L. Everett (Ev) Harris, 86, passed away quietly at his home in Logan on May 22, 2004.

Ev was born the 13th of March, 1918 in Beaver, Utah where he grew up and graduated from Beaver High. His parents were Lester Harris and Lora Jean Burt. He married Margaret Barton on March 7, 1937. They came to Logan during the depression and settled in Studentville on the Utah Agricultural College campus. On the 13th of June 1944 he left his wife and two young children to serve in the 10th Mountain Division during WWII. He participated in the Italian Offensive before his return on October 20, 1945.

After the war he and Margaret moved to 300 West in Logan. They remodeled a small clapboard house into a beautiful family home. Margaret died in May of 1990. Ev married Elaine Evans later that summer, on August 4th. Ev and Elaine remained on 300West for a number of years, eventually moving to 330 N 300 East, where they have lived for the past 4 years.

Ev was known in the community for his service with the Boy Scouts of America, an organization he was firmly committed to all his life. He received the Silver Beaver and 60 year veteran award among many others. A few of the callings he fulfilled in his years of service in the LDS Church were Scout Master, Councilor, Bishop, Stake High Council member and employment service missionary.

His life employment involved managing Ace Mill and Fixture, a Logan business well known for building high quality cabinets for hundreds of projects all over the nation. His tremendous artistic and management ability made this a thriving business for about 40 years. It was not just a business with Ev, he admired the men who worked in the shop and their tremendous skills. He often said they were the ones who made the business a success.

Despite an extremely busy life serving church, community and business, he was a good father and husband. He is survived by his wife Elaine, children and step children, Phillip (Jeniel) Harris, Margaret Ann (Eric) Southworth, Lelia (Brad) Allred, Joseph (Carolyn) Harris, Lloyd (Dorothy) Ruple, Bonnie (Dan) Zollinger, JoLynn (Steve) Hickman, and sisters Louise Egan and Lora Jean Cherry. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret, children and step children, Stephen Ray Harris, Rodney Ruple, and Clint Ruple, and a brother Fred Harris.

Funeral services are on Tuesday, May 25, at the Logan 1st Ward Chapel, 89 South 200 West, Logan. A viewing will be held Monday, May 24, from 6:00 – 7:30 PM at Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center St., Logan, and Tuesday at 10:30-11:30 AM at the church. Interment will be in the Logan Cemetery.