| Graduation Year | Class of 1958 |
| Date of Birth | Oct 23, 1939 |
| Date of Passing | Feb 17, 2009 |
| About | Melvin Boyd Yeager, born Monday, 23, 1939, in Salmon, Idaho, passed away Tuesday, 17, 2009, following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He died peacefully with loved ones at his side. Boyd grew up working on the Salmon River as a river guide. Throughout his life he worked at various vocations acquiring many skills and talents. His professions included high school teacher and wrestling coach, logger, tile mason, and contractor. Boyd joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at the age of 17, and served a full-time mission in Texas. Throughout his adult life he was an active member of the LDS Church and served faithfully in many callings. He graduated from Salmon High School and then attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. He continued his education at Brigham Young University where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education. Boyd moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000, and soon met Sonja Lea Hansen. They fell in love and were married on Saturday, October 20, 2001, and were later sealed for time and all eternity in the Las Vegas LDS temple on Friday, January 2, 2009. Boyd loved spending time with his family, enjoyed the outdoors, and played several sports. We all have many happy memories of camping on the river, barbeques and stories around a fire. He was an avid and skilled golfer, and a great story teller. He was fun-loving and had a contagious smile. He was preceded in death by his father, Melvin Yeager who died in WWII while Boyd was still a small child, his stepfather, Ray Bennett, his mother, Charlotte Maire Lindskog, and his brother, Terry Wheeler. He is survived by his loving, faithful wife Sonja Yeager, her son Timothy Saafeld, as well as his four daughters: Amy E. Barfuss, Orem, Utah; Stacie LaDawn Chen, Prescott, Arizona: Jennifer Robison, and Amanda Christensen. Boyd also had 14 grandchildren who will greatly miss his stories and smile. He is also survived by his sisters, Jaunita Charlton and Patricia Aldous, Salmon, Idaho. We will all miss him dearly and cherish the happy memories he left with us. Funeral services will be held in the LDS church building on 1991 Washburn, North Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday the 21st of February at 4:00pm. Burial will be in Monroe, Utah at the Monroe City Cemetery, 625 North 300 East, Monroe, Utah on Monday the 23rd of February at 1:00pm. Well wishes and condolences can be sent to Sonja Yeager at 1710 West Hammer Lane, North Las Vegas, Nevada 89031-0728. |
