David Bigelow

David “Mr. Big” Bigelow

September 14, 1927 ~ February 26, 2016

David “Mr. Big” Bigelow peacefully passed away on February 26, 2016 at Davis County Hospital in Layton Utah. He was 88 years old. Originally from Sun Prairie Wisconsin, he had made Utah his home for the past 46 years.  He was born on September 14, 1927 to Jesse Lynn and Josephine (Mackie) Bigelow.

He graduated from Sun Prairie High and attended the University of Wisconsin. He also spent time in the US Army being stationed in Japan and Germany post-World War II.  Once his service commitment concluded he began a life of public service; first as a bus driver for Madison Transit and then as a tax auditor for the state of Wisconsin. He enjoyed this work in that he got to see a lot of Wisconsin during his years auditing. His next positions were in hospital administration first at Southern Wisconsin Center as the chief finance officer and then the Child/Adolescent Treatment Center as the Administrator. In 1968 he capped his service to the State of Wisconsin as the Secretary of the Department of Regulation and Licensing for Governor Knowles.

In 1970 he followed his heart and moved to Utah. He started in Bountiful before settling in Ogden. During this period he maintained a life of public service working in the Financial Aid Departments at the University of Utah and Weber State University. He finished as the comptroller at Weber State University. Not being one to retire so easily, he then went back to tax auditing first for the IRS in Ogden and then he finished with the State of Utah. After his retirement he completed a two year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the inner city areas of Ogden, Utah.

David is survived by his children, David (Karen) Bigelow, II, of Watertown, Wisconsin and Reed (Mary) Bigelow, Carterville, Illinois; his step children, Dr. Gregory (Pamela) Keyes, Belington, WA; Roger Keyes, Dallas, TX; Dr. Randall (Jeanne Keyes) Gaz, Belmont, MA; Dr. Ted (Hope) Keyes, Tucson, AZ; John (Merilynn) Keyes, Brookfield, CT, and Brian (Shelia) Keyes, Houston, TX; grandchildren, Amy (Bigelow) Borchardt, Joshua and Matthew Bigelow; his step-grandchildren, Matthew, Justin Bryce, Missy, and Bradley Keyes, Diana (Gaz) Campbell, Deborah Gaz, Denise June (Gaz) Spivey, Danielle Maria (Gaz) Preziosi, Jennifer, James, Jeffery, Robert, Stephen, Andrea, and Melinda, and Nathan Keyes and a great-granddaughter, Colleen Borchardt.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and a sister, Mary (Bigelow) Henn and his wives, Patricia (Stoppenbach) Bigelow, Beatrice (Benson) Bigelow, Alice Monson (Keyes) Bigelow, and Marjorie Rhodes (Alvord) Bigelow.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 14, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd.  Friends may visit with family on Monday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at the mortuary.  Interment, Lindquist’s Washington Heights Memorial Park, 4500 Washington Blvd.