WELLSVILLE, UT - Long time Brigham City resident, Esther Watkins Anderson, age 92, passed away peacefully at the Wellsville home of her oldest son on Thursday, October 25, 2001.
Esther was born April 9, 1909, in Brigham City, the daughter of John Hyrum and Lucy Clara Yates Watkins. She was born in the home of her grandfather, William Lampard Watkins, the same home where her father was born some forty years earlier. Shortly after Esther was born, her father was called to serve a mission to Great Britain.
Esther remembered that when her father returned from his mission he had a small moustache and that She refused to kiss him until he shaved it off. After her father returned from his mission, the family lived and operated a farm in Beaver Dam. Esther had many fond memories of Beaver Dam, especially the memory of being the only girl in her school class. The seven or eight boys in the class would push and shove each other for the privilege of sitting next to Esther.
When Esther was a young woman, the Watkins family sold the farm and moved to Brigham City where they operated an ice business on West Forest Street opposite Rees Pioneer Park. Esther remembered her father cutting ice on the pond and hauling the large blocks by horse team to the storage barn. Esther also remembered a shy young man by the name of Norman Anderson who came to buy ice for his parents. It seemed that Norman was always in trouble with his mother for staying so long that the ice was mostly melted by the time he got home.
On December 21, 1934, Esther was married in the Logan Temple to Norman Heber Anderson, the same shy young ice customer, but by then, a returned missionary, having served two and a half years in France. Norman and Esther made their home in Brigham City where Norman taught school and Esther focused on nurturing their three children. Richard W. Anderson now of Wellsville, Ruth A. Rasmussen of Roy, and Kent L. Anderson of Upland, California. Esther and Norman loved their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and were always great examples of righteousness, industriousness, charity, frugality and patriotism.
Esther was always active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She enjoyed doing temple work and loved reading the Book of Mormon. She had a special interest in blessing the lives of the less fortunate and usually sponsored at least one poor child in an underdeveloped country. She was an avid gardener. The yard about her home on 400 West was always neatly and tastefully garnished with many varieties of beautiful flowers. She had a great sense of humor that came through, even on the last day of her mortal life. She was an exceptional canner and a wonderful cook. Her cheesecake and floating island custards were favorites of four family generations.
Esther is preceded in death by her husband, five sisters, one brother, one granddaughter and two' great-grandsons.
She is survived by a brother. Ray H. Watkins of Brigham City, her three children named above, 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
We will all miss her great example and wonderful sense of humor but we know she is very happy to be with Norman and other loved ones again.
Funeral services were on Tuesday, October 30, at the Brigham City Fifth Ward Chapel
Interment in the Brigham City Cemetery.
Send condolences to the family at www.myers-rnortuary.com
Esther was born April 9, 1909, in Brigham City, the daughter of John Hyrum and Lucy Clara Yates Watkins. She was born in the home of her grandfather, William Lampard Watkins, the same home where her father was born some forty years earlier. Shortly after Esther was born, her father was called to serve a mission to Great Britain.
Esther remembered that when her father returned from his mission he had a small moustache and that She refused to kiss him until he shaved it off. After her father returned from his mission, the family lived and operated a farm in Beaver Dam. Esther had many fond memories of Beaver Dam, especially the memory of being the only girl in her school class. The seven or eight boys in the class would push and shove each other for the privilege of sitting next to Esther.
When Esther was a young woman, the Watkins family sold the farm and moved to Brigham City where they operated an ice business on West Forest Street opposite Rees Pioneer Park. Esther remembered her father cutting ice on the pond and hauling the large blocks by horse team to the storage barn. Esther also remembered a shy young man by the name of Norman Anderson who came to buy ice for his parents. It seemed that Norman was always in trouble with his mother for staying so long that the ice was mostly melted by the time he got home.
On December 21, 1934, Esther was married in the Logan Temple to Norman Heber Anderson, the same shy young ice customer, but by then, a returned missionary, having served two and a half years in France. Norman and Esther made their home in Brigham City where Norman taught school and Esther focused on nurturing their three children. Richard W. Anderson now of Wellsville, Ruth A. Rasmussen of Roy, and Kent L. Anderson of Upland, California. Esther and Norman loved their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and were always great examples of righteousness, industriousness, charity, frugality and patriotism.
Esther was always active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She enjoyed doing temple work and loved reading the Book of Mormon. She had a special interest in blessing the lives of the less fortunate and usually sponsored at least one poor child in an underdeveloped country. She was an avid gardener. The yard about her home on 400 West was always neatly and tastefully garnished with many varieties of beautiful flowers. She had a great sense of humor that came through, even on the last day of her mortal life. She was an exceptional canner and a wonderful cook. Her cheesecake and floating island custards were favorites of four family generations.
Esther is preceded in death by her husband, five sisters, one brother, one granddaughter and two' great-grandsons.
She is survived by a brother. Ray H. Watkins of Brigham City, her three children named above, 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
We will all miss her great example and wonderful sense of humor but we know she is very happy to be with Norman and other loved ones again.
Funeral services were on Tuesday, October 30, at the Brigham City Fifth Ward Chapel
Interment in the Brigham City Cemetery.
Send condolences to the family at www.myers-rnortuary.com
WELLSVILLE, UT - Long time Brigham City resident, Esther Watkins Anderson, age 92, passed away peacefully at the Wellsville home of her oldest son on Thursday, October 25, 2001.
Esther was born April 9, 1909, in Brigham City, the daughter of John Hyrum and Lucy Clara Yates Watkins. She was born in the home of her grandfather, William Lampard Watkins, the same home where her father was born some forty years earlier. Shortly after Esther was born, her father was called to serve a mission to Great Britain.
Esther remembered that when her father returned from his mission he had a small moustache and that She refused to kiss him until he shaved it off. After her father returned from his mission, the family lived and operated a farm in Beaver Dam. Esther had many fond memories of Beaver Dam, especially the memory of being the only girl in her school class. The seven or eight boys in the class would push and shove each other for the privilege of sitting next to Esther.
When Esther was a young woman, the Watkins family sold the farm and moved to Brigham City where they operated an ice business on West Forest Street opposite Rees Pioneer Park. Esther remembered her father cutting ice on the pond and hauling the large blocks by horse team to the storage barn. Esther also remembered a shy young man by the name of Norman Anderson who came to buy ice for his parents. It seemed that Norman was always in trouble with his mother for staying so long that the ice was mostly melted by the time he got home.
On December 21, 1934, Esther was married in the Logan Temple to Norman Heber Anderson, the same shy young ice customer, but by then, a returned missionary, having served two and a half years in France. Norman and Esther made their home in Brigham City where Norman taught school and Esther focused on nurturing their three children. Richard W. Anderson now of Wellsville, Ruth A. Rasmussen of Roy, and Kent L. Anderson of Upland, California. Esther and Norman loved their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and were always great examples of righteousness, industriousness, charity, frugality and patriotism.
Esther was always active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She enjoyed doing temple work and loved reading the Book of Mormon. She had a special interest in blessing the lives of the less fortunate and usually sponsored at least one poor child in an underdeveloped country. She was an avid gardener. The yard about her home on 400 West was always neatly and tastefully garnished with many varieties of beautiful flowers. She had a great sense of humor that came through, even on the last day of her mortal life. She was an exceptional canner and a wonderful cook. Her cheesecake and floating island custards were favorites of four family generations.
Esther is preceded in death by her husband, five sisters, one brother, one granddaughter and two' great-grandsons.
She is survived by a brother. Ray H. Watkins of Brigham City, her three children named above, 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
We will all miss her great example and wonderful sense of humor but we know she is very happy to be with Norman and other loved ones again.
Funeral services were on Tuesday, October 30, at the Brigham City Fifth Ward Chapel
Interment in the Brigham City Cemetery.
Send condolences to the family at www.myers-rnortuary.com
Esther was born April 9, 1909, in Brigham City, the daughter of John Hyrum and Lucy Clara Yates Watkins. She was born in the home of her grandfather, William Lampard Watkins, the same home where her father was born some forty years earlier. Shortly after Esther was born, her father was called to serve a mission to Great Britain.
Esther remembered that when her father returned from his mission he had a small moustache and that She refused to kiss him until he shaved it off. After her father returned from his mission, the family lived and operated a farm in Beaver Dam. Esther had many fond memories of Beaver Dam, especially the memory of being the only girl in her school class. The seven or eight boys in the class would push and shove each other for the privilege of sitting next to Esther.
When Esther was a young woman, the Watkins family sold the farm and moved to Brigham City where they operated an ice business on West Forest Street opposite Rees Pioneer Park. Esther remembered her father cutting ice on the pond and hauling the large blocks by horse team to the storage barn. Esther also remembered a shy young man by the name of Norman Anderson who came to buy ice for his parents. It seemed that Norman was always in trouble with his mother for staying so long that the ice was mostly melted by the time he got home.
On December 21, 1934, Esther was married in the Logan Temple to Norman Heber Anderson, the same shy young ice customer, but by then, a returned missionary, having served two and a half years in France. Norman and Esther made their home in Brigham City where Norman taught school and Esther focused on nurturing their three children. Richard W. Anderson now of Wellsville, Ruth A. Rasmussen of Roy, and Kent L. Anderson of Upland, California. Esther and Norman loved their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and were always great examples of righteousness, industriousness, charity, frugality and patriotism.
Esther was always active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She enjoyed doing temple work and loved reading the Book of Mormon. She had a special interest in blessing the lives of the less fortunate and usually sponsored at least one poor child in an underdeveloped country. She was an avid gardener. The yard about her home on 400 West was always neatly and tastefully garnished with many varieties of beautiful flowers. She had a great sense of humor that came through, even on the last day of her mortal life. She was an exceptional canner and a wonderful cook. Her cheesecake and floating island custards were favorites of four family generations.
Esther is preceded in death by her husband, five sisters, one brother, one granddaughter and two' great-grandsons.
She is survived by a brother. Ray H. Watkins of Brigham City, her three children named above, 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
We will all miss her great example and wonderful sense of humor but we know she is very happy to be with Norman and other loved ones again.
Funeral services were on Tuesday, October 30, at the Brigham City Fifth Ward Chapel
Interment in the Brigham City Cemetery.
Send condolences to the family at www.myers-rnortuary.com
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