DeVon Griffiths, born in Beaver, Utah on February 18, 1936 to Warren Halsey and Treva Bradfield Griffiths passed away on November 24, 2020 at his home in Kanab, Utah.
DeVon grew up on the family ranch, attended Beaver High School, and joined the U.S. Air Force after graduation. While in the Air Force he met and married Sally Ann Rumpff in 1956 and they had four children together. DeVon attended Kirksville State Teacher’s College in Missouri and eventually earned a Master’s Degree in Industrial Education. DeVon taught High School Industrial Arts and Automotive Mechanics for his entire career, working first in Pennsylvania and then in New Mexico.
After his wife died of cancer in 1994, DeVon married Kristin Lisa (Friederich) Carling in 1995 and helped her raise her four children. After retiring from teaching DeVon and Kris brought their family to Kanab, Utah and built their new home where they have lived for twenty-two years.
DeVon was a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and had a strong testimony of the restored gospel. He served faithfully in a number of callings including a Branch President and Bishop in Towanda, Pennsylvania and a Bishop in Thoreau, New Mexico before being called as Stake Executive Secretary and then as a Counselor in the Stake Presidency in Grants, New Mexico. After retiring to Kanab, DeVon served as the Stake Executive Secretary for twenty-two years, serving with three Stake Presidencies.
He is survived by his two sisters, Geraldine Smith and Vickie Yardley, and his four children, Daniel Griffiths, Tracy (Troy) Maxfield, Lori Ransdell, and Kelly Thomas, along with his wife, Kristin and her four children, Caleb (Brenda) Carling, Issac (Tugso) Carling, Zachary (Michel) Carling, and Sara (Chad) DeMill. He also has 26 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.