Darrel Gordon Piepgrass of Salem, Utah passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 5. He was 90-years old. He was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. After being a truck driver across Canada for years, he decided to go back to school. He moved to Utah and earned a bachelor’s degree in social work at B.Y.U. He then went on to complete a master’s degree in social work at the University of Utah. When he retired, he was the director of the Utah Juvenile detention centers south of the point of the mountain to the Arizona border.

He was active all his life and enjoyed hunting, fishing, bike riding, and driving. He could fix most anything around the house. He loved reading and taking walks. Primarily, he enjoyed spending time with his family.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Maureen, his son Gordon, and son-in-law Russ. He is survived by his daughters Cheryl (Larry), LeeAnn, Wendy, Suzanne (Jared), stepchildren Julie (Mark) and Cory, (Michelle) and his many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be held at Walker Funeral Home in Spanish Fork on Saturday, April 9. A viewing will be held at 10:30 then the funeral at 11:00. On Monday April 11 a small graveside service will be held in Blanding at 1:30.

Funeral Service will be live-streamed. To view, please come back to this page shortly before 11:00 a.m. on Saturday morning and click on the link:

Please click on the following link for a live broadcast of the funeral service:

https://youtu.be/zYu1nrCLDBY