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Rex Wright Obituary
Salt Lake City, UT-Rex Owen Wright, age 87, passed away on February 21, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born on October 5, 1928 in Hinckley, Utah. He was married to Dorothy Maxine Wright. He was a Master Mechanic, a Carpenter, a Welder, a Master Electrician, a Contractor, Inventor, and Pilot. He is survived by his wife Dorothy, Rex's children: Douglas (D. Ann) Wright of Salt Lake City, Utah; Kenneth (Katherine) Walton of Idaho Falls, Idaho; Susan (Larry) Hansen of Shelley, Idaho; James (Tonya) Walton of Idaho Falls, Idaho; Carl (Nancy) Wright of Bountiful, Utah; 19 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren; Dorothy's children: Charlotte (Jeff) Martin of Salt Lake City, Utah; Alicia (Bill) Patrick of Salt Lake City, Utah; 24 grandchildren, and 29 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother's Chad Wright of Salt Lake City, Utah and Lee Wright of Tooele, Utah. Rex is preceded in death by his parents Elmer A. Wright and Nora Dutson Wright; Sister Edna Griffith of Ely, Nevada; Sister Mazel Wright of Hinckley, Utah; Son Ted Wright from Utah; Grandson Eric Wright of Salt Lake City, Utah. A funeral service will be held on Monday, February 29, 2016, 3:00 PM, with a viewing one hour prior to the service at Redwood Memorial Mortuary, 6500 South Redwood Road, West Jordan, Utah.
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michaela longshaw
February 19, 2019
pa i love you i relly miss you you will be in my hert forever
michaela longshaw
February 19, 2019
love you pa i will remember you with all my hert
forever
Dorthy longshaw
February 28, 2016
Love you PA! Your memory will live in me and my children until the day I die.
Glenna Faccenetti
February 26, 2016
The greatest man I've ever known, I was proud to call him my grandpa
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