950. Helen died July 2, 1958. On August 11, 1961, Neil GEN: married Dolores Toy in the Logan LDS Temple. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Neil was a High Priest in the GEN: Uintah 1st LDS Ward. He served in various positions in the church including Ward Membership Clerk for 20 years. Neil was also GEN: an ordinance worker in the Ogden LDS Temple. He retired from Hill Air Force Base where he was employed as a sign painter. GEN: Neil is survived by his wife of Uintah; five children, Denise (Donald) Ballingham, Uintah; Douglas K. Cowdin Sr., Uintah; GEN: Marilyn (Ivan) Madsen, Pocatello, Idaho; David (Debbie) Cowdin, South Weber; Darcel (Michael) Bindrup, Washington Terrace. He GEN: was Papa "C" to 27 grandchildren and Papa Great to eight great-grandchildren. They were all his Bennys and Sallys. His GEN: greatest love was life itself and spending time with his family. Also surviving are two sisters, Velma Hoem and Loa Corcoran, GEN: both of Roy; two brothers, Roy Norman Jr., Kent, Wash.; and Dean Cowdin, Clearfield. GEN: Neil was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, his daughter Nancy, a grandson, Morgan, two brothers Dan and Clyde GEN: Cowdin, and one sister, Lyle Rooney. GEN: Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Uintah 1st Ward Chapel, 6660 South 1725 East, with Bishop Larry Assay GEN: officiating. Friends may call at Lindquist's Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd., on Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday at GEN: the Ward Chapel from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Interment, Uintah Cemetery where Military Honors will be accorded. GEN: The family wishes to thank the doctors and staff at McKay-Dee Hospital for their excellent care during Neil's illness. I R4U GEN: Forever and Always. GEN: Obituary - Ogden newspaper, February 1998.

Neil married Dolores Toy.

Neil next married Helen Watts, daughter of William Taylor Watts and Grace Davis, on 25 Feb 1950 in Evanston, Wyoming. (Helen Watts was born on 30 Oct 1932 in Odgen, Utah and died on 2 Jul 1958 in Odgen, Utah.)