Frank Jensen Pike
SYRACUSE – Frank Jensen Pike, 83, passed away Monday, February 8, 2010 at his home.
He was born June 12, 1926 in Burley, Idaho the son of Oscar Dalling and Mary Ann Jensen Pike.
Frank felt honored to serve his country during World War II.
He married DarThel Bybee on October 3, 1945 in the Salt Lake Temple.
He loved farming and all his many friends as a sales representative for Select Sires.
Surviving are his wife DarThel, two sons, Oscar A. (Stephanie) Pike, Frank B. (Debbie) Pike; daughters, Marianne (David) Higginson, Stephaney (Gordon) Powell, Fran (Howard) Brown, Caroline (Neal) Briggs, Marti Pike, Leda (Russell) Stoker, 47 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren, and sister Lois (Robert) Smelser. His testimony of the restored gospel was the foundation of the legacy he leaves for his posterity.
Preceded in death by his parents, brother Calvin Pike, sister Arthella Beutler, son Dart Frank Pike, two granddaughters and a grandson.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 11 a.m. at the Huckleberry LDS Chapel, 1313 So. 2500 W., Syracuse. Friends and family may call Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church. Interment, Syracuse City Cemetery.
Funeral directors, Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Road.
The family would like to thank the Farmington Bay Dialysis and Applegate Home Care and Hospice, especially Gaylene, for their loving care.