Frank Alma Condie

Frank Alma Condie
June 16, 1928 - March 23, 2017
Frank Alma Condie was born June 16, 1928, in Logan Utah, the first son of Alma George and Carol Goaslind Condie. He graduated from Preston High School in 1946. He then served two years in the U.S. Navy. Upon returning home he enrolled at Stanford University for the 1948/49 school year and then transferred to the University of Utah where he studied for the next two years. In 1951 he enrolled at Utah State University, where he graduated with a BS degree in business and a master's degree in economics.
He was a starting guard on the USU basketball team when they won the 1952 Holiday Festival Tournament in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Frank married Betty Ruth Westerberg June 14, 1954. They were blessed with four children, Robert, Jeffrey, Jeanne and Thomas. Frank and Betty were later divorced.
Frank served a 2 year Stake Mission for the LDS Church (1954-1956), 1 year in Los Altos California and 1 year in Honolulu Hawaii.
From 1956 to 1966 he was the Business Manager for BYU Hawaii in Laie, Hawaii. During that time he was also an Asst Professor of Accounting and basketball coach.
He became a Certified Public Accountant in 1963 and obtained a Ph.D. in accounting at Arizona State University. He then returned to Utah State University as a professor of accounting where he taught accounting and tax for the next 31 years. He was awarded Professor of the Year in 1980.
Frank also owned and operated the 2000 acre family dry land wheat farm north of Preston, Idaho.
Frank married Caroline Shumway Vaterlaus in 1994 in the Logan LDS Temple, adding 7 children to his family.
Frank was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in many callings. He served 11 years as the Young Men president and was awarded the Silver Beaver award while working with the Boy Scouts. He has also served as a counselor in a bishopric, high councilor, stake financial clerk, branch president, stake missionary, officiator at the Hawaiian Temple, and a volunteer teacher at the USU Institute of Religion. He and his wife Caroline have served four Church Education System (CES) missions for the LDS Church in Sacramento, CA; Buena Vista, Virginia; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Cranbrook, Canada.
Frank has been an avid athlete all his life. In addition to being a High School All State basketball player at Preston and a starter on the Utah State basketball team, he was selected to play on the USA basketball team (60 and over) at the world master games in Brisbane Australia in 1994 where they won the gold medal.
Frank started playing in the Senior Games in 1987 and competed nationally in basketball, tennis, and track and field. He attained a national ranking of 9 in singles tennis and a national ranking of 4 in doubles tennis in the age 85 to 89 division.
He is survived by his wife Caroline, brother G. Richard Condie of Salt Lake City, Utah, two sons and one daughter. Robert Condie (Maureen) of Windsor Colorado; Jeanne (Roger Purser) of Salt lake City, Utah; and Thomas Condie of Logan, Utah. He is also survived by nine grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, seven step children, twenty-three step grandchildren and three step great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one son, Jeffrey Condie of Logan, Utah.
We offer a heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Dr. Richard Stephens, Primrose Hospice, and especially Monty Melano and Tara King.
Memorial services under the direction of Allen-Hall Mortuary will begin with a viewing Tuesday, March 28, 2017, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 E. Center St., Logan, Utah. A viewing will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 345 East 300 South, Smithfield, Utah. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Condolences can be expressed at www.allenmortuaries.net.