R McDougal

Our loving, devoted, husband and father, Robert David McDougal, age 77, died December 13, 2001 at his home in Taylorsville. He was born in the farming community of Cambellsport, Wisconsin on August 5, 1924 to Gilbert Donald and Minnie Hodge McDougal (whose family were converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). He married his one and only sweetheart, Joyce LaRee Muir, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on April 12, 1950. Devoted member of the LDS Church where he served as a missionary in the Great Lakes Mission, Bishop, Counselor in the Stake Presidency, Mission President of the Georgia Atlanta Mission, Jordan River Temple Sealer, and Church Host for the First Presidency. His enjoyments in life were Joyce and his family, church work and traveling. He built, owned and has operated the McDougal Funeral Homes since 1950. Being active in the community affairs, he served as District Governor of Utah Lions Club, as a co-founder of Valley West Hospital, developed several real estate projects, and headed numerous civic programs. Dad taught by example that involvement and service in the community were very important in life. R. David is survived by his wonderful wife, Joyce (affectionately called Joycie) and excellent mother of their five children: David Alan (Karrie Fitzgerald) McDougal of Orem; Marcie (Roger) Halterman, Kirk Layne (Ann Coffman) McDougal, Spencer Scott (Janet Howick) McDougal, and Lisa Shoemaker (fianc Michael R. Olson), all of Taylorsville; 22 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and true, faithful, brother and business partner, Richard N. (Carolyn Coats) McDougal of West Jordan; special sisters-in-law, Yvonne Heugly, Neata, Fae, Ilene, Evelyn and Jeanette McDougal. Preceded in death by his parents; sister, Mary Ruth; eight brothers, James, Edmund, Gilbert, Daniel, Delmer, Rubin, Neal and Ellsworth; parents-in-law, Barlow Ferguson (who R David affectionately called Pappy) and Merle Strong Muir.