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Wesley T. Maughan
8 Feb 1925 – 3 Mar 2016
| Birth | 8 Feb 1925 |
| Death | 3 Mar 2016 |
| Cemetery | Logan City Cemetery Logan , Cache County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | Sue Baddley Ღ on 13 Mar 2016 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159089796 |
Bio
After a long and valiant battle with cancer, Wesley Maughan returned to his Heavenly Father on March 3, 2016. Wes was born at home on February 8, 1925 in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho as the sixth son and eighth child of John Raymond and Lera Clark Maughan. He attended Lava Hot Springs High School, and after graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Navy Seabees. He served in both the European and Pacific theaters of war. At the close of WWII, he matriculated at Utah State University where he joined the ROTC and achieved the rank of Lieutenant. He graduated from USU in 1950 with a degree in Vocational Agriculture along with a secondary teaching certificate. On July 18, 1950, Wes married LuDean Gilbert in the Logan LDS Temple. Wes was awarded an NDEA (National Defense Education Act) Fellowship to the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Wes earned his master’s degree in Sociology and a PhD in Community Development. Wes spent the duration of his career on the staff at Utah State University teaching Sociology and Community Development and working throughout the state. He served assignments abroad in Upper Volta, Mali, India, and Nepal, after which he retired but continued with consulting assignments for many years. Wes is survived by his wife, LuDean, two sons and their spouses, Steven Larry and Leslie Jean Maughan of Nibley, James Raymond and Adair Maughan of Hyde Park, three daughters and their spouses, LuAnn and J. Burdette Stocking of North Logan, Kayleen and John C. Teed of Muscatine, Iowa, and Jana Lee and Robert M. Checketts of Plain City, Utah, twenty grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren, one sister, Alice (Frank) Neilson of West Jordan, one brother and spouse , Clyde and Norma Maughan of Schenectady, NY, and sisters in-law, Mary Maughan and Ina Liljenquist. He was proceeded in death by his infant daughter Sandra, his parents, two sisters, Lucille (Elmer) Johnson and Mildred (Owen) Bloomfield, and four brothers, Lyle (Ethel) Maughan, Ralph (LeJune) Maughan, Melvin (Catherine) Maughan, and Lowell Maughan.
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- Lucile Maughan Johnson 1910–2010
- Mildred Maughan Bloomfield 1912–2004
- Lyle Raymond Maughan 1914–2002
- Ralph Woodrow Maughan 1915–2010
- Melvin Clark Maughan 1920–1987
- John Lowell Maughan 1921–2013
- Alice Maughan Neilson 1923–2019
- Clyde V. Maughan 1926–2026
- Jennie Maughan 1929–1929
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