LYMAN - Our kind and beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, Bernice Maxfield Chappell, age 89, died on Friday, July 22, 2005, at her home in Lyman of natural causes.

She was born June 16, 1916, in Lyman, a daughter of Nathan Tanner and Martha Rose Ann Sampson Maxfield. She married Farrell LaMont Chappell, Dec. 19, 1938, in the Manti LDS temple. Farrell died July 4, 2000.

Bernice attended Wayne High School in Bicknell. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she held leadership positions in all the auxiliaries. She served in the Arizona Phoenix Mission with her husband. They also served as ordinance workers at the Manti LDS temple for several years.

Bernice and Farrell were campground host and hostess at Fish Lake and Capitol Reef National Park. Bernice traveled and supported her husband as he served as Wayne County Commissioner. She loved the mountains, camping and fishing and she was always busy with crafts and crocheting. Bernice was always learning and reading.

For several years before his death in 2000, Farrell and Bernice spent the winters in Arizona. They loved to square dance and did so for many years.

33 grandchildren; 74 great grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.

She was also preceded in death by a granddaughter, BreeAnna Orton; five brothers and five sisters.

Funeral services will be Saturday, July 30, at 1 p.m., in the Lyman LDS ward, where friends may call for viewing Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m., and again Saturday morning from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., prior to the services.

Interment will be in the Lyman Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield, Salina and Gunnison.