Eugene Baker Ostler, age 70, died in West Valley City, Utah Wednesday October 9, 2002.
Born June 26, 1932 in Ogden, Utah to Steven Lovell and Margaret Pearl Baker Ostler.
He attended grade school in Morgan, Utah. Later, he moved to Salt Lake City where he went to Bryant Junior High School and graduated from East High School. He attended BYU, as well as the U of U. He worked as a substitute math teacher in the Jordan School District. For some time, he worked at Hill Field in Clearfield, Utah. He loved to travel and traveled all over the U.S.A. He loved nature and hiking in the mountains. He was interested and knowledgeable in many subjects, including, geography, math, geology, and science. He was a scholar of life and religion.
Eugene served in the U.S. Army, 1952-1954 during the Korean conflict, and was on the front lines when the war ended. He was a member of the DAV.
Eugene was meek, sensitive, compassionate, and unpretentious. Truly you could say he was a man without guile.
Eugene is survived by his beloved wife, Jean; two brothers and two sisters, Louise O. Hansen, Holladay, Utah, Lynn B. Ostler, Layton, Utah, Marjorie O. Winward, Orem, Utah, Newell B. Ostler, Orem, Utah He is preceded in death by an older brother, Stephen B. Ostler.
Services will be Wed. Oct. 16, 2002, 11 a.m., LDS Academy Park Ward chapel, 4605 W. Westpoint Dr. (4610 S.). Friends may call Tues. 6-8 p.m., Larkin Mortuary, 260 E. South Temple and 9:45-10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment, Ogden City Cemetery.