Edna Fern Reynolds Gammon passed away Monday evening, July 1, 1996, at her home surrounded by her loving family.
She was born in Egin, Idaho, July 14, 1909 and was the oldest child of William Lowry and Fern Robertson Reynolds. Edna's sisters, Helen Zabriskie and Ina Vincent, remain her faithful friends. Her much-loved brother, Theron, preceded her in death. Edna graduated from Springville High School and attended Brigham Young University. She loved music and taught piano in the Wasatch County Schools.She married Harold LeRoy Gammon in the Salt Lake Temple, June 3, 1919. Their life together began in Vineyard, Utah, where they worked long and hard on the family farm, and started a family of nine children. Their legacy of family first, unselfish love, hard work, and integrity was taught by example to Fern and Allen Nielsen, Harold and Ann Gammon, Norma Jean and Jim Huggard, Dortha Nell and Bob McStay, Etana and Dean Larsen, RoEna Gammon, Ina Helen and Ted Tucker, Linda and Wayne Peck, and Mary Jane and Sheldon Wimmer.
They moved to a farm in Lehi near Utah Lake in 1942 and moved again to the present family home in 1946. Throughout their lives together, Mama and Daddy provided a loving home. All who entered there were welcome and felt loved and accepted. They were called to serve a mission and labored in Alabama, Florida, and Minnesota. They faithfully completed temple assignments for several years. Her church service in the Primary and Relief Society blessed many lives. She appreciated her pioneer heritage and was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Her endurance and dignity were proof of that heritage. From the time she was very young, Edna put other's needs above her own and continued to show concern and unfailing kindness throughout her life.
These things will forever remind us of her: babies and quilts, beautiful handwriting, handkerchiefs and powder, flowers and music, ballets and concerts, good meals and hospitality, delicate handwork and the appreciation of the same, clean clothes and polished shoes, missionaries and the laughter of children, flags and Sousa Marches, propriety in speech and manner, peaches neatly placed in a bottle, birds and butterflies, and a beautiful yard.
She will be greatly missed by her children, 37 grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren, and all who knew and loved her.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 6, 1996 at 11 a.m. in the Wines Park Ward Chapel, 465 East 300 No. where friends may call at the church, Friday evening from 6-8 p.m. and Saturday 9:30-10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Lehi City Cemetery under direction of Wing Mortuary.
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