Sarah Elizabeth Simpson Eames

Sarah Elizabeth Simpson Eames

ROY - Sarah Elizabeth Simpson Eames, age 92, returned to her Heavenly home peacefully on March 29, 2012.

Sarah grew up on a farm in Syracuse, Utah and as the oldest daughter of John George Simpson and Edith Elizabeth Hardy Simpson, she learned how to work hard and help raise her nine siblings. Sarah graduated from Davis High School in 1938, completed beauty school, followed by business school, graduating in 1941.

In 1942 she married Darward Dale "Bill" Eames in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they raised nine children in a home filled with love and respect. She made birthdays and holidays special. She was a wonderful cook and her family enjoyed home cooked meals every day. Her talents were many and she taught her daughters to embroider, quilt, crochet, sew, cook, wash and clean.

She loved to sing as she worked around the house and made home a loving place to be. She would often say "A woman sets the tone of the home". She had high moral values which she instilled in her children. She truly was an extraordinary mother and homemaker.

She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and filled many callings, including Primary Teacher, Relief Society Teacher, Ward Relief Society Counselor and President and Counselor in the Stake Relief Society Presidency. Sarah and her companion Bill served five missions together to England, New Zealand, Australia, Salt Lake City Temple Square and Washington D.C. Temple. Following their full-time missions, they served in the Ogden Temple as ordinance workers and did genealogy work together. Sarah was a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Sarah and her sweetheart Bill were married 60 years.

Sarah was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Myron, Louis, Harold, Robert, Frank, and Richard Simpson; daughter-in-law Louise Eames; granddaughter Amy Hutchison; grandson Rex Andersen; and great-granddaughter Lisa Marie Eames.

She is survived by her children David (Mari), Merrill (EveVon), Barbara, Glen (Sara), Steve (Lori), Susan Lower (Mark), Joan Heslop (Clair), Connie Treu (Scott) and Carol Andersen (Ralph). She had 34 grandchildren, 53 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters, Verla Simpson Dawson and Mary Lou Simpson Hammer and a brother, Joseph Glen Simpson.

Funeral services will be held Monday, April 9, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the Roy 5th Ward Chapel, 2100 West 5300 South, Roy. A viewing for family and friends will be held Sunday at Myers Roy Mortuary, 5865 South 1900 West from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday at the church from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. prior to services.

Interment, Roy City Cemetery.
VisitationMyers Mortuary - Roy
5865 South 1900 West
Roy, UT 84067
April 8, 2012
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ServiceRoy 5th Ward
2100 West 5300 South
Roy, UT
April 9, 2012
11:00 AM
CemeteryRoy City Cemetery
5200 South 2300 West
Roy, UT 84067
April 9, 2012
1:00 PM