Arthur Vincent Schweidler

Friday, Apr. 01, 2022

Arthur Vincent Schweidler

July 12, 1946 ~ February 23, 2022

On February 23, 2022, Arthur Vincent Schweidler, known as Art or Skip to those close to him, passed away in his home in Pleasant View, surrounded by his loved ones. 

Born in Indiana, throughout his life he shared many memories of working alongside his grandparents on the Nesius family farm. He loved those days. Later his parents moved him and his little sister Susan to the sunny beaches of San Diego, California, before moving again and settling in Pleasant View, Utah. The Schweidler family took many fun road trips. Art and his father also often shared stories of their hunting and fishing trips together. In his 20s Art turned from his studies at the University of Utah to serve in the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. There he met his wife, with whom he returned to Utah to start a family. His work ultimately took him back to southern California, where he made his second home, a place he came to love, and where he worked until his retirement as an aerospace engineer at Santa Barbara Research Center.  

Art’s family and friends have many special memories of exploring the outdoors, camping and fishing with Art. He had a great love of nature and wildlife. He enjoyed going on long drives on the mountain back roads of the Figueroa mountain range, on the salt flats and byways of northern Utah, and in the wilds of the Mojave Desert. He loved to photograph the canyonlands of the Southwest and beyond. Art was an indomitable adventurer, and we all loved meandering around the next bend or over the next hill with him to see what was on the other side, whether a meadow of purple and yellow wildflowers or a beautiful rock formation.  

Art shared his many passions with his loved ones and was always game to join them in theirs. His mind, creativity, determination, humor and spirit were unique. Art will be dearly missed and remembered always with love.

Art is survived by his children Therese Schweidler and Chris Schweidler, his sister Susan Kilborn, brother-in-law Carter Kilborn and nephew Aaron Schweidler. He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur and Marie Nesius Schweidler and older sister Mary Jo Schweidler.

A funeral Mass was celebrated on March 18, 2022, at St. James the Just Catholic Church, Ogden. Interment and military honors, Ben Lomond Cemetery.