LaMon Perkes

Leo LaMon Perkes, age 94 of Hyde Park, completed his mortal journey on September 29, 2026, returning to his Heavenly Parents and his beloved wife, Anna Jean.

LaMon is survived by his brothers, Ferron, Joe, and Lynn; his children, Kenneth (wife, Jennifer) Georgetown, Kentucky; Scott (wife, Becky) Smithfield, Utah; David (wife, Linda) Biloxi, Mississippi; Brent (wife, Brenda) Lakewood, Colorado; Karen (husband, Kevin Hawkes) Gorham, Maine; Brian (wife, Misty) Idaho Falls, Idaho; Linda (husband, Dolan Erickson) Smithfield, Utah; 35 grandchildren and 67 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Anna Jean, his parents, his sisters, Clarice, Darlene, and Mary, and 2 grandchildren, Adam and Natasha Perkes.

LaMon was born on February 23, 1932 in the family home in Hyde Park, Utah to Leo Daines and Ordis Waite Perkes being the third child and first son in a family of seven children (Clarice, Darlene, LaMon, Mary, Ferron, Joe, and Lynn).

LaMon grew up in that same family home in Hyde Park. Being the oldest son, LaMon learned how to work hard on the family dairy farm and developed many skills under the tutelage of his father and grandfather. He also learned to hunt and enjoyed many years of both deer and pheasant hunting with his father, brothers, and sons. LaMon also enjoyed fishing right up to the final years of his life.

Athletics and athletic competition were an important part of LaMon’s life and brought him great joy. He participated in many sports but excelled in both basketball and baseball. He played on his school teams in both junior high and high school and was captain of his high school basketball team. When he was fifteen, he played shortstop for the Smithfield American Legion Jr. League. At sixteen he was recruited to play on the Hyde Park adult men’s baseball team in the Cache Valley League. Even in his nineties, LaMon could recap most of those games in great detail and put a smile on his family members’ faces as they saw his competitive delight.

LaMon continued his love of sports by playing church ball. He was a most patient coach for his older, less talented, son’s little league teams. He also enjoyed many competitive games of basketball with his sons and grandsons.

LaMon attended North Cache High School and along with sports found success in Future Farmers of America, where he was awarded a calf by the Salt Lake Tribune.

Notwithstanding these accolades, LaMon’s most important accomplishment during his high school years (and, indeed, during his lifetime), was to meet and win the heart of Anna Jean Bair. When LaMon was a senior and Anna Jean was a sophomore, they began dating and thus began a great love story.

LaMon courted Anna Jean for three very enjoyable years and they were married for time and all eternity in the Logan Temple on September 12, 1952. LaMon was 20 and Anna Jean was 18 years old.

Following high school, LaMon enrolled at Utah State University, majoring in dairy husbandry. He also became a member of the ROTC.

LaMon and Anna Jean’s first home was humble by just about any standard. It was a small worn wood structure with one door and one window in the front. It had been abandoned for six years and did not have indoor plumbing. Nonetheless, with the help of his Dad, LaMon and Anna Jean worked hard to fix it up and make it a lovely and memorable place to begin their family. That family came quickly, with their first son joining them just over a year into their marriage.

In June of 1954, Lamon graduated from Utah State University with a B.S. in Dairy Science. As a member of the ROTC, he received a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps of the Army.

LaMon’s military service required two years of active duty. He was assigned to Fort Lee, Virginia. Thus, LaMon, Anna Jean, and their newborn son, moved to Virginia where LaMon attended officer training school and continued in his military service. He was later assigned to Camp A. P. Hill in Bowling Green, Virginia, and a second son joined the family. This time in the military service was a most formative and wonderful experience for these newlyweds who had never lived outside of Cache Valley nor away from their families.

While in Virginia, LaMon experienced great growth with heavy responsibilities in both his army career and in service in the small branch of his church. Both LaMon and Anna Jean made good friends and expanded their world through this opportunity.

At about this same time, Anna Jean developed asthma and would have many health difficulties from that point throughout their marriage. In all of this, LaMon was her constant support and he has always counted it a privilege to help Anna Jean through some of her serious mortal trials.

After completing his military duty, LaMon took a position with Utah State and helped manage their dairy. LaMon and Anna Jean’s family continued to grow and they soon had four sons and one daughter.

In 1967, LaMon was selected to manage the largest cooperative dairy farm in Utah, and during the summer of 1969 the family moved to Minersville, Utah, to take on this challenging role. This move was formative for the entire family and created even greater unity. Once again, life-long friendships were formed and LaMon and Anna Jean had some great--though sometimes challenging--experiences in Southern Utah. While in Minersville, two additional children--a son and a daughter--joined the family.

During 1973, Lamon and Anna Jean and their family moved back to Hyde Park so that LaMon could take over his father’s dairy farm with his brother, Joe. Lamon and Joe were partners and they worked together managing this farm during the remainder of LaMon’s working career.

LaMon has been an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints his entire life. One constant in his life has been his service to God. He did all that he was asked to do. He served gratefully in many capacities in the Church, from scout master to bishop. In his advancing years, he was called as the stake patriarch. In this calling, LaMon enjoyed serving with Anna Jean at his side, as she helped prepare the blessings that he was privileged to pronounce. LaMon was able to give 469 patriarchal blessings not only to many within his stake, but also to many of his grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Anna Jean and LaMon also served as missionaries in the Cove Fort Mission in 2000, an experience that they greatly loved, giving them opportunities to share their testimony with many people.

LaMon served in the temple until age 93 and then went almost weekly until a few weeks before his death.

Throughout LaMon’s life, he experienced many of the hallmarks of success. Nonetheless, he would always say that his greatest accomplishment and greatest mortal blessing--after being married to Anna Jean--was his family.

No one who knew LaMon could doubt his love and commitment to God and to his family. It was his world.

LaMon and Anna Jean loved to gather their children whenever they could. They enjoyed camping, cruises, and reunions with them. One of the cherished family traditions in their later years was a reunion known as the Altamont reunion--held every three years in a beautiful and massive lodge in Altamont, Utah. Each of those amazing reunions was documented with a family photo. Those increasingly sprawling family photos proudly adorned the halls of LaMon and Anna Jean’s home. LaMon took two of those photos (the last one in which Anna Jean attended and the last reunion) to his final home in Legacy House.

On August 11, 2018, Anna Jean, his companion of 65 years, completed her mortal journey. LaMon spoke at her funeral and from that time forth looked forward to his reunion with Anna Jean. Nevertheless, Lamon lived an additional eight years as a widower.

LaMon enjoyed good health right up into his nineties and was able to live in his home, garden, fish with his fishing buddies, attend the temple, and preside over his growing posterity.

At the age of 93, LaMon chose to move into Legacy House, a residential care facility in Logan where he could receive greater care. He lived there up to his death and found joy in his last home. He made many friends with both residents and staff. Carrying on his love to compete, he looked forward every Monday to the cornhole competition and frequently brought home the traveling trophy.

Those who were privileged to know LaMon, knew him as a quiet, gentle, and humble man. And yet, this man, whose final resting place is but a few blocks from where he was born, has had a rippling impact throughout the world! He has created a legacy of faith and service that has inspired and impacted his family which now numbers 148. In his posterity, there have come numerous missionaries, church leaders, and productive citizens who have touched lives for good on almost every continent and clime.

Right up to his final hours and days, LaMon was profoundly grateful and full of love for the Lord and for his family. In a weakened voice, in his last message to his family, he proclaimed words that were already well known to them: “I have had a good life” and “a good family that will continue in the eternities.” His final words were expressions of love and gratitude for that good family.

To his posterity, LaMon is a remarkable example of faith, love, and enduring to the end. He will continue to lead and guide his growing family.

The family would like to thank the caring and dedicated staff at Legacy House who gave LaMon so much love in his final days of mortality.

A viewing will be held on Friday, October 9th from 6-8 p.m. at Allen Mortuary of North Logan, 1800 North 420 East, North Logan. A viewing will be held on Saturday, October 10th from 9:00-10:30 a.m. at the Hyde Park Center Street Church, 65 East Center, Hyde Park. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Hyde Park Center Street Church. Interment will be in the Hyde Park Cemetery.

Memories and condolences may be shared and expressed at www.allenmortuaries.com.