This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Packer, Johnson, Bartlett Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/552 Message Board Post: The Herald Journal, 08/11/02 LOGAN — James Elmo Packer, 92, of Logan, passed away Friday, Aug. 9, 2002 at Logan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born April 6, 1910, in Franklin, Idaho, a son of James Manuel and Lonetta Christine Johnson Packer. He married Zelda Gertrude Bartlett on Aug. 7, 1934, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Elmo grew up in Franklin and graduated from Franklin High School. He later graduated from USU with a bachelor's degree in dairy science and a minor in business. He worked in the grocery business in Idaho and Utah and as the manager of the USU Dairy Experimental Farm. Elmo spent most of his career as General Manager of Cache Valley Breeding Association. He hosted the national convention in Utah for the National Association of Animal Breeders. He also served as President and Director of the Utah Council Farmers Cooperatives for many years. He was a charter member and served as president of the North Logan Lions Club. Elmo was an outstanding scouter and taught many scout groups and received the Eagle and Silver Beaver awards. He loved to sing in quartets, choirs and especially with family. Other hobbies included riding horses, fishing, archery, hunting, and gardening. He was president of the N.W. Packer family organization and chaired family reunions and workshops for over 600 people. Elmo was an active member of the LDS Church and held many callings including bishop of the North Logan 1st Ward, high counselor in the Logan University 2nd Stake and patriarch in North Logan and University 2nd stakes. Elmo is survived by his wife, Zelda of Logan; three children and their spouses, Luana and Derwin Merrill, Smithfield, Lyle and Julie Packer, Lindon, and Betty and James Anderson, Tremonton. He is also survived by 18 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Richard Elmo Packer; sister, Alberta P. Gunnell; brothers, Gerald and Albert Packer; and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2002, at 1 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home, 162 E. 400 North, with President Melvin Foster conducting. Friends may call Monday evening at Nelson Funeral Home from 6 to 7 p.m. and on Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Burial will be in the Logan City Cemetery. The family expresses appreciation to Williamsburg Retirement Community Center, Dr. Douglas Hyldahl, Rocky Mountain Hospice, IHC Home Care, Logan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.