Blair P. Dahl

Blair P. Dahl, 81, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2011 due to pancreatic cancer.

He was born March 21, 1930 in West Point Utah to John Walter Dahl and Etta May Paice. He married Susan Ilene Moore on June 22, 1950 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple and enjoyed 61 years of marriage.

Blair was a faithful and dependable member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in various leadership and teaching positions. He was a supporter of youth groups, civic events, and was known throughout the community for his generosity. A future park on part of his farm in West Point will be named in his honor.

Blair was born on the family farm where he lived and worked his entire life. He raised a variety of crops, using horses as a young man to do the farm work. He often commented that his greatest crop was his children. He believed in hard work and taught his children this principle. He drove a school bus for 25 years. He served as President of the Davis County and Utah State Young Farmers, as President of the Davis County Farm Bureau and was in the leadership of the Ogden Area Beef Feeders Association. He sold cattle to thousands of people. He was known for honesty and integrity in his business. He was a real cowboy, who never wore cowboy boots.

Blair loved music and shared his deep bass voice in solos and in groups all of his life. He sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for nine years, enjoying giving his time and resources to share the gospel of Jesus Christ through music. He and Ilene enjoyed touring the world with the choir. He was a 21 year member of the Men of Song.

One of Blair''s favorite activities was visiting with family and friends. He could strike up a conversation with anyone and become their friend. For years, people in the area knew they could pull into Blair''s barnyard and have a good friend to talk to. His children and grandchildren enjoyed visiting as Blair was always positive and made them feel confident that they could accomplish great things in life. He left a legacy of faith, music and love to his posterity.

He is survived by his wife Ilene and children: Susan (Boyd) Kelley, West Point; Sharon (Kelly) Roe, West Point; Shirley (Steve) Guy, South Ogden; David (Anette) Dahl, Roy; Don (Susan) Dahl, Idaho Falls; and Jolene Dahl, West Point; 20 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings; Elmer Dahl, Fern Oliver, and Stanley Dahl.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 26th at 11 a.m. at the West Point 16th Ward Chapel, 4383 West 300 North, West Point, with Bishop Brian Kelley, a grandson, officiating.

The family will meet with friends on Friday, November 25th from 6-8 p.m. at Lindquist''s Layton Mortuary, 1867 North Fairfield Road, and Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church.

Interment, West Point Cemetery.