Our beautiful wife, mother and grandmother, Carol Lynne Garner Griffeth passed away Saturday October 27, 2018 at her home in the Burton area of Rexburg, Idaho, surrounded by her family.
Carol was born on November 30, 1938 in Rupert, Idaho and raised in Burley, Idaho where her family farmed. She graduated from Burley High School in 1957. Carol attended BYU where she studied elementary education and modern dance. There, in 1958 she met the love of her life, George “Gary” Griffeth. They were married on September 22, 1959 in the Logan LDS temple.
They resided in Provo until Gary’s graduation and then moved to Los Angeles, CA where Gary attended Physical Therapy School at Los Angeles Children’s Hospital and UCLA. Their oldest 3 children were born during their time in California and the couple were active in many callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
The young family came to Rexburg in 1967, when Gary was hired to establish the Health Science department at Ricks College. One year later Gary launched the first Physical Therapy practice in Rexburg. Carol continued her schooling part time as the family grew. A devoted lifelong learner, Carol was persistent on finishing her degree. Carol graduated from BYU with her bachelor’s degree in elementary education after her 6th child. She especially loved studies in World Religion’s, Art and Sculpture.
Carol was a beloved wife and mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She had a great appreciation for music, she was an excellent seamstress, a talented artist and delighted in planting flowers and gardening. She remembered fondly her years of teaching at Lyman Elementary, and substituting throughout Madison County. Carol had a passion for teaching kids to read and tutored children in her home for many years.
Her life was a beautiful pattern of service, and selflessness. She spent years serving as a 4-H Leader, Scout Leader, going to day camp many years in a row, Primary teacher, she especially loved her Guide Patrol boys in the Rexburg 1st Ward. She enjoyed her term as President of the Ricks College Faculty Women and was honored to serve as President of the March of Dimes. Carol served as Relief Society President both in Los Angeles and in the Hibbard Ward. She cherished lifelong friendships in her many callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which she loved. She was devoted to her Savior, Jesus Christ and knew him personally. Carol was an avid reader and spent countless hours in the scriptures during her long illness.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Gladys Garner, an infant son, Gary Jr. and an infant grandson Duane Siddoway Jr. She is survived by her husband George Garald "Gary" Griffeth, her siblings; Barbara (Larry) Gerratt, Janice (Tyrell) Tanner, Louise (Larry) Ward, Suzanne (Robert) Canaan, and her 8 children; Alicia (Duane) Siddoway of Rexburg, Diane (Conway) Snyder of Salt Lake City, Russell (Becky) Griffeth of Idaho Falls, Chad (Patrea) Griffeth of Heber, Matthew (Natacia) Griffeth of Salt Lake City, Katie (Michael) Taylor of Smithfield, Jared (Laura) Griffeth of Rigby and Dallin Charles Griffeth of Salt Lake City, 29 Grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 11:00 am at the Burton West LDS Chapel, 3958 W 2000 S, Rexburg. Friends may call at Flamm Funeral home, 61 N 1st E, Rexburg, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm on Friday, November 2, 2018, or at the church Saturday, 9:45 to 10:45. Interment will be in the Burton cemetery.
A special thanks to Signature Home Health and Hospice for their tender care.
Carol was born on November 30, 1938 in Rupert, Idaho and raised in Burley, Idaho where her family farmed. She graduated from Burley High School in 1957. Carol attended BYU where she studied elementary education and modern dance. There, in 1958 she met the love of her life, George “Gary” Griffeth. They were married on September 22, 1959 in the Logan LDS temple.
They resided in Provo until Gary’s graduation and then moved to Los Angeles, CA where Gary attended Physical Therapy School at Los Angeles Children’s Hospital and UCLA. Their oldest 3 children were born during their time in California and the couple were active in many callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
The young family came to Rexburg in 1967, when Gary was hired to establish the Health Science department at Ricks College. One year later Gary launched the first Physical Therapy practice in Rexburg. Carol continued her schooling part time as the family grew. A devoted lifelong learner, Carol was persistent on finishing her degree. Carol graduated from BYU with her bachelor’s degree in elementary education after her 6th child. She especially loved studies in World Religion’s, Art and Sculpture.
Carol was a beloved wife and mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She had a great appreciation for music, she was an excellent seamstress, a talented artist and delighted in planting flowers and gardening. She remembered fondly her years of teaching at Lyman Elementary, and substituting throughout Madison County. Carol had a passion for teaching kids to read and tutored children in her home for many years.
Her life was a beautiful pattern of service, and selflessness. She spent years serving as a 4-H Leader, Scout Leader, going to day camp many years in a row, Primary teacher, she especially loved her Guide Patrol boys in the Rexburg 1st Ward. She enjoyed her term as President of the Ricks College Faculty Women and was honored to serve as President of the March of Dimes. Carol served as Relief Society President both in Los Angeles and in the Hibbard Ward. She cherished lifelong friendships in her many callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which she loved. She was devoted to her Savior, Jesus Christ and knew him personally. Carol was an avid reader and spent countless hours in the scriptures during her long illness.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Gladys Garner, an infant son, Gary Jr. and an infant grandson Duane Siddoway Jr. She is survived by her husband George Garald "Gary" Griffeth, her siblings; Barbara (Larry) Gerratt, Janice (Tyrell) Tanner, Louise (Larry) Ward, Suzanne (Robert) Canaan, and her 8 children; Alicia (Duane) Siddoway of Rexburg, Diane (Conway) Snyder of Salt Lake City, Russell (Becky) Griffeth of Idaho Falls, Chad (Patrea) Griffeth of Heber, Matthew (Natacia) Griffeth of Salt Lake City, Katie (Michael) Taylor of Smithfield, Jared (Laura) Griffeth of Rigby and Dallin Charles Griffeth of Salt Lake City, 29 Grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 11:00 am at the Burton West LDS Chapel, 3958 W 2000 S, Rexburg. Friends may call at Flamm Funeral home, 61 N 1st E, Rexburg, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm on Friday, November 2, 2018, or at the church Saturday, 9:45 to 10:45. Interment will be in the Burton cemetery.
A special thanks to Signature Home Health and Hospice for their tender care.
Our beautiful wife, mother and grandmother, Carol Lynne Garner Griffeth passed away Saturday October 27, 2018 at her home in the Burton area of Rexburg, Idaho, surrounded by her family.
Carol was born on November 30, 1938 in Rupert, Idaho and raised in Burley, Idaho where her family farmed. She graduated from Burley High School in 1957. Carol attended BYU where she studied elementary education and modern dance. There, in 1958 she met the love of her life, George “Gary” Griffeth. They were married on September 22, 1959 in the Logan LDS temple.
They resided in Provo until Gary’s graduation and then moved to Los Angeles, CA where Gary attended Physical Therapy School at Los Angeles Children’s Hospital and UCLA. Their oldest 3 children were born during their time in California and the couple were active in many callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
The young family came to Rexburg in 1967, when Gary was hired to establish the Health Science department at Ricks College. One year later Gary launched the first Physical Therapy practice in Rexburg. Carol continued her schooling part time as the family grew. A devoted lifelong learner, Carol was persistent on finishing her degree. Carol graduated from BYU with her bachelor’s degree in elementary education after her 6th child. She especially loved studies in World Religion’s, Art and Sculpture.
Carol was a beloved wife and mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She had a great appreciation for music, she was an excellent seamstress, a talented artist and delighted in planting flowers and gardening. She remembered fondly her years of teaching at Lyman Elementary, and substituting throughout Madison County. Carol had a passion for teaching kids to read and tutored children in her home for many years.
Her life was a beautiful pattern of service, and selflessness. She spent years serving as a 4-H Leader, Scout Leader, going to day camp many years in a row, Primary teacher, she especially loved her Guide Patrol boys in the Rexburg 1st Ward. She enjoyed her term as President of the Ricks College Faculty Women and was honored to serve as President of the March of Dimes. Carol served as Relief Society President both in Los Angeles and in the Hibbard Ward. She cherished lifelong friendships in her many callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which she loved. She was devoted to her Savior, Jesus Christ and knew him personally. Carol was an avid reader and spent countless hours in the scriptures during her long illness.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Gladys Garner, an infant son, Gary Jr. and an infant grandson Duane Siddoway Jr. She is survived by her husband George Garald "Gary" Griffeth, her siblings; Barbara (Larry) Gerratt, Janice (Tyrell) Tanner, Louise (Larry) Ward, Suzanne (Robert) Canaan, and her 8 children; Alicia (Duane) Siddoway of Rexburg, Diane (Conway) Snyder of Salt Lake City, Russell (Becky) Griffeth of Idaho Falls, Chad (Patrea) Griffeth of Heber, Matthew (Natacia) Griffeth of Salt Lake City, Katie (Michael) Taylor of Smithfield, Jared (Laura) Griffeth of Rigby and Dallin Charles Griffeth of Salt Lake City, 29 Grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 11:00 am at the Burton West LDS Chapel, 3958 W 2000 S, Rexburg. Friends may call at Flamm Funeral home, 61 N 1st E, Rexburg, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm on Friday, November 2, 2018, or at the church Saturday, 9:45 to 10:45. Interment will be in the Burton cemetery.
A special thanks to Signature Home Health and Hospice for their tender care.
Carol was born on November 30, 1938 in Rupert, Idaho and raised in Burley, Idaho where her family farmed. She graduated from Burley High School in 1957. Carol attended BYU where she studied elementary education and modern dance. There, in 1958 she met the love of her life, George “Gary” Griffeth. They were married on September 22, 1959 in the Logan LDS temple.
They resided in Provo until Gary’s graduation and then moved to Los Angeles, CA where Gary attended Physical Therapy School at Los Angeles Children’s Hospital and UCLA. Their oldest 3 children were born during their time in California and the couple were active in many callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
The young family came to Rexburg in 1967, when Gary was hired to establish the Health Science department at Ricks College. One year later Gary launched the first Physical Therapy practice in Rexburg. Carol continued her schooling part time as the family grew. A devoted lifelong learner, Carol was persistent on finishing her degree. Carol graduated from BYU with her bachelor’s degree in elementary education after her 6th child. She especially loved studies in World Religion’s, Art and Sculpture.
Carol was a beloved wife and mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She had a great appreciation for music, she was an excellent seamstress, a talented artist and delighted in planting flowers and gardening. She remembered fondly her years of teaching at Lyman Elementary, and substituting throughout Madison County. Carol had a passion for teaching kids to read and tutored children in her home for many years.
Her life was a beautiful pattern of service, and selflessness. She spent years serving as a 4-H Leader, Scout Leader, going to day camp many years in a row, Primary teacher, she especially loved her Guide Patrol boys in the Rexburg 1st Ward. She enjoyed her term as President of the Ricks College Faculty Women and was honored to serve as President of the March of Dimes. Carol served as Relief Society President both in Los Angeles and in the Hibbard Ward. She cherished lifelong friendships in her many callings in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which she loved. She was devoted to her Savior, Jesus Christ and knew him personally. Carol was an avid reader and spent countless hours in the scriptures during her long illness.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Gladys Garner, an infant son, Gary Jr. and an infant grandson Duane Siddoway Jr. She is survived by her husband George Garald "Gary" Griffeth, her siblings; Barbara (Larry) Gerratt, Janice (Tyrell) Tanner, Louise (Larry) Ward, Suzanne (Robert) Canaan, and her 8 children; Alicia (Duane) Siddoway of Rexburg, Diane (Conway) Snyder of Salt Lake City, Russell (Becky) Griffeth of Idaho Falls, Chad (Patrea) Griffeth of Heber, Matthew (Natacia) Griffeth of Salt Lake City, Katie (Michael) Taylor of Smithfield, Jared (Laura) Griffeth of Rigby and Dallin Charles Griffeth of Salt Lake City, 29 Grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 11:00 am at the Burton West LDS Chapel, 3958 W 2000 S, Rexburg. Friends may call at Flamm Funeral home, 61 N 1st E, Rexburg, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm on Friday, November 2, 2018, or at the church Saturday, 9:45 to 10:45. Interment will be in the Burton cemetery.
A special thanks to Signature Home Health and Hospice for their tender care.
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