Layne Dee Bennion, 64, of Aquasco MD passed away peacefully on May 15,

2025, surrounded by loving family. His death was due to Head and Neck

cancer.

Layne was born Dec 12, 1960 in Coalinga CA to Barton Bennion and the

late Lois Ann Sadler Bennion. He was raised in Vernal UT and attended

the local schools, graduating as Valedictorian in 1979. He briefly

attended Snow College, then chose to serve as a missionary for the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Sendai, Japan

mission. He returned home and attended Utah State University in Logan

UT, where he earned a Bachelors in Psychology and a Master’s in Human

Development then to University of Virginia where he earned a PhD in

Clinical Psychology in 1995. In 1985, he married Rebecca Eve Groesbeck

and they had a wonderf

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