Velda Lowe Obituary (1909 - 2005)

Velda Lowe OGDEN - Velda Lowe, 95, passed away Friday, February 4, 2005 at Rocky Mountain Care Center. She was born on March 7, 1909 in Fairview, Wyoming, the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Larsen and James Shem Lowe. She lived in Crow Creek, Idaho, on a cattle ranch owned by her father, until she was nine years old, at which time she moved to Ogden, Utah, where she resided the rest of her life. She was an active member of the LDS Church, having been a member of the 16th, Seventh, 56th, and Lorin Farr Wards. She had been President of the Farr Stake Mutual, and Bee Hive Leader, Attendant Secretary and Drama Director in the Ben Lomond Stake MIA, also secretary, Relief Society, Sunday School and visiting teacher in the Lorin Farr Ward. She had served as a stake missionary in the Ogden Stake, and ordinance work in the Ogden Temple. She was very active in writing family histories and genealogical pursuits. She attended Ogden High School and Smithsonian Business College, and many night courses at Weber State College. In her early working years she was employed by R.H. Baumunk and P. LeRoy Nelson, attorneys at law, and was Deputy County Treasurer under Arias Belnap. She worked for 36 years in the U.S. Forest Service. She was a member of Malinda Hatch Camp "R" Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Ogden Business and Professional Women's Club, Women's Legislative Council, and Forest Service Women's Association. Velda was also named the Federation of Business Professional Women's Woman of the year for the Ogden local organization. She is survived by three nieces and one nephew, Diane Crosbie Furgeson of Tooele, Utah; Joyce Crosbie Olsen of Layton, Utah; Rosemarie Posnien Messerli of Boise, Idaho; and Karl James Posnien of Bigfork, Montana. Also several special grandnieces. VisitationMyers Mortuary - Ogden 100 Monroe Blvd. Ogden, UT 84404 February 8, 2005 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM ServiceMyers Mortuary of Ogden 845 Washington Blvd. Ogden, UT 84404 February 8, 2005 1:00 PM CemeteryOgden City Cemetery 20th and Madison Ogden, UT 84404 February 8, 2005