Carvel Rex Shaffer

On the morning of January 12, 2019, our Sweetheart, Dad, Grandpa, and “Grandpa-Great,” passed away peacefully at home in Bountiful, Utah.  Carvel was the second child of four children born to Francis Lyman and Valeda Peterson Shaffer on September 1, 1937, in Logan, Utah.  He and his siblings had many wonderful years living and farming in Hyrum, Utah, and Winder, Idaho, where he learned the value of hard work and the “law of the harvest.”

Carvel met the love of his life, Bonnie, on a blind date in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the summer of 1960 and were sealed in the Logan Utah Temple on March 20, 1961.  Together they have seven children whom he loved with all his heart and supported through all their various and crazy activities that a large family brings. Carvel loves his family and always took the opportunity to share his testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  He always taught in a kind and loving way, especially by his example. 

Education was very important to Carvel.  He graduated from Preston High School, Utah State University, and the University of Utah Law School.  He loved practicing law, but more importantly loved serving others by using his talents and abilities as an attorney to help those in need.  He also loved his country and enjoyed serving his community as a member of the Utah State University Alumni Council, member of the Kiwanis Club, President of the Davis County Bar Association, President of the South Davis Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Northern Wasatch Homebuilders Association Board of Directors.

Carvel loved serving the Lord and was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints serving in a lifetime of callings.  He was blessed to serve as a missionary for the church three times.  Once as a young Elder in the East Central States Mission and twice with his sweet companion, Bonnie, in the New York, New York North Mission, and in the Palmyra New York Temple Mission.  For the past 20 years he served as an ordinance worker in both the Bountiful Utah Temple and Palmyra New York Temple.  He also served faithfully until the time of his passing as a Volunteer Assistant Recorder in the Bountiful Utah Temple.

Carvel is survived by his wife, Bonnie Jackson Shaffer, his children Scott & Julie Shaffer, Julie & Randy Stewart, Cathy & Benson Alder, Brenda & Bruce Hinckley, David & Wendy Shaffer, Mark & Rebecca Shaffer, Matthew & Krista Shaffer, 21 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, his siblings, Fred & Joann Shaffer, Karen & Glenn Larkin, Dan & Elaine Shaffer.  He is preceded in death by his parents. 

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 18, 2019, at the “A-Frame” Chapel, 1825 South 800 East, Bountiful, Utah.  A visitation will be held Thursday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Bountiful Russon Mortuary, 295 North Main, and Friday morning at the “A-Frame” Chapel from 9:45-10:45 a.m.  Interment, Bountiful City Cemetery. 

Thank you for teaching us to “Deal Justly, Judge Righteously, and Do Good Continually.”  We love you! 

In lieu of flowers please consider donating to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ Temple or Missionary Funds.