Lynn Packard Gottfredson

Lynn Packard Gottfredson of Kaysville and formerly of North Ogden and Provo passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013 of cancer. He was born February 10, 1938 in Logan Utah to Samuel Kenneth and Fay Packard Gottfredson.

Lynn grew up in Logan and graduated from Logan High School and from Utah State University in Civil Engineering. Following graduation he moved to Provo where he worked as Assistant City Engineer for Provo City and later as a partner in the consulting firm of Gottfredson & Jueschke, Inc. In 1985, he moved his family to North Ogden where he worked as Principal Engineer for Ogden City.

In 1962, he married Carol Willardsen of Ephraim in the Manti Temple. They had three children together; Suzanne (Brent) Wayment of Warren, Gary (Gina) Gottfredson of St. George, and Cathy (Eric) Farr of Alpine. Carol died in 1982. Lynn then married Cheryl Slocum in the Provo Temple and they had one son, Ryan (Jena) Gottfredson of Bloomington, Indiana. Cheryl died in February 2012.

Lynn served an LDS Mission to the California Mission and two missions to the Philippines together with his wife, Cheryl. He served on the North Ogden City planning commission for ten years and two humanitarian expeditions to help provide water to Mayan Indian villages in Guatemala. He served as an ordinance worker in the Ogden Temple and as a consultant in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Lynn is survived by his four children and one brother, Ray Gottfredson, Ogden. He is preceded in death by his parents and sister, Marion Ericson.

Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, May 28th at 11:00 a.m. at the Kaysville 6th Ward, 615 North Flint Street, Kaysville, Utah. A viewing will be held Monday evening at Myers Mortuary, 250 North Fairfield Road, Layton, Utah from 6 to 8 p.m. and Tuesday morning at the church from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. prior to services. Graveside services will be at East Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Provo, Utah at 3 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Huntsman Cancer Institute (www.huntsmancancer.org) or the LDS Humanitarian Aid Fund (www.lds.philanthropies.org).
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.myers-mortuary.com
VisitationMyers Mortuary of Layton
250 N. Fairfield Rd.
Layton, UT 84041
May 27, 2013
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ServiceKaysville 6th Ward Chapel
615 North Fairfield Road
Kaysville, UT
May 28, 2013
11:00 AM
CemeteryEast Lawn Memorial Cemetery
4800 East Lawn Dr.
Provo, UT
May 28, 2013
3:00 PM