Ruth Bowns Berrett, March 17, 1920 - Jan. 29, 2001, 80, Nyssa, died Jan. 29, 2001, of natural causes. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at the Owyhee Ward, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nyssa, with Bishop C. Tracy Boster conducting. Burial will follow in the Owyhee Cemetery, Nyssa, under the direction of Lienkaemper Chapel, Nyssa.
Ruth was born March 17, 1920, in Slaterville, Utah, the daughter of LaVern Durrell and Elva Knight Bowns. She married Wayne Lawrence Berrett Aug. 23, 1944, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
She grew up in Slaterville. She attended the Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah. She worked for J.C. Penney's and the Utah ASF Depot in the Fiscal Division. After Wayne's service in the U.S. Army in World War II, they moved to Nyssa and began farming. They relocated to the Jordan Valley area in 1973 and were involved in ranching. Ruth loved her family very much. She enjoyed crocheting, tatting, quilting, humanitarian work, reading, working hard and visiting with friends and family.
She was an active member of the LDS Church, having served in many teaching and leadership capacities in Primary, MIA and Relief Society.
She also worked in the Family History Center. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, four daughters and sons-in-law, 32 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and numerous nephews and nieces.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Lienkaemper Chapel, 207 Ehrgood Ave., Nyssa, and from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Friday prior to the services at the Owyhee LDS Church, 848 Owyhee Ave., two miles west of
Owyhee Junction.
Ruth was born March 17, 1920, in Slaterville, Utah, the daughter of LaVern Durrell and Elva Knight Bowns. She married Wayne Lawrence Berrett Aug. 23, 1944, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
She grew up in Slaterville. She attended the Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah. She worked for J.C. Penney's and the Utah ASF Depot in the Fiscal Division. After Wayne's service in the U.S. Army in World War II, they moved to Nyssa and began farming. They relocated to the Jordan Valley area in 1973 and were involved in ranching. Ruth loved her family very much. She enjoyed crocheting, tatting, quilting, humanitarian work, reading, working hard and visiting with friends and family.
She was an active member of the LDS Church, having served in many teaching and leadership capacities in Primary, MIA and Relief Society.
She also worked in the Family History Center. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, four daughters and sons-in-law, 32 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and numerous nephews and nieces.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Lienkaemper Chapel, 207 Ehrgood Ave., Nyssa, and from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Friday prior to the services at the Owyhee LDS Church, 848 Owyhee Ave., two miles west of
Owyhee Junction.
Ruth Bowns Berrett, March 17, 1920 - Jan. 29, 2001, 80, Nyssa, died Jan. 29, 2001, of natural causes. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at the Owyhee Ward, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nyssa, with Bishop C. Tracy Boster conducting. Burial will follow in the Owyhee Cemetery, Nyssa, under the direction of Lienkaemper Chapel, Nyssa.
Ruth was born March 17, 1920, in Slaterville, Utah, the daughter of LaVern Durrell and Elva Knight Bowns. She married Wayne Lawrence Berrett Aug. 23, 1944, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
She grew up in Slaterville. She attended the Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah. She worked for J.C. Penney's and the Utah ASF Depot in the Fiscal Division. After Wayne's service in the U.S. Army in World War II, they moved to Nyssa and began farming. They relocated to the Jordan Valley area in 1973 and were involved in ranching. Ruth loved her family very much. She enjoyed crocheting, tatting, quilting, humanitarian work, reading, working hard and visiting with friends and family.
She was an active member of the LDS Church, having served in many teaching and leadership capacities in Primary, MIA and Relief Society.
She also worked in the Family History Center. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, four daughters and sons-in-law, 32 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and numerous nephews and nieces.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Lienkaemper Chapel, 207 Ehrgood Ave., Nyssa, and from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Friday prior to the services at the Owyhee LDS Church, 848 Owyhee Ave., two miles west of
Owyhee Junction.
Ruth was born March 17, 1920, in Slaterville, Utah, the daughter of LaVern Durrell and Elva Knight Bowns. She married Wayne Lawrence Berrett Aug. 23, 1944, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
She grew up in Slaterville. She attended the Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah. She worked for J.C. Penney's and the Utah ASF Depot in the Fiscal Division. After Wayne's service in the U.S. Army in World War II, they moved to Nyssa and began farming. They relocated to the Jordan Valley area in 1973 and were involved in ranching. Ruth loved her family very much. She enjoyed crocheting, tatting, quilting, humanitarian work, reading, working hard and visiting with friends and family.
She was an active member of the LDS Church, having served in many teaching and leadership capacities in Primary, MIA and Relief Society.
She also worked in the Family History Center. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, four daughters and sons-in-law, 32 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and numerous nephews and nieces.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Lienkaemper Chapel, 207 Ehrgood Ave., Nyssa, and from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Friday prior to the services at the Owyhee LDS Church, 848 Owyhee Ave., two miles west of
Owyhee Junction.
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