Max Rudolph Niederhauser

Max Rudolph Niederhauser was born January 17, 1932, in Logan, Utah, and passed away on June 2, 2026, at the age of 94. He was a man shaped by hard work, wide-open landscapes, and deep faith, qualities that defined him from his earliest years in Cache Valley to a lifetime spent close to the mountains he loved.

Max was born to Rudolph and Sarah Jane (Miller) Niederhauser. The mountains above Logan were home territory from the beginning. He grew up spending summers on family land in Logan Canyon, worked for his uncle Hyrum during those summers, and started driving logging trucks out of Logan Canyon when he was 14 years old. In his youth, he could often be found on horseback in the foothills above Utah State University.

He answered a call to serve his church, completing a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Eastern Canadian Mission. He then answered his country’s call, serving in the United States Army from 1953 to 1955, including a posting in Japan at the close of the Korean War.

On July 31, 1953, Max was sealed for time and eternity to Ida Stanger in the Logan LDS Temple. They settled in Providence, Utah, in 1958, where Max would spend 68 years raising a family and remaining exactly where he wanted to be. For many of those years, he and Ida kept a trailer on the same canyon land he had known since childhood, spending summers there as they always had.

Max’s professional life was written in concrete and asphalt. He owned and operated Caterpillar motor graders, working across the western United States during the great expansion of the American highway system. Roads traveled by millions, bear, in some quiet way, his fingerprints. He later brought that same dedication closer to home, serving the Cache County Road Department for 16 years, work he genuinely loved.

Away from work, Max was most likely in a Jeep or on a horse somewhere above Cache Valley, covering terrain that most people only see from the highway.

Max is survived by his wife, Ida; his brother, Clyde Niederhauser (Judy); and his children: Dawnette Cohen (Stephen) of Bountiful, Utah; Alan Niederhauser (Brenda) of Providence, Utah; Denese Jorgensen of Preston, Idaho; Carolyn Waddoups (Garth) of Rigby, Idaho; and Kyle Niederhauser (Kari-Jo) of Layton, Utah; along with an extended family of 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his sisters, Gloria Svedin and Carol Sampson; and his son, Eric Niederhauser.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 13, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Providence 6th Ward, 262 Canyon Rd, Providence, UT 84332. A viewing will be held prior to the service from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church.
An additional viewing will be held Friday, June 12, 2026, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Providence 6th Ward, 262 Canyon Rd, Providence, UT 84332.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of White Pine Funeral Services.

For those unable to attend in person, the funeral service may be viewed online at: Click Here to Watch via Zoom

Thank you, Dad, for your steady example and your lifelong effort.