REITA AMES WORKMAN
Age 85, Roosevelt, returned to her loving heavenly Father November 7, 2004 at the Basin Care and Rehabilitation Center in Roosevelt.
She was born September 26, 1919 in Loa, Wayne County, to James Orvill and Luella Jane Cook Ames. She came to the Uintah Basin in 1924 in a covered wagon along the Nine Mile route. Her father homesteaded in Ioka, where Reita grew up. In 1938 she married Clifford Bullard of Torry, Utah. They brought three beautiful children into the world. After a divorce she met Norman Charles Workman of Manila and married him in 1946. After bringing three more beautiful children into the world they sere sealed to each other and their six children, for time and eternity in the Salt Lake LDS Temple in 1964. After living several places they settled in Salt Lake in the Holladay area, where they lived for 30 some odd years. After their children were raised they adopted one grandaughter and raised one grandson as their own. In 1984 Reita returned to the Uintah Basin where she has lived since. Reita loved her family and the gospel, she was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was always willing to share her knowledge of the gospel or her testimony. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren, telling them family stories or wonderful stories she made up. She enjoyed oil painting, sewing and gardening all of which she truly had a wonderful talent. She did extensive family research, compiling a vast amount of genealogy.
Reita is survived by her second husband, Norman Charles Workman; children, Randy Clifford (Kathy Jo) Bullard Workman, Tabiona; Shannon (Norm) Rice, Roosevelt; Charles Lonney (Marla) Workman, Salt Lake;Calvin Lewis (Kathy) Workman, Payson; Julie (Carl) Umphenour, Myton; and Jacob Luke (Aaron) Workman, Hawaii, presently serving in the Armed Services in Iraq; a son-in-law, Don Boulden; 28 grandchildren and many many great grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers and three sisters, Vern (Phylis) Ames, Don (Rachel) Ames, both Ioka; Ella (Dale) Workman, Duchesne; Kay Nyberg, Granger, and Evalvie, Duchesne. She was preceded in death by two children, James "Jimmy" Bullard, LaRue Boulden, two infant grandchildren and four brothers.
Funeral services were held Saturday, November 13, 2004 at the Roosevelt LDS Fourth Ward Chapel. Burial was in the Ioka Cemetery under direction of the Hullinger Mortuary.
Age 85, Roosevelt, returned to her loving heavenly Father November 7, 2004 at the Basin Care and Rehabilitation Center in Roosevelt.
She was born September 26, 1919 in Loa, Wayne County, to James Orvill and Luella Jane Cook Ames. She came to the Uintah Basin in 1924 in a covered wagon along the Nine Mile route. Her father homesteaded in Ioka, where Reita grew up. In 1938 she married Clifford Bullard of Torry, Utah. They brought three beautiful children into the world. After a divorce she met Norman Charles Workman of Manila and married him in 1946. After bringing three more beautiful children into the world they sere sealed to each other and their six children, for time and eternity in the Salt Lake LDS Temple in 1964. After living several places they settled in Salt Lake in the Holladay area, where they lived for 30 some odd years. After their children were raised they adopted one grandaughter and raised one grandson as their own. In 1984 Reita returned to the Uintah Basin where she has lived since. Reita loved her family and the gospel, she was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was always willing to share her knowledge of the gospel or her testimony. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren, telling them family stories or wonderful stories she made up. She enjoyed oil painting, sewing and gardening all of which she truly had a wonderful talent. She did extensive family research, compiling a vast amount of genealogy.
Reita is survived by her second husband, Norman Charles Workman; children, Randy Clifford (Kathy Jo) Bullard Workman, Tabiona; Shannon (Norm) Rice, Roosevelt; Charles Lonney (Marla) Workman, Salt Lake;Calvin Lewis (Kathy) Workman, Payson; Julie (Carl) Umphenour, Myton; and Jacob Luke (Aaron) Workman, Hawaii, presently serving in the Armed Services in Iraq; a son-in-law, Don Boulden; 28 grandchildren and many many great grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers and three sisters, Vern (Phylis) Ames, Don (Rachel) Ames, both Ioka; Ella (Dale) Workman, Duchesne; Kay Nyberg, Granger, and Evalvie, Duchesne. She was preceded in death by two children, James "Jimmy" Bullard, LaRue Boulden, two infant grandchildren and four brothers.
Funeral services were held Saturday, November 13, 2004 at the Roosevelt LDS Fourth Ward Chapel. Burial was in the Ioka Cemetery under direction of the Hullinger Mortuary.
REITA AMES WORKMAN
Age 85, Roosevelt, returned to her loving heavenly Father November 7, 2004 at the Basin Care and Rehabilitation Center in Roosevelt.
She was born September 26, 1919 in Loa, Wayne County, to James Orvill and Luella Jane Cook Ames. She came to the Uintah Basin in 1924 in a covered wagon along the Nine Mile route. Her father homesteaded in Ioka, where Reita grew up. In 1938 she married Clifford Bullard of Torry, Utah. They brought three beautiful children into the world. After a divorce she met Norman Charles Workman of Manila and married him in 1946. After bringing three more beautiful children into the world they sere sealed to each other and their six children, for time and eternity in the Salt Lake LDS Temple in 1964. After living several places they settled in Salt Lake in the Holladay area, where they lived for 30 some odd years. After their children were raised they adopted one grandaughter and raised one grandson as their own. In 1984 Reita returned to the Uintah Basin where she has lived since. Reita loved her family and the gospel, she was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was always willing to share her knowledge of the gospel or her testimony. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren, telling them family stories or wonderful stories she made up. She enjoyed oil painting, sewing and gardening all of which she truly had a wonderful talent. She did extensive family research, compiling a vast amount of genealogy.
Reita is survived by her second husband, Norman Charles Workman; children, Randy Clifford (Kathy Jo) Bullard Workman, Tabiona; Shannon (Norm) Rice, Roosevelt; Charles Lonney (Marla) Workman, Salt Lake;Calvin Lewis (Kathy) Workman, Payson; Julie (Carl) Umphenour, Myton; and Jacob Luke (Aaron) Workman, Hawaii, presently serving in the Armed Services in Iraq; a son-in-law, Don Boulden; 28 grandchildren and many many great grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers and three sisters, Vern (Phylis) Ames, Don (Rachel) Ames, both Ioka; Ella (Dale) Workman, Duchesne; Kay Nyberg, Granger, and Evalvie, Duchesne. She was preceded in death by two children, James "Jimmy" Bullard, LaRue Boulden, two infant grandchildren and four brothers.
Funeral services were held Saturday, November 13, 2004 at the Roosevelt LDS Fourth Ward Chapel. Burial was in the Ioka Cemetery under direction of the Hullinger Mortuary.
Age 85, Roosevelt, returned to her loving heavenly Father November 7, 2004 at the Basin Care and Rehabilitation Center in Roosevelt.
She was born September 26, 1919 in Loa, Wayne County, to James Orvill and Luella Jane Cook Ames. She came to the Uintah Basin in 1924 in a covered wagon along the Nine Mile route. Her father homesteaded in Ioka, where Reita grew up. In 1938 she married Clifford Bullard of Torry, Utah. They brought three beautiful children into the world. After a divorce she met Norman Charles Workman of Manila and married him in 1946. After bringing three more beautiful children into the world they sere sealed to each other and their six children, for time and eternity in the Salt Lake LDS Temple in 1964. After living several places they settled in Salt Lake in the Holladay area, where they lived for 30 some odd years. After their children were raised they adopted one grandaughter and raised one grandson as their own. In 1984 Reita returned to the Uintah Basin where she has lived since. Reita loved her family and the gospel, she was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was always willing to share her knowledge of the gospel or her testimony. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren, telling them family stories or wonderful stories she made up. She enjoyed oil painting, sewing and gardening all of which she truly had a wonderful talent. She did extensive family research, compiling a vast amount of genealogy.
Reita is survived by her second husband, Norman Charles Workman; children, Randy Clifford (Kathy Jo) Bullard Workman, Tabiona; Shannon (Norm) Rice, Roosevelt; Charles Lonney (Marla) Workman, Salt Lake;Calvin Lewis (Kathy) Workman, Payson; Julie (Carl) Umphenour, Myton; and Jacob Luke (Aaron) Workman, Hawaii, presently serving in the Armed Services in Iraq; a son-in-law, Don Boulden; 28 grandchildren and many many great grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers and three sisters, Vern (Phylis) Ames, Don (Rachel) Ames, both Ioka; Ella (Dale) Workman, Duchesne; Kay Nyberg, Granger, and Evalvie, Duchesne. She was preceded in death by two children, James "Jimmy" Bullard, LaRue Boulden, two infant grandchildren and four brothers.
Funeral services were held Saturday, November 13, 2004 at the Roosevelt LDS Fourth Ward Chapel. Burial was in the Ioka Cemetery under direction of the Hullinger Mortuary.
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