John Jeppson

Very Tender Tarzan
John Wilbur Jeppson was born in a log cabin with a dirt floor in Cardston, Canada on March 4, 1926 to Rulon Wilbur and Rubie (Parrish) Jeppson.
He graduated from Granite High in Holladay where he worked on their family dairy farm.
Dad joined the US Navy during World War II, then attended BYU before serving an LDS mission to Kalaupapa Molokai, HI where he gained a great love for the people and the islands.
He graduated with a business degree from BYU after his mission and became a salesman for NCR and several other companies before working for the Clearfield Job Corps.
Dad was a Boy Scout leader in the Roy 6th Ward where he also served as Bishop. He sang with the Men of Song choir for many years; he volunteered at the Ogden and Bountiful Temples for over 20 years.
He was a bird watcher and loved nature but his highest priorities were his wife, family and love for his Savior, Jesus Christ.
Dad married his BYU sweetheart Charmaine Iva Matson in the Salt Lake Temple. After raising their seven children, they moved to Farmington to be near his widowed mother and siblings.
Surviving loved ones: wife, children, Robin (Jim) Pettett, Susan (Bob) Wood, Cindy, Carol (Scott) Balaich, Jacob (Shauna), Chris, and Elizabeth (Dee) Huber; 21 grandchildren and 17 great-grand-children; siblings Lynne (Jerry) Godfrey, Dave (June) and Barbara (Nolan) Robison; sister-in-law Helen (deceased brother Bruce).
Viewing Wednesday, June 6th from 6-8 p.m. at Russon Brothers Mortuary, 1941 North Main, Farmington; and on Thursday, June 7th from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at LDS Oakridge Farms Ward, 1988 South 350 East, Kaysville, Utah. Funeral services at the ward house after the viewing, beginning at 11 a.m. Interment in Brigham City Cemetery.