Terry Paskins

Terry Paskins OGDEN - Terry Paskins, 74, passed away peacefully Tuesday, June 23, 2009, in Ogden, UT. He was born May 10, 1935, in Preston, ID, to Thomas Eugene and Beatrice McCarrell Paskins and was raised in Treasureton. He graduated from Preston High School and served an LDS Mission in the Southern States, and later married Geraldine (Jerry) Jenkins in the Logan Temple September 25, 1959. He has held many church callings. He has lived in Soda Springs, ID, Logan and Roosevelt UT. After receiving his BS and MS from USU, Paul Butterfield hired him in 1965 at Weber State to create an Off-Campus program at Weber State through continuing education. His job was to get programs started and turn them over to others to run while he went on to develop new programs. Many of the programs he developed are still running today. He worked with industry, Jr. College campuses, Utah Highway Safety Patrol, government, Indian Affairs in four states, Hill Air Force Base and many businesses to develop programs to meet the needs of their people to be held at their locations. He did a two-year feasibility study for the Utah State Legislature to determine the need for motorcycle rider safety courses and set them up all over the state. He excelled in individual sports--archery and tennis, racquetball, and handball at Weber State; hiking and rock climbing, boating and water skiing at Lake Powell and Bear Lake, and motorcycle riding in southern UT before post-polio and Alzheimer’s took over his life twelve years ago. He enjoyed many, many family outings in the backyard, on vacations, at the condos, and at Lake Powell. He is survived by his wife and seven children: Tony (Lisa) Paskins, Pleasant View, UT; Kaylynne (Robert) Allen, Pocatello, ID; Kristeen (Gary) Wiser, Mendon, UT; Wendi (Mark) Holland, North Salt Lake, UT; Teresa (Emil) Harker, Layton, UT; Michele (Jason) Greenhalgh, North Liberty, IA; Brittney Paskins, Ogden; twenty-three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and three brothers and one sister: Mac (Terry Lee) Paskins and Kirk (Jean) Paskins, Treasureton, ID; Creig Paskins, Ogden; Linda (Frank) McFarland, North Las Vegas, NV; sister-in-law, Marilyn (Jim) Hill, Pleasant view, UT; brother-in-law, Robert (Hilda) Jenkins, Carbondale, Il; and mother-in-law, Wanda Jenkins, Ogden. Special Thanks to the special staffs at Mountain Ridge and Legacy Assisted Living and Washington Terrace Health Services and Sharon and Sergio from hospice who cared for Terry. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 29, 2009 at 11 a.m. at the Old Post Ward Chapel, 5191 Old Post Ward, Ogden, UT. Friends and family may call at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd., Sunday, June 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday at the Ward Chapel from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Interment, Fairview ID City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers friends may donate to the charity of their choice. Send condolences to the family at: www.lindquistmortuary.com