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Lavern Tilley
Contributed By allmad131 · 24 May 2013 · 0 Comments
Lavern Tilley, ninth child of Alma Charles and Ethel Robertson Tilley was born 15th day of November 1912 in Spanish Fork, Utah. She was blessed on the 2nd of February 1913 by Elder Samuel Holt in the Spanish Fork First Ward.
In 1917, she came with the family to Burley where they made their new home. She lived a normal life of helping her mother take care of her younger sisters and brother Glen. She showed a mother characteristic as Glen has stated she wanted to take good of him when he started school. Preston and Edna Tilley recall her long beautiful hair which was usually in braids but hung loose on special occasions.
At age 8 she and her sister Mildred acquired Diptheria. The family didn't expect Mildred to live but it was Lavern who was taken from this life. Her life ended 19 August 1920.
Lucy recalls having to keep her body packed in ice before the funeral services, which had to be held at the home site because of the contagious disease.
Although her life was short her with her family, her picture was hung in the living room as a reminder of the sweet spirit who shared her life with the family for eight years.
Taken from family records.
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Edna Irene Lee Tilley Obituary
Contributed By metwig8 · 23 August 2015 · 0 Comments
Edna Irene Lee Tilley, a 90-year-old resident of Twin Falls, and formerly of Heyburn, passed away peacefully at her daughter's home with her family surrounding and supporting her on Jan. 24, 2007. Edna was born on April 1, 1916, (April Fool's Day) in Grouse Creek, Utah. She was the daughter of Joseph and Laura Lee. She had four brothers and five sisters. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, two sisters (including her twin), one grandson and one great-grandson. She was a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in many capacities including Primary, Relief Society and Young Women.
She is survived by her five children, Ione (Del) Bailey of Twin Falls, Glenna (Leonard) Mealer of Filer, Raedene (Derral) Warner of Spanish Fork, Utah, Gaylon Kidd of Heyburn and Darrell (Janet) Tilley of Burley; 24 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Myrtle Hellewell of Heyburn, Norman (Geneva) Lee of Heyburn, Grace (Mont) Lewis of Pocatello, Elsie (Cecil) Grow of Boise and Arlo (Connie) Lee of West Point, Utah.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb 2, at the Twin Falls 5th Ward Chapel at 425 Maurice St. N., with Bishop Loren Spencer Ward officiating. Burial will be in the Declo Cemetery.
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As I Remember My Parents by Preston Tilley May 1978
Contributed By kathymarker1 · 25 December 2014 · 1 Comments
My first recollection of Father was seeing him come home from putting up ice for the Co-Op store with little icicles clinging to his mustache. One morning he shaved off his mustache, and the stranger frightened me very much.
He was away from home a great deal, it seemed to me, because the farm was some distance from home. When he and my brothers were leaving for the farm, I remember the huge lunch Mother had to prepare for them. Father was a kind but very firm in his beliefs, his word was his bond and expected the same with those with whom he dealt.
He always took us to church and would never work on Sunday because the Gospel of Jesus Christ was his life. When he became bishop, "as I remember", he was twenty years before his time because of his ideas and interest shown to the welfare of the young people. This was much to the chagrin of the older members. Other bishops and sometimes stake leaders would question the methods used by Bishop Tilley to get young member out to meetings. (Athletics, dances, and fun activities). He was loved by younger members of the ward as well as those with whom he worked in different callings.
I felt that we were treated equal as a family and had many pleasant experiences together such as picnics and trips to the mountains. Father spent twenty-six lonely years after Mother's death. I would hate to imagine how it would have been if it weren't for his children who were close by.
The memories I cherish most about Mother are the hard work she performed, and the fine organization of her home with everything on time and in order. As a family, we followed her instructions without question. She seemed to never complain in spite of the hard labor she was called to do. After the day's work was finished, she would sit in her chair and at its side was mending, rug braiding or crocheting, her hands forever busy.
Mother was artistic and and had the most beautiful handwriting. Working with flowers was one of her specialties, many knew her skill as a gardener and flower arranger. She loved to raise turkeys and chickens, and raised all types of berries and fruit which she canned by the hundreds of quarts. For her hungry family, I remember that she baked sixteen loaves of bread every other day as well as the huge washings she would hang out to keep her brood clean.
Mother was blessed with the gift of discernment and at times would help Father in dealing with different kinds of people. She made this gift manifest many times.
She was near midwife to her daughters as well as her daughters-in-law and was always ready to give her time and labor to her neighbors as well.
After her auto accident, while on the way to our home, she was taken to the Twin Falls Hospital, then came to our home to recover in order to return home. It was during this time that Mother caught pneumonia which complicated her recovery and was ordered back to the hospital. Father and I administered to her, but our words seemed to echo around the room and we knew that we were losing a mother and loving wife. Mother had begged us not to take her back to the hospital, but we told her it was doctor's orders. At that moment she sealed her lips and closed her eyes and never spoke again, for she died that night.
I am grateful to my parents for the example that they set and taught me. I am also grateful for their teaching and family prayer, honesty, obedience, integrity, love and compassion, as well as how to work. My parents gave me a name that is unblemished and was honored by those with whom they mingled. It would indeed be gratifying to pass just a portion of this rich heritage on to my posterity.
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