Lula Daniels Thatcher

Lula Daniels Thatcher

LAYTON a€" Lula Daniels Thatcher passed away quietly at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at her home surrounded by her family in Layton, UT. She was 90 years old.

Mom was born on Dec. 4, 1918, in her grandmother''s house in Irwin, ID. Her parents were William Edward and Dora Jacobson Daniels.

Mom was raised on a dry farm on the West Bank of the Snake River. She herded sheep, she loved to read, she skied to school. She loved to dance and sing and she loved to listen to the coyotes howl.

Mom attended grade school in a one-room school house on the West Bank. She graduated from Pocatello High School in Pocatello, ID.

Mom married the love of her life, our Dad, Henry Kitchen (Kay) Thatcher on November 30, 1939 in Jackson Hole, WY. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls, ID Temple. Mom and Dad lived in many places, but they raised their family in both Irwin and Carey, ID. Mom lived for her family. She had a passion for life and a desire to serve. She always kept a song in her heart. Mom was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Mom was preceded in death by Dad, her parents, one sister and two of her children: Doris Kay and Ricky Bill.

Mom is survived by her sister, Juanda Whisman of TN; her children: Delores Fay Jordan, Linda Lou Dilworth, LeOra LaRene (Jon) Warner of Layton; Edward Daniels (Deborah) Thatcher of Heath, TX; Shawna Jo (Mark) Macy Of Demming, NM; Louis Shayne (Carlynn) Thatcher of Freeland, WA; Kelly Dawn (Jerry) Farley, Ogden, UT. Mom had 24 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral Directors, Lindquist''s Layton Mortuary, 1867 North Fairfield Road.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 2, 2009 at the Pleasant Hills Ward, 2300 North University Park Blvd in Layton at 11 a.m. Friends and family may call Thursday from 10 to 10:45a.m. at the church.

Interment, Thatcher City Cemetery, Thatcher, Idaho

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