Elsie Knowlton

Elsie Marie Petersen Knowlton

March 24, 1924 ~ January 22, 2014

Elsie Marie Petersen Knowlton, 89, passed away peacefully at her home in Liberty on January 22, 2014.

She was born March 24, 1924 in Riverton, Utah to James Reuben and Elsie Margrethe Olsen Petersen and was raised and schooled there.  She was married July 26, 1942 in Cardston, Canada.

Elsie was a mother and homemaker.  She pursued her higher education and received her Juris Doctorate.

She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Elsie is survived by 14 children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as by her sister, Edith Steele, Soda Springs, Idaho.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Horace, and four sons, Thomas, Robert, Benjamin, and Sidney.

Elsie was greatly loved and will be dearly missed.

Graveside services were held for family at Liberty Cemetery.

Arrangements entrusted to Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary.