Alan Leroy Hatfield's Obituary
Alan Leroy Hatfield, 85, of Roy, Utah, passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 20, 2024, at home.
Alan was born on December 28, 1938, in Albany, California, to Stanley & Fay June (Lapsley) Hatfield. The family spent time between Oregon and northern California in the logging business. Alan graduated from Glide High School in Glide, Oregon in 1956. During his high school years, he played football, brass instruments in the band, and the accordion. Following high school, he married Judith (Suhrstedt) and together they had four daughters. He continued in the logging business with his father, starting their business, Star Logging, together in 1961. During this period, he joined the Douglas County Sheriff's Office motorcycle posse as he was an avid off-road motorcycle enthusiast. He competed several times in dirt bike races. Alan excelled at trap shooting and had many awards for 100 straight and 25 straight. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and spent many weekends on the Oregon coast. Later in life, he married Betty (McCue-Vanderhoof) Hatfield. With their eight children combined, and their daughter, Karen, they lived an adventurous 53 years together. He continued to run Star Logging, working long hours, and still managed to get his small aircraft pilot’s license and purchased a Cessna 172 to fly just for the fun of it.
When they considered retirement, they chose to look abroad in Utah and had a new home built and settled in Roy, in 2000. Once in Roy, he continued to drive trucks and work for the first few years. In 2005 they, with the assistance of their daughter Karen, started SMD Kettlekorn as it had always been a dream of his to own a caramel corn shop. He, Betty and Karen ran the business together for nearly ten years until Karen’s passing in 2014. He also enjoyed gardening and had several different types of fruit trees and vegetables that the grandkids sold while helping with the Kettlekorn stand during the summers. His interest then turned to woodworking, as he had a full woodshop set up in the basement of his house. He enjoyed running the lathe the most, and made custom pens for several years, switching over to custom lamps during the past few years.
Alan is survived by his wife Betty Hatfield; his daughter Kathy Andrews (Howard) of Casper, Wyoming, his daughter Diane Pendergraft (Ken) of Sheridan, Wyoming, his daughter Janice Hoxsey (Jeff) of Thermopolis, Wyoming , her son Troy Vanderhoof (Janna) of Camas Valley, Oregon, her daughter, Tracy Case-Friesen (Dave) of Roseburg, Oregon, her son, Timothy Vanderhoof (Deana) of Vacaville, California, her daughter Tamara Robledo (Tim) of Orangevale, California and their son-in-law Stephen Geukgeuzian of Clearfield, Utah. He is also survived by his sister Beverly Manske of Roseburg, Oregon, his sister Anita Mutchie (Scott) of Nampa, Idaho, 24 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and 1 great, great grandchild. He was preceded in death by, his parents Stanley & Fay Hatfield, his brother, Leo (at age 3), his daughter Karen Geukgeuzian and his daughter Bonnie Hatfield.
Per his wishes there will be no services at this time. The family plans to celebrate his life at a future date on the Oregon coast where he loved to fish, crab and clam dig during the summers when the kids were growing up.
He touched many, many lives and will be remembered fondly by those who knew him best.
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