Udell McKay Larsen Obituary (1916 - 2011)

Udell McKay Larsen (95) born 5 January 1916, Mt Pleasant, Utah; passed away peacefully in his home in Alamo, CA on Monday 28 November 2011.Udell was the 9th of 10 children of George Washington Larsen and Petra Eliza Lund. His childhood was spent in Centerfield, and the Sugarhouse Area of Salt Lake City, attending South HS and University of Utah. He served in WWII in the 8th Army Air Force as a Signal Corps Radio Technician where he had the honor of installing the latest radio equipment then riding in the planes of General Eisenhower, General Doolittle and the famous band leader, Glen Miller. Upon returning from England he married Laura(el) Elaine Logie on the 29th of March, 1946 and had two sons Randall and Kim. He enjoyed a 38 year career with the Federal Aviation Administration as an electronics engineer mainly at San Francisco International Airport and Long Beach Area. He oversaw the safety and installed instrument landing systems and radar in the towers at many of the western states airports. In his retirement years he and his wife who was a retired nurse had a daycare in their home and cared for many children, including their granddaughter Jenny.Udell enjoyed Big Band music and the Mills Brothers, dancing the fox trot and the waltz, eating pot roast, sweet and sour prawns with wonton soup, most of all he loved his family and all children. Udell was patient, thoughtful, cheerful, dependable, resourceful and happiest when he was helping others. He was a good friend, husband, father and grandfather. He is remembered and loved dearly by his numerous nieces and nephews in the Larsen and Logie families. His life was the result of living by the motto “Just do the best you can.”He is preceded in death by his parents and siblings and his son, Randall. He is survived by son, Kim McKay Larsen (Kari), Robin Larsen, grand children; Kim McKay Larsen II, Tamara (James) West, and great grand children; Emma and Lily West of Las Vegas, Jane Liu, granddaughter and daughter of Randall; Jennifer Liu Larsen of Danville, CA, Ohan Nuygen of Hawaii, Kari Larsen and step grand children; Joseph, Jack Randall Jr., Kimberly, Kaycee and Karlee Rader of Las Vegas.Graveside service will be at Elysian Gardens in Salt Lake City, UT, Wednesday, December 21st at 1 p.m. where he will be interred next to his wife and son. A memorial service will be held at the LDS Chapel on Stone Valley Road in Alamo, CA, on Tuesday December 27th at 10 a.m.For more information email kimmlarsen@gmail.com