Arlene Adele Kennington

Arlene Adele Roberts Kennington, 89, passed away in Syracuse, Utah on March 03, 2023. She was born in Cokeville, Lincoln County, Wyoming, on November 25, 1933, the first of four children born to Chauncey Richard Roberts and Jennie Adele Murphy. She graduated from Cokeville High School in 1951 where she was active in choir, band, class and student activities including Editor of the Yearbook, FHA President and Wyoming District and Wyoming State FHA Officer. She also participated in 4H and won county and state traveling awards to state competition, then to Kansas City, Kansas and Portland, Oregon for her food demonstrations.

She married Donald Kennington October 29, 1951 in Cokeville, Wyoming and they moved to Ogden, Utah. Their marriage was solemnized in the Logan Temple October 29, 1952. They are the parents of 6 children, Kristine (Dee) Johnson, Karlene (Stephen) Hall, Keeth R. (Laurel) Kennington, Kendell R. (Kim) Kennington, Kayleen (Brad) Anderson and Donald Kory Kennington. They have 77 grandchildren, 121 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

They lived in Washington Terrace for 7 years, 35 years in Harrisville, Utah where they raised their family and enjoyed spending time with them. She rarely missed any production or ball game for six active children. The also welcomed two friends and two nephews to live with them and loved them all.

Arlene worked at IRS for 32 years, retiring in 1995 as a computer programmer analyst. She also taught piano, accordion, ukulele and elementary singing groups for many years that often participated in the 24th of July parades. She loved to travel, and she and her husband toured many sites in the U.S., Europe, Southern Pacific, Middle East, and Africa. They moved to Westwood Village in Farr West in 1996 and loved their neighbors dearly. She was the manager of the Family band, and her husband's poetry performances, prepared the books, CD's and tapes, and loved to watch him perform. In 2009 she was honored as the Weber County "Mother of the Year".

Arlene was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints all her life beginning with Music Director for Primary and MIA. She was also the MIA secretary in Cokeville. In Harrisville, she served as Ward Organist for 17 years, Ward Music and Choir Director, Stake Organist, Stake Choir Director, Ward and Stake Young Women's President, Stake Cultural Arts Specialist, RS President and Gospel Doctrine Teacher. She especially enjoyed working with youth and helped write and direct Road-Shows, Children's Christmas and Family productions, Ward, Stake and Regional Dance Festivals. She was active in PTA and civic organizations and committees. She and her husband served in the Ogden Temple and a full time mission at the Ogden Family History Center. She served another seven years as a volunteer and became an Associate Director. She was instrumental in programming a catalog system for the library, preparing training manuals and teaching classes.

She enjoyed genealogy and was a member of the Farr West DUP. Her desire to write family histories began at age seven when she wrote a short history of her family for school. She enjoyed taking movies and pictures of the family and preparing yearly family annuals, organizing family reunions, gathering records and encouraged her posterity to continue. As a hobby she made quilts and crocheted afghans and doilies for all of the children and grandchildren. Shortly before the passing of her husband they were blessed to move to Layton with their son Kory, and enjoyed daily phone calls and visits with their other children.

She was preceded in death by her husband Donald, parents Chauncey Richard Roberts and Jennie Adell Murphy Roberts, sister Geraldine Joy Cassels, daughter-in-law Luann Kennington, and two grandchildren, McKaylee Johnson and Jace Hall.

Surviving are her brothers C. Richard (Dixie) Roberts of Cokeville, WY, and L. Brent (Tamra) Roberts of Smithfield, UT, and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 am on Friday, March 10, 2023 at Myers Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd., Ogden, UT where viewings will be held on Thursday, March 9th form 6-8 pm and Friday from 9:45 - 10:45 am. Interment will take place on Saturday March 11th at 12 pm at the Fairview Cemetery in Star Valley, WY.

The family would like to thank Beehive Homes in Syracuse (Amiee and her staff!) for their wonderful care of Mom.

Arlene's service will be live streamed and be watched on her obituary page at www.myers-mortuary.com where it will remain indefinitely.