Our kind and beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister, Thora Taylor Jackson Kammeyer passed away at the age of 97 on March 1, 2009 at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah.


She was born September 11, 1911 in Fremont, Utah, a daughter of Robert Allen and Myrtle Elizabeth Peterson Taylor.


She married Jeremiah Worthen Jackson on June 27, 1933 in the Manti LDS Temple. He died on December 4, 1972. She later married Ernest Kammeyer in Manti, Utah, and he later died. Thora was an active member of the LDS church serving in all the auxiliaries. She served a mission in North Carolina.


She is survived by her children: Malan and Linda Jackson of Mongolia; Verlene Clark of Richfield; Judy and Don Ekker of South Jordan; Sandy J. New and Miriam L. Jackson, both of Fremont; Kathy and Daniel Howlett of Orem; 31 grandchildren; 100 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; sisters and brother: Shirley Oldroyd of Loa; Betty Lou Anderson of Kearns; Bobbie and Keith Hooper of Richfield; Robert Allen and Louise Taylor of West Valley City. She was preceded in death by: a daughter Ann Avon Jackson; a son Kent Worthen Jackson; son-in-law: Ronnie Dean New; grandson-in-law, Kenneth Eyre; grandsons, Shane and Shawn New, great-granddaughter, Shelyn New; sisters: Alta Albrecht, Marjorie T. Ainsworth; Rula Turner; NaDean Hatch, Myrtle Taylor, Anna Taylor; and Ruth Taylor.


Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in the Fremont LDS Ward Chapel. Friends may call for a viewing at the Springer Turner Funeral Home in Richfield on Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Thursday morning at the Ward Chapel in Fremont from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. prior to the services.
Burial will be in the Fremont Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.
Published in the Deseret News on 3/3/2009.