Glenda Cole Landon, 98, of Blackfoot, Idaho, passed away Jan. 14, 2010 due to causes incident to age.
Glenda was born April 13, 1911 in Afton, Wyo. to Ursulia (Zula) Rich Cole and William Leslie (Les) Cole. She grew up on a ranch in Wyoming in a home with little of the conveniences we know today. She first went to school in a one-room building for grades one through eight, she started in the third grade because there were no younger students that year.
They later moved to Paris, Idaho where she worked and went to school, graduating in 1927. She continued working until 1936 when she started college, first at BYU and then at Utah State University.
Glenda married Doyle Y. Landon, Aug. 21, 1940 in the Logan LDS Temple following graduation in Secretarial Science from the Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University); and later moved to Vernal, in 1942. Following a brief time when Doyle worked for the government, Doyle worked as the agricultural teacher at Vernal High School and Glenda became a homemaker. Vernal became their home for the next 64 years, until ill health required Glenda to live with her daughter in Blackfoot.
Doyle and Glenda were blessed with five children: Glen, Laraine, Dean, Ross and Joyce. Those years of raising their family were filled with hard work. Glenda managed the home, even when some ill health limited her activity. She served in many church callings including being a secretary for two patriarchs for over 15 years, genealogy librarian for over 19 years and meeting house librarian for more than 20 years. During this time the family served a mission in the White Rocks Indian Reservation. Doyle preceded Glenda in death in 1990.
Glenda is survived by one sister, Sybil Dunn, of Colorado Springs; her children, Glen (Lorna) Landon, of Salt Lake City, Laraine (Ron) Nyman, of Lindon, Utah, Dean (Barbara) Landon, of Farmington, Utah, Ross (Jean) Landon, of Provo, Joyce (Darrell) Lewis, of Blackfoot, Idaho; 25 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Glenda was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Doyle; her sister, Evelyn; her brother, Donald; and granddaughter, Laurie Nyman.
One of her favorite poems was:
My Soul goes clad in gorgeous things
Scarlet and gold and blue;
And at her shoulder sudden wings
Like long flames flicker through.
And she is swallow-fleet, and free
From mortal bonds and bars.
She laughs, because Eternity
Blossoms for her with start!
O folk who scorn my stiff gray gown
My dull and foolish face
Can ye not see my Soul flash down
A singing flame through space?
And folk, whose earth-stained looks I hate
Why may I not divine
Your Souls, that must be passionate,
Shining and swift, as mine!
By Fannie Stearns Davis
Arrangements under the care of Hawker Funeral Home in Blackfoot, Idaho.
-Vernal Expres, January 22, 2010
Glenda was born April 13, 1911 in Afton, Wyo. to Ursulia (Zula) Rich Cole and William Leslie (Les) Cole. She grew up on a ranch in Wyoming in a home with little of the conveniences we know today. She first went to school in a one-room building for grades one through eight, she started in the third grade because there were no younger students that year.
They later moved to Paris, Idaho where she worked and went to school, graduating in 1927. She continued working until 1936 when she started college, first at BYU and then at Utah State University.
Glenda married Doyle Y. Landon, Aug. 21, 1940 in the Logan LDS Temple following graduation in Secretarial Science from the Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University); and later moved to Vernal, in 1942. Following a brief time when Doyle worked for the government, Doyle worked as the agricultural teacher at Vernal High School and Glenda became a homemaker. Vernal became their home for the next 64 years, until ill health required Glenda to live with her daughter in Blackfoot.
Doyle and Glenda were blessed with five children: Glen, Laraine, Dean, Ross and Joyce. Those years of raising their family were filled with hard work. Glenda managed the home, even when some ill health limited her activity. She served in many church callings including being a secretary for two patriarchs for over 15 years, genealogy librarian for over 19 years and meeting house librarian for more than 20 years. During this time the family served a mission in the White Rocks Indian Reservation. Doyle preceded Glenda in death in 1990.
Glenda is survived by one sister, Sybil Dunn, of Colorado Springs; her children, Glen (Lorna) Landon, of Salt Lake City, Laraine (Ron) Nyman, of Lindon, Utah, Dean (Barbara) Landon, of Farmington, Utah, Ross (Jean) Landon, of Provo, Joyce (Darrell) Lewis, of Blackfoot, Idaho; 25 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Glenda was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Doyle; her sister, Evelyn; her brother, Donald; and granddaughter, Laurie Nyman.
One of her favorite poems was:
My Soul goes clad in gorgeous things
Scarlet and gold and blue;
And at her shoulder sudden wings
Like long flames flicker through.
And she is swallow-fleet, and free
From mortal bonds and bars.
She laughs, because Eternity
Blossoms for her with start!
O folk who scorn my stiff gray gown
My dull and foolish face
Can ye not see my Soul flash down
A singing flame through space?
And folk, whose earth-stained looks I hate
Why may I not divine
Your Souls, that must be passionate,
Shining and swift, as mine!
By Fannie Stearns Davis
Arrangements under the care of Hawker Funeral Home in Blackfoot, Idaho.
-Vernal Expres, January 22, 2010
Glenda Cole Landon, 98, of Blackfoot, Idaho, passed away Jan. 14, 2010 due to causes incident to age.
Glenda was born April 13, 1911 in Afton, Wyo. to Ursulia (Zula) Rich Cole and William Leslie (Les) Cole. She grew up on a ranch in Wyoming in a home with little of the conveniences we know today. She first went to school in a one-room building for grades one through eight, she started in the third grade because there were no younger students that year.
They later moved to Paris, Idaho where she worked and went to school, graduating in 1927. She continued working until 1936 when she started college, first at BYU and then at Utah State University.
Glenda married Doyle Y. Landon, Aug. 21, 1940 in the Logan LDS Temple following graduation in Secretarial Science from the Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University); and later moved to Vernal, in 1942. Following a brief time when Doyle worked for the government, Doyle worked as the agricultural teacher at Vernal High School and Glenda became a homemaker. Vernal became their home for the next 64 years, until ill health required Glenda to live with her daughter in Blackfoot.
Doyle and Glenda were blessed with five children: Glen, Laraine, Dean, Ross and Joyce. Those years of raising their family were filled with hard work. Glenda managed the home, even when some ill health limited her activity. She served in many church callings including being a secretary for two patriarchs for over 15 years, genealogy librarian for over 19 years and meeting house librarian for more than 20 years. During this time the family served a mission in the White Rocks Indian Reservation. Doyle preceded Glenda in death in 1990.
Glenda is survived by one sister, Sybil Dunn, of Colorado Springs; her children, Glen (Lorna) Landon, of Salt Lake City, Laraine (Ron) Nyman, of Lindon, Utah, Dean (Barbara) Landon, of Farmington, Utah, Ross (Jean) Landon, of Provo, Joyce (Darrell) Lewis, of Blackfoot, Idaho; 25 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Glenda was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Doyle; her sister, Evelyn; her brother, Donald; and granddaughter, Laurie Nyman.
One of her favorite poems was:
My Soul goes clad in gorgeous things
Scarlet and gold and blue;
And at her shoulder sudden wings
Like long flames flicker through.
And she is swallow-fleet, and free
From mortal bonds and bars.
She laughs, because Eternity
Blossoms for her with start!
O folk who scorn my stiff gray gown
My dull and foolish face
Can ye not see my Soul flash down
A singing flame through space?
And folk, whose earth-stained looks I hate
Why may I not divine
Your Souls, that must be passionate,
Shining and swift, as mine!
By Fannie Stearns Davis
Arrangements under the care of Hawker Funeral Home in Blackfoot, Idaho.
-Vernal Expres, January 22, 2010
Glenda was born April 13, 1911 in Afton, Wyo. to Ursulia (Zula) Rich Cole and William Leslie (Les) Cole. She grew up on a ranch in Wyoming in a home with little of the conveniences we know today. She first went to school in a one-room building for grades one through eight, she started in the third grade because there were no younger students that year.
They later moved to Paris, Idaho where she worked and went to school, graduating in 1927. She continued working until 1936 when she started college, first at BYU and then at Utah State University.
Glenda married Doyle Y. Landon, Aug. 21, 1940 in the Logan LDS Temple following graduation in Secretarial Science from the Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University); and later moved to Vernal, in 1942. Following a brief time when Doyle worked for the government, Doyle worked as the agricultural teacher at Vernal High School and Glenda became a homemaker. Vernal became their home for the next 64 years, until ill health required Glenda to live with her daughter in Blackfoot.
Doyle and Glenda were blessed with five children: Glen, Laraine, Dean, Ross and Joyce. Those years of raising their family were filled with hard work. Glenda managed the home, even when some ill health limited her activity. She served in many church callings including being a secretary for two patriarchs for over 15 years, genealogy librarian for over 19 years and meeting house librarian for more than 20 years. During this time the family served a mission in the White Rocks Indian Reservation. Doyle preceded Glenda in death in 1990.
Glenda is survived by one sister, Sybil Dunn, of Colorado Springs; her children, Glen (Lorna) Landon, of Salt Lake City, Laraine (Ron) Nyman, of Lindon, Utah, Dean (Barbara) Landon, of Farmington, Utah, Ross (Jean) Landon, of Provo, Joyce (Darrell) Lewis, of Blackfoot, Idaho; 25 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Glenda was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Doyle; her sister, Evelyn; her brother, Donald; and granddaughter, Laurie Nyman.
One of her favorite poems was:
My Soul goes clad in gorgeous things
Scarlet and gold and blue;
And at her shoulder sudden wings
Like long flames flicker through.
And she is swallow-fleet, and free
From mortal bonds and bars.
She laughs, because Eternity
Blossoms for her with start!
O folk who scorn my stiff gray gown
My dull and foolish face
Can ye not see my Soul flash down
A singing flame through space?
And folk, whose earth-stained looks I hate
Why may I not divine
Your Souls, that must be passionate,
Shining and swift, as mine!
By Fannie Stearns Davis
Arrangements under the care of Hawker Funeral Home in Blackfoot, Idaho.
-Vernal Expres, January 22, 2010
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