John Riggs Murdock

May 29, 1950 - June 16, 2020

John Riggs Murdock May 29, 1950 – June 16, 2020 John Riggs Murdock, age 70 passed away peacefully on June 16, 2020. John was born May 29, 1950 in Ogden, UT to Abram Riggs Murdock and Lavern Elizabeth Summerill. He was the youngest of three children. John graduated from Ogden High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force Reserves in 1968 during the Vietnam War and served until 1974. John married his high school sweetheart Peggy Call and they were sealed in the Logan Temple. He is the proud father of five children, including four sons and one daughter. John had a passion since he was a young boy for taking things apart and putting them back together. He became a skilled mechanic and inventor. John loved cars and rebuilt many during his life. His latest passion was rebuilding a 1949 Jeep Willy’s. Because of John’s love of everything mechanical and the challenge of solving problems, he invented several products during his life. He started his own company designing a line of off-road vehicle products and accessories. John loved the outdoors. He spent his life four wheeling, camping, cooking hot dogs over a fire and enjoying nature. He loved taking his Jeeps and going to Moab or spending time in the mountains with his family. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he loved sharing the gospel with everyone. He had a deep love for his family ancestry and looked forward to meeting his ancestors one day. John is survived by his wife Peggy, sons, John Dustin (Stacy) Murdock, Hayes (Kayla) Murdock, Tyler Bret (Leah) Murdock, Blair Riggs (Stacy) Murdock, daughter Makensey (Erick) Hennessy, 19 grandkids, 2 great grandkids and one more on the way.