Reed Stewart Roberts

SMITHFIELD, UTAH: Reed Stewart Roberts, 86, passed
away Sunday, November 12, 2006 at the Logan Regional
Hospital.
Reed was born November 14, 1919 in Salt Lake City Utah
to Benjamin Henry and Loye Stewart Roberts. He
attended Whittier Elementary School in Salt Lake City,
Utah and then attended third through sixth grade at
the Woodruff Elementary School in Logan. He graduated
from Logan Junior High, Logan High School (1937) and
Utah State University with B.S. (1942) and M.S (1947)
degrees. He also worked on his PhD at University of
Utah and University of Kansas.
He married Marie Pendrey Roberts in the Logan Temple,
Logan, Utah on August 6, 1947. Reed served in the US
Army's Asian theatre as an Entomological Technician
during WWII. He was stationed in the Philippines, with
the 40th Malaria Survey Unit. Reed's expertise in this
area was indispensable in his later role at USU as an
extension entomologist.
From 1954-1960, Reed was employed as a Sanitarian for
the Utah State Department of Health where he covered
Cache, Rich and Box Elder Counties. In 1960, Reed
retired from the Army Reserve as a captain in the
Medical Service Corps.
In 1963-1964 he participated in a Peace Corps program
at USU for Morocco, Iran and Venezuela. He attended a
training program at Peace Corps headquarters in
Washington, DC. This same year, Reed was nominated as
one offive finalists for the USU professor of the Year
Award. He was chosen as the recepient of the
Pickett-Webb award as the Sanitarian of the Year by
the Utah Association of Sanitarians. He wrote a
section on biological science for an elementary school
teacher's manual, Science for First Grade, published
by USU. He was also co-author with three other USU
professors of Principles of Biology Laboratory
Exercises which was published by USU. He was co­author
of School Health Supplement (course material for USU
course on Public Health) and Laboratory Experiments in
Elementary Bacteriology. Both were published by USU.
At USU, Reed taught Bacteriology, Public Health,
School Health, and General Entomology. In the later
years of his career he worked at Utah State University
as an Extension Entomologist. He retired from Utah
State University June 30, 1984 after 24 years as a
teacher and an Extension Entomologist.
He was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints where he served in many callings. He
and his wife, Marie served a mission at the Employment
Center in Logan. At the time of his death he was a
home teacher in the Smithfield Tenth Ward. Reed loved
gardening at the family's cabin at Bear Lake, visiting
with his friends and neighbors, and most of all, the
times his family was together. He was delighted when
the grandchildren shared their college textbooks with
him and would read them cover to cover. He studied
French, Spanish, German, philosophy and math and had
fun challenging his grandchildren to figure out how
much they weighed in kilograms. He worked as a
Literacy Volunteer for the Logan Library, as a member
of the Logan City Tree Board, judged 4H projects, and
worked with many Scouts on their merit badges.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Marie Pendrey
Roberts and his children, Louan (Burke) Christensen,
Jim (Barb) Roberts, Linda (Jeff) Champlin and John
(Sandi) Roberts, 19 amazing grandchildren and 5
beautiful great grandchildren. He is also survived by
one niece, Karen Pendrey.
Reed was preceded in death by his parents, his
brother-in-law, LeGrand Pendrey.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 16th
at 12:00 pm in the Smithfield 10th Ward chapel, 350
East 300 South. There will be a viewing Wednesday
evening from 6-8 pm and at the church on Thursday from
10:30 - 11:30 am. Interment will be in the Logan City
Cemetery with military honors by the American Legion.
In lieu of flowers, those wishing to, are encouraged
to make a donation to the Stokes Nature Center
Endowment Fund in memory of Reed Roberts at PO Box
4204, Logan, Utah 84323 or by calling Jen at the
Stokes Nature Center, 755-3239. Condolences and
memories may be sent to the family at
www.allenmortuaries.net