Harvey Emmett Wright

1929 - 2016

In Loving Memory
Harvey Emmett Wright was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and humble, hardworking servant of the Lord. He passed away peacefully in his home in Tooele, Utah at the age of 86 after a 15 year battle with cancer. Harvey was born July 4, 1929 in American Fork, Utah to Emmett William Wright and Catherine Adeline "Addie" Hunter. He was the first born of three children. Harvey married his high school sweetheart Connie Mae Edwards on June 2, 1948. They were sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple on March 15, 1950. They are the parents of three children. Harvey is survived by his wife Connie and their 3 children and their spouses: John and Karma Wright of Stansbury Park, Utah, Terry and Dori Wright of Pine Canyon, Utah, and Cathy and Brian Jarvis of Orem, Utah. He is also survived by ten grandchildren (Austin Wright, Adam Wright, Lincoln Wright, Jasmine Wright, Erin Wells, Tori Hill, Hana Lucas-Wright, Jesi Thomas, Michael Jarvis, and Michelle Jarvis. Harvey and Connie have 16 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews who will miss him dearly. He was preceded in death by his parents Emmett and Adeline, his sister Beth Vowles, and his brother Richard Wright.
His career in construction lasted over 50 years. He began working for Jacobsen Construction in 1952 as a carpenter and advanced to a foreman, superintendent, project manager, and vice president of operations. His first project was building storage igloos on the Tooele Army Depot. He built several testing facilities at the Dugway Proving Grounds. He was involved in the building of the Dugway High School Gymnasium, the Dave Johnson Power Plant located east of Glen Rock, Wyoming, the LDS Church Underground Parking Garage, the Royal Hotel in Provo, the Holiday Telephone Building, the Temple View Theater, the various remodels of ZCMI, the University of Utah Special Events Center (Jon M. Huntsman Special Events Center), the Central Utah Jordan Water Treatment Plan, the Orem Utah Water Treatment Plant, the Salt Lake City International Airport concourses A & B, the Salt Lake City/County Building renovation and seismic retrofit, and the DMAD dam project on the Sevier River to name a few. Harvey completed a number of special projects for the LDS Church including the refacing of the granite on the exterior of the Salt Lake Temple and locating the lost corner stone and time capsule hidden in the foundation of that temple. The crowning jewel in Harvey's lifetime of building was directing the construction of the LDS Conference Center completed in April 2000.
His humor was highly developed and he taught many lessons with it. He was known as strong, creative master of his work. His children were the recipients of learning the skills of the construction trade as they assisted Harvey in the building of their own family homes and other family building projects.
He loved the Savior Jesus Christ and served in many Church callings and loved his family dearly. Among his other great loves were hunting and fishing, homemade strawberry ice cream, and BYU sports!
We are grateful to the Utah Cancer Specialists who cared for him especially oncologists Dr. Scott Samuelson and Dr. Bruce Bolonesi. We are also grateful to the many friends and family that have shown their kindness and offered their help during his illness.
A viewing will be held at Tate Mortuary (110 S Main St., Tooele, UT) on Friday February 5th from 6 pm - 8 pm and on Saturday February 6th from 11:30 am to 12:45 pm prior to funeral services. Funeral services will be held on February 6, 2016 at the Tooele South Stake Center located at 1025 Southwest Drive (approximately 1000 S 650 W) Tooele, UT. If you wish, in lieu of flowers you make a donation to the Huntsman Cancer Institute.