Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother, Arza A. Hinckley, completed his earthly mission on February 16, 1992 at age 81.
He was born June 26, 1910 in Hinckley, Utah to Alonzo A. and Rose May Robison Hinckley. He was the 11 of 14 children. The family moved to Salt Lake City in 1921 where Arza attended local schools and the University of Utah. He filled an LDS mission to the Northwestern States, 1933-35. He married Erma Taysom, June 26, 1935 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They became the parents of two sons and six daughters.Arza was a prominent Utah rancher and businessman. He served for 30 years as a board member and President of the Utah Farm Production Credit Association. He was named as Conservation Farmer of the Year for the State of Utah. He has the distinction for having brought the first registered herd of Black Angus cattle into the State of Utah where it flourished and eventually provided stock for ranches in many areas of the United States and The Philippines.
In addition to his ranching business, Arza served on the Salt Lake City School Board. He gave life-long service to the LDS Church, as president of the Ensign Stake, president of the Alaskan-Canadian Mission, and many years as Stake Patriarch and sealer in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Arza was instrumental in the acquisition and transfer to the LDS Church, for restoration, of the old Cove Fort in Millard County.
Arza loved life. He loved his home and family. He loved his Church. He loved people. He loved the land, animals, trees, and every living thing. He will be sorely missed by all those who knew and loved him.
He is survived by his wife; and children, Jessie H. Milligan and husband, Don; Alonzo A.
Hinckley and wife, Stephanie; JoAnn H. Peirce and husband, Earle; Harold T. Hinckley and wife Diane; Jean H. Howell and husband, Rex; Susan H Thomas and husband, John; Louise H. Crosby and husband, Richard; Kay H. Cannon and husband, Ned; 49 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one brother, Rulon T. Hinckley; six sisters, Susannah H. Palmer, Angeline H. Solomon, Ethel H. Irvine, Nellie H. Jones, Beulah H. Rose, and Zina H. Ashton. He is preceded in death by two brothers, Benjamin Hinckley and Harold Hinckley; and four sisters, Lois Hinckley, Afton H. Badger, Mable H. Burgoyne, and Mary H.
Craven; and one grandson, Steven Peirce.
Funeral services Thursday, February 20, 1 p.m., Ensign Stake Center, 589 East 18th Avenue. Friends may call at the Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple, Wednesday evening 6-8 p.m., and at the stake center Thursday, 12-12:45 p.m. Interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery.
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