Henry Harland Packham

For our memories have painted a picture of this strong and wondrous man with colors that will never fade.

HENRY HARLAND PACKHAM

Words cannot possibly describe how much this father, grandfather, and great-grandfather means to us or measure how much he will be missed.

Henry Harland Packham was born February 11, 1919 in Ogden, Utah to Cynthia Alberta Short and Henry James Packham. He passed away peacefully on July 23, 2010 in his home after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Harland grew up in Ogden and attended Mound Fort Junior High School where he was a member of the basketball team and served as Student Body President. He was a member of the final attending class in the original Ogden High School building on the corner of 25th Street and Monroe, where he was captain of the Ogden High School basketball team and graduated in 1937.

The summer following his junior year in high school he rode the freight trains to Lakeview, Oregon to work in the lumber mills and continued to return to the Oregon coast for several summers. He attended Weber College and Utah State University where he, also, played basketball. He enlisted in the Coast Guard on March 7, 1942, was assigned to the destroyer escort USS Forsyth serving in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and Argentia, Newfoundland where he served until the war''s end in 1945.

He married Beulah Marie Hawkins on July 2, 1946 in Dillon, Montana. They were married for 59 years. Beulah passed away November 26, 2005. Daddy was a brakeman on the Union Pacific Railroad for 37 years. He was a craftsman with rock and mortar, an exceptional fly-fisherman, and was affectionately known to his grandchildren as The Crown Prince of the Big Sheep in Montana. He always said he married the prettiest girl in the world and was proudly devoted to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He leaves in this world two daughters, Judy Marie Macfarlane (Michael) Kaysville; and Jo Packham, Ogden; six grandchildren David, William (AnnMarie), Gregory (Charity), and Spencer (Brooke) Macfarlane, Sara Toliver (Brett), and Justin Buehler; as well as ten great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by one daughter, both parents, two sisters, and one brother.

For several years daddy was under the watchful care of Dr. Carl Gray of Utah Hematology/Oncology. We thank you, Dr. Gray, for your skillful treatment, your gentle honesty, your compassion, your sense of humor whenever you were with our dad, and for your "wild & colorful" ties. The care of Harland''s final year was patiently, compassionately, and professionally handled by the giving and loving staff of CNS Hospice: Robert, Michelle, Hillary, Michelle, and Amber. A special thank you must be given to Linda Cassity and Toa Tonga from Your Parent''s Au Pair who cared for him in his final months. They have our love and sincere appreciation - and always at his side were his daughters Jo and Judy... you taught us much in those final months, we will miss you daddy.

Funeral services will be held Monday, August 2, 2010 at Lindquist''s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd at 11:00 a.m.

Friends and family may visit at the mortuary on Monday from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Interment, Ben Lomond Cemetery, 526 East 2850 North, North Ogden.

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