My prayers are for his children and his wife today. May they live in peace and good health.

   Today is January 15, 2021, the Birthday anniversary of Devon Suddarth.
   Today, Devon's children, Christa, Amy, Dana, Scott and Bryn, as well as his wife Lori, are having many thoughts of happy and possibly sad memories of times with their Dad today. 
   Devon was an intelligent man, with many capabilities and he loved his family dearly.  He is looking down, watching them and is certainly proud of the way they have grown and he must be pleased with their accomplishments and the goals they have set for themselves.
   Rest in Peace Devon, you did well !

Just heard about this, I remember him from our days in the Hacienda Heights Ward days, then after they divided the ward, didn't see him again until high school freshman seminary, and we both were playing trumpet by then. He came from a trumpet family (his dad, Steve, Doug, all played trumpet) I last spoke with him about 10 years ago, he had become somewhat of a Spanish speaking master, so now we had that in common. Good guy, from a fabulous family, may he rest in peace. Love you, brother.

One my my brothers best friends growing up, My brother John Morrow passed away a few years before and I was humbled bye Devons great words he sent to me at his passing, thankyou for being there for me at that time, I will always remember you as a brother, with your monkeys

Guests at Devon's Memorial and or reception
Greg Jackson, Steve Bell, Jenny and John Bondurant, Scott and Lois Rush, Elodie, Trish and Matt Hilbert, Teri King and Paul and Hannah Wren, Sara Crawford, Richard and Cheryl Lage, Elizabeth Lage, Steve Lage, Lynnell Lage Fulkerson and Gary Fulkerson, Jennifer Roberts, Mickey Olson, Conor Curran, Steve Suddarth. Blair and Carol Suddarth, Doug and Gloria and Marlee Suddarth, Terry and Paulette, Gavin and Terra Suddarth, dressed as Apes, Zira and Cornelius, a big fuzzy pink ape, and Dr. Zaius, Linda Vanderlaan, Niya Boyakin, Zach Nielsen, Melinda Nohelty, (Lisa Phipps, Vicki Ruble, Ann Ordway came to the house).
Thank you all for coming.
Please let me know if I missed mentioning someone.

My notes for his life celebration.
Welcome
(History of the orange polo and not very funny ice-breaker joke)
A giant, orange, family Polo shirt really takes the stress off of what to wear to your husband's memorial service. Badatz-
We are the clan of the duck. The immediate, nuclear family of Devon Thomas Suddarth.
Thank you family and friends for coming today.
This is a private event, it is a life celebration for Devon Suddarth, so if you are here thinking you're going to watch TURTLES or COCKROACHES or BIRDS, you are in the wrong place! Though you might see a few

My brother Paul and I were roomates with Devon when we all lived at University Villa at BYU. He was a great roomate, and a fun person. I last saw him many years ago south of the Marb building by that windows of heaven sculpture, when he told us he was headed to off Spain on a mission. Always a great, fun-loving person. God bless.

I have warm, wonderful memories of my time with Devon and his family: Tae Kwon Do, hikes to indian ruins, the trampoline, the potato cannon, the monkeys. He was also really wonderful to my children. For any event or situation, Devon could cite an applicable scene from a Simpsons episode.

Every moment I spent with him made me feel happy. Being around him made me feel better about the world, and better about myself.

Devon was a renaissance man: He could program a computer, dig a well, raise monkeys, and discuss intelligently any topic under the Sun. Devon was an original. The world is less without him.

To my cousin Devon, I will miss you and remember all the cousin times we spent together, going to Disneyland and playing many hours of Monopoly!

He met my sister in Spain. He swept her off her feet in Utah, and married her and created a family in Arizona. He built her two houses in the desert (cue romantic music from How the West Was Won). He raised cute monkeys - lots of them - and knew each one by name. He was a computer whiz. He brought fresh water to seaside communities in the Gulf of California. He took his family to awesome far away places, instilling intangible memories. He taught his kids to follow their dreams. I will miss his good humor and wit, and his smile. I will remember the things he taught me about the world we live in - things like local Arizona archeology, and the reason for "the path of the sun" as the seasons change.

Devon was a very intelligent man. At our family gatherings, I marveled at how knowledgeable and well read he was, how much he knew and how much his statements and questions where teaching his children, encouraging them to discover, to know more, to question more and to research more.
  It seemed like he could do anything; mechanical, electrical and technical. He built two houses for his family. He drilled the well, installed the water pump, poured cement, installed all the water lines and electrical wires etc.,etc. He also had a desalinating water business in Mexico. He was a very good computer programmer. He went to Washington and worked on airplane computers; his job was to write the one program on the plane that would check all the other programs to see if they were working correctly.
  Yes, he was a man of many talents. His children are fortunate to have him as their father. He will be dearly missed by all of us. We are thankful that we will always have many happy memories of Devon.

Well... I sure have a lot of memories when I think about my older brother Devon. Some memories were good, some were great and a lot of fun, and some were not so good. After all, that's how it is with brothers; besides, we were only 4 years apart. I will only remember the best things about Devon. When little "Von Von" (as our mom would call him) was in elementary school, he would often correct his teacher when he knew she was wrong. Of course, this angered her, so she sent him to the school psychologist to be evaluated (she hoped for some kind of defect to use against him). When the psychologist was done with the tests, he said "There's nothing wrong with this kid...he is a GENIUS!" I think that set the stage for Devon's positive attitude and aptitude to learn and accomplish anything he set his mind to do - like neutering the cat himself and then giving it 'mouth to cat resuscitation'! Who does that?!! Not McGyver. Or boiling a dead cat in a pot on the camp stove in the backyard so that he could assemble the skeleton for a science project. Or scuba diving in a narrow and dangerous hot spring in the middle of a farmer's snowy field in the dead of winter in Utah, just to name a few of his experiences. I was always amazed at the things he did and accomplished. I'm grateful for and love all of my brothers. Devon will be missed. Until we all meet again.

I don't know what to say. I'm grateful for the time our families spent converged as a massive Suddarth pack. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment is passing on his best qualities to his kind, open, FUN, hilarious, optimistic children, who can't help but rub the same qualities off on anyone fortunate enough to spend time with them. I love you guys. I'll miss you Uncle Devon.

Devon was one of the kindest men I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. The thing that comes to mind was the time I broke down on my way home and was stuck in Phoenix for an unknown amount of time. Not knowing what to do I called Adam and Amy who immediately informed me that I was welcome to stay at her parents house. This is all great and wonderful but I am as anti-social as they come and could not wrap my head around staying with people I don't we met once before. I'm so happy that I did because I have never felt more welcome or more at home then I did with Devon and his family. He even made me dinner because hot meal always makes everything better! He was so kind and genuine and fed me till I nearly popped. I know he will be missed by all because he was loved by all. He was truly an extraordinary individual with a personality Larger than Life, and I am truly grateful to have had him and his amazing family in my life. I love you all dearly.

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