Douglas Aaron Whitear

Douglas Aaron Whitear – eldest son, brother, and uncle….

Douglas Aaron Whitear, 62, died Sunday, February 24, 2019 in Farmington, Utah from natural causes after suffering and struggling with a long battle from a severe and chronic form of depression and anxiety for 48+ years.

He was born June 1, 1956 in Provo, Utah, the eldest son of parents Glenn and Betty Whitear of Bountiful, Utah.

Doug was very active in Scouting and achieved the rank of Star Scout and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  His hobbies included skiing, camping, working on cars, and philosophizing about various aspects of life.

He graduated from Viewmont High School in 1974 and attended Utah State University for two years when anxiety stopped his schooling.  His major was in Psychology.

Doug worked as a printer, a miner, a chemical plant worker and an oil refinery worker in western Wyoming.  Subsequently, he traveled through northern Wyoming and northern Utah, as he said, "like a bohemian painter" searching for scenery to paint.

Even with his extreme challenges, he became an accomplished artist and painted many oil paintings of beautiful mountain scenes, floral designs, still life, and portraits.  He also wrote many manuscripts and successfully published one….a book of science fiction adventure and intrigue called The Weak and the Strong.  It was published by Vantage Press, Inc. in New York City in 2008.

Doug loved all of his family, especially his best friend and Dad, Glenn Whitear of whom he had a very close bond with.  Dad helped and encourage Doug all through some very difficult and trying years of managing an unmanageable mental illness.  No matter how difficult Doug's health challenges became, he never gave up even though he may have wanted to.

Doug had patience, great endurance, at times a good sense of humor and was very generous with his very limited means to others around him who needed money for food or clothing.  He was sensitive to those who also had struggles as he did.
                                          

Doug is survived by his parents, Glenn and Betty Whitear of Bountiful, Utah and his sisters, Christine Whitear Schumann, Layton, Utah; Karen Johnson (Dan Burnside), Woods Cross, Utah; and Sandra Kaye Olson (R. Lynn), Bountiful, Utah; and nephews and nieces.

    Preceded in death by his younger brother, Scott Aaron Whitear; brother-in-law, ElRay M. Schumann; and grandparents, Loris and Pearl Whitear (Ogden and Peterson, Utah) and John and Helen Aaron (Evanston, Wyoming).

Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 4, 2019 at 11:00 AM at the LDS Bountiful, Utah 53rd Ward – 650 East 1400 North, Bountiful.  Family and friends may call on Monday, March 4, 2019 at the Bountiful, Utah 53rd Ward from 10:00 to 10:45 AM for a viewing and family prayer before the funeral services.

Our son, brother, and uncle has been released from a life of pain and suffering, and is back into the arms of his Heavenly Father, his younger brother, his brother-in-law and sweet and dear grandparents and aunt and uncles.  We thank our Father in Heaven for His great mercy.

Thank you, Doug forever for being our son and brother and for the things you taught us about enduring to the end and your kind example of helping others in need.  We love you and will miss you, but we know we will all be reunited together again as a forever family!