Sherman H Cloward

Sherman H Cloward, a loving father grandfather and great grandfather, 88 years of age, just short of his 89th birthday, left us peacefully Monday 30 June 2025 surrounded by his loving family. Sherman was born on the 18th of July 1936 in Payson, Utah on the birthday of his grandfather Charles Cloward, to Howard L Cloward and Ardella Burraston Cloward, whom he adored and felt so much gratitude for.

Near the end of World War II the family spent time in Hawthorne, California where his father worked at Lockheed Aircraft. The family then moved to Layton, UT where he attended first and second grade. Soon after the family moved to Kaysville, UT. As he quoted, “It was a great childhood roaming the hills and mountains and ponds not far around home, with B.B. gun or .22 in hand and with good friends and buddies.” He graduated from Davis High School in 1954.

His first job was mowing lawns, wearing out his father’s mower, then selling his uncle’s “DoanNuts” in Salt Lake City neighborhoods. He also worked at the Utah State University experimental farm weeding onions and melons and other crops. When he was old enough his dad put him to work at his Conoco service station in town pumping gas, washing and greasing cars, fixing tires, and cleaning up. As he grew older and attended auto mechanics at school where he learned to do car tune-ups, fix carburetors, starters, alternators, brakes, and so forth.

He enjoyed playing the coronet in the band for a while and was actively participating in church softball, basketball, and volleyball tournaments and winning many trophies. At age 15 he became interested in cars, guns, hunting, (and girls). His dad took him to Salt Lake City on his 16th birthday, and they purchased his first car.

After one year at Weber State College, he joined the United States Army so he could learn aircraft maintenance instead of being drafted. On the 21st of December 1956 he married Connie Franne Steiner in the Salt Lake Temple, They boarded the train on Christmas morning for Fort Rucker, Alabama where he was serving as an aircraft maintenance teacher setting up the new airplane training and maintenance school the Army was opening. Their first child, Carl Jay, was born at Rucker Air Force Base Alabama where they were residing.

After Army service ended, they returned to Kaysville, UT, where they were blessed with four more beautiful children that were a joy to him. He continued to work at the Conoco Station later becoming the owner.

In 1964 he became involved with the Kaysville Jaycees and won the state Jaycee competition in governmental affairs and went to Washington, DC. He took many leadership positions and enjoyed many friends, working in fund-raising activities and doing service projects for the city like building a new pavilion, running 4th of July activities (including firing the city fireworks), and maintaining the star on the mountain at Christmas time. He fulfilled many leadership positions among many other accomplishments.

He had to leave that job when his arms and shoulders became affected with arthritis and rheumatism. He then tried selling insurance, working as a mechanic, and finally being hired at Hill AFB starting out as a airplane strut mechanic in 1972.

After testing himself with college classes in physics and psychology and receiving top grades, he entered and graduated from Weber State College with his bachelor’s degree the same week as his oldest son, Carl, graduated from High School.

He attained the position as Technical Coordination Group (TCG) topping out at Division Chief over all the countries that fly the F-4 aircraft, being responsible for helping the countries solve technical problems, attaining the position of management over foreign military sales with projects worth millions of dollars and traveling all over the United States and many foreign countries and making twelve trips working with the Israeli Air Force, adding up to more than two and a half years away from home while his sweetheart kept the home fires burning and always happily welcomed him home.

During his tenure and travels on temporary duty (TDY) he dealt with Generals, Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO’s), Engineers and Civilian Contractors. He retired after 30 years’ service plus three years in the Army

Sherman was the one to beat at Cowboy Shooting, Trapshooting, Bow and Arrow hunting for Pheasants, Ducks, Geese, Swans, Elk and Deer (totally taking seven elk with seven shots,) and fishing rivers and streams, always providing food for his family.

He served for over 20 years as a Central Davis Sewer District Board Member, actively promoting the sewer district officials, operations and services, consistently attending meetings and being knowledgeable in helping solve problems

Sherman loved the Lord and worked to become His Disciple, working in over seven Bishoprics, teaching primary, youth, Elders’s Quorum and Gospel Doctrine classes, and serving on the High Council for five years. He and his wife served a mission to Texas Fort Worth.

After their life-long love affair, he is survived by his loving wife, Connie, his sons, Carl and Lisa Cloward, Max and Jenny Cloward, Chet and Aleen Cloward, and his daughters, Celese and Richard Robinson and JoEll and Deon Thompson, 20 grandchildren and almost 42 great grandchildren.

Sherman knew no stranger and always served with honesty and integrity. He carried a constant honorable reputation with everyone he encountered. He made lifetime friends wherever he went, loving others with non-judgmental love-unfeigned, always a teacher, inviting and helping others to learn. He was loved and adored by his children and grandchildren and will be missed by so many. It can surely be said that he “lived a life well-lived.”

The funeral service will be held Monday July 7, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at the Fruit Heights Stake Center, 170 N. Mountain Rd., Fruit Heights, Utah. Family and friends may visit Sunday July 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Lindquist’s Kaysville Mortuary, 400 N. Main St., Kaysville, Utah and Monday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the stake center prior to the service.

Interment, Kaysville City Cemetery.

The funeral service will be live streamed and may be viewed by scrolling to the bottom of Sherman’s obituary page at www.lindquistmortuary.com.