Fred K. Singleton

Fred K. Singleton was born April 20, 1951, to Fredrick Lyman Singleton and Queena Wadsworth. He grew up and lived his entire life in Taggarts, five miles east of Morgan. His father died when he had just turned 4 years old. In addition to his mother, his older brothers and stepdad, Lawrence A. Porter, were instrumental in raising him.

Fred graduated with the class of 1969 from Morgan High School with high honors. He served as FFA president and was very active in school musical productions. He graduated from Weber State College with degrees in botany and zoology, majors he chose because he wanted to work outdoors. After graduation he went to work for the State of Utah as a government trapper protecting various livestock from coyotes and other predators. He was an excellent shot from an open-door helicopter or mounted on his horse. Some 38 years ago, he started his own business as a fence contractor. Fred Singleton Fence has become one of the premier fence companies in the West. After doing an excellent job on the fences along Legacy Highway, he was recruited to fence the extension of Legacy, known as the West Davis Corridor, tentatively to be finished in 2023. He and Pat were on the job the morning of his passing. Those who will be stopping at the gravesite will surely notice the yellow “Fred Singleton Fence” sign on the cemetery fence he built.

From his first marriage, he has been blessed with three beautiful daughters, Amber (Steven) McPherson, Annette Singleton (LaVoy), and Aubree (Chad) Benson.

Fred married Pat Freestone Groustra June 5, 2021. She has been constantly by his side the past four years building fences, fishing Alaska, and making memories. With this union, he gained another daughter, Wendy (Art) Rose and another granddaughter, Jenna Hertel.

He loved to work. He retired once from fencing, but his love for the job never let him quit. An avid outdoorsman, he loved hunting, fishing, and riding his horse. You rarely saw Fred without boots and a cowboy hat. He always had a dog. He has made a special point to make sure the deer on the mountains surrounding his home are treated regularly with apples, deer pellets and even hay from the barn.

His greatest joys were Pat and his family. He had a special bond with his grandson, Rett.

Fred went on his first fishing trip to Alaska on the Kenai River in 1999 and has returned every year after that. Since they met, he and Pat have spent summers in Alaska every year at a cabin they built together, fishing for salmon and halibut and making new friends. You could say he never met anyone that didn’t become his friend. The family was overwhelmed when searching his phone to find friends to reach out to and found he has 2386 contacts on his cell phone! A very patriotic person, he deeply loved his home, his family and his country.

In addition to his devoted wife, Pat, he is survived by his four daughters; granddaughters, Ava and Lily McPherson, and Jenna Hertel; grandsons Lane and Brett Benson and Rett Singleton. Fred is also survived by his half-brother, Stanton Taggart, sister Judee (Scott) Rees and half-sister Jean Bellingham.

He was preceded in death by his mother and father, his stepdad, and two half-brothers’ Dewey (Dude) Taggart and Stephen E. (Eddie) Taggart and two half-sisters, Doris Tingey and Beth VanMeeteren.

In Fred’s memory please slip into your favorite cowboy hat, boots, camo or fishing gear for the viewing and funeral services. The family would love written notes of special memories you can share about Fred. Mail them to Singleton’s P.O. Box 762, Morgan, UT 84050, email to 1tonfred@gmail.com or bring them to the mortuary.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 15, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Rd., Layton, Utah. Friends may visit with family on Wednesday, Dec. 14 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the mortuary prior to the service. Services will be live streamed and may be viewed at www.lindquistmortuary.com by scrolling to the bottom of Fred’s obituary page. Interment South Morgan Cemetery, 355 South State St., Morgan

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