Our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, Ordella Violet Ord Mathews, 80, passed away at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center on Sunday, July 25, 2010 following complications from surgery. She resided at 4626 South Westview Drive (3320 East) in the Mount Olympus area of Millcreek Township, Utah at the time of her death.
She was born September 23, 1929 in Nampa, Idaho to Robert Lewis and Violet Anderson Ord. She graduated from Nampa High School and attended BYU.
Ordella married Donald Arthur Mathews on November 23, 1948; later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple on August 4, 1976. Together, they raised four children and faced the hardship of losing two sons in separate tragic accidents.
She was employed by Fernwood Candy Co. and later General Electric. Some of her happiest times were spent "post-officing" around the country with her husband.
She enjoyed traveling, reading, gardening, crafting and spending lots of time with her children and grandchildren. She took pleasure in creating scrapbook vacations with her grandchildren. Family was important to her and she brought the family together with reunion vacations for the past five years.
Holidays were special and she took great delight in sending out cards with gum enclosed to every child. She was "Grandma Gum" to 16 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Her infectious laugh was as original as her name. She took great delight in being unique. She was the "dessert lady" of her neighborhood. Her life was dedicated to serving others.
She was an active member of the LDS Church and loved serving in Primary and Relief Society. Her selfless example and firm testimony of the Savior were her greatest contributions to her children.
Ordella was preceded in death by her husband and best friend Don, sons Robert Jay and Bruce Donald, parents, and her sister Vanita Rummler. She is survived by her sisters Roberta Anderson and Evona Buckley, daughters Gerri (Jerry) Alldredge, and Terri (Duane) Mortensen, grand and great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the Mount Olympus First/Ninth Ward Chapel, 4635 South Lanark Road (3285 East). Friends may call on Friday at Russon Brothers Salt Lake Mortuary, 255 South 200 East from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and prior to the services at the Church from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Burial will follow in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East).
Published in the Deseret News from July 29 to July 30, 2010.
She was born September 23, 1929 in Nampa, Idaho to Robert Lewis and Violet Anderson Ord. She graduated from Nampa High School and attended BYU.
Ordella married Donald Arthur Mathews on November 23, 1948; later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple on August 4, 1976. Together, they raised four children and faced the hardship of losing two sons in separate tragic accidents.
She was employed by Fernwood Candy Co. and later General Electric. Some of her happiest times were spent "post-officing" around the country with her husband.
She enjoyed traveling, reading, gardening, crafting and spending lots of time with her children and grandchildren. She took pleasure in creating scrapbook vacations with her grandchildren. Family was important to her and she brought the family together with reunion vacations for the past five years.
Holidays were special and she took great delight in sending out cards with gum enclosed to every child. She was "Grandma Gum" to 16 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Her infectious laugh was as original as her name. She took great delight in being unique. She was the "dessert lady" of her neighborhood. Her life was dedicated to serving others.
She was an active member of the LDS Church and loved serving in Primary and Relief Society. Her selfless example and firm testimony of the Savior were her greatest contributions to her children.
Ordella was preceded in death by her husband and best friend Don, sons Robert Jay and Bruce Donald, parents, and her sister Vanita Rummler. She is survived by her sisters Roberta Anderson and Evona Buckley, daughters Gerri (Jerry) Alldredge, and Terri (Duane) Mortensen, grand and great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the Mount Olympus First/Ninth Ward Chapel, 4635 South Lanark Road (3285 East). Friends may call on Friday at Russon Brothers Salt Lake Mortuary, 255 South 200 East from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and prior to the services at the Church from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Burial will follow in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East).
Published in the Deseret News from July 29 to July 30, 2010.
Our loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, Ordella Violet Ord Mathews, 80, passed away at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center on Sunday, July 25, 2010 following complications from surgery. She resided at 4626 South Westview Drive (3320 East) in the Mount Olympus area of Millcreek Township, Utah at the time of her death.
She was born September 23, 1929 in Nampa, Idaho to Robert Lewis and Violet Anderson Ord. She graduated from Nampa High School and attended BYU.
Ordella married Donald Arthur Mathews on November 23, 1948; later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple on August 4, 1976. Together, they raised four children and faced the hardship of losing two sons in separate tragic accidents.
She was employed by Fernwood Candy Co. and later General Electric. Some of her happiest times were spent "post-officing" around the country with her husband.
She enjoyed traveling, reading, gardening, crafting and spending lots of time with her children and grandchildren. She took pleasure in creating scrapbook vacations with her grandchildren. Family was important to her and she brought the family together with reunion vacations for the past five years.
Holidays were special and she took great delight in sending out cards with gum enclosed to every child. She was "Grandma Gum" to 16 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Her infectious laugh was as original as her name. She took great delight in being unique. She was the "dessert lady" of her neighborhood. Her life was dedicated to serving others.
She was an active member of the LDS Church and loved serving in Primary and Relief Society. Her selfless example and firm testimony of the Savior were her greatest contributions to her children.
Ordella was preceded in death by her husband and best friend Don, sons Robert Jay and Bruce Donald, parents, and her sister Vanita Rummler. She is survived by her sisters Roberta Anderson and Evona Buckley, daughters Gerri (Jerry) Alldredge, and Terri (Duane) Mortensen, grand and great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the Mount Olympus First/Ninth Ward Chapel, 4635 South Lanark Road (3285 East). Friends may call on Friday at Russon Brothers Salt Lake Mortuary, 255 South 200 East from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and prior to the services at the Church from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Burial will follow in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East).
Published in the Deseret News from July 29 to July 30, 2010.
She was born September 23, 1929 in Nampa, Idaho to Robert Lewis and Violet Anderson Ord. She graduated from Nampa High School and attended BYU.
Ordella married Donald Arthur Mathews on November 23, 1948; later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple on August 4, 1976. Together, they raised four children and faced the hardship of losing two sons in separate tragic accidents.
She was employed by Fernwood Candy Co. and later General Electric. Some of her happiest times were spent "post-officing" around the country with her husband.
She enjoyed traveling, reading, gardening, crafting and spending lots of time with her children and grandchildren. She took pleasure in creating scrapbook vacations with her grandchildren. Family was important to her and she brought the family together with reunion vacations for the past five years.
Holidays were special and she took great delight in sending out cards with gum enclosed to every child. She was "Grandma Gum" to 16 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Her infectious laugh was as original as her name. She took great delight in being unique. She was the "dessert lady" of her neighborhood. Her life was dedicated to serving others.
She was an active member of the LDS Church and loved serving in Primary and Relief Society. Her selfless example and firm testimony of the Savior were her greatest contributions to her children.
Ordella was preceded in death by her husband and best friend Don, sons Robert Jay and Bruce Donald, parents, and her sister Vanita Rummler. She is survived by her sisters Roberta Anderson and Evona Buckley, daughters Gerri (Jerry) Alldredge, and Terri (Duane) Mortensen, grand and great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the Mount Olympus First/Ninth Ward Chapel, 4635 South Lanark Road (3285 East). Friends may call on Friday at Russon Brothers Salt Lake Mortuary, 255 South 200 East from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and prior to the services at the Church from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Burial will follow in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East).
Published in the Deseret News from July 29 to July 30, 2010.
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