Scott LeRoy Poulsen, most recently of Orem, Utah, passed away on Friday, October 10, 2025 at the age of 92. He was born December 13, 1932 in Lewiston Utah to Clifford LeRoy and Elnora Poulsen. He married Mary Lou Murray in the Logan, Utah Temple on September 20,1957.

Scott had a strong testimony. He believed in our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and that families are eternal.

He weighed just over 4 pounds when he was born and had a cleft pallet which required him to undergo several operations in order to correct it. He also had Whooping cough during the first few months of his life and nearly died.

He was the 4th of 5 children (with 2 sisters and 2 brothers) and was very close in age to his younger brother Stan. They were in the same grade in school and did just about everything together.

As a teen, he helped at his Dad's service station and was put in charge of closing the station at night. He also helped his dad run the projector at the local movie theater after closing the station. As a result he got to watch every movie that came to town. One time he fell asleep during a movie, and his Dad, not realizing he was still there, left him at the theater all night. He was woken up the next morning by a cleaning lady.

In his last year of Jr. High, he was the pitcher for the softball team. He attended high school at North Cache High in Richmond, Utah where he was on the track and tennis team. He lettered in tennis.

He developed a love for the outdoors at an early age. Some of his favorite outdoor activities were ice skating and sledding, hunting, and fishing.

As a teenager, he and a group of friends went to Yellowstone to fish. They only caught one fish. As they were leaving the park, they saw a bear just off the road. There was a ball bat in the car and the boys decided to see if they could knock the bear out with the bat. They rolled the window down and lured the bear over with the fish. The bear began to climb through the back window. Scott then took the bat and smacked the bear across its nose as hard as he could. The bear roared, backed out, and ran away. As Scott recorded this incident he stated, "I now think how stupid we, as teenagers, were. We were lucky it didn't tear us apart."

At the age of 17, Scott joined the Utah National Guard and was called up for active duty on August 19, 1950. He had not yet graduated from high school. In December of that year he received orders to go to Korea. While in Korea, he had many experiences that helped to build the strong testimony he had of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

One experience that testified to him that God lives and watches over us happened while setting up camp. He found some material that he thought was burnable in what he thought was a foxhole, so he poured some gasoline on and lit it. It turned out that it was not a foxhole, but rather a hole made by a shell or bomb that had not exploded. As he lit the fire, he heard a very clear voice say, "Don't move!" The bomb then exploded and once the dust cleared, he found himself surrounded by shrapnel. Had he moved one inch he would have been wounded or killed.

After returning home from Korea he received his patriarchal blessing which stated, "it will be your privilege to live until your work is all completed." He also chose at this time to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was interviewed by Legrand Richards who was an apostle at that time and received his call to serve in the Southern States mission. He served in South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia and again had many wonderful, spiritual experiences that strengthened his testimony.

After his mission he attended Utah State University in Logan.

In 1956, the church had a program called the M-Men and Gleaners which was run by an elected stake counsel. Scott ran for the M-Men leader from his ward. It was at these elections where he first saw Mary Lou Murray who was a candidate for the Gleaner leader. In his words, "We both won the election and have been together ever since."

They have 4 children, 12 grandchildren, and 7 (soon to be 8) great-grandchildren. They lived in Lewiston, Utah before building a small home in Garland, Utah and then moved to Hurricane, Utah where they lived for 52 years before needing to be moved to assisted living in Orem, Utah.

Scott worked for Thiokol Chemical as an Engineering Assistant for 10 years, then for U&I Sugar for 10 years where he was made the director of operations at the seed plant in St. George. After the seed plant shut down, he went to work for JLI Truck Parts in Hurricane for another 10 years and then he became a custodian for the Church where he and Mary Lou worked together on a team cleaning many of the church buildings throughout Washington county.

His church service included, Elders Quorum president, counselor and executive secretary, Young men's leader and scout master, Stake and ward clerk, temple worker, and Bishop.

His patriarchal blessing states that "You will be regarded as a man of integrity and esteem in the community." And this he was!

He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou Murray Poulsen; children: Patsy Ross (Ben) of Orem, Utah, David Poulsen (Joy) of St. George, Utah, Diane Sherwood (Loid) of Nampa, Idaho, Clare Poulsen (Carrie) of Cedar City, Utah; grandchildren: Scott Ross, Bryce Poulsen, John Sherwood, Bryan Poulsen, Amber Sherwood, Debra Sherwood, Bradyn Poulsen, Katie Ross Liu, Hally Ross Gontes, Cara Poulsen, Cody Poulsen. He was preceded in death by his parents: Clifford Leroy Poulsen and Elnora Hauser; his siblings: Dawna Hobbs, Clifford Poulsen, Colleen Hadfield, Standley Poulsen; and one grandson, Colton Poulsen.

The family wishes to thank all those from A Plus Hospice and Covington Senior Living for their tender care of our husband, father, and grandfather.

Funeral Services will be Friday, October 17, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. at the Hurricane Stake Center located at 677 South 700 West, Hurricane, Utah. A viewing will be held just prior to the service from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Stake Center. Interment will be at the Hurricane City Cemetery located at 255 East 600 North.

Those unable to attend are invited to view the services at the following link: Livestream

Scott Poulsen Funeral Service Program