Funeral services for longtime Lewis resident Lula Belle Uptain will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 5, at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Bishop Echols will officiate. Interment will follow at the Sunny Side Cemetery in Lewis.
Visitation has been set for Sunday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel.
Lula Belle was born March 28, 1915, in Eldorado Springs, Mo., the seventh child of George Elijah and Rose Maude (Duncan) Maslen. She passed away at the Vista Grande Nursing Home Monday, April 28, 2003.
In 1928, at the age of 13, Lula Belle and her family moved to Yellow Jacket. She attended Rhyman School, Old Ackman School and one year of high school.
She then began working for other people until she met the love of her life, Clarence Uptain. The couple was married June 14, 1937. They homesteaded north of Lewis, where their first son, Cordell, was born.
Lula Belle and Clarence farmed together, enjoying the time shared. Later they bought the home where Lula Belle has lived for the past 58 years.
In 1945 a daughter, Carol, was born. Lula Belle joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1959 and loved every moment of her relationship with her church and Christ.
Surviving Lula Belle are her children: Cordell Uptain of Lewis; and Carol Uptain Beals Wilson and husband, Dick, of Lewis; seven grandchildren: Lynn Rougeau and husband, Frank, of Louisiana; Scott Uptain of Nebraska; Ron Uptain of Cortez; Gina Marriott and husband, Randy, of Mesa, Ariz.; Teresa Clark and husband, Les, of Spring, Texas; Stacey Corbin and husband, Craig, of Chandler, Ariz.; and Dusty Beals and wife, Radiance, of Hesperus; 16 great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren; brothers: Claude Maslen and Homer Maslen, both of Cortez; sister, Grace Randol, also of Cortez; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Memorial contributions can be made in the name of Lula Belle Uptain with the Vectra Bank of Cortez. Services will be conducted by the Ertel Funeral Home.
Posted: May 2003
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Funeral services for longtime Lewis resident Lula Belle Uptain will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 5, at the Ertel Memorial Chapel. Bishop Echols will officiate. Interment will follow at the Sunny Side Cemetery in Lewis.
Visitation has been set for Sunday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ertel Memorial Chapel.
Lula Belle was born March 28, 1915, in Eldorado Springs, Mo., the seventh child of George Elijah and Rose Maude (Duncan) Maslen. She passed away at the Vista Grande Nursing Home Monday, April 28, 2003.
In 1928, at the age of 13, Lula Belle and her family moved to Yellow Jacket. She attended Rhyman School, Old Ackman School and one year of high school.
She then began working for other people until she met the love of her life, Clarence Uptain. The couple was married June 14, 1937. They homesteaded north of Lewis, where their first son, Cordell, was born.
Lula Belle and Clarence farmed together, enjoying the time shared. Later they bought the home where Lula Belle has lived for the past 58 years.
In 1945 a daughter, Carol, was born. Lula Belle joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1959 and loved every moment of her relationship with her church and Christ.
Surviving Lula Belle are her children: Cordell Uptain of Lewis; and Carol Uptain Beals Wilson and husband, Dick, of Lewis; seven grandchildren: Lynn Rougeau and husband, Frank, of Louisiana; Scott Uptain of Nebraska; Ron Uptain of Cortez; Gina Marriott and husband, Randy, of Mesa, Ariz.; Teresa Clark and husband, Les, of Spring, Texas; Stacey Corbin and husband, Craig, of Chandler, Ariz.; and Dusty Beals and wife, Radiance, of Hesperus; 16 great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren; brothers: Claude Maslen and Homer Maslen, both of Cortez; sister, Grace Randol, also of Cortez; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Memorial contributions can be made in the name of Lula Belle Uptain with the Vectra Bank of Cortez. Services will be conducted by the Ertel Funeral Home.
Posted: May 2003
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