Rulon Duncan Hogan

He was born in Abraham, Utah, Millard County March 22, 1029 to Donald and Margaret Ann Duncan Hogan. After the death of his mother in 1918, his father moved the family of eight children to West Jordan. He graduated from Jordan High School in 1929. He married Mary LaFay Rasmussen on October 23, 1940 in the Salt Lake temple. He and his brothers owned and operated a dairy farm in West Jordan until May 1955. At that time he and his brothers, Clyde and Leland moved their farming operation to the ranch at Stockton, Utah. Rulon was a farmer all his life, from boyhood days where he learned farming skills from his father, to farming with his brothers until his retirement in 1975. He and his wide served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Arizona Holbrook Mission 1976-77, and in the Texas Dallas Mission 1979-80. After the death of his wide July 13, 1988, he married Viola Stephens Gilbert November 27, 1993, and he has resided in Magna since that time. he has served in many callings of the church ans served as chorister for many years. He mostly loved being a teacher in the Sunday School. He has a firm testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he bore his testimony often.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife LaFay, four sisters and three brothers. He is survived by his wife Viola; three daughters, Laurel (Richard) Young, Mary Ann (Bill) Embry, Patsy (Bradley) Peterson; 15 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren, four brothers, Clyde Hogan, Eric Hogan, Vern Finlayson, Heber Hogan; three sisters, Ruth Parry, Margaret Rideout, Wilma Mello.