Betty Joyce Andersen Farnworth
1931 - 2022
❦ Early Life: Betty was born July 5, 1931, to Ervin William and Alda Hanson Andersen. She was the fourth child in a family that would eventually grow to six, three older brothers, Laverne, Eugene and Lyle, and two younger sisters, Norma and Carolyn. She spent her childhood in southeastern Idaho where she grew up a product of the Great Depression and developed a slight but tenacious tendency to hoard things. She honed this skill, which eventually grew into a world class talent, not always appreciated by the ones who were living with her. "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without." Betty met Thomas "Grant" Farnworth when she was 14 years old. She was quite a looker and Grant was smitten, but had a mission to fulfill before he could pursue his love interest.
❦ Life's Work | Service | Interests: Betty waited for Grant's three-year mission in Norway to be honorably fulfilled; but she was by no means exclusively waiting for him. She never forgot his interest and made herself available when he returned home...it apparently worked.
❦ On October 22, 1948, they married in the Logan Utah Temple and started a family shortly after. Betty became the mother of six children: Stephen, Connie, Michael, Rhonda, Mark and David. The Camelot years of Betty's motherhood and life was when she lived in Emmett, Idaho. There, her six children flourished and she found many life-long friends in the small community. She often commented that the family's years in Emmett were by far her favorite and kept in touch with many friends there.
❦ Betty lost her sense of smell and taste as a young teenager, but this did not stop her from becoming a good cook. She cooked until late in life and loved food all along the way. Her peaches and toast were legendary for anyone lucky enough to be invited over after sacrament meeting. And her homemade bread was loved by anyone fortunate enough to receive a loaf, which she also used as a payment whenever she got her hair done.
❦ Another impact on Betty of the Great Depression was her proclivity for making sure everything was divided equally when it came to her children's desserts. If the only thing left for dessert were four cookies, they were carefully cut up into 6 equal portions. Nobody got any more than the next. Also, Betty was always fascinated with the cost of items and would often rehearse them for her offspring in comparing the prices of today with the prices she had grown up with. Whether it was the five-cent candy bar that now cost more than two dollars, or the first home they bought for $4,000.
❦ Betty was quite the writer and poet. She often composed long epic poems that described the courtship and engagement of her children and grandchildren. She would happily read them aloud at the reception, not always appreciating the time element involved for such a task. Betty was always involved with compiling the intricate historical affairs and artifacts of her children's lives that she had collected over the years. She collected boxes and boxes of such historical items for each child and swore that someday her loved ones would each receive the efforts of her labor; at this point, things are not looking good for the fulfillment of her many promised predictions.
❦ Betty loved her routines and regimens. Predictability gave her a sense of control and accomplishment. That is why the "daylight saving time" issue was such a bug-a-boo for her. She was always going to bed early and then up first thing in the morning. She hated the idea that the time was off by an hour and would never surrender to that false reality. Good for her!
❦ Betty's later years would be spent caring for Grant and Mark, who's health had been compromised early in childhood. She was a good and loving wife and mother, spending most of her life dedicated to the caregiving for those in her family; she loves them all.
❦ Betty had a great mind and memory. She could remember everyone's birthday and had a knack for numbers, spelling, word puzzles, and history. Her mind stayed sharp all her life. If you had a conversation with her, phone or otherwise, you could check off the following required topics: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, meals/foods she recently ate and the weather. Betty was pleased with always being healthy with no significant pains, aches, or issues. She continued this way until her death which was quick, decisive, and remarkably smooth. This was something Betty had always wanted and she was blessed to experience it. On Wednesday, February 10, 2022, at 12:26 a.m., Betty Joyce Andersen Farnworth transitioned to the next level of life at the age of 90.
❦ Family Message: "We love you mama!"
❦ Posterity: Sons and daughters: Stephen and Shirley Farnworth, Connie and John VanDorn, Michael and Cindi Farnworth, Rhonda Owens, Mark Farnworth, David and Pamela Farnworth; 19 grandchildren, 53 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild, with two more pending.
❦ Predeceased By: Her husband, Grant; oldest son, Stephen; her parents; three brothers; and her daughter-in-law, Pamela.
❦ Arrangements & Obituary: © 2022 | Olpin Family Mortuary
❦ Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
❦ Location: Orem First Ward Chapel | Orem, Utah
❦ Interment: Orem City Cemetery | 9 Feb 2022
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1931 - 2022
❦ Early Life: Betty was born July 5, 1931, to Ervin William and Alda Hanson Andersen. She was the fourth child in a family that would eventually grow to six, three older brothers, Laverne, Eugene and Lyle, and two younger sisters, Norma and Carolyn. She spent her childhood in southeastern Idaho where she grew up a product of the Great Depression and developed a slight but tenacious tendency to hoard things. She honed this skill, which eventually grew into a world class talent, not always appreciated by the ones who were living with her. "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without." Betty met Thomas "Grant" Farnworth when she was 14 years old. She was quite a looker and Grant was smitten, but had a mission to fulfill before he could pursue his love interest.
❦ Life's Work | Service | Interests: Betty waited for Grant's three-year mission in Norway to be honorably fulfilled; but she was by no means exclusively waiting for him. She never forgot his interest and made herself available when he returned home...it apparently worked.
❦ On October 22, 1948, they married in the Logan Utah Temple and started a family shortly after. Betty became the mother of six children: Stephen, Connie, Michael, Rhonda, Mark and David. The Camelot years of Betty's motherhood and life was when she lived in Emmett, Idaho. There, her six children flourished and she found many life-long friends in the small community. She often commented that the family's years in Emmett were by far her favorite and kept in touch with many friends there.
❦ Betty lost her sense of smell and taste as a young teenager, but this did not stop her from becoming a good cook. She cooked until late in life and loved food all along the way. Her peaches and toast were legendary for anyone lucky enough to be invited over after sacrament meeting. And her homemade bread was loved by anyone fortunate enough to receive a loaf, which she also used as a payment whenever she got her hair done.
❦ Another impact on Betty of the Great Depression was her proclivity for making sure everything was divided equally when it came to her children's desserts. If the only thing left for dessert were four cookies, they were carefully cut up into 6 equal portions. Nobody got any more than the next. Also, Betty was always fascinated with the cost of items and would often rehearse them for her offspring in comparing the prices of today with the prices she had grown up with. Whether it was the five-cent candy bar that now cost more than two dollars, or the first home they bought for $4,000.
❦ Betty was quite the writer and poet. She often composed long epic poems that described the courtship and engagement of her children and grandchildren. She would happily read them aloud at the reception, not always appreciating the time element involved for such a task. Betty was always involved with compiling the intricate historical affairs and artifacts of her children's lives that she had collected over the years. She collected boxes and boxes of such historical items for each child and swore that someday her loved ones would each receive the efforts of her labor; at this point, things are not looking good for the fulfillment of her many promised predictions.
❦ Betty loved her routines and regimens. Predictability gave her a sense of control and accomplishment. That is why the "daylight saving time" issue was such a bug-a-boo for her. She was always going to bed early and then up first thing in the morning. She hated the idea that the time was off by an hour and would never surrender to that false reality. Good for her!
❦ Betty's later years would be spent caring for Grant and Mark, who's health had been compromised early in childhood. She was a good and loving wife and mother, spending most of her life dedicated to the caregiving for those in her family; she loves them all.
❦ Betty had a great mind and memory. She could remember everyone's birthday and had a knack for numbers, spelling, word puzzles, and history. Her mind stayed sharp all her life. If you had a conversation with her, phone or otherwise, you could check off the following required topics: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, meals/foods she recently ate and the weather. Betty was pleased with always being healthy with no significant pains, aches, or issues. She continued this way until her death which was quick, decisive, and remarkably smooth. This was something Betty had always wanted and she was blessed to experience it. On Wednesday, February 10, 2022, at 12:26 a.m., Betty Joyce Andersen Farnworth transitioned to the next level of life at the age of 90.
❦ Family Message: "We love you mama!"
❦ Posterity: Sons and daughters: Stephen and Shirley Farnworth, Connie and John VanDorn, Michael and Cindi Farnworth, Rhonda Owens, Mark Farnworth, David and Pamela Farnworth; 19 grandchildren, 53 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild, with two more pending.
❦ Predeceased By: Her husband, Grant; oldest son, Stephen; her parents; three brothers; and her daughter-in-law, Pamela.
❦ Arrangements & Obituary: © 2022 | Olpin Family Mortuary
❦ Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
❦ Location: Orem First Ward Chapel | Orem, Utah
❦ Interment: Orem City Cemetery | 9 Feb 2022
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Betty Joyce Andersen Farnworth
1931 - 2022
❦ Early Life: Betty was born July 5, 1931, to Ervin William and Alda Hanson Andersen. She was the fourth child in a family that would eventually grow to six, three older brothers, Laverne, Eugene and Lyle, and two younger sisters, Norma and Carolyn. She spent her childhood in southeastern Idaho where she grew up a product of the Great Depression and developed a slight but tenacious tendency to hoard things. She honed this skill, which eventually grew into a world class talent, not always appreciated by the ones who were living with her. "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without." Betty met Thomas "Grant" Farnworth when she was 14 years old. She was quite a looker and Grant was smitten, but had a mission to fulfill before he could pursue his love interest.
❦ Life's Work | Service | Interests: Betty waited for Grant's three-year mission in Norway to be honorably fulfilled; but she was by no means exclusively waiting for him. She never forgot his interest and made herself available when he returned home...it apparently worked.
❦ On October 22, 1948, they married in the Logan Utah Temple and started a family shortly after. Betty became the mother of six children: Stephen, Connie, Michael, Rhonda, Mark and David. The Camelot years of Betty's motherhood and life was when she lived in Emmett, Idaho. There, her six children flourished and she found many life-long friends in the small community. She often commented that the family's years in Emmett were by far her favorite and kept in touch with many friends there.
❦ Betty lost her sense of smell and taste as a young teenager, but this did not stop her from becoming a good cook. She cooked until late in life and loved food all along the way. Her peaches and toast were legendary for anyone lucky enough to be invited over after sacrament meeting. And her homemade bread was loved by anyone fortunate enough to receive a loaf, which she also used as a payment whenever she got her hair done.
❦ Another impact on Betty of the Great Depression was her proclivity for making sure everything was divided equally when it came to her children's desserts. If the only thing left for dessert were four cookies, they were carefully cut up into 6 equal portions. Nobody got any more than the next. Also, Betty was always fascinated with the cost of items and would often rehearse them for her offspring in comparing the prices of today with the prices she had grown up with. Whether it was the five-cent candy bar that now cost more than two dollars, or the first home they bought for $4,000.
❦ Betty was quite the writer and poet. She often composed long epic poems that described the courtship and engagement of her children and grandchildren. She would happily read them aloud at the reception, not always appreciating the time element involved for such a task. Betty was always involved with compiling the intricate historical affairs and artifacts of her children's lives that she had collected over the years. She collected boxes and boxes of such historical items for each child and swore that someday her loved ones would each receive the efforts of her labor; at this point, things are not looking good for the fulfillment of her many promised predictions.
❦ Betty loved her routines and regimens. Predictability gave her a sense of control and accomplishment. That is why the "daylight saving time" issue was such a bug-a-boo for her. She was always going to bed early and then up first thing in the morning. She hated the idea that the time was off by an hour and would never surrender to that false reality. Good for her!
❦ Betty's later years would be spent caring for Grant and Mark, who's health had been compromised early in childhood. She was a good and loving wife and mother, spending most of her life dedicated to the caregiving for those in her family; she loves them all.
❦ Betty had a great mind and memory. She could remember everyone's birthday and had a knack for numbers, spelling, word puzzles, and history. Her mind stayed sharp all her life. If you had a conversation with her, phone or otherwise, you could check off the following required topics: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, meals/foods she recently ate and the weather. Betty was pleased with always being healthy with no significant pains, aches, or issues. She continued this way until her death which was quick, decisive, and remarkably smooth. This was something Betty had always wanted and she was blessed to experience it. On Wednesday, February 10, 2022, at 12:26 a.m., Betty Joyce Andersen Farnworth transitioned to the next level of life at the age of 90.
❦ Family Message: "We love you mama!"
❦ Posterity: Sons and daughters: Stephen and Shirley Farnworth, Connie and John VanDorn, Michael and Cindi Farnworth, Rhonda Owens, Mark Farnworth, David and Pamela Farnworth; 19 grandchildren, 53 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild, with two more pending.
❦ Predeceased By: Her husband, Grant; oldest son, Stephen; her parents; three brothers; and her daughter-in-law, Pamela.
❦ Arrangements & Obituary: © 2022 | Olpin Family Mortuary
❦ Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
❦ Location: Orem First Ward Chapel | Orem, Utah
❦ Interment: Orem City Cemetery | 9 Feb 2022
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1931 - 2022
❦ Early Life: Betty was born July 5, 1931, to Ervin William and Alda Hanson Andersen. She was the fourth child in a family that would eventually grow to six, three older brothers, Laverne, Eugene and Lyle, and two younger sisters, Norma and Carolyn. She spent her childhood in southeastern Idaho where she grew up a product of the Great Depression and developed a slight but tenacious tendency to hoard things. She honed this skill, which eventually grew into a world class talent, not always appreciated by the ones who were living with her. "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without." Betty met Thomas "Grant" Farnworth when she was 14 years old. She was quite a looker and Grant was smitten, but had a mission to fulfill before he could pursue his love interest.
❦ Life's Work | Service | Interests: Betty waited for Grant's three-year mission in Norway to be honorably fulfilled; but she was by no means exclusively waiting for him. She never forgot his interest and made herself available when he returned home...it apparently worked.
❦ On October 22, 1948, they married in the Logan Utah Temple and started a family shortly after. Betty became the mother of six children: Stephen, Connie, Michael, Rhonda, Mark and David. The Camelot years of Betty's motherhood and life was when she lived in Emmett, Idaho. There, her six children flourished and she found many life-long friends in the small community. She often commented that the family's years in Emmett were by far her favorite and kept in touch with many friends there.
❦ Betty lost her sense of smell and taste as a young teenager, but this did not stop her from becoming a good cook. She cooked until late in life and loved food all along the way. Her peaches and toast were legendary for anyone lucky enough to be invited over after sacrament meeting. And her homemade bread was loved by anyone fortunate enough to receive a loaf, which she also used as a payment whenever she got her hair done.
❦ Another impact on Betty of the Great Depression was her proclivity for making sure everything was divided equally when it came to her children's desserts. If the only thing left for dessert were four cookies, they were carefully cut up into 6 equal portions. Nobody got any more than the next. Also, Betty was always fascinated with the cost of items and would often rehearse them for her offspring in comparing the prices of today with the prices she had grown up with. Whether it was the five-cent candy bar that now cost more than two dollars, or the first home they bought for $4,000.
❦ Betty was quite the writer and poet. She often composed long epic poems that described the courtship and engagement of her children and grandchildren. She would happily read them aloud at the reception, not always appreciating the time element involved for such a task. Betty was always involved with compiling the intricate historical affairs and artifacts of her children's lives that she had collected over the years. She collected boxes and boxes of such historical items for each child and swore that someday her loved ones would each receive the efforts of her labor; at this point, things are not looking good for the fulfillment of her many promised predictions.
❦ Betty loved her routines and regimens. Predictability gave her a sense of control and accomplishment. That is why the "daylight saving time" issue was such a bug-a-boo for her. She was always going to bed early and then up first thing in the morning. She hated the idea that the time was off by an hour and would never surrender to that false reality. Good for her!
❦ Betty's later years would be spent caring for Grant and Mark, who's health had been compromised early in childhood. She was a good and loving wife and mother, spending most of her life dedicated to the caregiving for those in her family; she loves them all.
❦ Betty had a great mind and memory. She could remember everyone's birthday and had a knack for numbers, spelling, word puzzles, and history. Her mind stayed sharp all her life. If you had a conversation with her, phone or otherwise, you could check off the following required topics: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, meals/foods she recently ate and the weather. Betty was pleased with always being healthy with no significant pains, aches, or issues. She continued this way until her death which was quick, decisive, and remarkably smooth. This was something Betty had always wanted and she was blessed to experience it. On Wednesday, February 10, 2022, at 12:26 a.m., Betty Joyce Andersen Farnworth transitioned to the next level of life at the age of 90.
❦ Family Message: "We love you mama!"
❦ Posterity: Sons and daughters: Stephen and Shirley Farnworth, Connie and John VanDorn, Michael and Cindi Farnworth, Rhonda Owens, Mark Farnworth, David and Pamela Farnworth; 19 grandchildren, 53 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild, with two more pending.
❦ Predeceased By: Her husband, Grant; oldest son, Stephen; her parents; three brothers; and her daughter-in-law, Pamela.
❦ Arrangements & Obituary: © 2022 | Olpin Family Mortuary
❦ Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
❦ Location: Orem First Ward Chapel | Orem, Utah
❦ Interment: Orem City Cemetery | 9 Feb 2022
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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