Clarmont Webster "Clair" Webster

Clarmont Webster "Clair" Webster, 79, passed away Friday, November 9th from complications due to cancer surgery. Our father, brother and friend sensed his imminent return to our Heavenly father before his surgery, and we know he was warmly welcomed home by family and friends.Clarmont was born on Sept. 25, 1928 in Cedar City, UT to Mark and Margaret Webster, the first of four sons. At Cedar High, he excelled at track, where his 880 medley team won the BYU Invitational. He enlisted in the Army and served in the 11th Airborne during occupation of Japan in 1946-47. A lifelong fascination with Japan and the Asian cultures was born. He returned to the US and met his sweetheart, Annette Andelin of Ogden, UT at the Grand Canyon Lodge while driving bus for the Utah Parks Service. They were married on Jan. 17th, 1953, later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. The Grand Canyon was their special place. "Clair" graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Civil Engineering. He worked as a surveyor and Engineer and later founded Crown Asphalt Construction. He worked for the US Army (Civil Service), finishing his career in Japan, accompanied by Annette and youngest daughter Holly. He loved the outdoors, especially Cedar Mountain, where he hunted, fished, worked and played with family and friends at the family cabin near Duck Creek. He was an active High Priest in the LDS Church, serving and volunteering in many ways. He is survived by his wife Annette, brothers Mark and Richard, children Cory, David, Clair, Paula, Sharon and Holly, 31 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 at 12 noon at the Willow Canyon 1st Ward, 9636 S. 1700 E., Sandy. A viewing will be held Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Gardens, 1950 E. 10600 S. and from 10:45-11:45 a.m. prior to the service. Online condolences to www.larkinmortuary.com