James Driggs

Obituary for
James Robert Driggs

J. Robert Driggs, age 87, passed away peacefully at home in Provo, Utah on June 12, 2018. Bob was born March 19, 1931 in San Francisco, California, to Golden Kenneth Driggs and Maude Macdonald. He graduated from Stockton High School in Stockton, California where he served as student body president. As a student at Brigham Young University, he was an officer in the Blue Key Honor Society and a member of the Student Body Executive Council. Bob graduated from BYU in 1956 with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Business Management. Bob did graduate work at Harvard University, graduating in 1958 with a Masters Degree in Business administration. He married Carmen Carolyn (Gay) Peters on June 6, 1955, in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they have five children: James (Dina), Paul (Lauri), Sondra (Trevan MacArthur), Tiffany (Charles Rich), and Valerie (Bret Sorensen). Bob and Carolyn also have twenty-three grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.

Bob was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as a full-time Missionary for the Church in the Argentine Mission from 1951 to 1953. With his wife Carolyn at his side, Bob also served as bishop, high councilor, stake president, President of the Andes Peru Mission (1971-74) and President of the Montevideo Uruguay Temple (2003-2006). He served as a counselor in the presidency of the Provo Missionary Training Center, as Executive Secretary in the Chile Area Presidency, as a counselor in the presidency of the Utah Provo Mission, and as a sealer in the Provo Utah Temple. In addition, he served as a member of several general church writing committees.

Bob spent his career in the field of corporate finance in the San Francisco, Phoenix, and Salt Lake metropolitan areas and as an administrator at Brigham Young University. Bob was an avid supporter of BYU and served as President Elect of the BYU Alumni Association and President of the BYU Emeriti Alumni Association. He ended his professional career retiring from Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation in Salt Lake City, where he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Bob is survived by his wife Carolyn, their five children, twenty-three grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and four siblings: Barbara Driggs Davis (Provo, Utah), Dianne Driggs Montgomery (Grantsville, Utah), Gloria Driggs West Anderson (Provo, Utah) and G. Kenneth Driggs (Mesa, Arizona). He is preceded in death by his parents (Golden and Maude), brother Don Wallace Driggs, two grandchildren (Kate and Thomas Sorensen) and one great-granddaughter (Mya Wangia).

Funeral services for J. Robert Driggs will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 11:00 am at the Oak Hills 9th Ward chapel, located at 1960 North 1500 East in Provo, Utah A viewing will be held the evening of Friday, June 15 from 6-8 pm at Nelson Mortuary, 4780 North University Avenue, Provo, Utah. Another viewing will be held the morning of June 16, 2018 from 9:00 am - 10:30 am at the Oak Hills 9th Ward Chapel, prior to the funeral service. Interment will take place at East Lawn Cemetery in Provo. To express condolences visit www.NelsonMortuary.com