"Sweethearts Forever"
Wilma Barnes Padjen, 78, our loving mom, Buba, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away August 14, 2004 after a valiant fight with a respiratory illness.
She was born August 28, 1925 in Evanston, Wyoming to John Almy and Harriett Pope Barnes. On September 20, 1954 she married John Edward Padjen in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Wilma was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. She enjoyed making ceramic lace dolls. She worked for years as a secretary at Sears and also at Travelers Insurance. Her family remembers her as one who enjoyed gardening, flowers, and keeping an immaculate home. Wilma enjoyed trips to Wendover with her sister, Donna; and with many other friends. Mom ("Buba") is loved and will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
Survivors: children, Judy and Duane Rupp, Tremonton, Utah, Rick and Carolee Dykes, Twin Falls, Idaho, Debbie and Mick Sherlund, Denver, Colorado, Gary and Sonia Padjen, Indianapolis, Indiana; 14 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, LaMar, Orval, Donna Larson, Bud, Bill. Preceded in death by her husband, John; parents; grandson, Bradley Rupp; mother and father-in-law, Ivan and Anna Padjen; brothers-in-law, Nick and Lee Padjen.
Funeral services will be held Wed-nesday, August 18, 2004 at 10 a.m. in the Goff Mortuary 8090 So. State. Holy Rosary will be recited Tuesday, August 17, 2004, at 7 p.m. in the Goff Mortuary where friends may call Tuesday 6-8 p.m. or Wednesday one hour prior to services. Interment, Midvale City Cemetery.