Jack Milton Dewitt

JACK MILTON DEWITT

SUNSET - Our loving husband, father and grandfather, Jack Milton DeWitt, 75, passed away Monday, February 23, 2004 after 37 years of battling Multiple Sclerosis.

He was born April 9, 1928 in Ogden, Utah, the son of Theordore R. and Anna Louise Fort DeWitt.

He married Ivy Jeannine Johnston on May 23, 1946 in Clinton, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple.

Jack was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sunset 1st Ward. As a High Priest, he served in the Bishopric, as a High Counselor, Ward Clerk and was an Aaronic Priesthood leader for many years and loved serving his Father in Heaven. Working with the youth, as a great supporter of Scouting, he served as a District Commissioner, Wood Badge Instructor and was a Silver Beaver recipient. He also attended the National BSA Jamboree in Valley Forge Pennsylvania.

Jack worked for General Mills and Hill Air Force Base retiring after 21 years of service.
He had lived in Ogden, Clinton and Sunset.

Surviving is his wife Jeannine, Sunset; children: Michael (Maxine) DeWitt, Clovis, CA; Susan Anderson, Sunset; Melissa (Reed) McAllister, West Point; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Also surviving are brothers and sisters: Marian D. Johnston, Bountiful; Robert P. DeWitt, Draper, UT; Don F. (LaRue) DeWitt, Cedar Hills, UT; Claudia (Joseph) Coffey, Driggs, ID; DeEtta (Ben) Brown, Washington, UT; Noel James (Saundra) Child, West Point.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Theordore R. and Anna Louise Fort DeWitt Child, step-father John C. Child and son-in-law Scott Anderson.
VisitationMyers Mortuary - Roy
5865 South 1900 West
Roy, UT 84067
February 26, 2004
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ServiceSunset 1st Ward
2431 North 250 West
Sunset, UT 84015
February 27, 2004
11:00 AM
CemeteryClinton City Cemetery
750 West 800 North
Clinton, UT 84015
February 27, 2004
12:30 PM