- Lyle ‘Smoke' Udy
Friday, April 21, 2006 (South Idaho Press)
Elba - Lyle Lot "Smoke" Udy, a 78-year-old resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, formerly of Elba, died Thursday, April 20, 2006, at Millcreek Health Center, where he had resided the past three years.
Lyle was born April 15, 1928, to Lot Smith and Etta Eveline Rich Udy. He and his twin sister, Loleta, were born at Elba, Idaho, in the ranch home. He attended school in Elba, and completed his education at Burley High School. He became seriously ill, which was diagnosed as osteomyolistis. He was bedfast and in body casts for several years. He gradually recovered when penicillin was discovered.
He married Tressie Irene Lewis in 1950, at Ketchum, Idaho. They had four children, three sons and one daughter. They later divorced.
Lyle worked for the railroad for several years, was a security guard, a butcher, and had worked for Anderson Feedlot at one time.
He is survived by his children, Garth (Cathy) Udy of Grantsville, Utah, and Ivan (Roxanne) Udy of Salt Lake City, Utah; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; his sisters, Josie Spiers of Oakley, Arthella Warren of Burley, and Loleta May Merrill of Albion; and a brother-in-law, Wayne Hayden of Burley.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two children, Diane and Norris; two sisters, Norma Bedke and Pat Hayden; and one brother, Darhl R. Udy.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., Burley, where friends and family may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday, and one hour prior to the service on Tuesday. Officiating will be Bishop Lonnie Downs. Burial will follow at Grand View Cemetery in Elba.
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