After a long and happy life, Glowie Lewis Levanger died peacefully on June 6, 2017. She was born in Eureka, Utah, to Wilbert Clayton Lewis and Florence Rosetta Johnson. She was the youngest of four children who survived to adulthood and loved growing up with her brothers: Carlyle and James Lewis, and sister, Norma Wightman. She graduated from Spanish Fork High and enjoyed participating in school operettas as well as The Lieurance Club after graduation. She was the 1945 Spanish Fork Bond Queen as part of the WWII US fundraising efforts.
She met her husband, Fred M. Levanger, at the end of WWII and they married in 1946. Together they owned and operated livestock auctions in Delta, Cedar City, and St. George, Utah, while living in Delta and Cedar City. Glowie was the adept bookkeeper and accountant for the auctions as well as for a lifetime of cattle transactions. The couple retired to Payson, Utah, in 1985 to be closer to family.
A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she was a positive and optimistic person who loved camping, reading, learning new things, and being with her family. She was ready to entertain with a song for any occasion and she had a soft spot for the numerous stray animals that wandered into her yard and found sanctuary with her.
She is survived by her four children: Earl (Sheri), David (Kathleen), James (Carol), and Lorraine (Stewart); seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren, who love her dearly and benefit from her example of a well-lived life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred; and all of her brothers and sister. As she put it “She was the last leaf on the tree” and she held on gracefully to the end.
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She met her husband, Fred M. Levanger, at the end of WWII and they married in 1946. Together they owned and operated livestock auctions in Delta, Cedar City, and St. George, Utah, while living in Delta and Cedar City. Glowie was the adept bookkeeper and accountant for the auctions as well as for a lifetime of cattle transactions. The couple retired to Payson, Utah, in 1985 to be closer to family.
A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she was a positive and optimistic person who loved camping, reading, learning new things, and being with her family. She was ready to entertain with a song for any occasion and she had a soft spot for the numerous stray animals that wandered into her yard and found sanctuary with her.
She is survived by her four children: Earl (Sheri), David (Kathleen), James (Carol), and Lorraine (Stewart); seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren, who love her dearly and benefit from her example of a well-lived life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred; and all of her brothers and sister. As she put it “She was the last leaf on the tree” and she held on gracefully to the end.
Celebration of Life: Walker Funeral Home
Original obituary published by:
© Walker Funeral Home | June 2017
After a long and happy life, Glowie Lewis Levanger died peacefully on June 6, 2017. She was born in Eureka, Utah, to Wilbert Clayton Lewis and Florence Rosetta Johnson. She was the youngest of four children who survived to adulthood and loved growing up with her brothers: Carlyle and James Lewis, and sister, Norma Wightman. She graduated from Spanish Fork High and enjoyed participating in school operettas as well as The Lieurance Club after graduation. She was the 1945 Spanish Fork Bond Queen as part of the WWII US fundraising efforts.
She met her husband, Fred M. Levanger, at the end of WWII and they married in 1946. Together they owned and operated livestock auctions in Delta, Cedar City, and St. George, Utah, while living in Delta and Cedar City. Glowie was the adept bookkeeper and accountant for the auctions as well as for a lifetime of cattle transactions. The couple retired to Payson, Utah, in 1985 to be closer to family.
A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she was a positive and optimistic person who loved camping, reading, learning new things, and being with her family. She was ready to entertain with a song for any occasion and she had a soft spot for the numerous stray animals that wandered into her yard and found sanctuary with her.
She is survived by her four children: Earl (Sheri), David (Kathleen), James (Carol), and Lorraine (Stewart); seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren, who love her dearly and benefit from her example of a well-lived life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred; and all of her brothers and sister. As she put it “She was the last leaf on the tree” and she held on gracefully to the end.
Celebration of Life: Walker Funeral Home
Original obituary published by:
© Walker Funeral Home | June 2017
She met her husband, Fred M. Levanger, at the end of WWII and they married in 1946. Together they owned and operated livestock auctions in Delta, Cedar City, and St. George, Utah, while living in Delta and Cedar City. Glowie was the adept bookkeeper and accountant for the auctions as well as for a lifetime of cattle transactions. The couple retired to Payson, Utah, in 1985 to be closer to family.
A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she was a positive and optimistic person who loved camping, reading, learning new things, and being with her family. She was ready to entertain with a song for any occasion and she had a soft spot for the numerous stray animals that wandered into her yard and found sanctuary with her.
She is survived by her four children: Earl (Sheri), David (Kathleen), James (Carol), and Lorraine (Stewart); seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren, who love her dearly and benefit from her example of a well-lived life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred; and all of her brothers and sister. As she put it “She was the last leaf on the tree” and she held on gracefully to the end.
Celebration of Life: Walker Funeral Home
Original obituary published by:
© Walker Funeral Home | June 2017
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