Elaine Andrus Watts, 82, passed peacefully away at her home on Friday, March 27, 2015. She was born March 29, 1932 in Lewisville, Idaho to Newton Leslie and Zina Alberta Allen Andrus.
She attended school as a young girl in Lyman, Idaho, went to Madison High School. She attended Ricks College where she took organ lessons and later graduated from Brigham Young University where sang in the Acappella Choir. She married Don Eldon Watts in 1952.
She was a teacher all of her life. She loved music and started teaching piano as a teenager. She taught band in Cowley, Wyoming; Malad, Idaho and Taylor, Arizona. At the time of her death she was helping grade school kids as a “Grandmother” in Geneva Elementary School, she was also trained in the Foster Grandparent program, which she loved.
She was always reading uplifting books of all kinds. She loved nature and the farm where she grew up. She expressed that love in the many poems she wrote.
She was a deeply devoted member of the LDS Church. She loved the people she taught and worked with in Kingsport, Tennessee when she was a fulltime missionary. She later worked at the MTC helping prepare new missionaries before they left to work in their various mission fields. She wrote books for young people about Christ and His ministry.
Survived by her children; Christine Watts, Meladee Cox, Julie Ann Snell, Daniel Andrus Watts, and Gloria Dawn Muhlestein; 7 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
Preceded in death by parents; sister, Beth Anderson; brother, Merrill Andrus and son-in-law, Richard Cox.
Funeral Services for Elaine will be held Friday, April 3rd, at 6:00 pm, at the Suncrest 2nd Ward, 140 North 400 West, Orem, Utah, where a Viewing will be held prior from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Graveside Services will be held Saturday, April 4th, at 1:00 pm, at Sutton Cemetery in Archer, Idaho. Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.
- Utah Valley Mortuary | 1 April 2015
She attended school as a young girl in Lyman, Idaho, went to Madison High School. She attended Ricks College where she took organ lessons and later graduated from Brigham Young University where sang in the Acappella Choir. She married Don Eldon Watts in 1952.
She was a teacher all of her life. She loved music and started teaching piano as a teenager. She taught band in Cowley, Wyoming; Malad, Idaho and Taylor, Arizona. At the time of her death she was helping grade school kids as a “Grandmother” in Geneva Elementary School, she was also trained in the Foster Grandparent program, which she loved.
She was always reading uplifting books of all kinds. She loved nature and the farm where she grew up. She expressed that love in the many poems she wrote.
She was a deeply devoted member of the LDS Church. She loved the people she taught and worked with in Kingsport, Tennessee when she was a fulltime missionary. She later worked at the MTC helping prepare new missionaries before they left to work in their various mission fields. She wrote books for young people about Christ and His ministry.
Survived by her children; Christine Watts, Meladee Cox, Julie Ann Snell, Daniel Andrus Watts, and Gloria Dawn Muhlestein; 7 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
Preceded in death by parents; sister, Beth Anderson; brother, Merrill Andrus and son-in-law, Richard Cox.
Funeral Services for Elaine will be held Friday, April 3rd, at 6:00 pm, at the Suncrest 2nd Ward, 140 North 400 West, Orem, Utah, where a Viewing will be held prior from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Graveside Services will be held Saturday, April 4th, at 1:00 pm, at Sutton Cemetery in Archer, Idaho. Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.
- Utah Valley Mortuary | 1 April 2015
Elaine Andrus Watts, 82, passed peacefully away at her home on Friday, March 27, 2015. She was born March 29, 1932 in Lewisville, Idaho to Newton Leslie and Zina Alberta Allen Andrus.
She attended school as a young girl in Lyman, Idaho, went to Madison High School. She attended Ricks College where she took organ lessons and later graduated from Brigham Young University where sang in the Acappella Choir. She married Don Eldon Watts in 1952.
She was a teacher all of her life. She loved music and started teaching piano as a teenager. She taught band in Cowley, Wyoming; Malad, Idaho and Taylor, Arizona. At the time of her death she was helping grade school kids as a “Grandmother” in Geneva Elementary School, she was also trained in the Foster Grandparent program, which she loved.
She was always reading uplifting books of all kinds. She loved nature and the farm where she grew up. She expressed that love in the many poems she wrote.
She was a deeply devoted member of the LDS Church. She loved the people she taught and worked with in Kingsport, Tennessee when she was a fulltime missionary. She later worked at the MTC helping prepare new missionaries before they left to work in their various mission fields. She wrote books for young people about Christ and His ministry.
Survived by her children; Christine Watts, Meladee Cox, Julie Ann Snell, Daniel Andrus Watts, and Gloria Dawn Muhlestein; 7 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
Preceded in death by parents; sister, Beth Anderson; brother, Merrill Andrus and son-in-law, Richard Cox.
Funeral Services for Elaine will be held Friday, April 3rd, at 6:00 pm, at the Suncrest 2nd Ward, 140 North 400 West, Orem, Utah, where a Viewing will be held prior from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Graveside Services will be held Saturday, April 4th, at 1:00 pm, at Sutton Cemetery in Archer, Idaho. Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.
- Utah Valley Mortuary | 1 April 2015
She attended school as a young girl in Lyman, Idaho, went to Madison High School. She attended Ricks College where she took organ lessons and later graduated from Brigham Young University where sang in the Acappella Choir. She married Don Eldon Watts in 1952.
She was a teacher all of her life. She loved music and started teaching piano as a teenager. She taught band in Cowley, Wyoming; Malad, Idaho and Taylor, Arizona. At the time of her death she was helping grade school kids as a “Grandmother” in Geneva Elementary School, she was also trained in the Foster Grandparent program, which she loved.
She was always reading uplifting books of all kinds. She loved nature and the farm where she grew up. She expressed that love in the many poems she wrote.
She was a deeply devoted member of the LDS Church. She loved the people she taught and worked with in Kingsport, Tennessee when she was a fulltime missionary. She later worked at the MTC helping prepare new missionaries before they left to work in their various mission fields. She wrote books for young people about Christ and His ministry.
Survived by her children; Christine Watts, Meladee Cox, Julie Ann Snell, Daniel Andrus Watts, and Gloria Dawn Muhlestein; 7 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
Preceded in death by parents; sister, Beth Anderson; brother, Merrill Andrus and son-in-law, Richard Cox.
Funeral Services for Elaine will be held Friday, April 3rd, at 6:00 pm, at the Suncrest 2nd Ward, 140 North 400 West, Orem, Utah, where a Viewing will be held prior from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. Graveside Services will be held Saturday, April 4th, at 1:00 pm, at Sutton Cemetery in Archer, Idaho. Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.
- Utah Valley Mortuary | 1 April 2015
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