She was born February 12, 1914 in Hinckley, Utah, the first of 11 children born to George Lyle and Clara May Walker Stewart. She was preceded in death by a brother, Walker Stewart.Delna attended BAC (SUU) and graduated in 1934. She taught school one year before she married Dee Arthur on May 8, 1935. She attended CSU (SUU) and graduated in 1964. Together, with her husband, they owned and operated the Center Grocery Store until 1964. They then relocated to southern California, where she taught elementary school for 13 years.
Delna was a published poet and writer and a talented artist, seamstress and vocalist.
Survivors: husband, Dee Arthur, of Cedar City; daughters, Jean Huntsman, of Cedar City; Carol Lee Miller, of Orange, Calif.; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; brothers, Lyle Stewart, of Pleasant Grove, Utah; Reed Stewart, of Magna, Utah; Duane Stewart, of Lynden, Washington; and Don Stewart, of Bountiful, Utah; sisters, Norma Pate, of American Fork, Utah; Florence Smith, of Lompoc, California; Mary Abbott, of Spanish Fork; Jean Caldwell, of Lake Arrowhead, California; and Joy Christensen, of West Jordan, Utah.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 28, 1994 at 11 a.m. at Southern Utah Mortuary in Cedar City, Utah, where friends may call Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday morning one hour prior to services. Interment will be in the Cedar City Cemetery.
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She was born February 12, 1914 in Hinckley, Utah, the first of 11 children born to George Lyle and Clara May Walker Stewart. She was preceded in death by a brother, Walker Stewart.Delna attended BAC (SUU) and graduated in 1934. She taught school one year before she married Dee Arthur on May 8, 1935. She attended CSU (SUU) and graduated in 1964. Together, with her husband, they owned and operated the Center Grocery Store until 1964. They then relocated to southern California, where she taught elementary school for 13 years.
Delna was a published poet and writer and a talented artist, seamstress and vocalist.
Survivors: husband, Dee Arthur, of Cedar City; daughters, Jean Huntsman, of Cedar City; Carol Lee Miller, of Orange, Calif.; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; brothers, Lyle Stewart, of Pleasant Grove, Utah; Reed Stewart, of Magna, Utah; Duane Stewart, of Lynden, Washington; and Don Stewart, of Bountiful, Utah; sisters, Norma Pate, of American Fork, Utah; Florence Smith, of Lompoc, California; Mary Abbott, of Spanish Fork; Jean Caldwell, of Lake Arrowhead, California; and Joy Christensen, of West Jordan, Utah.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 28, 1994 at 11 a.m. at Southern Utah Mortuary in Cedar City, Utah, where friends may call Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday morning one hour prior to services. Interment will be in the Cedar City Cemetery.
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Family Members
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Norma Stewart Pate
1915–2004
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Walker Duncan Stewart
1918–1932
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Lyle George Stewart
1919–2010
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Florence Stewart Smith
1921–2012
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Mary Stewart Abbott
1923–2021
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Melba Jean Stewart Caldwell
1925–2016
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Reed Murdoch Stewart
1927–2015
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Joy Stewart Christensen
1930–2012
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Duane Walker Stewart
1932–2015
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Don Stewart
1937–2014
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