Clyde Dallin Westwood
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Clyde Dallin Westwood

  • January 20, 1934 - April 20, 2011
  • Spring Lake, Utah
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“Just in case you did not get the one in the newspaper--I am sending it again here. Love Beth Dear Kaye and family, We saddened to just...Read More » ”
1 of 21 | Posted by: Beth and Dean - South Jordan, UT

“I will never forget the last time I saw Uncle Clyde in 2004. He had traveled to Oregon with a group of family members to celebrate my mother Wanda's...Read More » ”
2 of 21 | Posted by: Rose Westwood Merrick - Corvallis, OR

“all my brothers and i have very fond memories of clyde from our lives in long beach 3rd ward. one in particular for me was when we took a trip to...Read More » ”
3 of 21 | Posted by: David Rail - Provo, UT

“I met him at college and spent two years learning from Clyde, none of it in class , he would let me study from his book and take the test on his...Read More » ”
4 of 21 | Posted by: Derek habel - Spanish fork, UT

“Dear friends, The funeral was so nice! I loved being there and feeling the wonderful spirit. You will never "get over it" but likely you will "get...Read More » ”
5 of 21 | Posted by: Juanita Bushman - Orem, UT

“Dear Kaye: So sad to hear of your loss. Thanks for your dedication to the community. Tracy ”
6 of 21 | Posted by: Tracy Frandsen - Spanish Fork, UT

“My dad, Jay Ainge, considered Clyde his dear friend. I would love to see the happy reunion they are having and hear the stories they are telling. ...Read More » ”
7 of 21 | Posted by: Carlene Ainge Beckstrand - Meadow, UT

“I have fond memories of when I was young of Clyde and Dallin as our home teachers. What great bear stories Clyde could tell! Now as a parent, I...Read More » ”
8 of 21 | Posted by: Ronette Hofeling - Spring Lake, UT

“Dear Kaye, I am sorry that Miriam and I will not be able to attend Clyde's funeral. We send our deepest condolences at your loss. Clyde was a...Read More » ”
9 of 21 | Posted by: C. Jay Kindred - Island Park, ID

“Our deepest sympathy to you and your family during the passing of your father. You all will be in our prayers - Joe & Michelle Jenkins ”
10 of 21 | Posted by: Joe & Michelle Jenkins - Houston, TX

“Clyde's love of life and his his enduring love for his wife and children was always impressive to me. I don't ever recall Clyde being mad,...Read More » ”
11 of 21 | Posted by: Jim and Linda Kindred - UT

“Dad is someone on whom you could rely, an example to follow. He taught as a profession, yet lived as a teacher. Dad was a student of people and...Read More » ”
12 of 21 | Posted by: allen anae - laie, HI - ohana

“To the Kaye and family, What a pleasant way to remember Clyde by reading through his obituary. He was defintely a man of inspiration and I'm glad...Read More » ”
13 of 21 | Posted by: Chris Hall - Seattle, WA - friend

“Sorry to hear about Clyde, But i truly believe like you said, he now has wings. Here we are in Hawaii, a place i know you both loved. So i will send...Read More » ”
14 of 21 | Posted by: Lynette & Robert Zeeman - Laie, HI

“Tina, words can't express how i feel. I just got the text today. I know how close you were to your dad....I'm so sorry for your loss...Give my love...Read More » ”
15 of 21 | Posted by: bernadette grieves - friend

“Uncle Clyde was an inspiration to those who knew him. We shared memories of him with Estella at Mel's house on the 20th, the day he left us. I'm...Read More » ”
16 of 21 | Posted by: Nancy Neary - niece

“Whenever I think of Clyde a smile comes to my face. ”
17 of 21 | Posted by: Andrea Larsen - Maryville, TN

“Oh, Kaye! Years ago, when we were traveling about working for the State PTA, you talked to me about your husband. How very much you loved him! I have...Read More » ”
18 of 21 | Posted by: Susan Barber - Spanish Fork, UT

“Dear Kaye and Family, Bonnie and I wish to extend our love and condolences at the passing of your beloved Clyde Dallin Westwood, our dear friend. ...Read More » ”
19 of 21 | Posted by: Rex and Bonnie Pinegar - UT

“Kaye, We will all truly miss Clyde,but we cannot feel life's losses without first feeling the blessings of its fullness. Clyde was an example of a...Read More » ”
20 of 21 | Posted by: Linda Renzello - Payson, UT

“"God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be. So He put His arms around you and whispered "come to me." With tearful eyes we watched you, and...Read More » ”
21 of 21 | Posted by: Paula & Sisi Muti - Friends


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Clyde Dallin Westwood traded in his “hot wheels” for wings on the morning of Wednesday, April 20, 2011. He was born to Ida Blake and Neil Westwood in Moab, Utah, on January 20, 1934 – the seventh of nine children.

Clyde lived with his family in Moab through the age of 12. In his own words, he “grew up doing all the things a boy would want to do – hunting, fishing, hiking, riding horses, and swimming at the Power Dam.” As a young man, his family moved to Spanish Fork, Utah, where, at the age of 17, he would first make contact with a stunning young woman from Springville by the name of Kaye Thatcher. For a fellow who spent a lifetime teaching, Clyde didn’t care much for formal education in his youth. At the age of 16, he dropped out altogether and took a job as a section hand on the railroad project in Spanish Fork Canyon. Two years later, he joined the Air Force, where he was trained to be an aircraft mechanic. While stationed at Mather Air Force Base in California, he took night classes and completed his high school diploma. Shortly thereafter, he was involved in a serious accident that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. While rehabbing from this accident, Clyde’s brother taught him the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Over the course of his life, participation and service in the church brought him much joy.

Clyde married the love of his life, Kaye Thatcher, for time and all eternity on August 25, 1955, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together, they raised six children – one homemade and five “store bought.”

Clyde recognized the need to improve himself through education, and enrolled at the University of California – Long Beach in 1956. Six years later, armed with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management, he took a position teaching business classes at the Church College of Hawaii. His first year there, he and Kaye served as dorm parents to 100 college girls who still love him dearly. Clyde taught at CCH for 11 years, rising to the position of Department Head. While in Hawaii, he also earned a masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Hawaii. In 1973, he moved his family to Spring Lake, Utah. He took a job teaching business classes at Utah Technical College where he spent the remaining 19 years of his career. Clyde’s life mission was to serve as a teacher and mentor. In his patriarchal blessing, he was told that people from all over the earth would come to learn wisdom at his feet. That promise was literally fulfilled.

Clyde served a full-time LDS mission with his wife in the California San Jose Mission from 1989-1990. He was called to serve as bishop of shortly thereafter. He served faithfully in numerous church callings throughout the course of his life. He was a generous and charitable man, teaching hundreds of young men to work and supporting countless missionaries in the field.

Clyde is survived by his wife, Kaye, and children: Estella Namahoe, Portland, Oregon; Dallin (Janet), Spring, Texas; David (Kristin), Ogden, Utah; Ken (Beckee), Bluffdale, Utah; Susan Woodhouse, Spring Lake, Utah; Tina Westwood, Pendleton, Oregon. He is “gramps” to 24 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren and countless others who call him pop, dad, uncle and grandpa. He is also survived by two sisters and five brothers.

A viewing will be held Monday, April 25, 2011, at Walker Mortuary (587 South 100 West, Payson, Utah) from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Please join us in celebrating his remarkable life at funeral services scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at the Mt. Nebo LDS Stake Center (608 West 1400 South Payson, Utah). Friends and family may call from 9:45 to 10:45 that morning. Interment will take place following the funeral services at Evergreen Cemetery in Springville, Utah with Military Rites accorded by the American Legion, Dist. #4.