Richard Lauren Forscutt 1929 ~ 2011
Richard Lauren Forscutt, Sr., 81, of Orem, passed away July 22, 2011 at his home in Orem, Utah. He was born September 3, 1929 in Santa Monica, California, to Charles Zenus and Ella Jespersen Forscutt. He spent his early years and was educated in Santa Monica and graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1947. He attended UC Berkeley and graduated from Santa Monica Community College. He was in the US Naval Reserve for eight years. He was in aerospace engineering for Hughes, Honneywell and TRW Aircraft for 25 years and then was a Clinical Engineer at UCLA Medical Center until his retirement in 1992. He married Gloria Jean Erlene Johnson on June 21, 1975 in the Los Angeles LDS Temple. He had also lived in West Los Angeles, and after their marriage, lived in Torrance and Van Nuys, California prior to moving to Orem in 1994. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served on the Stake High Council, in a ward bishopric, as a stake missionary and was in the High Priest group leadership. He was politically conservative and a great believer in the U.S. Constitution. He was a caring husband and loving father who loved camping in the Sierras and teaching his sons how to fish. He is survived by his wife Gloria of Orem, sons: Jay (Emily) Forscutt of Nephi, UT; Richard (Melinda) Forscutt, Jr. of Flower Mound, Texas; Christian (Elizabeth) Forscutt of Ringgold, Georgia; 10 grandchildren; a brother Robert (Honora) Forscutt of Oakland, Calif. Funeral services will be Friday, July 29, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lakeview LDS Stake Center, 400 W. 1800 S. in Orem; where friends may visit with the family from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Orem City Cemetery. Online condolences may be extended to the family at www.walkerfamilymortuary.com Arrangements are by Walker Sanderson Funeral Home in Orem.