Scott Cannon Holmgren, 22 March 1947
BEAR RIVER CITY – Scott Cannon Holmgren, 54, PASSED AWAY February 25, 2002 of natural causes at his home in Bear River City. He was born march 22, 1947 in Salt Lake City, the son of Lynne Stuart and Mary Merle Cannon Holmgren. He married Glori Welling June 20, 1975 in the Logan Temple. They later divorced.
Scott grew up in Bear River City and graduated from Box Elder High School. He graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and went onto get his MBA at the University of Utah. He served in the National Guard.
He was an insurance broker for Home Life of New York, had managed Belmont Hot Springs for 19 years, was a ski instructor for Beaver Mountain and farmed in Bear River City on the family farm. He was an entrepreneur and started many businesses, including the Red Claw and the tropical fish hatchery at Belmont Springs.
His hobbies were skiing, snowboarding and golfing. He loved horses, music, telling a good joke and pulling pranks. He was a talented writer and was a member of a local writer’s club. He loved to draw and did many pieces of art work of his children. He was a hard worker.
He was an Elder in the Bear River First Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served a mission in Sydney, Australia, served as a ward clerk in the Elder’s Quorum presidency and taught Sunday School in the Fielding/Hampton Ford Ward where he resided for 19 years.
He is survived by his mother, mary Merle (Dwight) Anderson, Bear River City; his children: Britany Lyn Holmgren, Fielding; Darcie Jo (Kody) Merritt, Murray; Harmony Glori Holmgren, Salt Lake City; Cannon Scott Holmgren, Fielding; Abbey Sky Holmgren, Fielding; two grandchildren: Hayden Kelsie Merrit and Halli Lyn Mueller; sisters: Shauna Lyn (John R.) Oyler, Newport Beach, CA; Suzanne (Mike) Kessler, Sandy, UT; and Shelly (Robert) Backer, Lafayette, CA.
He was preceded in death by his father, Lynne Stuart Holmgren.
Funeral services will be held March 2, 2002 at the Bear River LDS Church, Bear River City, UT. Interment will be in the Bear River City Cemetery.