Our Husband, Father, Grandfather and Great Grandfather, Roy Wylie Lundell passed away peacefully in the Bennion Veterans Home in Payson, Utah on Monday, April 27, 2020.  He was born on February 3, 1931 in the Family home in Benjamin, Utah, the seventh of eight children born to Francis Samuel Lundell and Christy Caroline Thomas Lundell.  When he was 4 years old he became a hero when he saved his 18 month old brother Dick from a burning haystack and received a medal for heroism.  Roy loved sports and played baseball for the Spanish Fork Baseball team for many years with many great friends.  One of his teammates said that he hit the ball so hard that he hit the cover off the ball.  Roy attended Snow College where he played Football.  He met his sweetheart, Carol H. Boyack in High School.  He was the football star and she was the cheerleader.  They were married on January 15, 1951 in the Salt Lake Temple.  They were blessed with four children.

Roy was a member of the Army Reserve and served in both the Korean and the Vietnam Wars.  He retired after 45 years with the ranking of Command Sergeant Major.  That instilled in him his love for his country and his strong sense of patriotism.  He worked as a Meat Manager for many years and enjoyed serving others.  Roy was a member of the Spanish Fork Fire department for 40 years and also served as the Fire Chief.  He had a great love of sports and coached many youth and church sports teams.  He was an avid Golfer and loved spending time golfing with his family.

Roy is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has a strong testimony and honored his priesthood as a High Priest.  He served as Young Men’s President and in the    Sunday School Presidency.  He was skilled as a wood craftsman and donated his time making wooden cars for a humanitarian project and also supported the Relief Society with their craft projects.  He was a faithful home teacher and friend.  Roy was an amazing man with a great love of people and a funny sense of humor.

Roy is survived by his wife, Carol, of 69 years; children Shelley (Kevin) Reid of Orem UT, Denise (Doug) Cooper of Springville, UT, Patrice (Maurice) Jones of St. George, UT currently serving as mission presidents in Merida, Mexico, Dr. Randy (Rebeccah) Lundell of Spanish Fork, UT.: 23 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his parents, siblings Mary, Donna, Kenneth, Fred, Phil, Peggy, Dick. Granddaughter Ashley Reid Bunting, Grandson Cameron McCall Cooper and Great Granddaughter Claire Allie Lynn Cooper.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, May 2nd 2020 at Walker Mortuary at 187 South Main Street, Spanish Fork, UT.  Family and close friends may attend a viewing from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at Walker Mortuary prior to the Funeral.  Condolences to the family can be sent to rclundell@sfcn.org .  In lieu of flowers, please donate to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Missionary Fund.