Myra Lamar Bingham"Sis and Grandma B" 1915 ~ 2012Holladay, UtahDied peacefully of causes incident to age on June 24, 2012 at Residential CareSource in Holladay, Utah at the age of 97. She died the day after her 97th birthday, as she had planned. She was born June 23, 1915 in Farmington, Utah to Ira Quince Rice and Myra Winegar Rice, the third of six children. At the age of 10, she moved with her family to Superior, Wyoming where her dad was the Superintendent of Mines. When she was 14, the family moved to Clifton, Idaho. She was married in 1932 to Alton W. Bingham, and, in 1948, she moved to Salt Lake City with her husband and their four children. Lamar was a gentle soul with a quick wit and a keen intelligence. Three of their four brothers became college professors, but they claimed she was the smartest of them all. She worked in the accounting office of Keith O'Brien Department Stores in downtown Salt Lake City and in Sugarhouse, retiring in her 70's, and where she made many good friends. She loved crossword puzzles and good books, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, She enjoyed her home and garden and left them with great reluctance at the age of 90. She was a member of the LDS Church and was a gifted teacher. She did extraction work in her home for many, many years and was extraordinarily good at that as well. Her life was filled with hard work and service to others, and she suffered the infirmities Of age with patience and good humor and rarely complained. To know her was to love her. Lamar was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two sons, Alton Dale and Darel John, three grandchildren, a daughter-in-law, Marilyn Hebdon Bingham, and by her four brothers, Moyle Q., Leonard W., Edward (Ted) and Lawrence (Larry). She is survived by her sister, Jane Wood, Clifton, Idaho, four sisters-in-law, Ruth Diana Rice, Salem, Oregon, Ruth Rice, Logan, Utah, Helen Shaffer Rice, Downey, Idaho and Clarice Hendricks Rice, Pocatello, Idaho. She is also survived by her son Howard, Ivins, Utah, her two daughters, Carol (Ron) Mumford and Faye (Don) Smith, her daughter-in-law, Ruth (Don) Gray, all of Salt Lake City, twelve grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews who dearly loved Aunt Lamar. We express appreciation to the staff at Residence CareSource for their tender care of our mother in these past 15 months and for their loving kindness to us in the past week. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 27th, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary, 3401 South Highland Drive, Salt Lake City. There will be a viewing one hour prior to services. Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 1342 East 500 South, Salt Lake City.
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