Ruth Pulsipher Nelson

RUTH PULSIPHER NELSON
1922 - 2005

MANTUA - Ruth Pulsipher Nelson died October 2, 2005 peacefully at her home after a short illness. She was born December 12, 1922, to Wallace Wight Pulsipher and Amelia LaBlanche Mortensen in Brigham City, Utah. Moved to Mantua, Utah, in 1936, and spent most of the rest of her life there. Attended schools in Brigham City and graduated from Box Elder High School in 1941.
Married Orion LeRoy (Mick) Nelson on December 12, 1941, in the Salt Lake Temple. They were parents of four children and have 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
She worked in the Box Elder School District school lunch program until her retirement where she had many good friends and loved being around the children. She enjoyed painting ceramics projects with her friends and crocheting afghans for her children and grandchildren.
Since childhood she has enjoyed genealogy and family research. She was the record keeper for her and her husband's family, and the families looked first to her for information.
She was a devoted member of the LDS church and served faithfully in many positions. She served a mission for the Church in Arizona Phoenix Mission with her husband in 1986-87, residing on the Hopi Indian Reservation and teaching the Hopi people.
Beginning in 1995, after the death of her husband, she spent the next nine years serving as an ordinance worker in the Ogden Temple.
She is survived by children O. LeRoy Nelson, Ogden; Vicki (Grant) Johnson, Lehi; Kathy (Dennis) White, North Ogden; and Diane (Richard) Johnson, West Jordan; grandchildren: Monica Nord, Ryan L. Gothard, and Jeremy (Tara) Johnson of Salt Lake City; Michael (Jennifer) Johnson of Kaysville; Tamera (Brett) Siddoway of Sandy; Eric (Emily) White of Clearfield; Chad (Marie) White of Grand Island, Nebraska; Alicia (Shawn) Beddes, and Lance White of No. Ogden; Brady (Shannon) White of Taylor; and Stephanie (Jason) Francis of West Jordan; two sisters, Sylvia P. Knight of Mantua; and Marian (Robert) Hope of Brigham City; and a sister-in-law, Verle Nelson Andersen of Brigham City.
Funeral services will be Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Mantua 2nd Ward, 237 S. Willard Peak Rd., Mantua.
Friends may call Friday 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Myers Mortuary, 205 S. 100 E., Brigham and Saturday 10:00 to 10:40 a.m. at the Church.
Interment will be in the Mantua Cemetery.
VisitationMyers Mortuary - Brigham City
205 South 100 East
Brigham City, UT 84302
October 7, 2005
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ServiceManuta Chapel
237 South Willard Peack Rd.
Mantua, UT 84324
October 8, 2005
11:00 AM
CemeteryMantua Cemetery

Mantua, UT 84324
October 8, 2005
12:00 PM