Dottie "LaVerne" Nelson Higginson
1919 - 2017
Early Life: LaVerne was born September 26, 1919, in Salem, Utah, to Christian Nelson and Dottie Joannah Tiffany Nelson. She graduated from Spanish Fork High School.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: She married Ralph Daniel Higginson on September 20, 1939, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together they had five children: Kaye, Diane, Carma, Duane and Jill. LaVerne was well-known in Spanish Fork through her employment at Wil's Foodland grocery store, where she worked for many years. And she very much liked being a Kindergarten Grandma at Park Elementary and Canyon Elementary schools for 18 years, retiring at age 92. She was a member of the Beta Thalian social club for 70 years. She liked snowmobiling and throughout her life has enjoyed traveling. An active and faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints her entire life, she served in the ward Young Women presidency as well as the stake Young Women presidency. She was also a visiting teacher for over 70 years. After enduring to the end, dear mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Dottie LaVerne Nelson Higginson passed away on April 14, 2017, at her home in Spanish Fork, Utah. She was 97.
Survived By: Three daughters and one son: Diane (Arthur, deceased) Hatfield, Carma (Ron) Johnston, Duane (Julie) Higginson, and Jill (Mark) Carlson; 28 grandchildren, 88 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren. She was so very proud of her posterity.
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Ralph Daniel Higginson; a daughter and son-in-law, Kaye and Arden Kitchen; her parents; her granddaughters: Andrea, Tiffany, and Anne Kitchen; granddaughter-in-law, Camille Hatfield; her brothers: Ervin, Frank, Clark; her sister, Mae Hales; and her sisters-in-law: Ruth Lewis and Phyllis Ashby.
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Spanish Fork Stake Center
Arranged By: Walker Funeral Home
Burial: Spanish Fork City Cemetery
Original Obituary Published By:
© Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 16 April 2017
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1919 - 2017
Early Life: LaVerne was born September 26, 1919, in Salem, Utah, to Christian Nelson and Dottie Joannah Tiffany Nelson. She graduated from Spanish Fork High School.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: She married Ralph Daniel Higginson on September 20, 1939, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together they had five children: Kaye, Diane, Carma, Duane and Jill. LaVerne was well-known in Spanish Fork through her employment at Wil's Foodland grocery store, where she worked for many years. And she very much liked being a Kindergarten Grandma at Park Elementary and Canyon Elementary schools for 18 years, retiring at age 92. She was a member of the Beta Thalian social club for 70 years. She liked snowmobiling and throughout her life has enjoyed traveling. An active and faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints her entire life, she served in the ward Young Women presidency as well as the stake Young Women presidency. She was also a visiting teacher for over 70 years. After enduring to the end, dear mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Dottie LaVerne Nelson Higginson passed away on April 14, 2017, at her home in Spanish Fork, Utah. She was 97.
Survived By: Three daughters and one son: Diane (Arthur, deceased) Hatfield, Carma (Ron) Johnston, Duane (Julie) Higginson, and Jill (Mark) Carlson; 28 grandchildren, 88 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren. She was so very proud of her posterity.
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Ralph Daniel Higginson; a daughter and son-in-law, Kaye and Arden Kitchen; her parents; her granddaughters: Andrea, Tiffany, and Anne Kitchen; granddaughter-in-law, Camille Hatfield; her brothers: Ervin, Frank, Clark; her sister, Mae Hales; and her sisters-in-law: Ruth Lewis and Phyllis Ashby.
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Spanish Fork Stake Center
Arranged By: Walker Funeral Home
Burial: Spanish Fork City Cemetery
Original Obituary Published By:
© Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 16 April 2017
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Dottie "LaVerne" Nelson Higginson
1919 - 2017
Early Life: LaVerne was born September 26, 1919, in Salem, Utah, to Christian Nelson and Dottie Joannah Tiffany Nelson. She graduated from Spanish Fork High School.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: She married Ralph Daniel Higginson on September 20, 1939, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together they had five children: Kaye, Diane, Carma, Duane and Jill. LaVerne was well-known in Spanish Fork through her employment at Wil's Foodland grocery store, where she worked for many years. And she very much liked being a Kindergarten Grandma at Park Elementary and Canyon Elementary schools for 18 years, retiring at age 92. She was a member of the Beta Thalian social club for 70 years. She liked snowmobiling and throughout her life has enjoyed traveling. An active and faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints her entire life, she served in the ward Young Women presidency as well as the stake Young Women presidency. She was also a visiting teacher for over 70 years. After enduring to the end, dear mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Dottie LaVerne Nelson Higginson passed away on April 14, 2017, at her home in Spanish Fork, Utah. She was 97.
Survived By: Three daughters and one son: Diane (Arthur, deceased) Hatfield, Carma (Ron) Johnston, Duane (Julie) Higginson, and Jill (Mark) Carlson; 28 grandchildren, 88 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren. She was so very proud of her posterity.
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Ralph Daniel Higginson; a daughter and son-in-law, Kaye and Arden Kitchen; her parents; her granddaughters: Andrea, Tiffany, and Anne Kitchen; granddaughter-in-law, Camille Hatfield; her brothers: Ervin, Frank, Clark; her sister, Mae Hales; and her sisters-in-law: Ruth Lewis and Phyllis Ashby.
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Spanish Fork Stake Center
Arranged By: Walker Funeral Home
Burial: Spanish Fork City Cemetery
Original Obituary Published By:
© Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 16 April 2017
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1919 - 2017
Early Life: LaVerne was born September 26, 1919, in Salem, Utah, to Christian Nelson and Dottie Joannah Tiffany Nelson. She graduated from Spanish Fork High School.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: She married Ralph Daniel Higginson on September 20, 1939, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Together they had five children: Kaye, Diane, Carma, Duane and Jill. LaVerne was well-known in Spanish Fork through her employment at Wil's Foodland grocery store, where she worked for many years. And she very much liked being a Kindergarten Grandma at Park Elementary and Canyon Elementary schools for 18 years, retiring at age 92. She was a member of the Beta Thalian social club for 70 years. She liked snowmobiling and throughout her life has enjoyed traveling. An active and faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints her entire life, she served in the ward Young Women presidency as well as the stake Young Women presidency. She was also a visiting teacher for over 70 years. After enduring to the end, dear mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Dottie LaVerne Nelson Higginson passed away on April 14, 2017, at her home in Spanish Fork, Utah. She was 97.
Survived By: Three daughters and one son: Diane (Arthur, deceased) Hatfield, Carma (Ron) Johnston, Duane (Julie) Higginson, and Jill (Mark) Carlson; 28 grandchildren, 88 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren. She was so very proud of her posterity.
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Ralph Daniel Higginson; a daughter and son-in-law, Kaye and Arden Kitchen; her parents; her granddaughters: Andrea, Tiffany, and Anne Kitchen; granddaughter-in-law, Camille Hatfield; her brothers: Ervin, Frank, Clark; her sister, Mae Hales; and her sisters-in-law: Ruth Lewis and Phyllis Ashby.
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Spanish Fork Stake Center
Arranged By: Walker Funeral Home
Burial: Spanish Fork City Cemetery
Original Obituary Published By:
© Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 16 April 2017
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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