Robert Faris Feland III (Bob) died on September 15, 2022 at the age of 80 years after a brief but intense battle with multiple forms of cancer. He is survived by his wife Linda Lee Barnes Feland whom he married on November 1, 1971, and his 5 children; Jodene Smith, Brent Feland, Robert Feland IV, Adam Feland, and Sarah Millward. Robert is also survived by his Brothers Tom Feland, George Feland, and his Sister Leanta Diaz. Robert and Linda were sealed together for time and all eternity in the Manti Utah Temple on August 31, 1976 and there are few examples of a man who was as in love and devoted to his wife as he was.

Bob was born on March 31, 1942, in Long Beach Memorial hospital in Los Angeles County, California to Robert Faris Feland II and Nadine Riggs.

He played fastpitch and slow-pitch softball as long as he was physically able, his last year of playing softball he received an award for highest batting average in the entire league. He has been a lifelong baseball Dodger fan. He coached numerous soccer and baseball teams throughout his life and enjoyed that time with his children as they participated in those sports.

In 1961 he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Meinz, Germany and came back with a love for the German people and language that he shared for the rest of his life. For hobbies, he loved doing favors for Linda and anything he could to make her feel special and happy. He also loved reading, and his library is a true homage to his love of books. He loved studying the scriptures. He loved to joke that he was a doctor since he had his Juris Doctorate degree in law from Brigham Young University law school where he graduated in 1977. He practiced law for about 10 years and then one day he came home and felt that he could not compromise on his sense of right and wrong anymore. He felt that the process of negotiation and defense of clients often included many “white lies” which really bothered him. He then left law and became a seminary teacher at Alta High School in 1987. He continued seminary teaching until he was asked to teach institute at Oklahoma University starting in August of 1992. They lived in Little Axe, OK for 3 years while he taught institute at the University. He moved his family back to South Jordan, Utah in 1995 to teach seminary at Union Middle school to 9th graders for about 1 year. He was soon asked to accept a teaching assignment at the Utah State Prison and quickly became the director of the institute at the prison. He stayed in the prison and eventually retired from the Church Educational System in June 2014. He enjoyed working with the people in prison and continued as a Chaplain until he officially retired in 2021 at the age of 79.

Per his wishes a formal funeral will not be held. He simply wanted a celebration of his life with family members at his home with dinner and the telling of funny stories and memories. He would want all who knew him to celebrate life, go to Disneyland, and most importantly come to know God and Jesus and gain a personal testimony of the purpose of life. His love, influence, counsel, and true patriarchal leadership will be missed and is irreplaceable.