She was born July 1, 1919, in Fairview, Utah, to Lester Curtis and Sylvia Rebecca Anderson Miner, the fifth of six children. She married Russell Neil Stansfield of Mt. Pleasant, Utah on November 2, 1946. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Utah LDS Temple.
She received her early education in Fairview and graduated from North Sanpete High School. After graduating from Brigham Young University in Elementary Education, she worked in Salt Lake City, and then joined the war effort working in San Diego, California, and later transferring to Colorado Springs where she worked for the Second Air Force. After her marriage and five children later, she spent the next twenty years teaching kindergarten and first grade in the Alpine and Provo School Districts.
She was an active member of the LDS Church and held both teaching and leadership positions. She and her husband completed an LDS Mission in 1981 serving in St. George, Utah where they rotated among the church historical sites and the St. George Temple Visitor’s Center. She also served as an ordinance worker in the Provo Utah LDS Temple.
She loved the mountains, camping, hiking, children, her faith and missionaries. She was devoted to her children and their families, calling them the “greatest joy in life”.
She is survived by two sons and three daughters: Russell C. Stansfield (Darlene), Camille Palmer (Terry) of Mapleton; Molly Anderson (Gary), Cynthia Kuhni (Dallan) and Michael Stansfield (Mary) of Springville; 19 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, her son-in-law Dallan Kuhni and her three brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 6 at 11 a.m. in the Hobble Creek Stake Center, 495 South Canyon Road. A viewing will be held from 9:00 to 10:45 a.m. Tuesday prior to the funeral. Burial will be in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery.
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© Daily Herald | Provo, UT | 6 Oct 2015
She was born July 1, 1919, in Fairview, Utah, to Lester Curtis and Sylvia Rebecca Anderson Miner, the fifth of six children. She married Russell Neil Stansfield of Mt. Pleasant, Utah on November 2, 1946. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Utah LDS Temple.
She received her early education in Fairview and graduated from North Sanpete High School. After graduating from Brigham Young University in Elementary Education, she worked in Salt Lake City, and then joined the war effort working in San Diego, California, and later transferring to Colorado Springs where she worked for the Second Air Force. After her marriage and five children later, she spent the next twenty years teaching kindergarten and first grade in the Alpine and Provo School Districts.
She was an active member of the LDS Church and held both teaching and leadership positions. She and her husband completed an LDS Mission in 1981 serving in St. George, Utah where they rotated among the church historical sites and the St. George Temple Visitor’s Center. She also served as an ordinance worker in the Provo Utah LDS Temple.
She loved the mountains, camping, hiking, children, her faith and missionaries. She was devoted to her children and their families, calling them the “greatest joy in life”.
She is survived by two sons and three daughters: Russell C. Stansfield (Darlene), Camille Palmer (Terry) of Mapleton; Molly Anderson (Gary), Cynthia Kuhni (Dallan) and Michael Stansfield (Mary) of Springville; 19 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, her son-in-law Dallan Kuhni and her three brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 6 at 11 a.m. in the Hobble Creek Stake Center, 495 South Canyon Road. A viewing will be held from 9:00 to 10:45 a.m. Tuesday prior to the funeral. Burial will be in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery.
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© Daily Herald | Provo, UT | 6 Oct 2015
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