Geneve Bennion Miller "Gene" On March 14, 2005, Gene Bennion Miller died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 93 years-old.
Gene was born in Salt Lake City on October 12, 1911 to Orson and Geneve Horne Bennion. She grew up on the family ranch in Cokeville, Wyoming where her favorite passion was riding and caring for horses and helping her dad with the sheep. She attended Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah where she received a two-year normal degree and then taught second grade in Cokeville, Wyoming. She married William Fay Miller on July 5, 1934 in Randolph, Utah; their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple in March of 1971.
Bill and Gene lived in Murray, Utah with their family for several years. In 1947 they moved 9 miles west of Grantsville, Utah where Bill became the Superintendent of Utah Lime and Stone Company. Gene often commented that those years on the desert at Dolomite were "the happiest years of our life." Bill died in 1958 leaving Gene a widow at age 46. She returned to college, graduating from Utah State University at the age of 52. She then taught school for The Tooele School District and Granite School District until her retirement at age 65.
Gene taught for 22 years with love, care and concern inside and outside the classroom. Gene was an active member of the LDS Church demonstrating "Faith in Every Footstep" with her positive influence she had on hundreds of children and many parents through her years of teaching her family, church and friends. She was a member of the Grant 12th Ward (Millstream Ward) for 25 years until her move to Tooele, Utah in 1998.
Survived by children, Annette Anderson, Faye (Bill) Ratcliffe, Bob (Kay) Miller of Grantsville, Utah; Linda (Wes) Arbon of Salt Lake City, Utah; 14 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Marge (Eldon) Bitter, Orem, Utah; Eleanor Spendlove, Sandy, Utah. Preceded in death by her husband, parents, brother Frank, and sister Marian.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. in the Millstream Ward, 3400 S. 1100 E., Salt Lake City, Utah. Friends may call from 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at the church. Funeral directors: Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary.
Interment, Elysian Burial Gardens, 1075 E. 4580 S., Murray, Utah. The family wishes to express thanks to the care provided for Gene at the Beehive Home and Rocky Mountain Care in Tooele. Because of Gene's love of teaching and education, in lieu of flowers please make contributions to the Perpetual Education Fund COPB-PEF, LDS Foundation - 2 E, 15 East South Temple, SLC, UT 84150, www.LDS.Org.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from 3/15/2005 - 3/16/2005
Gene was born in Salt Lake City on October 12, 1911 to Orson and Geneve Horne Bennion. She grew up on the family ranch in Cokeville, Wyoming where her favorite passion was riding and caring for horses and helping her dad with the sheep. She attended Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah where she received a two-year normal degree and then taught second grade in Cokeville, Wyoming. She married William Fay Miller on July 5, 1934 in Randolph, Utah; their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple in March of 1971.
Bill and Gene lived in Murray, Utah with their family for several years. In 1947 they moved 9 miles west of Grantsville, Utah where Bill became the Superintendent of Utah Lime and Stone Company. Gene often commented that those years on the desert at Dolomite were "the happiest years of our life." Bill died in 1958 leaving Gene a widow at age 46. She returned to college, graduating from Utah State University at the age of 52. She then taught school for The Tooele School District and Granite School District until her retirement at age 65.
Gene taught for 22 years with love, care and concern inside and outside the classroom. Gene was an active member of the LDS Church demonstrating "Faith in Every Footstep" with her positive influence she had on hundreds of children and many parents through her years of teaching her family, church and friends. She was a member of the Grant 12th Ward (Millstream Ward) for 25 years until her move to Tooele, Utah in 1998.
Survived by children, Annette Anderson, Faye (Bill) Ratcliffe, Bob (Kay) Miller of Grantsville, Utah; Linda (Wes) Arbon of Salt Lake City, Utah; 14 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Marge (Eldon) Bitter, Orem, Utah; Eleanor Spendlove, Sandy, Utah. Preceded in death by her husband, parents, brother Frank, and sister Marian.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. in the Millstream Ward, 3400 S. 1100 E., Salt Lake City, Utah. Friends may call from 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at the church. Funeral directors: Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary.
Interment, Elysian Burial Gardens, 1075 E. 4580 S., Murray, Utah. The family wishes to express thanks to the care provided for Gene at the Beehive Home and Rocky Mountain Care in Tooele. Because of Gene's love of teaching and education, in lieu of flowers please make contributions to the Perpetual Education Fund COPB-PEF, LDS Foundation - 2 E, 15 East South Temple, SLC, UT 84150, www.LDS.Org.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from 3/15/2005 - 3/16/2005
Geneve Bennion Miller "Gene" On March 14, 2005, Gene Bennion Miller died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 93 years-old.
Gene was born in Salt Lake City on October 12, 1911 to Orson and Geneve Horne Bennion. She grew up on the family ranch in Cokeville, Wyoming where her favorite passion was riding and caring for horses and helping her dad with the sheep. She attended Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah where she received a two-year normal degree and then taught second grade in Cokeville, Wyoming. She married William Fay Miller on July 5, 1934 in Randolph, Utah; their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple in March of 1971.
Bill and Gene lived in Murray, Utah with their family for several years. In 1947 they moved 9 miles west of Grantsville, Utah where Bill became the Superintendent of Utah Lime and Stone Company. Gene often commented that those years on the desert at Dolomite were "the happiest years of our life." Bill died in 1958 leaving Gene a widow at age 46. She returned to college, graduating from Utah State University at the age of 52. She then taught school for The Tooele School District and Granite School District until her retirement at age 65.
Gene taught for 22 years with love, care and concern inside and outside the classroom. Gene was an active member of the LDS Church demonstrating "Faith in Every Footstep" with her positive influence she had on hundreds of children and many parents through her years of teaching her family, church and friends. She was a member of the Grant 12th Ward (Millstream Ward) for 25 years until her move to Tooele, Utah in 1998.
Survived by children, Annette Anderson, Faye (Bill) Ratcliffe, Bob (Kay) Miller of Grantsville, Utah; Linda (Wes) Arbon of Salt Lake City, Utah; 14 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Marge (Eldon) Bitter, Orem, Utah; Eleanor Spendlove, Sandy, Utah. Preceded in death by her husband, parents, brother Frank, and sister Marian.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. in the Millstream Ward, 3400 S. 1100 E., Salt Lake City, Utah. Friends may call from 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at the church. Funeral directors: Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary.
Interment, Elysian Burial Gardens, 1075 E. 4580 S., Murray, Utah. The family wishes to express thanks to the care provided for Gene at the Beehive Home and Rocky Mountain Care in Tooele. Because of Gene's love of teaching and education, in lieu of flowers please make contributions to the Perpetual Education Fund COPB-PEF, LDS Foundation - 2 E, 15 East South Temple, SLC, UT 84150, www.LDS.Org.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from 3/15/2005 - 3/16/2005
Gene was born in Salt Lake City on October 12, 1911 to Orson and Geneve Horne Bennion. She grew up on the family ranch in Cokeville, Wyoming where her favorite passion was riding and caring for horses and helping her dad with the sheep. She attended Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah where she received a two-year normal degree and then taught second grade in Cokeville, Wyoming. She married William Fay Miller on July 5, 1934 in Randolph, Utah; their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple in March of 1971.
Bill and Gene lived in Murray, Utah with their family for several years. In 1947 they moved 9 miles west of Grantsville, Utah where Bill became the Superintendent of Utah Lime and Stone Company. Gene often commented that those years on the desert at Dolomite were "the happiest years of our life." Bill died in 1958 leaving Gene a widow at age 46. She returned to college, graduating from Utah State University at the age of 52. She then taught school for The Tooele School District and Granite School District until her retirement at age 65.
Gene taught for 22 years with love, care and concern inside and outside the classroom. Gene was an active member of the LDS Church demonstrating "Faith in Every Footstep" with her positive influence she had on hundreds of children and many parents through her years of teaching her family, church and friends. She was a member of the Grant 12th Ward (Millstream Ward) for 25 years until her move to Tooele, Utah in 1998.
Survived by children, Annette Anderson, Faye (Bill) Ratcliffe, Bob (Kay) Miller of Grantsville, Utah; Linda (Wes) Arbon of Salt Lake City, Utah; 14 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Marge (Eldon) Bitter, Orem, Utah; Eleanor Spendlove, Sandy, Utah. Preceded in death by her husband, parents, brother Frank, and sister Marian.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. in the Millstream Ward, 3400 S. 1100 E., Salt Lake City, Utah. Friends may call from 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at the church. Funeral directors: Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary.
Interment, Elysian Burial Gardens, 1075 E. 4580 S., Murray, Utah. The family wishes to express thanks to the care provided for Gene at the Beehive Home and Rocky Mountain Care in Tooele. Because of Gene's love of teaching and education, in lieu of flowers please make contributions to the Perpetual Education Fund COPB-PEF, LDS Foundation - 2 E, 15 East South Temple, SLC, UT 84150, www.LDS.Org.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from 3/15/2005 - 3/16/2005
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