Brent Wadsworth Roberts Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Brent Wadsworth Roberts 67, passed away at his home in South Jordan, Utah on February 17, 2015. He was born in Boone, Iowa on August 3, 1947 to Norman Keith and Zella Wadsworth Roberts. As a child, Brent lived in California, Florida, Hawaii, and Kentucky, while his father pursued advanced degrees and taught in the field of Agricultural Economics. The family moved to Logan, Utah in 1957, when Keith joined the faculty at Utah State University. Brent attended Logan City schools, and graduated from Logan High School in 1965. After graduation, over the summer and fall of ‘65, he lived with his family in La Paz Bolivia. He returned to Logan to complete his freshman year at Utah State and then served a LDS mission to Brazil from 1967-1969. He finished a degree in Economics at USU in 1972. He married Beth Thompson in the Logan LDS Temple on September 7, 1972. They had four children: Jefferson, Auburn, Washington, Nicholas, (Amy) Riverton, Utah. Joanna, South Jordan, Utah and Kristina, (Coleman Ellis) Kansas City, Missouri. After finishing a Masters Degree in Experimental Psychology, Brent completed requirements to apply to veterinary school. He was accepted into the School of Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University in 1975. After graduating from CSU, Brent practiced in Orem and Salt Lake City prior to starting his own veterinary practice in Taylorsville, Utah in 1982. He operated West Lake Veterinary Hospital for 30 years, until his retirement in 2012. He loved and respected all creatures great and small. He was a skilled veterinarian, and found joy and satisfaction in using those skills to benefit his patients and through them, his clients. He was a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His faith was strong and his beliefs unwavering. He was one of a kind, unique, curious and independent. His mother called him a “pill” his wife called him “the least boring, most original man” she had ever known. He excelled at being a father and grandfather. He felt his greatest calling was doing his best for his family. He was a good son, brother, brother-in-law, uncle and friend. He was forgiving, nonjudgmental and gifted at being able to see positives and abilities in everyone. He is survived by his wife of 42 years Beth, his four children and seven amazing grandchildren: Anna, Camryn, Jack, Sophie, Maggie, Henry, and Oliver. A brother Roland K. Roberts, Knoxville, Tennessee, two sisters Maile Roberts Gray, Bakersfield, California, and Carol Roberts Peacock, Murphy, Texas, also his parents-in-law, Rex and Edna Thompson, Logan, Utah. He was preceded in death by his parents and his older brother Norman Bruce Roberts. Funeral services will be held on Monday February 23, at 11:00 am at the South Jordan Utah Stake Center, 2450 W. 10400 S. under the direction of Bishop Karl Hanson of the South Jordan First Ward. Visitation will be held at the church from 9:30 until 10:45 am prior to the funeral services. Interment will be in the Logan City Cemetery.

Brent Wadsworth Roberts

August 3, 1947 - February 17, 2015