Kenneth Dean Fluckiger

Kenneth Dean Fluckiger, age 71, – loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather – passed away peacefully in his Clearfield, Utah home on Monday, December 5, 2022.  Ken was born on February 8, 1951, in Afton, Wyoming to his parents Aaron Dean Fluckiger and Norma Greene.  He met his loving wife Lorri Susan Warren in September 1973, and they were married and sealed in the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on February 7, 1974. They were together for 48 years. 

He served his country in the 9th Infantry Division out of Ft. Lewis Washington. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where he served in many capacities over the years. He was a member of the Jewelers of America and the Layton Rotary Club among other volunteer organizations in business and community.

Ken worked many years beside his father and siblings in the family jewelry business, Aaron’s Jewelry. There he honed his craft and eventually branched out to run his own business. His entrepreneurial journey took him and his wife all across the country as a traveling Sales and Jeweler team with no rival.  Eventually, his businesses brought the rest of his family from Utah to North Carolina, down to Florida, and back to Utah. The Jewelry businesses were his "farms," and he always viewed them as the land and soil upon which he would raise his children to do good in the world.

Ken was an artist.  He was well known for his oil paintings of West coast seashores, Rocky Mountain landscapes and trains.  He channeled his artistic talents into his jewelry business, where he designed and crafted custom jewelry.  He was a Master Jeweler, Master Goldsmith, and GIA Certified Gemologist and Diamond Appraiser. His customers remember him as the warm spirit who would invite them to sit by the fire while he worked on their rings and watches.  As an avid hobbyist, one would observe him spending any scraps of free time on oil painting, saltwater aquariums and building model trains, R/C airplanes, and later model ships, however, the joy came from the opportunities he saw to share his hobbies with his children and grandchildren.

Ken is survived by his siblings: Carol Yardley (Gary Jay), Gary Lynn (Paula), Jay (Mitzi), Kathy Jo Moore (James); his seven children: Kelly (Emma), Kerrie Hilliard (Chad), Kim (Abbey), Kris (Robin), Kory (Heather), Karol Knight (Zak), and Kasey; twenty-six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his grandson Zakk Hilliard.

Thank you all who were there for him when he needed you, his brothers and sisters, family, friends, VA hospital workers and the caring help from Applegate Hospice, and especially the years of sacrifice and tireless care provided by his son, Kasey Fluckiger.

Funeral services will be held Friday December 16, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at the Clearfield 4^th Ward, 838 East 600 South, Clearfield, Utah.  Friends may visit with family Thursday December 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. at the church prior to the service. 

Interment, Clearfield City Cemetery.

If you wish to donate in lieu of flowers, please contact Kelly Fluckiger at theflukefam@gmail.com

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