Dale Vern Coy

Dale Vern Coy was born on May 19, 1933 in Ogden Utah to Vern and Vonda Coy.  Dale passed peacefully at home of natural causes on June 29, 2022 at age 89.  He lived most of his youth in South Weber in the home his father had built on the South Weber/Riverdale border. He graduated from Weber County High School in May of 1951.  Dale’s faith in God directed every aspect of his life.  As a young man, Dale served honorably in the Great Lakes Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  Dale loved his country, and voluntarily enlisted in the US Army.  He met his sweet wife, Joanne Elizabeth Silver while stationed at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.  They dated and were engaged to be married in August of 1956.  Dale was deployed to Alaska with the Army, postponing their wedding to May 10, 1958 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Dale and Joanne had a personal letter from LDS Church President David O. McKay, authorizing a short interval between their wedding and subsequent sealing in the Salt Lake Temple on May 23, 1958.  After his Army service, Dale studied accounting at Brigham Young University, graduating in 1961.  Dale and his young family moved to California for work with CALPAK and later the IRS, until moving back to Utah in 1972.  Dale worked for 30 years with the IRS before retiring in 1994.

Dale has a passion for radio communications and aviation.  He earned his amateur radio license at age 18, and was certified for over 50 years.  He has a collection of postcards from all around the world, exchanged with his ham radio contacts.  At age 43, Dale used the GI bill and took a side job pumping gas at the Ogden Municipal airport to fund his own flying lessons.  Dale earned an instrument rated commercial pilots’ certificate, and flew small single engine aircraft as often as time and circumstance would allow.

Dale and Joanne served as employment specialist missionaries locally, helping others find joy and financial peace through meaningful work.

Dale was preceded in death by his parents, Vern and Vonda Coy and one great grandchild, Charles Wilson.

Dale is survived by his eternal companion, Joanne Coy, four siblings Keith (Daylene), Lynn (Judy deceased), Carol (Morris deceased), and Bruce (Carolyn deceased) five children, David, Shirley, Brian (Robin), John, and James (April), eleven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.  He loved all of his extended family members.

Special thanks to Nicci, Jenny, and the Valeo Hospice team for their compassionate service given to our Dad.

Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at the West Point 6th Ward, 800 North 3300 West, West Point, Utah.  A viewing will be held on Tuesday July 5, 2022 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Myers Mortuary, 5865 S. 1900 W., Roy, Utah, and prior to funeral services from 11:30-12:30 at the church.

Interment at the Hooper City Cemetery.

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