Longtime Logan resident and businesswoman

LOGAN, UTAH: Alta Zufelt, age ninety-two, died of natural causes in Logan on January 21, 2006. She was born in Logan on March 27, 1914 to Nephi L. Larsen and May Taylor Larsen. Alta graduated from Preston High School in 1933 and moved with her family to Logan. There she met, and in 1937 married, DeVaun C. Zufelt (1910-1976), who was then an art student at Utah State Agricultural College. After his graduation with a BA degree, they moved to Roosevelt, Utah and Salina, Utah for his teaching assignments. During World War II they moved to Berkley, California, where DeVaun worked in the Kaiser shipyards. After the war, they returned to Logan and built their new home on 5th North.

In Logan DeVaun opened a paint store and engaged in a commercial art business. By 1950 Alta, together with her husband, opened and operated the Alta Motel, which she continued to operate until 2004. With continuous operation for more that fifty years, Alta enjoyed her long and hard work running the motel and providing accommodations to many travelers and tenants from around the world. Many of these became friends, especially the new residents staying at the motel when moving into Logan. While actively operating the motel, she was a longtime member of the Soroptimist business and professional women's organization.

Alta was proud of her three children, all of whom she encouraged to graduate from Utah State University and to obtain graduate degrees. Weldon Zufelt (1941-2004) was a corporate attorney in Kohler Wisconsin. Karl Zufelt (1947) is currently a practicing attorney in Northridge, California. Julie Zufelt (1952), currently residing in Logan, obtained a Master of Fine Arts at University of Cincinnati and has been engaged in piano and dance teaching and performance.

Alta's son Weldon died in 2004. She is survived by her son Karl and her daughter Julie, as well as nine loving grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

A funeral mass will be offered at St. Thomas Catholic Church, 725 South 250 East, Hyde Park, UT., January 25, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Viewing for all family and friends will be held at Allen-Hall Mortuary, Logan, Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 7:00 pm. - 9:00 p.m. Condolences and memories may be sent to the family at Allen Mortuaries.