- Date Of Birth: October 25, 1926
- Date Of Death: November 1, 2016
- State: Utah
Ferrin A. Lovell
BRIGHAM CITY – Ferrin Anderson Lovell, 90 passed away on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 in Ogden.
Ferrin was born on October 25, 1926 in Oak City, Utah a son of Norma Anderson and William Owen Lovell. He attended Oak City Elem. School, graduated from Delta High School, Brigham Young University, and Pacific Northwest Banking School.
He served his country in the USCG-Merchant Marines during World War II.
Ferrin married his eternal companion Donna Buckmiller on April 2, 1948 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They raised their family in Delta, Utah moving to Brigham City in 1977, and have remained in Brigham City ever since.
He was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, serving as Bishop of the Brigham City 8th Ward, High Councilor in the Brigham City Stake, Councilor and Ward Clerk in the Delta 2nd Ward, Stake Clerk in the Deseret Stake, scoutmaster and earned his Wood Badge.
Ferrin was a Bank President/Manager of First Security in Brigham City and one of four Vice Presidents of First Security Bank Corp of Utah for seven years. He was Manager of the first Security Bank in Delta for nearly 30 years.
He was an active member of the Lions Club in Delta and Rotary Club in Brigham City.
Ferrin enjoyed arrowhead hunting, gardening, coin collecting, making yarn balls (a skill that he learned from his mother, who created a way to make balls out of rags and yarn during the depression when she couldn’t afford toys for her five sons). After retiring from banking, Ferrin created his own way of making these balls out of styrofoam peanuts and plastic bag strips, then yarn, finishing by sewing them tightly with carpet thread. He has made thousands of the balls and donated them to missionaries, humanitarian efforts, etc., and they are all over the world now.
Our Dad will always be remembered for the keeping of beautiful gardens and a small orchard that he worked hard in to provide many of us with delicious produce to eat and store. He would marvel at how a small seed could grow into a large, productive plant or tree. He loved for us to walk with him through his garden and enjoy looking at God’s creations. He was also a firm believer in food storage and encouraged all of us to listen to our prophets and follow their counsel in everything. Dad was amazed and fascinated by all the modern-day conveniences that most of us take for granted. He loved the many, many choices that stores like Smith and Edwards had. He talked often about how wonderful something as simple as “plastic” was, so common to us, but not something he ever had growing up during the Great Depression.
The most important things to our very special husband and father was his family and the Gospel. He had great wisdom in his calm and quiet way and he talked often of the importance of staying close to the Gospel teachings and living the “Golden Rule”. As a family, we love and appreciate him so very much for all the many years of sacrifice he willingly and lovingly made for his family, usually at a cost to his own comfort to see that we were all well cared for.
One of our Dad’s favorite quotes that all of us heard often was: “We need to always be thankful for those who came before us, especially those in the medical field.” He truly did appreciate all those who paved the way to make life better for him and that is exactly what he did for so many people, especially his own family.
Surviving are his sweetheart Donna Lovell, Brigham City; children: Connie Moody, American Fork; Peggy Jo Perry, Willard; Barbara Lovell, American Fork; Janet Earl (Harry), Vancouver, WA; Julie (Jim) Christensen, Vista, CA; Lori (Scott) Hodgson, Perry; Dori Day, Brigham City;
Matthew Lovell, Smithfield; 22 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren. Also, brother Elwood (Alice) Lovell, Spanish Fork.
Preceded in death by his parents, siblings: Leoyd, Ralph, and Monan Lovell, and four grandchildren.
