Charles Ray Hancey

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Charles Ray Hancey

OGDEN a€" Charles Ray Hancey, 85, died Saturday, March 19, 2011 of causes incident to age.

He was born May 8, 1925 in Hyde Park, Utah to Florence and Leander Hancey. As one of 11 children at the family home, he was not a stranger to hard work. His earliest job was herding cows with the help of his dog, Token and helping to grow much of the food for his family. Though a lifelong resident of Ogden, Cache Valley was always home.

Along with two brothers, he was drafted into the United States armed services and served honorably in the Navy during World War II in the South Pacific. He was one of the "Greatest Generation" to love his country and fight for peace. His service to the United States continued as a civil servant working for the Internal Revenue Service for 33 years.

Chuck loved all sports but was especially fond of playing, coaching and watching baseball. He took great pride in his careful manicured yard and garden. Despite some recent serious health issues, he always had hope for the future as was evident in the flowers seeds he ordered just a few days before his passing and the hundreds of tulips, daffodils and crocus planted last fall that are just now emerging.

He was a lifelong and faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served with absolute honesty and integrity in many ward and stake financial clerk positions. Most recently, Elder and Sister Hancey served as missionaries in the genealogy department in Salt Lake City. His posterity would all agree his greatest church services was as a husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and patriarch to the family he cherished. "When such a father from us departs, we hold forever in our hearts a€" a sweet and hallowed memory, bringing us nearer, Lord, to thee."

On February 8, 1952, he married his eternal companion, Zona Allen, in the Logan LDS Temple.

The eternal legacy of love and family he started lives on in his wife Zona; children, Shauna (Dave) Christiansen, Ogden; Jana (Craig) Manscill, Lindon; LaRaun (Dave) Nielsen, Harrisville; Heidi (Lyle) Bauer, Calgary, Canada; Chad (Tracy) Hancey, Layton; 28 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

He is also survived by his brother Maurice Hancey and sister LaFaye (Wayne) Bankhead; two brothers-in-law, Jim Morgan and NaRae Ormond; and three sisters-in-law, Pat Hancey, Rosalie Hancey and Jackie Hancey.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, five sisters and twin granddaughters.

Funeral services will be held Friday, March 25 at 11 a.m. at Rock Cliff 2nd Ward Chapel, 1000 Suncrest Drive, Ogden.

Family will meet friends at Lindquist''s North Ogden Mortuary, 2140 North Washington on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday at the Ward Chapel 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.

Interment, Lindquist''s Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, 1718 Combe Road, South Ogden where Military Honors will be accorded by the Combined Veterans Honor Guard.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests financial donations be made to Primary Children''s Medical Center.

Send condolences to the family at: www.lindquistmortuary.com