Kenneth D. Ault

4/6/1938 ~ 5/16/2008

Kenneth D. Ault died Friday, May 16, 2008, at Intermountain Medical Hospital, in Salt Lake City, due to complications from heart surgery. He was 70.He was born April 6, 1938, in Randolph, Utah to William and Mary Kiddy Ault (Poterola).

He was raised in Evanston and Green River, Wyoming, the third of four boys, later moved to Salt Lake City and graduated from Cyprus High School and Westminster College. Ken worked in manufacturing in Salt Lake as vice president, purchasing and cost accountant at Advanced Modular Manufacturing in Bluffdale.

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Ken married Audrey Vanderwaal, later divorced. He then married

Judy Hupka, love of his life, January 5, 1991, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ken "Sporty" was an avid fisherman, golfer and a University of Utah sports nut.

Survived by: wife, Judy; mother, Mary Poterola, 93; brother, Alton Ault, Kearns, Utah; daughters, Kandy (Rodney) Cook and Sherrie (Dale) Daniels, both of Beaver Dam, Arizona; son, David (Mindy), Magna, Utah; step-daughter, Tanya McCune, Salt Lake; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by: his father; stepfather, William Poterola; and brothers, James and Russell.

Services will be held Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 2 p.m. with a viewing one hour prior to service at Redwood Memorial Park, 6500 South Redwood Road, West Jordan, Utah. Interment will be at Redwood Memorial Cemetery.

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