Garry Lee Guymon, 85, beloved brother, husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather was called home to his Heavenly Father on February 3, 2022, surrounded by his family and sweetheart. Garry was born in his grandmother's house in Ucon, Idaho on Dec. 12, 1936, to Lila and Ferrell Guymon. The young family soon after purchased an 80-acre farm where they all worked and lived. He learned early the value of hard work the farm provided by feeding the chickens, cows, and pigs and later to work the fields of hay, wheat, and potatoes with his father. Garry attended elementary and jr. high nearby and then graduated from Bonneville High School in 1955. He enjoyed his senior year involved as photographer for the yearbook, archery, choir and as president of the Thespian Club. But at the end of his senior year, he had thoroughly made up his mind to become a policeman. So, in July 1955 he enlisted in the Army - Military Police. Garry completed basic training at Fort Douglas (Utah) and Fort Carson (Colorado). Later he was sent to Camp Gordon (Georgia) for Military Police training. After completing his training in November, he received an assignment in Korea and without going home was flown to Fort Lewis (Washington) to later board a ship for an 18-day journey to Seoul. During his 18 months there he patrolled the city and guarded the main base, the American Embassy but particularly liked his duties as Jeep Patrol. He returned from Korea to be stationed at the Yuma Test Station in Arizona then soon learned his father had fallen ill. Since his brother Donald was on a mission, he asked for a hardship discharge and was relieved of active duty in July 1957. Garry returned home to help on the farm and work at the sugar factory to earn extra money. In March 1958, he received a call to the Australian Mission and entered the mission home in Salt Lake City. Before leaving he needed to get his endowments in the temple, and at that same time his parents were also sealed, and Garry was sealed to them. Garry was set apart as a missionary by Bruce R. McConkie. He served in Brisbane, several places around Sydney, Townsville, and MacKay. While in MacKay, Garry received a telegram that his father had passed away. Shortly after, he was sent back to Brisbane and made Branch President of the Radcliff Branch. Upon returning home, Garry still wanted to be a policeman, but was still too young to join any force, so he got started at the Salt Lake School of Electronics and found some part time work selling shoes at ZCMI. In October, he caught the attention of pretty young thing in blue high heels. He met his sweetheart, Judy Hatch and unbeknownst to him there was a plan to get him. Judy announced to her roommates, "Hands off, he's mine!", so with some strategy, lots of orange juice (Garry's favorite) and patience on her part, they set a wedding date for a June 1, 1961, in the Salt Lake Temple. Soon after graduating, he got a job at Boeing in Seattle, Washington, and there they began their family. Once Boeing started layoffs, they decided to return to Orem and bought a house a few blocks from Judy's parents. Garry tried his hand at many jobs but got his foot in the door as an Animal Control Officer for the City of Orem in 1965. If he couldn't be a cop, arresting dogs and cats was better than nothing. After successfully building up the Animal Control department single handedly, he finally got the job he always wanted as a patrolman in July 1967 and found he loved police work. Protect and serve became his mantra. Some officers thought he couldn't do the job because he didn't swear and treated everyone with such kindness. But later they found that he could still be effective and remain a gentleman. Garry loved his work as patrolman and found it very rewarding. Much of the job was difficult (accidents, suicides, homicides, domestic disputes, etc.) but felt he was able to help people at a time when they really needed him most. Garry was promoted to detective in July 1971 and was unsure that he would like this kind of policework because he loved what he was doing as patrolman. He soon found his work was interesting and varied but there was so much to do. Often the job was overwhelming and sometimes had to process difficult days with Judy and they would cry together, but for the most part he was successful in not bringing the weight of the job home with him. He served as detective for 9 years and was transferred to support services, handling public relations and crime prevention. In this new position, he found the opportunity to make a difference with the youth by helping them to make better choices, which he loved. At the time they were only doing the Safety City at the mall. Then the department got a grant to organize the Youth Bureau to work with troubled youth but there was no program to go into elementary schools where he knew teaching the very young would make the biggest difference. So, Garry started the puppet program and once said he "lost his identity". With the help of McGruff, Officer Ollie and other puppets he taught about bicycle safety, intruders, what to do in an emergency, personal protection and more. To 10,000 children per year, he was "Officer Friendly". For 10 years, Officer Friendly went from school-to-school and built a new relationship between the children and police. Garry was so successful with the program that he could not walk into any elementary, jr. high or high school without being recognized as Officer Friendly. His own children can attest to the fact that he had a following everywhere he went. Garry's accomplishments at work were peppered with awards such as Outstanding Officer (1972), Officer of the Year Award - Utah County (1979), KSL Utah Safety Award (1983) presented by Governor Mathison, Utah's Officer Friendly Award (1987), Utah's Officer Friendly Award (1992) presented by Governor Bangerter. Garry retired from the police force in May 1995. Retirement took a little bit of adjusting, but Garry found his time to care for the yard, travel and spend time with grandchildren. He also felt there was more to be accomplished. Church service was something that always had a priority in his life and wanted the opportunity to serve with Judy at his side. Soon after, Garry and Judy accepted a call to the Ivory Coast Abidjan Mission in Mar. 2002 to Mar. 2004. Garry worried a bit with the call to go so far away and learn French but put faith in front of fear. Questioning why he was needed there; he received his answer when a couple months after arriving it was necessary to investigate the unfortunate murder of a sister missionary. His skills in preserving a crime scene and interviewing witnesses were integral in finding the perpetrator. Once again, they answered the call to the Australia Melbourne West Mission in Oct. 2005 to Apr. 2007. They hated to leave their children with their growing families behind but were confident that they would be blessed as they served the Lord. When missionary service was no longer possible, they served locally in their ward, the Lindon Cannery and as ordinance workers in the Timpanogos Temple. To Garry, the most important things were his family and his faith. He had an abiding testimony of the Restored Gospel and the Atonement of Jesus Christ. He loved the Lord and wanted only to serve Him wherever he was. His testimony was told time and time again by the soft-spoken way he lived his life. He was a shining example of love and caring to both his family and the community. He is survived by his sweetheart, Judy Hatch and his two siblings, Donald Guymon (Idaho Falls, ID) and Janice Finlayson (Morgan, UT). Also survived by his six children, Steven (Rebecca) Guymon, Jennette (Clayton) King, David (Nu) Guymon, Lila Jean (Steve) Peck, Julie (Michael) Hancock, Grant (Nena) Guymon, and 16 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his granddaughter Kayla Mae King and his daughter-in-law Rebecca Guymon. Funeral Services will be Friday February 11, 2022 at 11 am in Lindon 16th Ward Chapel 610 West 100 South, Lindon. Friends may visit with the family on Thursday February 10, 2022 from 6-8 pm at the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home 646 East 800 North, Orem or Friday from 9:45-10:45 am at the church prior to the service. There will be a live stream of the service on Friday starting at 11 am. Just go to www.walkersanderson.com and click view live webcast for Garry. For those that cannot watch it live it will be available on his obituary page shortly.