CENTENARIAN
103 YEARS
Father: Richard Bruce Mathews
Mother: Charlotte Irene Robins Mathews
Spouse: Fred Gale "Frosty" Richards
Married: 19 June 1934
Place: Salt Lake LDS Temple
Education: Snow College | BYU
Life's Work/Service/Interests: While teaching third grade in Heber City, Utah, Gwen met and married Fred G. "Frosty" Richards. In 1934, they were sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They settled in American Fork in 1944 and raised their family. Fred died in 1994, and Gwen lived alone until 2006, when she moved to The Charleston at Cedar Hills, where she was cherished. Her loved ones are grateful to everyone there for their wonderful care of her and for the other residents, whom she loved. Gwen taught elementary school for 34 years and loved her students! She was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving diligently in the Church auxiliaries, in the temple, and doing name extraction. She consistently kept a journal. Gwen was witty and fun to be with. She encouraged her family to work, to love reading, poetry, and music, to be good citizens and to love their own families. She taught them how to live joyfully and to endure gracefully and faithfully to the end. Beloved mother and grandmother, Gwen Mathews Richards, passed peacefully from this life Friday, November 15, 2013. She was 103.
Survived By: Her children: Fred B. (Beverly), John D. (Gayle), Steve M. (Carol), Rosemary (Brent) Lind, Anne (Larry) Bowen; 25 grandchildren, 63 great grandchildren and nine great-great grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Frank Nicholes; four grandchildren, her parents, four brothers: Reid, Evan, Burke, Morrell; and sister, Norma.
Family Message: "Our thanks to Ross Durrant, Linda Manning, Ann Cox and Kaeli Schneider for years of unending love and support of our mother."
Services: American Fork 6th LDS Ward
Mortuary: Anderson & Sons Mortuary
Obituary: Provo Daily Herald | 20 Nov 2013
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
103 YEARS
Father: Richard Bruce Mathews
Mother: Charlotte Irene Robins Mathews
Spouse: Fred Gale "Frosty" Richards
Married: 19 June 1934
Place: Salt Lake LDS Temple
Education: Snow College | BYU
Life's Work/Service/Interests: While teaching third grade in Heber City, Utah, Gwen met and married Fred G. "Frosty" Richards. In 1934, they were sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They settled in American Fork in 1944 and raised their family. Fred died in 1994, and Gwen lived alone until 2006, when she moved to The Charleston at Cedar Hills, where she was cherished. Her loved ones are grateful to everyone there for their wonderful care of her and for the other residents, whom she loved. Gwen taught elementary school for 34 years and loved her students! She was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving diligently in the Church auxiliaries, in the temple, and doing name extraction. She consistently kept a journal. Gwen was witty and fun to be with. She encouraged her family to work, to love reading, poetry, and music, to be good citizens and to love their own families. She taught them how to live joyfully and to endure gracefully and faithfully to the end. Beloved mother and grandmother, Gwen Mathews Richards, passed peacefully from this life Friday, November 15, 2013. She was 103.
Survived By: Her children: Fred B. (Beverly), John D. (Gayle), Steve M. (Carol), Rosemary (Brent) Lind, Anne (Larry) Bowen; 25 grandchildren, 63 great grandchildren and nine great-great grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Frank Nicholes; four grandchildren, her parents, four brothers: Reid, Evan, Burke, Morrell; and sister, Norma.
Family Message: "Our thanks to Ross Durrant, Linda Manning, Ann Cox and Kaeli Schneider for years of unending love and support of our mother."
Services: American Fork 6th LDS Ward
Mortuary: Anderson & Sons Mortuary
Obituary: Provo Daily Herald | 20 Nov 2013
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
CENTENARIAN
103 YEARS
Father: Richard Bruce Mathews
Mother: Charlotte Irene Robins Mathews
Spouse: Fred Gale "Frosty" Richards
Married: 19 June 1934
Place: Salt Lake LDS Temple
Education: Snow College | BYU
Life's Work/Service/Interests: While teaching third grade in Heber City, Utah, Gwen met and married Fred G. "Frosty" Richards. In 1934, they were sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They settled in American Fork in 1944 and raised their family. Fred died in 1994, and Gwen lived alone until 2006, when she moved to The Charleston at Cedar Hills, where she was cherished. Her loved ones are grateful to everyone there for their wonderful care of her and for the other residents, whom she loved. Gwen taught elementary school for 34 years and loved her students! She was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving diligently in the Church auxiliaries, in the temple, and doing name extraction. She consistently kept a journal. Gwen was witty and fun to be with. She encouraged her family to work, to love reading, poetry, and music, to be good citizens and to love their own families. She taught them how to live joyfully and to endure gracefully and faithfully to the end. Beloved mother and grandmother, Gwen Mathews Richards, passed peacefully from this life Friday, November 15, 2013. She was 103.
Survived By: Her children: Fred B. (Beverly), John D. (Gayle), Steve M. (Carol), Rosemary (Brent) Lind, Anne (Larry) Bowen; 25 grandchildren, 63 great grandchildren and nine great-great grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Frank Nicholes; four grandchildren, her parents, four brothers: Reid, Evan, Burke, Morrell; and sister, Norma.
Family Message: "Our thanks to Ross Durrant, Linda Manning, Ann Cox and Kaeli Schneider for years of unending love and support of our mother."
Services: American Fork 6th LDS Ward
Mortuary: Anderson & Sons Mortuary
Obituary: Provo Daily Herald | 20 Nov 2013
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
103 YEARS
Father: Richard Bruce Mathews
Mother: Charlotte Irene Robins Mathews
Spouse: Fred Gale "Frosty" Richards
Married: 19 June 1934
Place: Salt Lake LDS Temple
Education: Snow College | BYU
Life's Work/Service/Interests: While teaching third grade in Heber City, Utah, Gwen met and married Fred G. "Frosty" Richards. In 1934, they were sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They settled in American Fork in 1944 and raised their family. Fred died in 1994, and Gwen lived alone until 2006, when she moved to The Charleston at Cedar Hills, where she was cherished. Her loved ones are grateful to everyone there for their wonderful care of her and for the other residents, whom she loved. Gwen taught elementary school for 34 years and loved her students! She was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving diligently in the Church auxiliaries, in the temple, and doing name extraction. She consistently kept a journal. Gwen was witty and fun to be with. She encouraged her family to work, to love reading, poetry, and music, to be good citizens and to love their own families. She taught them how to live joyfully and to endure gracefully and faithfully to the end. Beloved mother and grandmother, Gwen Mathews Richards, passed peacefully from this life Friday, November 15, 2013. She was 103.
Survived By: Her children: Fred B. (Beverly), John D. (Gayle), Steve M. (Carol), Rosemary (Brent) Lind, Anne (Larry) Bowen; 25 grandchildren, 63 great grandchildren and nine great-great grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Frank Nicholes; four grandchildren, her parents, four brothers: Reid, Evan, Burke, Morrell; and sister, Norma.
Family Message: "Our thanks to Ross Durrant, Linda Manning, Ann Cox and Kaeli Schneider for years of unending love and support of our mother."
Services: American Fork 6th LDS Ward
Mortuary: Anderson & Sons Mortuary
Obituary: Provo Daily Herald | 20 Nov 2013
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
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