Kay Brown Andersen
Kay Brown Andersen (80) of Wellsville, passed away
peacefully on September 26th, 2006. He was born April
15th, 1926 to Wilford and Dahlia Brown Andersen. Kay
grew up and was educated in Wellsville, at South Cache
High School, Utah State University, and Idaho State
where he graduated from the School of Pharmacy in
1948. He owned and uoperated Andersen Drug in
Wellsville for many years. He also was employed at
Logan LDS Hospital, and Logan Regional Hospital where
he worked as the Director of Pharmacy for over 29
years.
In 1947, he married Donna Jean Guymon in the Logan LDS
Temple for time and all eternity. Together, they
raised four children in Wellsville. Donna passed away
in 2002. He later met and married Margaret Williams
LaPray of Portland, OR in June of 2005.
Kay was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in many church
positions over the years. He served as the Bishop of
the Wellsville First ward and enjoyed the associations
of many members that he served with. He and Donna
also served a mission for the Church in the Missouri
Independence mission between 1992 and 1993.
He was very active in the Lions Club International –
where he provided community and civic service in
Wellsville for many years. He loved serving with the
Lions and enjoyed flipping pancakes at the annual
Founders Day Lions Breakfast every year.
Kay enjoyed life in Cache Valley. He was an avid
Aggie sports enthusiast and held season Football
tickets several times in his life.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret of Wellsville;
four children, Teryl (Gordon) Bodily of Hyrum, Sherri
(Lindsey) Preece of Hyrum, Kyle (Kristin) of Highland,
and Melece (Vern) Williams of Meridian, ID.; two
brothers, Dean of Scottsdale, AZ and Vern of River
Heights; 17 grandchildren and 7 Great-grandchildren
and many friends and associates.
Funeral Services will be held at 12:30pm on Saturday,
September 30th in the Wellsville Stake Center, 30
South Center Street, Wellsville. Friends may call
from 6 to 8:00pm Friday at Allen-Hall Mortuary 34 East
Center Street, Logan and 11:00am to 12:00pm prior to
the funeral. Interment will be at the Wellsville
Cemetery. Condolences and memories may be sent to the
family at Allen Mortuaries.