Our beloved mother, sister, grandmother, and aunt, Cleone Smith Isom, 95, returned to her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2000, peacefully at the home of her daughter, Martha Whitehead, in Salt Lake City.
She was born June 15, 1905 in Salt Lake City, UT, a daughter of Hyrum Gibbs Smith, Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Martha Electa Gee.
On September 1, 1927, she married Alma Isom in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He passed away in 1954.
She was reared in Salt Lake City, graduated from Latter-day Saint High School and the University of Utah.
After her marriage she lived in Hurricane, Utah, Lomita, CA. and recently in Salt Lake City. Cleone was a faithful member of the LDS Church and held many leadership and teaching positions. She was a member of the Daughter of the Utah Pioneers. She taught school for 22 years. She was always the Family Genealogy representative. Cleone dearly loved her family and was an excellent seamstress teaching dressmaking and tailoring. Made many quilts and afghans for her family. She will truly be missed by those who love her.
She is survived by one daughter, Martha (Calvin C.) Whitehead, Salt Lake City; and four sons, Samuel Smith (Margene) Isom, Layton, Utah; Robert Smith (Lynn) Isom, Hawaii; James Smith (Dianna) Isom, Lomita, CA.; Gilbert Smith (Rosemary) Isom, West Valley, Utah. Cleone is also survived by two brothers, Eldred G. (Hortense) Smith, Emeritus Patriarch of the LDS Church, Salt Lake City, and Hyrum G. (Golda) Smith, Encino, California.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four sisters and one brother, three grandchildren, and one daughter-in-law.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 2, 2000, 2 p.m. at Salt Lake LDS 14th Ward, 142 W. 200 N., Salt Lake City, conducted by Bishop David H. Taylor. Friends and Family may call Saturday, from 1 p.m. until 1:45 p.m. prior to services.
Interment at Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Monday, Dec. 4, 2000, 3 p.m.
The family would like to express their gratitude to Martha and Calvin Whitehead, for the sacrifices, and loving care, as primary care givers for the past several years.