March 2, 1938 — November 19, 2025 (age 87)

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Albert George Marchant, age 87, passed away peacefully at his home in Smithfield on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. He was born on March 2, 1938, in Murray, Utah, to Albert Harper and Anne Scheel Marchant, the third of five children. George spent his formative years on the family farm in Peoa until the age of 12, when his family relocated to Montana. There, he briefly experienced the life of a cattle rancher before the family settled in Ogden where he went on to graduate from Ogden High School in 1956.

In October 1958, George began serving an LDS mission in the German West Mission, an experience that deeply shaped his life. After returning home, he attended Utah State University, earning a degree in Germa

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