Vera Blackett Lerwill, 93, of Payson, passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter on July 29, 2011.
Vera was born on June 8, 1918 in Springville, Utah the youngest child of Harvey V. and Rosa Tame Blackett. She was raised and attended school in Springville and graduated in 1936 from Springville High School. She then attended LDS Business College in Salt Lake City. After completing her schooling there, she worked as a clerk at the Courthouse in Provo.
Vera married Harvey Lerwill on March 12, 1940 in Provo, Utah. They enjoyed 67 wonderful years together before he passed away in 2007at the age of 93. They were blessed with four children and Vera found great joy in her role as a mother. Harvey and Vera lived in Tinic Junction for nine years while Harvey worked for the railroad, they then moved to Payson where they built and made their home.
Vera was a wonderful hostess and excellent cook. She and Harvey loved to entertain company and enjoyed visits around their kitchen table. Vera was a loving mother and grandmother and she exhibited great concern for the well-being and happiness of her posterity. Vera was also a diligent record keeper and had a great love for her progenitors. The time and detail she spent preserving the record of her ancestors has already been a great blessing to the lives of her children and grandchildren.
Vera had a strong, silent Testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as was modeled to her by her parents. Her final years were spent voraciously studying the Scriptures and the words of the Living Prophet. On November 22, 2008, at the age of 90, she entered the House of The Lord and received her Temple Blessings for the first time. She was then sealed to her late sweetheart and children for Time and Eternity.
Vera is survived by her four children; Jay (Mary Ann) Lerwill, Payson; Lynn (Mina) Lerwill, Santaquin; Ann (Clark) Lewis, Syracuse; and Max (Noreen) Lerwill, Payson; 14 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren with three expectant, and one great-great grandson.
Vera was welcomed home by her sweetheart, Harvey, her parents, four sisters and three brothers and a great-granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held Monday August 1, 2011 at 11:00 am in the West Mountain 4th Ward Building, 3 miles West of Payson on Utah Avenue. Interment will be in the Payson City Cemetery.
Vera was born on June 8, 1918 in Springville, Utah the youngest child of Harvey V. and Rosa Tame Blackett. She was raised and attended school in Springville and graduated in 1936 from Springville High School. She then attended LDS Business College in Salt Lake City. After completing her schooling there, she worked as a clerk at the Courthouse in Provo.
Vera married Harvey Lerwill on March 12, 1940 in Provo, Utah. They enjoyed 67 wonderful years together before he passed away in 2007at the age of 93. They were blessed with four children and Vera found great joy in her role as a mother. Harvey and Vera lived in Tinic Junction for nine years while Harvey worked for the railroad, they then moved to Payson where they built and made their home.
Vera was a wonderful hostess and excellent cook. She and Harvey loved to entertain company and enjoyed visits around their kitchen table. Vera was a loving mother and grandmother and she exhibited great concern for the well-being and happiness of her posterity. Vera was also a diligent record keeper and had a great love for her progenitors. The time and detail she spent preserving the record of her ancestors has already been a great blessing to the lives of her children and grandchildren.
Vera had a strong, silent Testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as was modeled to her by her parents. Her final years were spent voraciously studying the Scriptures and the words of the Living Prophet. On November 22, 2008, at the age of 90, she entered the House of The Lord and received her Temple Blessings for the first time. She was then sealed to her late sweetheart and children for Time and Eternity.
Vera is survived by her four children; Jay (Mary Ann) Lerwill, Payson; Lynn (Mina) Lerwill, Santaquin; Ann (Clark) Lewis, Syracuse; and Max (Noreen) Lerwill, Payson; 14 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren with three expectant, and one great-great grandson.
Vera was welcomed home by her sweetheart, Harvey, her parents, four sisters and three brothers and a great-granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held Monday August 1, 2011 at 11:00 am in the West Mountain 4th Ward Building, 3 miles West of Payson on Utah Avenue. Interment will be in the Payson City Cemetery.
Vera Blackett Lerwill, 93, of Payson, passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter on July 29, 2011.
Vera was born on June 8, 1918 in Springville, Utah the youngest child of Harvey V. and Rosa Tame Blackett. She was raised and attended school in Springville and graduated in 1936 from Springville High School. She then attended LDS Business College in Salt Lake City. After completing her schooling there, she worked as a clerk at the Courthouse in Provo.
Vera married Harvey Lerwill on March 12, 1940 in Provo, Utah. They enjoyed 67 wonderful years together before he passed away in 2007at the age of 93. They were blessed with four children and Vera found great joy in her role as a mother. Harvey and Vera lived in Tinic Junction for nine years while Harvey worked for the railroad, they then moved to Payson where they built and made their home.
Vera was a wonderful hostess and excellent cook. She and Harvey loved to entertain company and enjoyed visits around their kitchen table. Vera was a loving mother and grandmother and she exhibited great concern for the well-being and happiness of her posterity. Vera was also a diligent record keeper and had a great love for her progenitors. The time and detail she spent preserving the record of her ancestors has already been a great blessing to the lives of her children and grandchildren.
Vera had a strong, silent Testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as was modeled to her by her parents. Her final years were spent voraciously studying the Scriptures and the words of the Living Prophet. On November 22, 2008, at the age of 90, she entered the House of The Lord and received her Temple Blessings for the first time. She was then sealed to her late sweetheart and children for Time and Eternity.
Vera is survived by her four children; Jay (Mary Ann) Lerwill, Payson; Lynn (Mina) Lerwill, Santaquin; Ann (Clark) Lewis, Syracuse; and Max (Noreen) Lerwill, Payson; 14 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren with three expectant, and one great-great grandson.
Vera was welcomed home by her sweetheart, Harvey, her parents, four sisters and three brothers and a great-granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held Monday August 1, 2011 at 11:00 am in the West Mountain 4th Ward Building, 3 miles West of Payson on Utah Avenue. Interment will be in the Payson City Cemetery.
Vera was born on June 8, 1918 in Springville, Utah the youngest child of Harvey V. and Rosa Tame Blackett. She was raised and attended school in Springville and graduated in 1936 from Springville High School. She then attended LDS Business College in Salt Lake City. After completing her schooling there, she worked as a clerk at the Courthouse in Provo.
Vera married Harvey Lerwill on March 12, 1940 in Provo, Utah. They enjoyed 67 wonderful years together before he passed away in 2007at the age of 93. They were blessed with four children and Vera found great joy in her role as a mother. Harvey and Vera lived in Tinic Junction for nine years while Harvey worked for the railroad, they then moved to Payson where they built and made their home.
Vera was a wonderful hostess and excellent cook. She and Harvey loved to entertain company and enjoyed visits around their kitchen table. Vera was a loving mother and grandmother and she exhibited great concern for the well-being and happiness of her posterity. Vera was also a diligent record keeper and had a great love for her progenitors. The time and detail she spent preserving the record of her ancestors has already been a great blessing to the lives of her children and grandchildren.
Vera had a strong, silent Testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as was modeled to her by her parents. Her final years were spent voraciously studying the Scriptures and the words of the Living Prophet. On November 22, 2008, at the age of 90, she entered the House of The Lord and received her Temple Blessings for the first time. She was then sealed to her late sweetheart and children for Time and Eternity.
Vera is survived by her four children; Jay (Mary Ann) Lerwill, Payson; Lynn (Mina) Lerwill, Santaquin; Ann (Clark) Lewis, Syracuse; and Max (Noreen) Lerwill, Payson; 14 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren with three expectant, and one great-great grandson.
Vera was welcomed home by her sweetheart, Harvey, her parents, four sisters and three brothers and a great-granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held Monday August 1, 2011 at 11:00 am in the West Mountain 4th Ward Building, 3 miles West of Payson on Utah Avenue. Interment will be in the Payson City Cemetery.
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