Douglas Scadden

Douglas LaMar Scadden

November 14, 1927 ~ June 23, 2016

Douglas LaMar Scadden passed away peacefully on June 23, 2016 at South Ogden Post Acute Care facility after an extended illness.  His loving wife of 66 years who had been his constant companion and caregiver during his illness, and other family members were at his bedside during his passing.

LaMar was born on November 14, 1927 to Fred and Ethel Scadden.  He has two brothers, Dean and Lawrence.  He graduated from Ogden High School in 1946.  He joined the Navy shortly afterwards and traveled to the Far East on numerous occasions, traversing the Pacific Ocean four times in one year and stopping in exotic ports-of-call, experiences which would shape his life and be the source of endless conversation throughout his life.

He married Lou Jean Draper on March 17, 1950 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple and was a lifelong member of The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.

In 1954 he and Lou Jean started a family which eventually would include three children, Lynn (Lisa), Dave (Cailin) and MarJean (Dan Silvester).  The Scadden family grew to include six grandsons and seven great-grandchildren.

LaMar had been employed by Swift and Company, Marquardt Corporation, and spent many years in the employ of the US Government serving as an Administrative Contracting Officer in numerous locations and as assistant buildings manager for the General Services Administration.  He retired in 1986.

He was a member of the South Ogden Volunteer Fire Department.  He served 21 years as Secretary and was Chief of the Department for two.  He retired after 25 years of service to the community of South Ogden.

LaMar and Lou Jean traveled extensively both before and after he retired. With family in tow, they traveled all over the western United States and Canada and upon retiring, he and Lou Jean traveled to the Caribbean, Hawaii numerous times, went on many cruises, and spent time in the American southwest during the winter for a number of years.

LaMar was a member of the "Over the Hill" Good Sams Travel Club Chapter.  He was also involved in volunteer activities at the Ogden Golden Hours Center where he taught a silversmithing class for a number of years.  He was a member of the Golden Spike Gem and Mineral Club, was an avid rock hound and had a lifelong fascination with geology in general.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Lawrence; and granddaughter, Nicole Scadden.

He was a good and decent man, a wonderful and loving husband and an amazingly selfless father to his three children.  He will be greatly missed.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd.  Friends may visit with family on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the mortuary.  Interment, Ogden City Cemetery.