On December 29, 1986, a beautiful boy was born to Gerald Joe and Jan Olson Meier in Logan, Utah. He left us on May 4, 2004 doing what he loved most, riding on his four-wheeler.

The first words out of Kelly's mouth was "putt-putt" and he hasn't stopped talking about tractors ever since. He loved doing anything that had to do with a farm and had a great love for animals. He brought home more stray animals than anybody we know. He worked on the family farms in Smithfield and Lewiston, taking great pride in all his accomplishments, most especially the animals he raised.

Kelly didn't care for school, but he always had to be the first one there. He went to school in Smithfield and was almost finished with his junior year at Sky View. He was a member of the FFA and loved taking meat cutting classes at BATC.

Kelly, though only 17, learned and did a lot in his short time. He traveled with family to Europe in 2001, Disneyland and a trip to the west coast, but his all-time favorite vacation was staying home to work on the farm. He enjoyed tinkering with motors and being with his friends. He loved hunting, fishing and camping and was especially close to a devoted friend, Devin Hillyard.

Kelly is survived by his loving parents Jerry and Jan, two brothers Tony (Lindsay) of Logan and Scott of Smithfield, two loving grandmothers Joan Olson of Smithfield and Florence (Tootie) Meier of Lewiston, several aunts, uncles and cousins who will all miss him deeply. He was preceded in death by grandfathers Richard Meier and Arland Olson and a loving aunt, Barbara Olson.

A viewing will be held at the Allen-Hall Mortuary Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. and again from 10:30 to 11 :30 Monday. Graveside services will be at the Smithfield City Cemetery at 12:00 noon.

We love you Kelly Joe. You will never leave our hearts or our thoughts. We know you've just gone to do chores. Kelly was an organ donor and we are sure this poem would sum up his feelings:

"Give my sight to a man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby; fall in love
in the eyes of a woman.
Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but
Endless days of pain.
Give my blood to a teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car
So that he might live to see his grandchild play.
Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.
Take my bones, even muscle, even fiber and nerve and find a way to make
A crippled child walk.
If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weakness and all prejudices
Against my fellow man.
Give my sins to the Devil; Give my soul to God.
If by chance you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to
Someone who needs you.
If you do all I ask I will live forever."

Robert N Test