Glenona Robison Farnsworth
1928 - 2011
Early Life: Glenona was born May 25, 1928, in Archer, Idaho, to Loren Glen and Florence Cullum Robison. She grew up in Martinez, California. It is there that she learned to play the piano which began a lifetime of joy through music.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: She attended UCLA, where she met William Dewey "Bill" Farnsworth. They were married June 21, 1948, in the Mesa Arizona Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a Navy family, they would live in numerous places across the country, adding nine children and meeting lifelong friends. Children and music were Glenona's missions. Wherever she lived, she provided service in the Church as organist, chorister, or choir director. As Primary chorister in so many cities, she taught hundreds of children to love the gospel of Jesus Christ through song. Her family grew as her children married. She began to devote her time to her husband, her roses, and her grandchildren. Glenona Robison Farnsworth passed away peacefully at home in Provo, Utah, on October 2, 2011, surrounded by her family. She was 83.
Survived By: Her eternal sweetheart, Bill; their children: Joy (Paul) Moody, Diane Teichert, Nancy (Charles) Davis, Brad (Debbie) Farnsworth, Raelene (Dave) Card, Jana (Cory) Westbrook, Karen (Jeff) Murphy, Yvonne (Wayne) Hubert, Melinda (Brian) Larson; 42 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; brother, Don Robison; sons-in-law, Timothy Andersen and Conrad Teichert; grandson, Timothy Troy Andersen; and great-granddaughter, Kylee Alexis Kenyon.
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Edgemont 8th Ward Chapel
Arrangements: Berg Mortuary
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © 2020 | Berg Mortuary
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1928 - 2011
Early Life: Glenona was born May 25, 1928, in Archer, Idaho, to Loren Glen and Florence Cullum Robison. She grew up in Martinez, California. It is there that she learned to play the piano which began a lifetime of joy through music.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: She attended UCLA, where she met William Dewey "Bill" Farnsworth. They were married June 21, 1948, in the Mesa Arizona Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a Navy family, they would live in numerous places across the country, adding nine children and meeting lifelong friends. Children and music were Glenona's missions. Wherever she lived, she provided service in the Church as organist, chorister, or choir director. As Primary chorister in so many cities, she taught hundreds of children to love the gospel of Jesus Christ through song. Her family grew as her children married. She began to devote her time to her husband, her roses, and her grandchildren. Glenona Robison Farnsworth passed away peacefully at home in Provo, Utah, on October 2, 2011, surrounded by her family. She was 83.
Survived By: Her eternal sweetheart, Bill; their children: Joy (Paul) Moody, Diane Teichert, Nancy (Charles) Davis, Brad (Debbie) Farnsworth, Raelene (Dave) Card, Jana (Cory) Westbrook, Karen (Jeff) Murphy, Yvonne (Wayne) Hubert, Melinda (Brian) Larson; 42 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; brother, Don Robison; sons-in-law, Timothy Andersen and Conrad Teichert; grandson, Timothy Troy Andersen; and great-granddaughter, Kylee Alexis Kenyon.
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Edgemont 8th Ward Chapel
Arrangements: Berg Mortuary
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © 2020 | Berg Mortuary
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Glenona Robison Farnsworth
1928 - 2011
Early Life: Glenona was born May 25, 1928, in Archer, Idaho, to Loren Glen and Florence Cullum Robison. She grew up in Martinez, California. It is there that she learned to play the piano which began a lifetime of joy through music.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: She attended UCLA, where she met William Dewey "Bill" Farnsworth. They were married June 21, 1948, in the Mesa Arizona Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a Navy family, they would live in numerous places across the country, adding nine children and meeting lifelong friends. Children and music were Glenona's missions. Wherever she lived, she provided service in the Church as organist, chorister, or choir director. As Primary chorister in so many cities, she taught hundreds of children to love the gospel of Jesus Christ through song. Her family grew as her children married. She began to devote her time to her husband, her roses, and her grandchildren. Glenona Robison Farnsworth passed away peacefully at home in Provo, Utah, on October 2, 2011, surrounded by her family. She was 83.
Survived By: Her eternal sweetheart, Bill; their children: Joy (Paul) Moody, Diane Teichert, Nancy (Charles) Davis, Brad (Debbie) Farnsworth, Raelene (Dave) Card, Jana (Cory) Westbrook, Karen (Jeff) Murphy, Yvonne (Wayne) Hubert, Melinda (Brian) Larson; 42 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; brother, Don Robison; sons-in-law, Timothy Andersen and Conrad Teichert; grandson, Timothy Troy Andersen; and great-granddaughter, Kylee Alexis Kenyon.
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Edgemont 8th Ward Chapel
Arrangements: Berg Mortuary
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © 2020 | Berg Mortuary
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1928 - 2011
Early Life: Glenona was born May 25, 1928, in Archer, Idaho, to Loren Glen and Florence Cullum Robison. She grew up in Martinez, California. It is there that she learned to play the piano which began a lifetime of joy through music.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: She attended UCLA, where she met William Dewey "Bill" Farnsworth. They were married June 21, 1948, in the Mesa Arizona Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a Navy family, they would live in numerous places across the country, adding nine children and meeting lifelong friends. Children and music were Glenona's missions. Wherever she lived, she provided service in the Church as organist, chorister, or choir director. As Primary chorister in so many cities, she taught hundreds of children to love the gospel of Jesus Christ through song. Her family grew as her children married. She began to devote her time to her husband, her roses, and her grandchildren. Glenona Robison Farnsworth passed away peacefully at home in Provo, Utah, on October 2, 2011, surrounded by her family. She was 83.
Survived By: Her eternal sweetheart, Bill; their children: Joy (Paul) Moody, Diane Teichert, Nancy (Charles) Davis, Brad (Debbie) Farnsworth, Raelene (Dave) Card, Jana (Cory) Westbrook, Karen (Jeff) Murphy, Yvonne (Wayne) Hubert, Melinda (Brian) Larson; 42 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; brother, Don Robison; sons-in-law, Timothy Andersen and Conrad Teichert; grandson, Timothy Troy Andersen; and great-granddaughter, Kylee Alexis Kenyon.
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Edgemont 8th Ward Chapel
Arrangements: Berg Mortuary
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © 2020 | Berg Mortuary
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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