Sylvia Corine Chapman Archibald

Sylvia Corine Chapman Archibald, age 94, returned peacefully to her loving Father in Heaven on October 9, 2025, in St. George, Utah. Sylvia was born to Vernon Lorenzo Chapman and Sylvia Corinda Clapp on April 19, 1931, in Oakland, California. She married Heber Leroy Smith on December 17, 1948, in the Salt Lake Temple. They were married for 30 years, then divorced.

Sylvia and Leroy had five children together: Kerry, Denny, Melanie, Scott, and Robin. She married Myron Eugene Althouse in the Salt Lake Temple on August 25, 1981. Sylvia and Myron adopted their son, Aaron. After Myron had passed away, she was blessed to marry Ivan Archibald on September 6, 2006.

Sylvia went to South High School and studied at both BYU and the University of Utah. She held positions as a legal and executive secretary. Sylvia lived her life as a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She held many callings including Relief Society President, Sunday School teacher, and an ordinance worker in the Temple. Sylvia served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints twice in Florida, once in Georgia, and was currently serving as a missionary in the Family History Department in St. George, Utah, at the time of her passing.

Sylvia loved music and had a beautiful soprano voice. She enjoyed sharing her love and talent whenever she could. Sylvia is survived by her children, Kerry Rex Smith, Melanie Zumwalt (Steven), Damon Scott Smith (Joann Jergins Smith, dec.), and Aaron Marcus Althouse. Sylvia is also survived by several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Myron Eugene Althouse and Ivan Archibald.

Sylvia was welcomed in heaven by her sons, Dennis Leroy Smith (Janice Elaine Midgley Smith, liv.), Robin Marcus Smith, and her grandsons, Joseph Benjamin Smith, Jaxon Stephen Fox, and Michael Wade Smith.

A viewing will be held on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 9:00 am at LDS chapel, 1184 N Dixie Downs Rd., St. George, Utah with the funeral service following at 10:00 am. Interment will be on Thursday, October 16, 2025, at 1:30 pm at the Redwood Memorial Cemetery, 6500 S Redwood Rd, Salt Lake City, Utah.