LaMark Jay Wignall returned to his heavenly home on Saturday, December 11, 2021 at the age of ninety-three.

Mark was born on February 4, 1928, in Salem, Utah, to Mark Elias and Mildred Lucille Warren Wignall.  He cherished Salem and her citizens. He loved the childhood years that he spent there.

After graduating from Spanish Fork High School, he served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Great Lakes Mission. He attended Brigham Young University where he graduated in Elementary Education. He taught school in Murray, Roosevelt, Kearns, Springville, and finished his career at Santaquin Elementary.

He joined the Army and served his allotted time at Fort Lewis, Washington.   It was here where he met and fell in love with, Cleo Allred. After their marriage in the Salt Lake Temple, they grew their family to include 6 children, 25 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren.

As much as Mark loved his students, he loved farming even more.  Standing out in the middle of a field, with his plow, would cause him to yell out with joy.  He reached for his dream, and retired from teaching, and went into the dairy farming business.  He owned farms in West Mountain, Utah and Hammond, New York.

He loved West Mountain, animals, guns, hunting, scouting, ukuleles, harmonicas, singing, bread and milk. But most of all he loved his family, and his Heavenly Father.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Cleo Allred, and his son David Wignall, and sister, Orpha Hanks. He was also preceded in death by his second wife, Anna Andrus Kempton.

He is survived by his children: Paul (Mary) Wignall, Christa (Neil) Bushman, Owen Wignall, Kyle (Stephanie) Wignall, and Amy (Renvic) Erickson, and by his sisters, Dorcas Long, Joan Evans and brother, John Shortt.

We would like to offer our gratitude for the loving kindness and Christ-like service that Maple Creek Hospice provided. Thank you, Heather, Riley and Chantell.  We would like to thank a dear friend, Dick Warnick for his attentive care and friendship towards our Dad.  Thank you also to his daughter Christa for her loving care and companionship in her home the past 5 months.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 17, 2021 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel, 789 Arrowhead Trail, Payson, Utah 84651. Family and friends will meet for a visitation from 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. prior to services.  Interment will be at the Payson City Cemetery.