She was a woman of virtue, humility and integrity. She treasured her family and her many friends. In her later years, she thoroughly enjoyed her trips with the Senior Tours.
She was raised in Salt Lake County, served in the Navy for two years and retired from the Tooele Army Depot.
Mom was born to Ray and Eva Ahlstrom Butler on March 20, 1924 in Moroni, Utah.
She married John Knickerbocker in 1946. They were one of the first 100 families of Kearns. They had six children together and later divorced. Mom and Alton Barton, the love of her life, were married on April 26, 1966. The marriage was later solemnized in the Jordan River Temple.
She is survived by siblings: Burt Ahlstrom, Betty Ison, Beverly Cahoon; her children: Ed (Valerie) Knicker-bocker, Susan Calder, Tom Knicker-bocker, Cheryl Davis, Kevin Knicker-bocker, Cindy Knickerbocker; step children: Neill Barton and Eileen Norris; grandchildren: Patti Knicker-bocker, Sonja Runyan, Corby Mitchell, Mike Calder, Diane Calder, Rachel Knickerbocker, Sarah Knicker-bocker, Jan Thorell, Savannah Young and Paxton Young. Frank and Linda Morgan, with their children, are considered a valuable part of Mom's family. Preceded in death by her husband, Alton "Bart" Barton; and siblings Myrtle Wozab and Del Ray Ahlstrom.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at McDougal Funeral Home, 4330 South Redwood Road, where a viewing will be held on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 from 6- 8:00 p.m. and on Thursday from 10-10:45 a.m.
Interment: Valley View Memorial Park.
Published in the Deseret News on 4/14/2009.
She was a woman of virtue, humility and integrity. She treasured her family and her many friends. In her later years, she thoroughly enjoyed her trips with the Senior Tours.
She was raised in Salt Lake County, served in the Navy for two years and retired from the Tooele Army Depot.
Mom was born to Ray and Eva Ahlstrom Butler on March 20, 1924 in Moroni, Utah.
She married John Knickerbocker in 1946. They were one of the first 100 families of Kearns. They had six children together and later divorced. Mom and Alton Barton, the love of her life, were married on April 26, 1966. The marriage was later solemnized in the Jordan River Temple.
She is survived by siblings: Burt Ahlstrom, Betty Ison, Beverly Cahoon; her children: Ed (Valerie) Knicker-bocker, Susan Calder, Tom Knicker-bocker, Cheryl Davis, Kevin Knicker-bocker, Cindy Knickerbocker; step children: Neill Barton and Eileen Norris; grandchildren: Patti Knicker-bocker, Sonja Runyan, Corby Mitchell, Mike Calder, Diane Calder, Rachel Knickerbocker, Sarah Knicker-bocker, Jan Thorell, Savannah Young and Paxton Young. Frank and Linda Morgan, with their children, are considered a valuable part of Mom's family. Preceded in death by her husband, Alton "Bart" Barton; and siblings Myrtle Wozab and Del Ray Ahlstrom.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at McDougal Funeral Home, 4330 South Redwood Road, where a viewing will be held on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 from 6- 8:00 p.m. and on Thursday from 10-10:45 a.m.
Interment: Valley View Memorial Park.
Published in the Deseret News on 4/14/2009.
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