Glenda Lou Laubon Ferguson
1937 - 2018
Early Life: Glenda was born May 12, 1937, in Hastings, Nebraska, to Louis John and Fay Mildred Athey Laubon, the youngest of their six children. Due to employment opportunities, she moved with her mother and stepfather, Richie Roe, to Provo, Utah, when she was eleven. She attended grade school in Charleston, Utah, and Sharon Elementary in Orem, Utah, graduating from Farrer Junior High School and from Provo High School in 1955.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: Glenda married Clifford Ray Ferguson on May 17, 1956; their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, following Glenda's baptism. She served in the Church as a Primary teacher, Relief Society visiting teacher, Cub Scout leader, Young Women president, counselor in the stake Young Women presidency and as stake Young Women athletic director. She was an elementary school room mother and president of the Lincoln Junior High School PTA. Glenda worked as a legal secretary for attorneys until her children were born and she became a stay-at-home mom. The year her daughter married and her son went on a mission for the Church, she went to work for the Utah County, starting as an on-call office worker and retiring twenty years later as Utah County Public Works Administration Division Director. In 1988, she was honored as Utah County Employee of the Month and then as Utah County Employee of the Year. Glenda and Clifford loved to travel and they visited every state in the United States, every Canadian Territory and Province except two, Mexico, and went on various cruises. Glenda was an active member of the Orem Senior Friendship Center where she volunteered under the RSVP program for ten years. Glenda Lou Laubon Ferguson passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018, in Orem, Utah, of causes incident to age. She was 81.
Family Message: "Glenda did not ask for much during her lifetime, but now upon her passing, her one request is for everyone to give a smile and a kind word—you will be glad you did."
Survived By: Her husband of 62 years, Clifford; her two children: Kaye Lynn (Randall) Wilkinson, of Palmyra, UT; Russell "R" (Catherine) Ferguson, of West Jordan, UT; five grandsons: Chris, Curtis, Chad Wilkinson and Bryce Ferguson; a granddaughter, Nicole Benson; two great granddaughters: Elizabeth and Chloe Wilkinson; and one sister, Jean (Bernard) Beiriger, of Hastings, NE.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; three brothers: Junior, Ronald and Gerald Laubon; one sister, Donna Grothen; a grandson, Clinton Wilkinson; and a great-grandson, Kaden Wilkensen.
Service: Graveside
Interment: Orem City Cemetery
Original Obituary Published By:
© Sundberg Olpin Mortuary | October 2018
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1937 - 2018
Early Life: Glenda was born May 12, 1937, in Hastings, Nebraska, to Louis John and Fay Mildred Athey Laubon, the youngest of their six children. Due to employment opportunities, she moved with her mother and stepfather, Richie Roe, to Provo, Utah, when she was eleven. She attended grade school in Charleston, Utah, and Sharon Elementary in Orem, Utah, graduating from Farrer Junior High School and from Provo High School in 1955.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: Glenda married Clifford Ray Ferguson on May 17, 1956; their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, following Glenda's baptism. She served in the Church as a Primary teacher, Relief Society visiting teacher, Cub Scout leader, Young Women president, counselor in the stake Young Women presidency and as stake Young Women athletic director. She was an elementary school room mother and president of the Lincoln Junior High School PTA. Glenda worked as a legal secretary for attorneys until her children were born and she became a stay-at-home mom. The year her daughter married and her son went on a mission for the Church, she went to work for the Utah County, starting as an on-call office worker and retiring twenty years later as Utah County Public Works Administration Division Director. In 1988, she was honored as Utah County Employee of the Month and then as Utah County Employee of the Year. Glenda and Clifford loved to travel and they visited every state in the United States, every Canadian Territory and Province except two, Mexico, and went on various cruises. Glenda was an active member of the Orem Senior Friendship Center where she volunteered under the RSVP program for ten years. Glenda Lou Laubon Ferguson passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018, in Orem, Utah, of causes incident to age. She was 81.
Family Message: "Glenda did not ask for much during her lifetime, but now upon her passing, her one request is for everyone to give a smile and a kind word—you will be glad you did."
Survived By: Her husband of 62 years, Clifford; her two children: Kaye Lynn (Randall) Wilkinson, of Palmyra, UT; Russell "R" (Catherine) Ferguson, of West Jordan, UT; five grandsons: Chris, Curtis, Chad Wilkinson and Bryce Ferguson; a granddaughter, Nicole Benson; two great granddaughters: Elizabeth and Chloe Wilkinson; and one sister, Jean (Bernard) Beiriger, of Hastings, NE.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; three brothers: Junior, Ronald and Gerald Laubon; one sister, Donna Grothen; a grandson, Clinton Wilkinson; and a great-grandson, Kaden Wilkensen.
Service: Graveside
Interment: Orem City Cemetery
Original Obituary Published By:
© Sundberg Olpin Mortuary | October 2018
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Glenda Lou Laubon Ferguson
1937 - 2018
Early Life: Glenda was born May 12, 1937, in Hastings, Nebraska, to Louis John and Fay Mildred Athey Laubon, the youngest of their six children. Due to employment opportunities, she moved with her mother and stepfather, Richie Roe, to Provo, Utah, when she was eleven. She attended grade school in Charleston, Utah, and Sharon Elementary in Orem, Utah, graduating from Farrer Junior High School and from Provo High School in 1955.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: Glenda married Clifford Ray Ferguson on May 17, 1956; their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, following Glenda's baptism. She served in the Church as a Primary teacher, Relief Society visiting teacher, Cub Scout leader, Young Women president, counselor in the stake Young Women presidency and as stake Young Women athletic director. She was an elementary school room mother and president of the Lincoln Junior High School PTA. Glenda worked as a legal secretary for attorneys until her children were born and she became a stay-at-home mom. The year her daughter married and her son went on a mission for the Church, she went to work for the Utah County, starting as an on-call office worker and retiring twenty years later as Utah County Public Works Administration Division Director. In 1988, she was honored as Utah County Employee of the Month and then as Utah County Employee of the Year. Glenda and Clifford loved to travel and they visited every state in the United States, every Canadian Territory and Province except two, Mexico, and went on various cruises. Glenda was an active member of the Orem Senior Friendship Center where she volunteered under the RSVP program for ten years. Glenda Lou Laubon Ferguson passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018, in Orem, Utah, of causes incident to age. She was 81.
Family Message: "Glenda did not ask for much during her lifetime, but now upon her passing, her one request is for everyone to give a smile and a kind word—you will be glad you did."
Survived By: Her husband of 62 years, Clifford; her two children: Kaye Lynn (Randall) Wilkinson, of Palmyra, UT; Russell "R" (Catherine) Ferguson, of West Jordan, UT; five grandsons: Chris, Curtis, Chad Wilkinson and Bryce Ferguson; a granddaughter, Nicole Benson; two great granddaughters: Elizabeth and Chloe Wilkinson; and one sister, Jean (Bernard) Beiriger, of Hastings, NE.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; three brothers: Junior, Ronald and Gerald Laubon; one sister, Donna Grothen; a grandson, Clinton Wilkinson; and a great-grandson, Kaden Wilkensen.
Service: Graveside
Interment: Orem City Cemetery
Original Obituary Published By:
© Sundberg Olpin Mortuary | October 2018
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1937 - 2018
Early Life: Glenda was born May 12, 1937, in Hastings, Nebraska, to Louis John and Fay Mildred Athey Laubon, the youngest of their six children. Due to employment opportunities, she moved with her mother and stepfather, Richie Roe, to Provo, Utah, when she was eleven. She attended grade school in Charleston, Utah, and Sharon Elementary in Orem, Utah, graduating from Farrer Junior High School and from Provo High School in 1955.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: Glenda married Clifford Ray Ferguson on May 17, 1956; their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, following Glenda's baptism. She served in the Church as a Primary teacher, Relief Society visiting teacher, Cub Scout leader, Young Women president, counselor in the stake Young Women presidency and as stake Young Women athletic director. She was an elementary school room mother and president of the Lincoln Junior High School PTA. Glenda worked as a legal secretary for attorneys until her children were born and she became a stay-at-home mom. The year her daughter married and her son went on a mission for the Church, she went to work for the Utah County, starting as an on-call office worker and retiring twenty years later as Utah County Public Works Administration Division Director. In 1988, she was honored as Utah County Employee of the Month and then as Utah County Employee of the Year. Glenda and Clifford loved to travel and they visited every state in the United States, every Canadian Territory and Province except two, Mexico, and went on various cruises. Glenda was an active member of the Orem Senior Friendship Center where she volunteered under the RSVP program for ten years. Glenda Lou Laubon Ferguson passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2018, in Orem, Utah, of causes incident to age. She was 81.
Family Message: "Glenda did not ask for much during her lifetime, but now upon her passing, her one request is for everyone to give a smile and a kind word—you will be glad you did."
Survived By: Her husband of 62 years, Clifford; her two children: Kaye Lynn (Randall) Wilkinson, of Palmyra, UT; Russell "R" (Catherine) Ferguson, of West Jordan, UT; five grandsons: Chris, Curtis, Chad Wilkinson and Bryce Ferguson; a granddaughter, Nicole Benson; two great granddaughters: Elizabeth and Chloe Wilkinson; and one sister, Jean (Bernard) Beiriger, of Hastings, NE.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; three brothers: Junior, Ronald and Gerald Laubon; one sister, Donna Grothen; a grandson, Clinton Wilkinson; and a great-grandson, Kaden Wilkensen.
Service: Graveside
Interment: Orem City Cemetery
Original Obituary Published By:
© Sundberg Olpin Mortuary | October 2018
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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