Our beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Richard Norman Felt, died Sunday, October 6, 1991, at his home (Parklane Apartments) in Salt Lake City, of natural causes incident to age.
At the time of his death, Mr. Felt was a High Priest and member of the Colonial Hills First Ward, Hillside Stake of the LDS Church. He was a missionary for the Church from 1921 to 1923 in the Northwestern States, leaving from the 18th Ward of Ensign Stake. Upon his return he became a Stake Board member of the old Religion Class; was a Sunday School teacher, Sunday School president, Stake Sunday School board member, and held other similar positions. He was a counselor in the Branch Presidency at Billings, Montana (1937 to 1941). In earlier years, he was a member of a prominent vocal quartette with the late Harold Noall, Roy Utley and Vernon Jarman. He took the leading roles in Mutual plays and was one of the Gondoliers in the Civic Opera. He filled a Stake Mission in 1947, directed several ward choirs, and for 13 years was a member of the Tabernacle Choir.He was employed by Ford Motor Company and was District Credit Manager for Goodrich Rubber Company, when in 1933 he became a Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, and in 1935 became an Internal Revenue agent; then was transferred to Dallas, Texas, then to Billings, and in 1942, with his wife and two children, was transferred back to Salt Lake where he was assigned to various positions within IRS - one of which was Chief, District Conference Staff, in charge of all disputed tax cases in the Utah District. In 1964, Mr. Felt was assigned by the National Office of IRS to a task force to improve settlement procedures in disputed tax cases throughout the country. Obtaining firsthand information by touring most of the District Offices, he participated in recommendations accepted by the Treasury Department which materially improved settlement procedures at a substanially reduced cost for which he received a personal citation from the Secretary of Treasury and a silver plaque award with the signature of President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was a Certified Public Accountant, a member of the Utah Association of CPA's and in 1970 he retired from government service to become a tax consultant with the C.P.A. firm of Hansen, Barnett & Maxwell.
Born October 10, 1900, Salt Lake City, Utah, to George Francis and Louise Ellerbeck Felt. He married Jerda Peterson, of Richfield, Utah, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, June 1, 1927. Mrs. Felt passed away approximately one month prior to their 50th wedding anniversary.
He is survived by two married daughters, Marilyn Anderson and Francine Potter, both of Salt Lake; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Colonial Hills Ward, 1455 South 1700 East, Thursday, October 10th, at 12 noon, where friends may call one hour prior to services. Interment at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive, under the direction of Larkin Mortuary.
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