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Floyd Benjamin Devey

19 Feb 1939 – 10 Sep 2013

Birth19 Feb 1939
Death10 Sep 2013
CemeteryElysian Burial Gardens
Millcreek , Salt Lake County , Utah , USA
Added byRyan D. Curtis on 11 Sep 2013
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116942261

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Floyd Benjamin Devey passed away on September 10, 2013 in Salt Lake City. He was born February 19, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah to his mother, Florence Amelia West, and his father, Franklin Avery Devey. His mother died just ten days after his birth and he was raised by a loving mother who raised him as her own with love and compassion. She was not only his mother but also a loving grandmother to Floyd and Dowena's children. He attended Olympus High School. He married Dowena Joan Vander Werff on February 14, 1959 and later sealed in The Salt Lake Temple. Floyd had many abilities and skills which he generously shared with friends and neighbors. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. He helped others during his thirty years on the Salt Lake City Fire Department and retired as a Captain. He was a handyman and a first responder for widows. Floyd is preceded in death by Baby Boy Devey, parents, Franklin Devey and Florence Amelia West; step-mother, Alice Devey; and sisters, Florence Gheen and Fern Soderstrom. He is survived by wife, Dowena Joan Devey; children, Daniel Floyd (Denise), Dexter Benjamin (Robin), David Franklin (Shelley), Debra Headlock (Kenneth), Darin John (Brandi), and De Ann Moore (Donald); sister, Fay Hansen (Norman); twenty-eight grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren. Floyd will be remembered as our husband, father, grandpa, and great-grandpa. He left us much too soon, but with memories we will all cherish. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. in the Highland Stake Center, 2738 Sout Fillmore Street. The family will receive friends on Friday, September 13, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), and again on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. before the services at the church. Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from September 12 to September 14, 2013.

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