Marla Farnsworth Wells was born to Floyd Delwin and Marjorie Sutcliffe Farnsworth on October 1, 1955, in Murray, Utah. They moved back to Pocatello in 1958, where Marla attended Hawthorne, Washington, and Emerson elementary schools, Irving Jr. High School, and Pocatello High School, graduating in 1973 with high honors. She attended ISU on a scholarship between her junior and senior years of high school, enabling her to complete her education at BYU in less than three years, graduating in April, 1976 with a Bachelor's degree in Economics. During her studies she worked as a teaching assistant, and up graduation was asked to work for Prof. Merrill J. Bateman, Dean of the College Business, as his research assistant for Econometric price modeling in the lumber and sugar/cocoa markets. She also tutored graduate Econ students during this time.
Marla met Brian Steven Wells through mutual friends at BYU. They went on their first date August 13, 1976, got engaged a week later, and were married October 1, 1976 on her 21st birthday in the Provo, Utah LDS Temple. Marla continued working while Brian studied at BYU. In 1981 they moved to Pocatello, where Marla worked at FMC in computer programming while Brian worked part time and studied Electronics at ISU. Upon his graduation Brian got a job at Tektronix in Beaverton, OR, and they moved to Trigard in February 1991 where they have resided ever since.
Marla was unable to have children, so she turned her heart to her horses, birds, cats, and especially their American Eskimo dogs. She became active in rescuing this breed of dogs and over the years fostered and adopted many.
In April 2006 Marla developed Rheumatoid Arthritis and diabetes, suffered some strokes, and became legally blind. During the following years her husband took loving care of her. In April 2013 she had another severe stroke, and after being hospitalized and trying to recuperate at home with the help of her husband and friends, her parents brought her to Pocatello to help her. Instead her health worsened, and she passed away here at a local care center on July 18, 2013.
Marla loved to show visitors around Portland and the surrounding area. She liked to sew, and made big teddy bears with dresses for all her nieces and her ailing grandmother. She loved music, and taking piano lessons as a child for a few years, she continued to learn on her own, and eventually became an accomplished organist, also.
Marla had a deep love and testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Her service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints included Relief Society Education Counselor, Primary Pianist, and Ward Organist, which included playing for the ward choir. She especially loved playing in Primary for the children and seeing their enthusiasm for music. Marla and Brian also served in the Idaho Falls Temple when they lived in Pocatello, and she loved to attend the temple, even later when she was in so much pain.
Marla was preceded in death by her grandparents and her baby brother, Jeffrey Taylor Farnsworth. She is survived by her husband, parents, and siblings: Sandra (Lynn) Watson, Eagle, ID; Alan Craig (Monika) and Steven Jay (Karen), Pocatello; and Scott Delwin (Lindsey), Pullman, WA. She is also survived by nine nieces and nephews and four great-nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 29, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the Mink Creek LDS Ward Chapel, 8200 W. Portneuf Rd. A visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. 4th Ave, and also one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. Burial will follow services at Restlawn Memorial Gardens.
Marla met Brian Steven Wells through mutual friends at BYU. They went on their first date August 13, 1976, got engaged a week later, and were married October 1, 1976 on her 21st birthday in the Provo, Utah LDS Temple. Marla continued working while Brian studied at BYU. In 1981 they moved to Pocatello, where Marla worked at FMC in computer programming while Brian worked part time and studied Electronics at ISU. Upon his graduation Brian got a job at Tektronix in Beaverton, OR, and they moved to Trigard in February 1991 where they have resided ever since.
Marla was unable to have children, so she turned her heart to her horses, birds, cats, and especially their American Eskimo dogs. She became active in rescuing this breed of dogs and over the years fostered and adopted many.
In April 2006 Marla developed Rheumatoid Arthritis and diabetes, suffered some strokes, and became legally blind. During the following years her husband took loving care of her. In April 2013 she had another severe stroke, and after being hospitalized and trying to recuperate at home with the help of her husband and friends, her parents brought her to Pocatello to help her. Instead her health worsened, and she passed away here at a local care center on July 18, 2013.
Marla loved to show visitors around Portland and the surrounding area. She liked to sew, and made big teddy bears with dresses for all her nieces and her ailing grandmother. She loved music, and taking piano lessons as a child for a few years, she continued to learn on her own, and eventually became an accomplished organist, also.
Marla had a deep love and testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Her service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints included Relief Society Education Counselor, Primary Pianist, and Ward Organist, which included playing for the ward choir. She especially loved playing in Primary for the children and seeing their enthusiasm for music. Marla and Brian also served in the Idaho Falls Temple when they lived in Pocatello, and she loved to attend the temple, even later when she was in so much pain.
Marla was preceded in death by her grandparents and her baby brother, Jeffrey Taylor Farnsworth. She is survived by her husband, parents, and siblings: Sandra (Lynn) Watson, Eagle, ID; Alan Craig (Monika) and Steven Jay (Karen), Pocatello; and Scott Delwin (Lindsey), Pullman, WA. She is also survived by nine nieces and nephews and four great-nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 29, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the Mink Creek LDS Ward Chapel, 8200 W. Portneuf Rd. A visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. 4th Ave, and also one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. Burial will follow services at Restlawn Memorial Gardens.
Marla Farnsworth Wells was born to Floyd Delwin and Marjorie Sutcliffe Farnsworth on October 1, 1955, in Murray, Utah. They moved back to Pocatello in 1958, where Marla attended Hawthorne, Washington, and Emerson elementary schools, Irving Jr. High School, and Pocatello High School, graduating in 1973 with high honors. She attended ISU on a scholarship between her junior and senior years of high school, enabling her to complete her education at BYU in less than three years, graduating in April, 1976 with a Bachelor's degree in Economics. During her studies she worked as a teaching assistant, and up graduation was asked to work for Prof. Merrill J. Bateman, Dean of the College Business, as his research assistant for Econometric price modeling in the lumber and sugar/cocoa markets. She also tutored graduate Econ students during this time.
Marla met Brian Steven Wells through mutual friends at BYU. They went on their first date August 13, 1976, got engaged a week later, and were married October 1, 1976 on her 21st birthday in the Provo, Utah LDS Temple. Marla continued working while Brian studied at BYU. In 1981 they moved to Pocatello, where Marla worked at FMC in computer programming while Brian worked part time and studied Electronics at ISU. Upon his graduation Brian got a job at Tektronix in Beaverton, OR, and they moved to Trigard in February 1991 where they have resided ever since.
Marla was unable to have children, so she turned her heart to her horses, birds, cats, and especially their American Eskimo dogs. She became active in rescuing this breed of dogs and over the years fostered and adopted many.
In April 2006 Marla developed Rheumatoid Arthritis and diabetes, suffered some strokes, and became legally blind. During the following years her husband took loving care of her. In April 2013 she had another severe stroke, and after being hospitalized and trying to recuperate at home with the help of her husband and friends, her parents brought her to Pocatello to help her. Instead her health worsened, and she passed away here at a local care center on July 18, 2013.
Marla loved to show visitors around Portland and the surrounding area. She liked to sew, and made big teddy bears with dresses for all her nieces and her ailing grandmother. She loved music, and taking piano lessons as a child for a few years, she continued to learn on her own, and eventually became an accomplished organist, also.
Marla had a deep love and testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Her service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints included Relief Society Education Counselor, Primary Pianist, and Ward Organist, which included playing for the ward choir. She especially loved playing in Primary for the children and seeing their enthusiasm for music. Marla and Brian also served in the Idaho Falls Temple when they lived in Pocatello, and she loved to attend the temple, even later when she was in so much pain.
Marla was preceded in death by her grandparents and her baby brother, Jeffrey Taylor Farnsworth. She is survived by her husband, parents, and siblings: Sandra (Lynn) Watson, Eagle, ID; Alan Craig (Monika) and Steven Jay (Karen), Pocatello; and Scott Delwin (Lindsey), Pullman, WA. She is also survived by nine nieces and nephews and four great-nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 29, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the Mink Creek LDS Ward Chapel, 8200 W. Portneuf Rd. A visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. 4th Ave, and also one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. Burial will follow services at Restlawn Memorial Gardens.
Marla met Brian Steven Wells through mutual friends at BYU. They went on their first date August 13, 1976, got engaged a week later, and were married October 1, 1976 on her 21st birthday in the Provo, Utah LDS Temple. Marla continued working while Brian studied at BYU. In 1981 they moved to Pocatello, where Marla worked at FMC in computer programming while Brian worked part time and studied Electronics at ISU. Upon his graduation Brian got a job at Tektronix in Beaverton, OR, and they moved to Trigard in February 1991 where they have resided ever since.
Marla was unable to have children, so she turned her heart to her horses, birds, cats, and especially their American Eskimo dogs. She became active in rescuing this breed of dogs and over the years fostered and adopted many.
In April 2006 Marla developed Rheumatoid Arthritis and diabetes, suffered some strokes, and became legally blind. During the following years her husband took loving care of her. In April 2013 she had another severe stroke, and after being hospitalized and trying to recuperate at home with the help of her husband and friends, her parents brought her to Pocatello to help her. Instead her health worsened, and she passed away here at a local care center on July 18, 2013.
Marla loved to show visitors around Portland and the surrounding area. She liked to sew, and made big teddy bears with dresses for all her nieces and her ailing grandmother. She loved music, and taking piano lessons as a child for a few years, she continued to learn on her own, and eventually became an accomplished organist, also.
Marla had a deep love and testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Her service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints included Relief Society Education Counselor, Primary Pianist, and Ward Organist, which included playing for the ward choir. She especially loved playing in Primary for the children and seeing their enthusiasm for music. Marla and Brian also served in the Idaho Falls Temple when they lived in Pocatello, and she loved to attend the temple, even later when she was in so much pain.
Marla was preceded in death by her grandparents and her baby brother, Jeffrey Taylor Farnsworth. She is survived by her husband, parents, and siblings: Sandra (Lynn) Watson, Eagle, ID; Alan Craig (Monika) and Steven Jay (Karen), Pocatello; and Scott Delwin (Lindsey), Pullman, WA. She is also survived by nine nieces and nephews and four great-nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 29, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the Mink Creek LDS Ward Chapel, 8200 W. Portneuf Rd. A visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. 4th Ave, and also one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. Burial will follow services at Restlawn Memorial Gardens.
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