Funeral services for Wilma Hoopes Westover will be Tuesday, Jan. 5, at 12 noon in the Fairview LDS Ward Chapel. Family will greet friends on Monday, Jan. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Schwab mortuary in Afton and from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. at the church prior to the services.
Wilma Hoopes Westover died Dec. 29, 2009 in Orem Utah. Wilma was born April 16, 1917 in a log cabin in Fairview, the oldest child of Sarah Lorilla Allred and Julian Hoopes.
She attended schools in Fairview and Afton, graduating from Star Valley High School in 1933. Wilma served an LDS mission to the southern states in 1939. On Jan 1, 1942 she married Richard Nelson Westover of San Diego, Calif.
Richard served four years in the U.S.Army during would war oo returning in the fall of 1945 to find that he had two sons, Robert and Keith, born in Star Valley where Wilma had been staying with her parents.
Tjhe family moved to San Diego where Richard worked with his father in construction. There they added three more sons, Layne, Clay and Jon.
In 1965 they moved to El Centro Calif., where Richard worked for Imperial County as a building inspector. In 1972 Richard began working for the LDS Church Building Division with assignments to New Zealand, American Samoa, and Tonga, followed by a brief period in Boise, Idaho.
Wilma's favorite assignment was Tonga where Ruchard supervised the building of the Tonga Temple while Wilma helped teach the Queen of Tonga and her entourage to quilt so that they could make a quilt to give to Prince Charles and Diana for their wedding.
Richard retired in 1984 when he and Wilma moved back to Fairview where he built a new house for them to live in. Richard had a cerebral hemorrhage in 1985 and died nine years later in 1994. Wilma continued to live in Fairview until 2001 when she moved to Orem, Utah where she lived for nine years before her death.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, brothers J. Wayne Hoopes and Darrel A. Hoopes, and sister Nola Hoopes Turner. She is survived by a sister Eda Loy Hoopes Lee of Fairview, and F. Vaughn Hoopes (Janalee) of Pasco, Wash.; and sons Robert N. Westover (Linda) of Sandy, Utah; Keith R. Westover (Sheila) of Fairview; Layne J. Westover (Keiko) of college Station, Texas; Clay A. Westover (Rebecca) of Provo, Utah; and Jon H. Westover (Dorothy) of Mesa, Ariz.
Wilma was blessed with an eidetic memory which allowed her to recall and recite stories, rhymes, riddles, readings, scriptures, etc. up to the day she died. She had hundreds of friends and relatives all over the world with whom she maintained contact and exchanged greetings over the years.
Wilma was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in numerous and Sunday callings and assignments. she was a true believer in the Lord Jesus christ and His gospel. She was beloved by all who knew her and feared by none (except her five boys).
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan 5, 2010 at noon at the Fairview LDS Chapel and internment was in the Fairview Cemetery.
Wilma Hoopes Westover died Dec. 29, 2009 in Orem Utah. Wilma was born April 16, 1917 in a log cabin in Fairview, the oldest child of Sarah Lorilla Allred and Julian Hoopes.
She attended schools in Fairview and Afton, graduating from Star Valley High School in 1933. Wilma served an LDS mission to the southern states in 1939. On Jan 1, 1942 she married Richard Nelson Westover of San Diego, Calif.
Richard served four years in the U.S.Army during would war oo returning in the fall of 1945 to find that he had two sons, Robert and Keith, born in Star Valley where Wilma had been staying with her parents.
Tjhe family moved to San Diego where Richard worked with his father in construction. There they added three more sons, Layne, Clay and Jon.
In 1965 they moved to El Centro Calif., where Richard worked for Imperial County as a building inspector. In 1972 Richard began working for the LDS Church Building Division with assignments to New Zealand, American Samoa, and Tonga, followed by a brief period in Boise, Idaho.
Wilma's favorite assignment was Tonga where Ruchard supervised the building of the Tonga Temple while Wilma helped teach the Queen of Tonga and her entourage to quilt so that they could make a quilt to give to Prince Charles and Diana for their wedding.
Richard retired in 1984 when he and Wilma moved back to Fairview where he built a new house for them to live in. Richard had a cerebral hemorrhage in 1985 and died nine years later in 1994. Wilma continued to live in Fairview until 2001 when she moved to Orem, Utah where she lived for nine years before her death.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, brothers J. Wayne Hoopes and Darrel A. Hoopes, and sister Nola Hoopes Turner. She is survived by a sister Eda Loy Hoopes Lee of Fairview, and F. Vaughn Hoopes (Janalee) of Pasco, Wash.; and sons Robert N. Westover (Linda) of Sandy, Utah; Keith R. Westover (Sheila) of Fairview; Layne J. Westover (Keiko) of college Station, Texas; Clay A. Westover (Rebecca) of Provo, Utah; and Jon H. Westover (Dorothy) of Mesa, Ariz.
Wilma was blessed with an eidetic memory which allowed her to recall and recite stories, rhymes, riddles, readings, scriptures, etc. up to the day she died. She had hundreds of friends and relatives all over the world with whom she maintained contact and exchanged greetings over the years.
Wilma was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in numerous and Sunday callings and assignments. she was a true believer in the Lord Jesus christ and His gospel. She was beloved by all who knew her and feared by none (except her five boys).
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan 5, 2010 at noon at the Fairview LDS Chapel and internment was in the Fairview Cemetery.
Funeral services for Wilma Hoopes Westover will be Tuesday, Jan. 5, at 12 noon in the Fairview LDS Ward Chapel. Family will greet friends on Monday, Jan. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Schwab mortuary in Afton and from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. at the church prior to the services.
Wilma Hoopes Westover died Dec. 29, 2009 in Orem Utah. Wilma was born April 16, 1917 in a log cabin in Fairview, the oldest child of Sarah Lorilla Allred and Julian Hoopes.
She attended schools in Fairview and Afton, graduating from Star Valley High School in 1933. Wilma served an LDS mission to the southern states in 1939. On Jan 1, 1942 she married Richard Nelson Westover of San Diego, Calif.
Richard served four years in the U.S.Army during would war oo returning in the fall of 1945 to find that he had two sons, Robert and Keith, born in Star Valley where Wilma had been staying with her parents.
Tjhe family moved to San Diego where Richard worked with his father in construction. There they added three more sons, Layne, Clay and Jon.
In 1965 they moved to El Centro Calif., where Richard worked for Imperial County as a building inspector. In 1972 Richard began working for the LDS Church Building Division with assignments to New Zealand, American Samoa, and Tonga, followed by a brief period in Boise, Idaho.
Wilma's favorite assignment was Tonga where Ruchard supervised the building of the Tonga Temple while Wilma helped teach the Queen of Tonga and her entourage to quilt so that they could make a quilt to give to Prince Charles and Diana for their wedding.
Richard retired in 1984 when he and Wilma moved back to Fairview where he built a new house for them to live in. Richard had a cerebral hemorrhage in 1985 and died nine years later in 1994. Wilma continued to live in Fairview until 2001 when she moved to Orem, Utah where she lived for nine years before her death.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, brothers J. Wayne Hoopes and Darrel A. Hoopes, and sister Nola Hoopes Turner. She is survived by a sister Eda Loy Hoopes Lee of Fairview, and F. Vaughn Hoopes (Janalee) of Pasco, Wash.; and sons Robert N. Westover (Linda) of Sandy, Utah; Keith R. Westover (Sheila) of Fairview; Layne J. Westover (Keiko) of college Station, Texas; Clay A. Westover (Rebecca) of Provo, Utah; and Jon H. Westover (Dorothy) of Mesa, Ariz.
Wilma was blessed with an eidetic memory which allowed her to recall and recite stories, rhymes, riddles, readings, scriptures, etc. up to the day she died. She had hundreds of friends and relatives all over the world with whom she maintained contact and exchanged greetings over the years.
Wilma was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in numerous and Sunday callings and assignments. she was a true believer in the Lord Jesus christ and His gospel. She was beloved by all who knew her and feared by none (except her five boys).
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan 5, 2010 at noon at the Fairview LDS Chapel and internment was in the Fairview Cemetery.
Wilma Hoopes Westover died Dec. 29, 2009 in Orem Utah. Wilma was born April 16, 1917 in a log cabin in Fairview, the oldest child of Sarah Lorilla Allred and Julian Hoopes.
She attended schools in Fairview and Afton, graduating from Star Valley High School in 1933. Wilma served an LDS mission to the southern states in 1939. On Jan 1, 1942 she married Richard Nelson Westover of San Diego, Calif.
Richard served four years in the U.S.Army during would war oo returning in the fall of 1945 to find that he had two sons, Robert and Keith, born in Star Valley where Wilma had been staying with her parents.
Tjhe family moved to San Diego where Richard worked with his father in construction. There they added three more sons, Layne, Clay and Jon.
In 1965 they moved to El Centro Calif., where Richard worked for Imperial County as a building inspector. In 1972 Richard began working for the LDS Church Building Division with assignments to New Zealand, American Samoa, and Tonga, followed by a brief period in Boise, Idaho.
Wilma's favorite assignment was Tonga where Ruchard supervised the building of the Tonga Temple while Wilma helped teach the Queen of Tonga and her entourage to quilt so that they could make a quilt to give to Prince Charles and Diana for their wedding.
Richard retired in 1984 when he and Wilma moved back to Fairview where he built a new house for them to live in. Richard had a cerebral hemorrhage in 1985 and died nine years later in 1994. Wilma continued to live in Fairview until 2001 when she moved to Orem, Utah where she lived for nine years before her death.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, brothers J. Wayne Hoopes and Darrel A. Hoopes, and sister Nola Hoopes Turner. She is survived by a sister Eda Loy Hoopes Lee of Fairview, and F. Vaughn Hoopes (Janalee) of Pasco, Wash.; and sons Robert N. Westover (Linda) of Sandy, Utah; Keith R. Westover (Sheila) of Fairview; Layne J. Westover (Keiko) of college Station, Texas; Clay A. Westover (Rebecca) of Provo, Utah; and Jon H. Westover (Dorothy) of Mesa, Ariz.
Wilma was blessed with an eidetic memory which allowed her to recall and recite stories, rhymes, riddles, readings, scriptures, etc. up to the day she died. She had hundreds of friends and relatives all over the world with whom she maintained contact and exchanged greetings over the years.
Wilma was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in numerous and Sunday callings and assignments. she was a true believer in the Lord Jesus christ and His gospel. She was beloved by all who knew her and feared by none (except her five boys).
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan 5, 2010 at noon at the Fairview LDS Chapel and internment was in the Fairview Cemetery.
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