Ada Love

Ada Woodburn Love

LAYTON - Ada Woodburn Love, 91, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014 at her home.

Born March 15, 1923 to Paul B. and Maggie H. Janes Woodburn at home in Ogden, Utah.

She graduated from Ogden High School in 1941 and attended Weber College for two years. Ada and her twin Amy took flying lessons from Art Mortenson at the Ogden Airport. They were the first women to train as mechanics to work at Hill Air Force Base.

Ada and Amy loved music.  They played Hawaiian guitars for the USO and many LDS Church in Ogden.  They played at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday nights for the Popeye Program, also for Ogden High School Radio Program.

Ada married Glen J. Love on November 12, 1942 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.  They had many great fishing trips with their children.  Glen and Ada enjoyed going to Hawaii, to visit her brother and family.

She lived in Layton except for the three years Glen was in the military serving in WWII.   During that time, she and her two little girls lived with her parents in Ogden.

Glen and Ada farmed, raising hay, grain and cattle.  Glen also worked at Hill Air Force Base.  She drove the hay truck many years to help out.  The boys Keith, George and Matt were on the truck stacking hay.  They always had a large garden.

Ada was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  She held many positions in Relief Society, Primary, Sunday school and Mutual.  Ada loved to quilt, knit, crochet, read and keep a nice yard with lots of flowers.

She is survived by her nine children: LaVon (Lyle) Allen, Barbara (Shirl deceased) Stanton, Keith G. (Claudia) Love, Kathleen (Gary) Dreier, Diane (Steve) Layton, George B. (Valayne) Love, Connie (Paul) Bankhead, Matthew H. (Angela) Love, Denise Stark, 36 grandchildren and 75 great-grandchildren.  She remembered each child on their birthdays.  Also surviving is her sister, Erma Leavitt, Monticello, UT.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, Ivan, Lyn and two sisters, Myrtle and Amy.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Road.  Friends may visit family Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at the mortuary.

Interment, Lindquist’s Memorial Park at Layton, 1867 No. Fairfield Road.

Thanks to all my family.  I love you dearly.