Thomas "Dean" Spackman
1919 - 2016
VETERAN
Early Life: Dean was born June 22, 1919, in Mount Pleasant, Utah, to Thomas and Aldean Burnham Spackman. He graduated from Provo High School in 1937.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: He married the love of his life, Dorothy Ward, on November 18, 1939, in Farmington, Utah. Dean served in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II from 1944 to 1945. After 31 years of service, he retired from the State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources as the Assistant Chief of Law Enforcement. He was awarded the Wildlife Officer of the Year in 1979. Dean and his stepfather-in-law, J.L. Casey Bown, also of UD of W Resources, instilled a love and respect for the outdoors in family and many friends. Thomas Dean Spackman passed away peacefully from this life November 16, 2016. of natural causes. He was 97.
Survived By: His wife of 78 years, Dorothy; sons: Michael (Claire), Richard (Suzanne), Robert (Jeannie); daughter, Susan; son-in-law, Roy Morley; sister, Linda Brown; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: His parents; his eldest daughter, Sherrie Lou Spackman Morley; and his brother, Paul.
Services: Larkin Mortuary
Burial: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © Daily Herald | 19 Nov 2016
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1919 - 2016
VETERAN
Early Life: Dean was born June 22, 1919, in Mount Pleasant, Utah, to Thomas and Aldean Burnham Spackman. He graduated from Provo High School in 1937.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: He married the love of his life, Dorothy Ward, on November 18, 1939, in Farmington, Utah. Dean served in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II from 1944 to 1945. After 31 years of service, he retired from the State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources as the Assistant Chief of Law Enforcement. He was awarded the Wildlife Officer of the Year in 1979. Dean and his stepfather-in-law, J.L. Casey Bown, also of UD of W Resources, instilled a love and respect for the outdoors in family and many friends. Thomas Dean Spackman passed away peacefully from this life November 16, 2016. of natural causes. He was 97.
Survived By: His wife of 78 years, Dorothy; sons: Michael (Claire), Richard (Suzanne), Robert (Jeannie); daughter, Susan; son-in-law, Roy Morley; sister, Linda Brown; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: His parents; his eldest daughter, Sherrie Lou Spackman Morley; and his brother, Paul.
Services: Larkin Mortuary
Burial: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © Daily Herald | 19 Nov 2016
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Thomas "Dean" Spackman
1919 - 2016
VETERAN
Early Life: Dean was born June 22, 1919, in Mount Pleasant, Utah, to Thomas and Aldean Burnham Spackman. He graduated from Provo High School in 1937.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: He married the love of his life, Dorothy Ward, on November 18, 1939, in Farmington, Utah. Dean served in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II from 1944 to 1945. After 31 years of service, he retired from the State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources as the Assistant Chief of Law Enforcement. He was awarded the Wildlife Officer of the Year in 1979. Dean and his stepfather-in-law, J.L. Casey Bown, also of UD of W Resources, instilled a love and respect for the outdoors in family and many friends. Thomas Dean Spackman passed away peacefully from this life November 16, 2016. of natural causes. He was 97.
Survived By: His wife of 78 years, Dorothy; sons: Michael (Claire), Richard (Suzanne), Robert (Jeannie); daughter, Susan; son-in-law, Roy Morley; sister, Linda Brown; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: His parents; his eldest daughter, Sherrie Lou Spackman Morley; and his brother, Paul.
Services: Larkin Mortuary
Burial: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © Daily Herald | 19 Nov 2016
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1919 - 2016
VETERAN
Early Life: Dean was born June 22, 1919, in Mount Pleasant, Utah, to Thomas and Aldean Burnham Spackman. He graduated from Provo High School in 1937.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: He married the love of his life, Dorothy Ward, on November 18, 1939, in Farmington, Utah. Dean served in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II from 1944 to 1945. After 31 years of service, he retired from the State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources as the Assistant Chief of Law Enforcement. He was awarded the Wildlife Officer of the Year in 1979. Dean and his stepfather-in-law, J.L. Casey Bown, also of UD of W Resources, instilled a love and respect for the outdoors in family and many friends. Thomas Dean Spackman passed away peacefully from this life November 16, 2016. of natural causes. He was 97.
Survived By: His wife of 78 years, Dorothy; sons: Michael (Claire), Richard (Suzanne), Robert (Jeannie); daughter, Susan; son-in-law, Roy Morley; sister, Linda Brown; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: His parents; his eldest daughter, Sherrie Lou Spackman Morley; and his brother, Paul.
Services: Larkin Mortuary
Burial: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © Daily Herald | 19 Nov 2016
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Gravesite Details
Interment 22 Nov 2016
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