Our loving mother and grandmother died suddenly in Pearl City, Oahu, Hawaii, at the home of her daughter, Alice Anderson Akau, on March 6, 1997. She was 87.
Gertrude was born December 22, 1909 in Sheridan, Montana, to Charles Henry Fenton and Alice Boyd Fenton. At age 10, she and her family moved to Green River, Wyoming. She graduated from Green River High School in the class of 1927. She married Bennett Hugh "Red" Anderson June 7, 1927. Their marriage was later solemnized in the LDS Logan Temple in 1963. They remained residents of Green River for most of their lives. Following the death of Bennett Anderson in 1973, she married Eldred G. Toone in Salt Lake City and resided in Bountiful, Utah until his death in 1992. For the last two years, she has resided in the home of her daughter in Hawaii.She was an active member of the LDS Church and also active in the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. She played the organ for many years for the LDS Church. She had a great sense of humor and was energetic and always ready for adventure. She was very devoted to her family.
Gertrude is survived by her three children: Charles Hugh Anderson (Rusty) of St. George; B. Ray Anderson (Marge) of Newport Beach, CA; and Alice Jean Akau (Edward) of Pearl City, Oahu, Hawaii; and by 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her two brothers, Lee Boyd Fenton and Charles Francis Fenton, and by one sister, Clara May Beebe.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 11, 1997 at 1 p.m. at the LDS 2nd Ward chapel in Green River. Friends may also call Tuesday at the LDS 2nd Ward for a viewing from 11 to 12:30 p.m. Interment, Riverview Cemetery. Funeral arranged by Vase Funeral Home, Green River, WY.
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