Vera Ann Larsen Beeston
1934 - 2018
Early Life: Vera was born November 18, 1934, in Nampa, Idaho, to Alvin Rudolph and Mary Evelyn Allred Larsen, the fourth of seven children. She grew up in the small farming community of Emmett, Idaho, where she graduated from high school.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: She received her nurses training at St. Luke Hospital School of Nursing and Boise Junior College. Four days after graduating, she and Thomas Ray "Tom" Beeston were married July 16, 1956, in the Logan Utah Temple, and moved to Ogden, Utah. He preceded her in death on March 18, 2017. In 1960, they moved to their home in Orem, Utah, where she lived for 57 years. While Vera devoted her life to her husband and children, she also volunteered many hours to the American Red Cross, PTA, and the Indian Placement Program of the Church. After serving 24 years as a volunteer, she enrolled in an RN refresher course, which she helped initiate, at the University of Utah. Vera worked in the pediatric department at the American Fork Hospital from 1981 until she retired in 1993. Vera was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a mission with her husband at the BYU Family History Library. She and Tom also served as temple ordinance workers in the Provo and Mount Timpanogos Temples. Vera enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, camping and traveling. She had a special ability to always see the good in other people and she treated everyone with respect. She enjoyed reading and made numerous quilts for each of her children and grandchildren. Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Vera Ann Larsen Beeston, of Orem, Utah, passed away April 14, 2018. She was 83.
Family Message: "She considered all her descendants 'The flowers in her garden' with whom she gave selfless love."
Survived By: Eight of nine children: Rodney Beeston (Cindy), Ralph Beeston (Denise), Andra Stokes (Ray), Bruce Beeston (Carolyn), Keith Beeston (Jeri), VaNae Flake (Read), Sharon Brooks (Jason), and Janell Taylor (Aaron); 37 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and her sisters: Ruth Sims and Carol Thomson; and her brother, Frank Larsen (Laura).
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Tom; her daughter, Maureen; her sister, Evelyn Melugin; and two brothers, Alvin and Aaron, who died in infancy.
Arrangements & Obituary: © 2018 | Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Sharon 4th Ward Chapel | Orem, Utah
Burial: Orem City Cemetery
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1934 - 2018
Early Life: Vera was born November 18, 1934, in Nampa, Idaho, to Alvin Rudolph and Mary Evelyn Allred Larsen, the fourth of seven children. She grew up in the small farming community of Emmett, Idaho, where she graduated from high school.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: She received her nurses training at St. Luke Hospital School of Nursing and Boise Junior College. Four days after graduating, she and Thomas Ray "Tom" Beeston were married July 16, 1956, in the Logan Utah Temple, and moved to Ogden, Utah. He preceded her in death on March 18, 2017. In 1960, they moved to their home in Orem, Utah, where she lived for 57 years. While Vera devoted her life to her husband and children, she also volunteered many hours to the American Red Cross, PTA, and the Indian Placement Program of the Church. After serving 24 years as a volunteer, she enrolled in an RN refresher course, which she helped initiate, at the University of Utah. Vera worked in the pediatric department at the American Fork Hospital from 1981 until she retired in 1993. Vera was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a mission with her husband at the BYU Family History Library. She and Tom also served as temple ordinance workers in the Provo and Mount Timpanogos Temples. Vera enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, camping and traveling. She had a special ability to always see the good in other people and she treated everyone with respect. She enjoyed reading and made numerous quilts for each of her children and grandchildren. Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Vera Ann Larsen Beeston, of Orem, Utah, passed away April 14, 2018. She was 83.
Family Message: "She considered all her descendants 'The flowers in her garden' with whom she gave selfless love."
Survived By: Eight of nine children: Rodney Beeston (Cindy), Ralph Beeston (Denise), Andra Stokes (Ray), Bruce Beeston (Carolyn), Keith Beeston (Jeri), VaNae Flake (Read), Sharon Brooks (Jason), and Janell Taylor (Aaron); 37 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and her sisters: Ruth Sims and Carol Thomson; and her brother, Frank Larsen (Laura).
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Tom; her daughter, Maureen; her sister, Evelyn Melugin; and two brothers, Alvin and Aaron, who died in infancy.
Arrangements & Obituary: © 2018 | Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Sharon 4th Ward Chapel | Orem, Utah
Burial: Orem City Cemetery
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Vera Ann Larsen Beeston
1934 - 2018
Early Life: Vera was born November 18, 1934, in Nampa, Idaho, to Alvin Rudolph and Mary Evelyn Allred Larsen, the fourth of seven children. She grew up in the small farming community of Emmett, Idaho, where she graduated from high school.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: She received her nurses training at St. Luke Hospital School of Nursing and Boise Junior College. Four days after graduating, she and Thomas Ray "Tom" Beeston were married July 16, 1956, in the Logan Utah Temple, and moved to Ogden, Utah. He preceded her in death on March 18, 2017. In 1960, they moved to their home in Orem, Utah, where she lived for 57 years. While Vera devoted her life to her husband and children, she also volunteered many hours to the American Red Cross, PTA, and the Indian Placement Program of the Church. After serving 24 years as a volunteer, she enrolled in an RN refresher course, which she helped initiate, at the University of Utah. Vera worked in the pediatric department at the American Fork Hospital from 1981 until she retired in 1993. Vera was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a mission with her husband at the BYU Family History Library. She and Tom also served as temple ordinance workers in the Provo and Mount Timpanogos Temples. Vera enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, camping and traveling. She had a special ability to always see the good in other people and she treated everyone with respect. She enjoyed reading and made numerous quilts for each of her children and grandchildren. Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Vera Ann Larsen Beeston, of Orem, Utah, passed away April 14, 2018. She was 83.
Family Message: "She considered all her descendants 'The flowers in her garden' with whom she gave selfless love."
Survived By: Eight of nine children: Rodney Beeston (Cindy), Ralph Beeston (Denise), Andra Stokes (Ray), Bruce Beeston (Carolyn), Keith Beeston (Jeri), VaNae Flake (Read), Sharon Brooks (Jason), and Janell Taylor (Aaron); 37 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and her sisters: Ruth Sims and Carol Thomson; and her brother, Frank Larsen (Laura).
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Tom; her daughter, Maureen; her sister, Evelyn Melugin; and two brothers, Alvin and Aaron, who died in infancy.
Arrangements & Obituary: © 2018 | Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Sharon 4th Ward Chapel | Orem, Utah
Burial: Orem City Cemetery
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1934 - 2018
Early Life: Vera was born November 18, 1934, in Nampa, Idaho, to Alvin Rudolph and Mary Evelyn Allred Larsen, the fourth of seven children. She grew up in the small farming community of Emmett, Idaho, where she graduated from high school.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: She received her nurses training at St. Luke Hospital School of Nursing and Boise Junior College. Four days after graduating, she and Thomas Ray "Tom" Beeston were married July 16, 1956, in the Logan Utah Temple, and moved to Ogden, Utah. He preceded her in death on March 18, 2017. In 1960, they moved to their home in Orem, Utah, where she lived for 57 years. While Vera devoted her life to her husband and children, she also volunteered many hours to the American Red Cross, PTA, and the Indian Placement Program of the Church. After serving 24 years as a volunteer, she enrolled in an RN refresher course, which she helped initiate, at the University of Utah. Vera worked in the pediatric department at the American Fork Hospital from 1981 until she retired in 1993. Vera was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a mission with her husband at the BYU Family History Library. She and Tom also served as temple ordinance workers in the Provo and Mount Timpanogos Temples. Vera enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, camping and traveling. She had a special ability to always see the good in other people and she treated everyone with respect. She enjoyed reading and made numerous quilts for each of her children and grandchildren. Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Vera Ann Larsen Beeston, of Orem, Utah, passed away April 14, 2018. She was 83.
Family Message: "She considered all her descendants 'The flowers in her garden' with whom she gave selfless love."
Survived By: Eight of nine children: Rodney Beeston (Cindy), Ralph Beeston (Denise), Andra Stokes (Ray), Bruce Beeston (Carolyn), Keith Beeston (Jeri), VaNae Flake (Read), Sharon Brooks (Jason), and Janell Taylor (Aaron); 37 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and her sisters: Ruth Sims and Carol Thomson; and her brother, Frank Larsen (Laura).
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Tom; her daughter, Maureen; her sister, Evelyn Melugin; and two brothers, Alvin and Aaron, who died in infancy.
Arrangements & Obituary: © 2018 | Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Sharon 4th Ward Chapel | Orem, Utah
Burial: Orem City Cemetery
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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