Shirley Bernice Burg Saxton Bowen Holdaway
1929 - 2015
Early Life: Shirley was born May 4, 1929, in Geneva, Idaho. She was the only beloved child of Frank Wesley and Edna Bagley Burg. She was educated in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. They moved many times during World War II and the depression era, changing schools 12 times before graduating from Cokeville High School. Nevertheless, she excelled in school and earned many awards in art.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Shirley married Russell Saxton and through that union, she had four children: Jeffrey (Ann Duersch), Cherry, Robin (Sam) Galbraith and Timothy. They later divorced and Shirley married John Bowen and they had one child, Melanie Bowen Dorton. They divorced and Shirley met the man of her life, David Holdaway. They had 44 happy years together. She worked for 15 years for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as an Office Manager. She retired not long after marrying David. She loved refinishing furniture and making old things look new. She loved archiving her family history and keeping family photo albums. She spent many happy times traveling the United States with David in their motor home. Beloved mother, Shirley Bernice Burg Holdaway passed away on June 8, 2015, at her home in Provo, Utah. She was 86.
Survived By: Four of five children; 14 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Her loving husband, David; her daughter, Cherry Lynne; her parents; stepson, Stacy Holdaway.
Services: Berg Drawing Room Chapel
Arrangements: Berg Mortuary of Provo
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © Daily Herald | 11 June 2015
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1929 - 2015
Early Life: Shirley was born May 4, 1929, in Geneva, Idaho. She was the only beloved child of Frank Wesley and Edna Bagley Burg. She was educated in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. They moved many times during World War II and the depression era, changing schools 12 times before graduating from Cokeville High School. Nevertheless, she excelled in school and earned many awards in art.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Shirley married Russell Saxton and through that union, she had four children: Jeffrey (Ann Duersch), Cherry, Robin (Sam) Galbraith and Timothy. They later divorced and Shirley married John Bowen and they had one child, Melanie Bowen Dorton. They divorced and Shirley met the man of her life, David Holdaway. They had 44 happy years together. She worked for 15 years for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as an Office Manager. She retired not long after marrying David. She loved refinishing furniture and making old things look new. She loved archiving her family history and keeping family photo albums. She spent many happy times traveling the United States with David in their motor home. Beloved mother, Shirley Bernice Burg Holdaway passed away on June 8, 2015, at her home in Provo, Utah. She was 86.
Survived By: Four of five children; 14 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Her loving husband, David; her daughter, Cherry Lynne; her parents; stepson, Stacy Holdaway.
Services: Berg Drawing Room Chapel
Arrangements: Berg Mortuary of Provo
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © Daily Herald | 11 June 2015
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Shirley Bernice Burg Saxton Bowen Holdaway
1929 - 2015
Early Life: Shirley was born May 4, 1929, in Geneva, Idaho. She was the only beloved child of Frank Wesley and Edna Bagley Burg. She was educated in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. They moved many times during World War II and the depression era, changing schools 12 times before graduating from Cokeville High School. Nevertheless, she excelled in school and earned many awards in art.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Shirley married Russell Saxton and through that union, she had four children: Jeffrey (Ann Duersch), Cherry, Robin (Sam) Galbraith and Timothy. They later divorced and Shirley married John Bowen and they had one child, Melanie Bowen Dorton. They divorced and Shirley met the man of her life, David Holdaway. They had 44 happy years together. She worked for 15 years for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as an Office Manager. She retired not long after marrying David. She loved refinishing furniture and making old things look new. She loved archiving her family history and keeping family photo albums. She spent many happy times traveling the United States with David in their motor home. Beloved mother, Shirley Bernice Burg Holdaway passed away on June 8, 2015, at her home in Provo, Utah. She was 86.
Survived By: Four of five children; 14 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Her loving husband, David; her daughter, Cherry Lynne; her parents; stepson, Stacy Holdaway.
Services: Berg Drawing Room Chapel
Arrangements: Berg Mortuary of Provo
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © Daily Herald | 11 June 2015
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1929 - 2015
Early Life: Shirley was born May 4, 1929, in Geneva, Idaho. She was the only beloved child of Frank Wesley and Edna Bagley Burg. She was educated in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. They moved many times during World War II and the depression era, changing schools 12 times before graduating from Cokeville High School. Nevertheless, she excelled in school and earned many awards in art.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Shirley married Russell Saxton and through that union, she had four children: Jeffrey (Ann Duersch), Cherry, Robin (Sam) Galbraith and Timothy. They later divorced and Shirley married John Bowen and they had one child, Melanie Bowen Dorton. They divorced and Shirley met the man of her life, David Holdaway. They had 44 happy years together. She worked for 15 years for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as an Office Manager. She retired not long after marrying David. She loved refinishing furniture and making old things look new. She loved archiving her family history and keeping family photo albums. She spent many happy times traveling the United States with David in their motor home. Beloved mother, Shirley Bernice Burg Holdaway passed away on June 8, 2015, at her home in Provo, Utah. She was 86.
Survived By: Four of five children; 14 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Her loving husband, David; her daughter, Cherry Lynne; her parents; stepson, Stacy Holdaway.
Services: Berg Drawing Room Chapel
Arrangements: Berg Mortuary of Provo
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © Daily Herald | 11 June 2015
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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