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Merle Betty <I>Hoffeditz</I> Spencer

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Merle Betty Hoffeditz Spencer

Birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Death
8 Feb 2003 (aged 77)
Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, USA
Burial
Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, USA Add to Map
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Merle Betty Calloway Spencer, 77, of Idaho Falls, died February 8, 2003, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls and was under the care of Aspen Hospice. She was born March 9, 1925, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Frank Hoffeditz and Edith Calloway Hoffeditz. Upon the death of her mother, she was adopted by her uncle, William Moses Calloway and his wife, Delia Kylen Calloway of Salt Lake City, Utah.

She attended elementary schools in Lark, Midvale and Jordan, Utah. She graduated from West Jordan High School in 1943 and attended secretarial, stenography and bookkeeping school in Salt Lake City. She worked at Kearns Air Field.

Later on, she worked at the S&H Green Stamp Redemption Center in Idaho Falls. She married Elmer Spencer November 19, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple in 1964.
Following their marriage, they resided for a short time in Long Beach, California and also in Portland, Oregon, before making Idaho Falls their permanent residence. Her hobbies included crocheting, painting, reading, traveling and gardening. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints serving in many positions.

Survivors include a son, 2 daughters [names deleted], 13 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

She was was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m, Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at the Idaho Falls LDS Mountain View Ward, 1450 Mountain View Lane, with Bishop Kerry Holmgren officiating. The family will visit with friends on Tuesday for one hour prior to services at the church.

The family requests, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Diabetes Association, Eastern Idaho Region, P. O. Box 2650, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83403.
(Obit courtesy of Memory Treasurer)
Merle Betty Calloway Spencer, 77, of Idaho Falls, died February 8, 2003, at Life Care Center of Idaho Falls and was under the care of Aspen Hospice. She was born March 9, 1925, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Frank Hoffeditz and Edith Calloway Hoffeditz. Upon the death of her mother, she was adopted by her uncle, William Moses Calloway and his wife, Delia Kylen Calloway of Salt Lake City, Utah.

She attended elementary schools in Lark, Midvale and Jordan, Utah. She graduated from West Jordan High School in 1943 and attended secretarial, stenography and bookkeeping school in Salt Lake City. She worked at Kearns Air Field.

Later on, she worked at the S&H Green Stamp Redemption Center in Idaho Falls. She married Elmer Spencer November 19, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple in 1964.
Following their marriage, they resided for a short time in Long Beach, California and also in Portland, Oregon, before making Idaho Falls their permanent residence. Her hobbies included crocheting, painting, reading, traveling and gardening. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints serving in many positions.

Survivors include a son, 2 daughters [names deleted], 13 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

She was was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m, Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at the Idaho Falls LDS Mountain View Ward, 1450 Mountain View Lane, with Bishop Kerry Holmgren officiating. The family will visit with friends on Tuesday for one hour prior to services at the church.

The family requests, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Diabetes Association, Eastern Idaho Region, P. O. Box 2650, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83403.
(Obit courtesy of Memory Treasurer)


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  • Created by: Collins Crapo
  • Added: May 4, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10915569/merle_betty-spencer: accessed ), memorial page for Merle Betty Hoffeditz Spencer (9 Mar 1925–8 Feb 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10915569, citing Fielding Memorial Park Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho, USA; Maintained by Collins Crapo (contributor 669).