She grew up in Springville, UT and graduated from Springville High School and LDS Business College. She worked at Bryce Canyon as a teenager, Wheelwright Publications, Zions Bank, and BYU in Provo and Whittier, CA. She was active in many musical groups and productions, including Southern CA Mormon Choir, Bountiful Sweet Adelines, Goldentones Quartet and Springville Musettes. She was active in the LDS Church, holding positions as Ward Relief Society President and longtime teacher, Ward Primary Presidency, teacher and pianist, Stake Young Women and Stake Sunday School Chorister. She served in various temples for more than 45 years and was a phone operator at St. George Temple for 17 years.
She is survived by Al Warner, Gallatin, MO; Terilynn Smith (Russ), Hurbert, NC; Alan Peterson (Natalie), West Jordan, UT; Stephen Peterson, Duncanville, TX; Linda Peterson, Boonville, AR; brothers Larry Litster (Faye), San Antonio, TX; Brent Litster (Nanette), Herriman, UT; and sister Susan Crawford (John), S. Jordan, UT. She is also survived by nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews and two step-daughters, Andrean Warner, Galletin, MO and Pam Conner (Miles), Carrollton, MO, eight step grandchildren and 21 step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Karen Peterson, brother Kent Litster, sister Evelyn Jackson and step-daughter Karen Potter.
Funeral services will be held Friday, January 13, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the St. George 8th Ward Chapel, 166 S. Main, St. George, UT. There will be a viewing Thursday, January 12 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Spilsbury Mortuary, 110 S. Bluff, and Friday prior to services from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Chapel. Interment will take place in the Bountiful City Cemetery, Bountiful, UT, Saturday, January 14, 2017.
We are grateful to Dixie Hospice and Ridgeview Gardens Assisted Living for their excellent care of our mother.
Arrangements are made under the direction of Spilsbury Mortuary, 435-673-2454. Friends and family are invited to sign her guestbook at www.spilsburymortuary.com.
She grew up in Springville, UT and graduated from Springville High School and LDS Business College. She worked at Bryce Canyon as a teenager, Wheelwright Publications, Zions Bank, and BYU in Provo and Whittier, CA. She was active in many musical groups and productions, including Southern CA Mormon Choir, Bountiful Sweet Adelines, Goldentones Quartet and Springville Musettes. She was active in the LDS Church, holding positions as Ward Relief Society President and longtime teacher, Ward Primary Presidency, teacher and pianist, Stake Young Women and Stake Sunday School Chorister. She served in various temples for more than 45 years and was a phone operator at St. George Temple for 17 years.
She is survived by Al Warner, Gallatin, MO; Terilynn Smith (Russ), Hurbert, NC; Alan Peterson (Natalie), West Jordan, UT; Stephen Peterson, Duncanville, TX; Linda Peterson, Boonville, AR; brothers Larry Litster (Faye), San Antonio, TX; Brent Litster (Nanette), Herriman, UT; and sister Susan Crawford (John), S. Jordan, UT. She is also survived by nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews and two step-daughters, Andrean Warner, Galletin, MO and Pam Conner (Miles), Carrollton, MO, eight step grandchildren and 21 step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Karen Peterson, brother Kent Litster, sister Evelyn Jackson and step-daughter Karen Potter.
Funeral services will be held Friday, January 13, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the St. George 8th Ward Chapel, 166 S. Main, St. George, UT. There will be a viewing Thursday, January 12 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Spilsbury Mortuary, 110 S. Bluff, and Friday prior to services from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Chapel. Interment will take place in the Bountiful City Cemetery, Bountiful, UT, Saturday, January 14, 2017.
We are grateful to Dixie Hospice and Ridgeview Gardens Assisted Living for their excellent care of our mother.
Arrangements are made under the direction of Spilsbury Mortuary, 435-673-2454. Friends and family are invited to sign her guestbook at www.spilsburymortuary.com.
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