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Nelda White

March 26, 1935 — December 12, 2024

Bountiful

 

 

Nelda was born in the home of her great-grandparents in the lower Presto Valley east of Blackfoot, Idaho on March 26, 1935, to Elmer Gough and Phyllis Just. She was the third of five children. 

 Nelda attended first, second, and third grades in the old one-room schoolhouse. The family then moved to Blackfoot where she graduated from Blackfoot High School in 1953. Nelda worked at the local bakery when she was 16, married the boy next door, Ted White, at 17, and graduated from high school at 18.

 Ted and Nelda were living in Cleveland, Utah when Ted was drafted into the army. The two of them were relocated to Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for 18 months, and then returned to Cleveland, Utah where their daughter Lisa was born. Another move took them to Blackfoot, Idaho, where their son, Wesley, was born, and a final move to Bountiful, brought their son, Casey. Ted and Nelda lived in this home for 54 years.  When Nelda was 33, she attended beauty school. She worked for 30 years in her shop that Ted built for her in their home. She retired in 1998. Nelda had exceptional artistic talent and creativity and used her gifts to make porcelain dolls, crochet blankets, cross stitch, embroidery, and pretty much anything crafty. Every year she entered one of her creations in the Utah State Fair and won blue ribbon after blue ribbon, and even a couple of Best of Show ribbons. Her work was meticulous and kept her busy for years. The family’s favorites are the Christmas stockings she made for every member of the family. 

Nelda is survived by her daughter Lisa (Jerry) Rose, son Casey (Daphne) White, daughter in law Nannette White, nine grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren, as well as many nieces and nephews she claimed as her own. She was preceded in death by husband Ted, son Wesley, sisters Carla Hopla, Ladine Conan, Loris Jensen, and brother Justin Gough. 

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, December 21, 2024 at Lindquist’s Bountiful Mortuary, 727 N. 400 E. where friends may visit family from 9:30- 10:30 am that morning prior to the service. Interment Bountiful City Cemetery.

 

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Service Schedule

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Visitation

Saturday, December 21, 2024

9:30 - 10:30 am (Mountain time)

Lindquist's Bountiful Mortuary

727 N 400 E, Bountiful, UT 84010

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Funeral Service

Saturday, December 21, 2024

Starts at 11:00 am (Mountain time)

Lindquist’s Bountiful Mortuary

727 North 400 East, Bountiful, UT 84010

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Burial

Bountiful City Cemetery

2224 S 200 W, Bountiful, UT 84010

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