Afton Bigelow Miller, 88, passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2009. She resided at 20 East 200 North in Pleasant Grove, Utah at the time of her death.
Afton was born October 7, 1920 in Provo to Parley Percival and Margaret Meldrum Bigelow.
Afton attended both Provo and BY High School and graduated from BYU, where she was a student body officer. Afton met her beloved Keith at BYU. After his mission to Canada, they married on September 2, 1942 in the Salt Lake Temple. She managed the Grove Theater while Keith was serving in Europe during WWII. She loved teaching elementary school and did so for 20 years. Afton had a life-time of serving in teaching and leadership callings in the LDS Church.
Our mother emphasized with her family the importance of the Gospel, family, and education. After retirement, she and Keith served missions in Nigeria and Ghana and also in the newly built Dallas Temple. Upon their return, they served in both the Provo and Mount Timpanogos Temples.
Her cheerful, positive, and grateful personality and words of encouragement will be greatly missed by her family.
She is survived by her five children: Margaret Ann, Wayne (Loralee Priday), Linda (Paul Johns), Gloria (Alan Stratton), Helen (Alan Warnick), 27 grandchildren and 54 great-grandchildren; siblings: Richard Bigelow and Ruth Wilsted. Afton was preceded in death by her husband Keith; brothers, LaVell and Joseph; granddaughter, Bethany Warnick; and great-grandson, Aaron Clark.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Timpanogos Stake Center, 800 North 100 West, Pleasant Grove. Friends may attend a viewing on Monday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Olpin Family Mortuary, 494 South 300 East, Pleasant Grove, and at the Church on Tuesday one hour prior to the services.
Interment will be in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery.
Published in the Daily Herald on 6/28/2009.
Afton was born October 7, 1920 in Provo to Parley Percival and Margaret Meldrum Bigelow.
Afton attended both Provo and BY High School and graduated from BYU, where she was a student body officer. Afton met her beloved Keith at BYU. After his mission to Canada, they married on September 2, 1942 in the Salt Lake Temple. She managed the Grove Theater while Keith was serving in Europe during WWII. She loved teaching elementary school and did so for 20 years. Afton had a life-time of serving in teaching and leadership callings in the LDS Church.
Our mother emphasized with her family the importance of the Gospel, family, and education. After retirement, she and Keith served missions in Nigeria and Ghana and also in the newly built Dallas Temple. Upon their return, they served in both the Provo and Mount Timpanogos Temples.
Her cheerful, positive, and grateful personality and words of encouragement will be greatly missed by her family.
She is survived by her five children: Margaret Ann, Wayne (Loralee Priday), Linda (Paul Johns), Gloria (Alan Stratton), Helen (Alan Warnick), 27 grandchildren and 54 great-grandchildren; siblings: Richard Bigelow and Ruth Wilsted. Afton was preceded in death by her husband Keith; brothers, LaVell and Joseph; granddaughter, Bethany Warnick; and great-grandson, Aaron Clark.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Timpanogos Stake Center, 800 North 100 West, Pleasant Grove. Friends may attend a viewing on Monday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Olpin Family Mortuary, 494 South 300 East, Pleasant Grove, and at the Church on Tuesday one hour prior to the services.
Interment will be in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery.
Published in the Daily Herald on 6/28/2009.
Afton Bigelow Miller, 88, passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2009. She resided at 20 East 200 North in Pleasant Grove, Utah at the time of her death.
Afton was born October 7, 1920 in Provo to Parley Percival and Margaret Meldrum Bigelow.
Afton attended both Provo and BY High School and graduated from BYU, where she was a student body officer. Afton met her beloved Keith at BYU. After his mission to Canada, they married on September 2, 1942 in the Salt Lake Temple. She managed the Grove Theater while Keith was serving in Europe during WWII. She loved teaching elementary school and did so for 20 years. Afton had a life-time of serving in teaching and leadership callings in the LDS Church.
Our mother emphasized with her family the importance of the Gospel, family, and education. After retirement, she and Keith served missions in Nigeria and Ghana and also in the newly built Dallas Temple. Upon their return, they served in both the Provo and Mount Timpanogos Temples.
Her cheerful, positive, and grateful personality and words of encouragement will be greatly missed by her family.
She is survived by her five children: Margaret Ann, Wayne (Loralee Priday), Linda (Paul Johns), Gloria (Alan Stratton), Helen (Alan Warnick), 27 grandchildren and 54 great-grandchildren; siblings: Richard Bigelow and Ruth Wilsted. Afton was preceded in death by her husband Keith; brothers, LaVell and Joseph; granddaughter, Bethany Warnick; and great-grandson, Aaron Clark.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Timpanogos Stake Center, 800 North 100 West, Pleasant Grove. Friends may attend a viewing on Monday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Olpin Family Mortuary, 494 South 300 East, Pleasant Grove, and at the Church on Tuesday one hour prior to the services.
Interment will be in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery.
Published in the Daily Herald on 6/28/2009.
Afton was born October 7, 1920 in Provo to Parley Percival and Margaret Meldrum Bigelow.
Afton attended both Provo and BY High School and graduated from BYU, where she was a student body officer. Afton met her beloved Keith at BYU. After his mission to Canada, they married on September 2, 1942 in the Salt Lake Temple. She managed the Grove Theater while Keith was serving in Europe during WWII. She loved teaching elementary school and did so for 20 years. Afton had a life-time of serving in teaching and leadership callings in the LDS Church.
Our mother emphasized with her family the importance of the Gospel, family, and education. After retirement, she and Keith served missions in Nigeria and Ghana and also in the newly built Dallas Temple. Upon their return, they served in both the Provo and Mount Timpanogos Temples.
Her cheerful, positive, and grateful personality and words of encouragement will be greatly missed by her family.
She is survived by her five children: Margaret Ann, Wayne (Loralee Priday), Linda (Paul Johns), Gloria (Alan Stratton), Helen (Alan Warnick), 27 grandchildren and 54 great-grandchildren; siblings: Richard Bigelow and Ruth Wilsted. Afton was preceded in death by her husband Keith; brothers, LaVell and Joseph; granddaughter, Bethany Warnick; and great-grandson, Aaron Clark.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Timpanogos Stake Center, 800 North 100 West, Pleasant Grove. Friends may attend a viewing on Monday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Olpin Family Mortuary, 494 South 300 East, Pleasant Grove, and at the Church on Tuesday one hour prior to the services.
Interment will be in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery.
Published in the Daily Herald on 6/28/2009.
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