Posted on: Franklin Co. Id Obits Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Id/FranklinObits/272 Surname: Stevenson, Dalley, Smart ------------------------- The Logan Herald Journal 01-24-2001 Merlin Dalley Stevenson, age 87, died Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 23, 2001, at the Logan Regional Hospital of a heart attack. He was born in Sublett, Cassia County, Idaho, on Sept. 22, 1913, to Abel Weaver and Clara Bryant Dalley Stevenson. He was the second child in a family of seven children. He attended elementary schools in Sublett and Linrose, Idaho. He graduated from Preston High School in 1932. He attended Brigham Young University before serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Texas-Louisiana mission from 1935 to 1937. He married Florence Ethel Smart on April 3, 1940, in the Salt Lake Temple. They are the parents of eight children: LaJeane (Tom) Lewis, of Pleasant View, Utah, Carol (Darald) Austin, of Preston, Idaho, David Merlin (Cherie) Stevenson, of Bluffdale, Utah, Sharon (Reed) Perry, of Logan, Utah, Donna (deceased), Kay (Monte) Moser, of Preston, Idaho, Garth Edward (Robin) Stevenson, of Dayton, Idaho, and Raelene (Denis) Jepsen, of Franklin, Idaho. He was a kind, loving and patient husband, father and grandfather. He affected many lives with his tenderness and kindness and was a great example for his posterity. They lived in Linrose, Idaho, for four years after their marriage where they were involved with farming. They then purchased a farm in Dayton, Idaho, and worked and resided there for 56 years. He was an excellent farmer and was chosen as a Franklin County Grassman of the Year. He served many years on the Utah-Idaho Canning Crops Association. They moved to Logan in January of 2000. He was active in the LDS Church and besides serving his mission, he served on both the ward and stake level as a ward clerk, superintendent of the Sunday School, High Priest group leader, president of the YMMIA, member of the Sunday School Board of the old Oneida Stake, and an excellent Gospel Doctrine teacher. He is survived by 29 grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and 19 step-great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brothers and a sister: Harold (Ruth) Stevenson, of Linrose, Idaho; Leona Adams, of West Valley, Utah; Arthur (Margaret) Stevenson, of Weston, Idaho; Lynn (Darlene) Stevenson, of Wendall, Idaho, and Zane (Sharon) Stevenson, of North Ogden, Utah. He was preceded in death by his parents; a baby brother, James Rupert; his baby daughter, Donna, and grandsons, Brian Jay Perry and Gary Monte Moser. Funeral services will be held at noon, Saturday, Jan. 27 in the Clifton 1st Ward chapel with Bishop Reed Nelson conducting. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Webb Funeral Home and from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in the Dayton Cemetery.