Jack E. Littlefield
Our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend and hero, Jack E. Littlefield, died peacefully with his loving family on September 8, 2021 at the age of 92.
Born on December 4, 1928 to Ellis Waldo and Ida Riding Littlefield, he was raised in Tropic, Utah near Bryce Canyon, where he loved to play in the hills and on the rocks around his home. He graduated from Tropic High and then briefly attended Branch Agricultural College in Cedar City (SUU) and the University of Utah. During the summer he worked in the Grand Canyon, where he ran the gift shop at the lodge. He fell in love with his favorite employee, Joy Devene Humphreys, and they married on February 8, 1951. They were later sealed for eternity at St. George Temple. He was drafted into the military and served during the Korean War. They lived in California, where Shelly was born, and then mom moved in with her parents while dad was at war. They later moved to Henderson, Nevada, where their father was employed by the Post Office. Becky and Jane were born there. They then moved to Layton, where Doug was born. Dad spent his career at Hill Air Force Base, where he was a computer programmer and analyst, when a computer was the size of a huge room.
Papa was a perfect example of patience, discipline, intelligence, humor and family orientation. It was his greatest joy to be with his large family. He knew each of them well. He lived without his sweetheart for 26 years and we are happy that they are together again. Papa was an active and loyal member of Latter-day Saints Church of Jesus Christ and served in the Ogden Temple for 10 years. He was a hardworking worker with a beautiful garden who was also happy to support BYU and U of U football and jazz. He was a peaceful man of class with no mean bone in his body, and we shall miss him sorely.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents, four siblings (Mona, Nedra, Steve and Heber) and his wife Joy. He leaves behind his sister Midge (Marv) Swainson, four children, Shelly (Brad) Smith, Becky (Keith) Halls, Jane (Mike) Schwab and Doug (Leigh) Littlefield, 37 grandchildren and 56 great-grandchildren. Papa and Mama have a wonderful offspring of 101 souls, whose first great-great-grandchildren is expected in November.
The memorial service will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at the Chapel Park Ward, 125 Chapel Street, Layton, Utah. Friends and family can meet up with their family on Mondays from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Visit Fairfield Rd., Layton, Utah and Tuesday from 10:30 am to 11:30 am at church.
Funeral, Kaysville City Cemetery.
The services are streamed live and can be viewed at www.lindquistmortuary.com and scrolled to the bottom of Jack’s obituary page.
Published by Lindquist Mortuary – Layton September 13-14, 2021.
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