Roberta Jean (Betty) Berquist died at St. Mark's Hospital on Sunday, April 1, 2012. She lived for ninety-five vibrant years and died from old age with complications of pneumonia.
Betty was born to Robert and Tresa Bertelsen Barrowman, the third of their four children. Betty's father, a prominent dentist in Salt Lake City, died when Betty was thirteen years old.
Betty married Fred Berquist in 1935. They founded a construction company specializing in heavy earth moving. Fred ran the field work and Betty handled the bookkeeping, payrolls, and other management functions.
Fred died at the age of fifty-seven, shortly after Betty's mother, Tresa, died. After Fred's death, Betty liquidated the construction equipment and took on new challenges, including selling real estate and working as a neighborhood organizer for the Salt Lake City Police Department.
Betty's only child was her daughter Marilyn, who was born in 1942. She was ever the central interest of Betty's life. Marilyn's untimely death from cancer last year was a severe blow to Betty.
Betty Berquist lived a heroic life filled with challenges and accomplishments. She was noted for her mental acuity, unflinching honesty, indomitable courage, sharp humor, and jovial spirit. Her life was a credit to the hardy pioneer stock she descended from, characterized by her commitment to family.
Betty is survived by her son-in-law, David Bryner of Salt Lake City; nephew, Bob Cannon of California; and cousins and relatives on the Bertelsen side of her family. She will be sincerely missed.
There will be a graveside service held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, April 9, 2012 at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 1342 East 500 South, Salt Lake City.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on April 5, 2012.
Betty was born to Robert and Tresa Bertelsen Barrowman, the third of their four children. Betty's father, a prominent dentist in Salt Lake City, died when Betty was thirteen years old.
Betty married Fred Berquist in 1935. They founded a construction company specializing in heavy earth moving. Fred ran the field work and Betty handled the bookkeeping, payrolls, and other management functions.
Fred died at the age of fifty-seven, shortly after Betty's mother, Tresa, died. After Fred's death, Betty liquidated the construction equipment and took on new challenges, including selling real estate and working as a neighborhood organizer for the Salt Lake City Police Department.
Betty's only child was her daughter Marilyn, who was born in 1942. She was ever the central interest of Betty's life. Marilyn's untimely death from cancer last year was a severe blow to Betty.
Betty Berquist lived a heroic life filled with challenges and accomplishments. She was noted for her mental acuity, unflinching honesty, indomitable courage, sharp humor, and jovial spirit. Her life was a credit to the hardy pioneer stock she descended from, characterized by her commitment to family.
Betty is survived by her son-in-law, David Bryner of Salt Lake City; nephew, Bob Cannon of California; and cousins and relatives on the Bertelsen side of her family. She will be sincerely missed.
There will be a graveside service held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, April 9, 2012 at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 1342 East 500 South, Salt Lake City.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on April 5, 2012.
Roberta Jean (Betty) Berquist died at St. Mark's Hospital on Sunday, April 1, 2012. She lived for ninety-five vibrant years and died from old age with complications of pneumonia.
Betty was born to Robert and Tresa Bertelsen Barrowman, the third of their four children. Betty's father, a prominent dentist in Salt Lake City, died when Betty was thirteen years old.
Betty married Fred Berquist in 1935. They founded a construction company specializing in heavy earth moving. Fred ran the field work and Betty handled the bookkeeping, payrolls, and other management functions.
Fred died at the age of fifty-seven, shortly after Betty's mother, Tresa, died. After Fred's death, Betty liquidated the construction equipment and took on new challenges, including selling real estate and working as a neighborhood organizer for the Salt Lake City Police Department.
Betty's only child was her daughter Marilyn, who was born in 1942. She was ever the central interest of Betty's life. Marilyn's untimely death from cancer last year was a severe blow to Betty.
Betty Berquist lived a heroic life filled with challenges and accomplishments. She was noted for her mental acuity, unflinching honesty, indomitable courage, sharp humor, and jovial spirit. Her life was a credit to the hardy pioneer stock she descended from, characterized by her commitment to family.
Betty is survived by her son-in-law, David Bryner of Salt Lake City; nephew, Bob Cannon of California; and cousins and relatives on the Bertelsen side of her family. She will be sincerely missed.
There will be a graveside service held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, April 9, 2012 at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 1342 East 500 South, Salt Lake City.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on April 5, 2012.
Betty was born to Robert and Tresa Bertelsen Barrowman, the third of their four children. Betty's father, a prominent dentist in Salt Lake City, died when Betty was thirteen years old.
Betty married Fred Berquist in 1935. They founded a construction company specializing in heavy earth moving. Fred ran the field work and Betty handled the bookkeeping, payrolls, and other management functions.
Fred died at the age of fifty-seven, shortly after Betty's mother, Tresa, died. After Fred's death, Betty liquidated the construction equipment and took on new challenges, including selling real estate and working as a neighborhood organizer for the Salt Lake City Police Department.
Betty's only child was her daughter Marilyn, who was born in 1942. She was ever the central interest of Betty's life. Marilyn's untimely death from cancer last year was a severe blow to Betty.
Betty Berquist lived a heroic life filled with challenges and accomplishments. She was noted for her mental acuity, unflinching honesty, indomitable courage, sharp humor, and jovial spirit. Her life was a credit to the hardy pioneer stock she descended from, characterized by her commitment to family.
Betty is survived by her son-in-law, David Bryner of Salt Lake City; nephew, Bob Cannon of California; and cousins and relatives on the Bertelsen side of her family. She will be sincerely missed.
There will be a graveside service held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, April 9, 2012 at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 1342 East 500 South, Salt Lake City.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on April 5, 2012.
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