Just a day after laying our sweet mother down to rest, our wonderful father Harold LaMar Jackman went to sleep and passed peacefully from this life on December 9, 2024. He and Tess were not separated in life and are no longer separated by death. They are together and happy again.

LaMar was born on August 27, 1931, to Lester Albert Jackman and Florence Olson in Murray, Utah, and was the second of two sons.

He attended South High School and after asking Tess Huettel to the Gold and Green Ball, they began a lifelong journey together when they were sealed on July 10, 1953, in the Logan, Utah Temple and were happily married for 71 years. He had a reverence and love for Tess that is unrivaled. He was devoted to her, would do anything she asked, and they loved each other right to the very end of their lives and continue to do so.

In September 1950 he was called to serve as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Germany but was stricken with Yellow Jaundice and was unable to complete that assignment. On January 2, 1951, he was then called to serve in the California Mission and entered the Mission Home, but due to the Korean conflict, two days before he was to depart to the mission field, he was told that he could not serve and was drafted into the military instead. He was not able to fulfill a mission in his youth, but later served with Tess in the Birmingham, England Mission and they also served as missionaries at the Utah State Prison teaching genealogy.

For most of his military service, he served in Headquarters Battery 1 st of the 140 th , Field Artillery. For the final few years, he served in State Headquarters (HQ UT STARC (-)). He was a member of the Utah National Guard from April 1951-August 1991.

LaMar enjoyed genealogy, basketball, ping pong, played tennis into his 80’s, played the violin, was a problem solver, and invented many things to make gardening and other activities easier. This was a much-needed skill, he being a Master Gardner’s assistant. Surprisingly, he enjoyed needlepoint, made tissue box covers, villages, and trains from plastic canvas, and hand knitted blankets for each of his children and grandchildren.

He was a quiet giver, fabulous listener, a peacemaker, but also loved to tease, and play practical jokes on people. He would invent ways to make people laugh, but he could take it as well as dish it out. He had the best one-liners! He enjoyed campouts with his family, and nothing meant more to him than his 6 children, 24 grandchildren, and 27 great-grandchildren who were his pride and joy.

Family members and friends could count on him for help with every project, move, yard work, or to be the voice of reason during difficult situations, and advice was given in a calm, loving, patient, and happy way. He always seemed to have the right answers.

He served in many callings for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints including Ward Clerk, Stake Financial Clerk, Counselor in the Bishopric, Bishop, High Councilor, and Missionary. The gospel of Jesus Christ was important to him, and he did all he could to keep his family on the covenant path.

He was preceded in death by his parents Lester and Florence Olson, his brother Ron Jackman, his sweetheart and wife Tess, and two grandsons-James Michael Lehto and Danny Foulks.

LaMar is survived by his six children Janette (Ted), Colleen, Wayne (Angela), Larry (Dee), Mark (Holly), Brent (Becky), his grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

A viewing will be held Monday, December 16, 2024, from 6-7:30 pm at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1478 East 8600 South, Sandy, Utah. Another viewing will be held at the same location on December 17, 2024, from 10-10:45 am, with a funeral service following at 11:00 am. Interment will be at Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery, 2350 East 1300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah

To watch the service, please follow this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89614856361