Ora Canfield

Ora F. Canfield

Ora F. Canfield, age 93, passed away at her home on December 19, 2017.  She was born on November 22, 1924 in Tremonton, Utah to Reuben H. and Edith P. (Adams) Fuller, the youngest of five children.  She graduated from Bear River High School and attended BYU for two years.

She married John O. Canfield on April 3, 1946 in the LDS Logan temple and together they had five children.  John’s military career in the USAF led them to live in many different places, including California, Texas, Arizona, Spain, and Alabama before John retired and they bought their home in Layton, UT. A devoted wife and mother, Ora was the Officer’s Wives Club President, and the chairman of the Hill Air Force Base Thrift Shop. She was also active in the PTA. She worked as a secretary for Farmington Elementary, and then as a legal secretary for the US Department of the Interior.

Ora was an active member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many ways over her long life, most recently leading the congregational singing for most of the last forty years.  She had a lifelong love of music and delighted in hearing her children play and sing.  Ora was an accomplished seamstress and quilter, and many friends and neighbors can attest to the deliciousness of her bread and roll baking skills.

Ora was preceded in death by her parents, her husband John, and her brothers and sister, Alvin E. Fuller, Howard R. Fuller, Darald J. Fuller and Dora (Fuller) Nunnelley.  She is survived by her two sons, Karlin Canfield and Dr. Anthony Canfield; her three daughters, Christie Canfield, Mary Canfield, and Sheila (Brian) Keyes; as well as her seven grandchildren, Steven (Ashley) Keyes, Andrea Keyes, Brendan Canfield, Melinda (Josh) Franzen, Nicholas Canfield, Alyssa Canfield and Nathan Keyes; and two great grandchildren, Benjamin and Naomi Keyes.

Funeral Services will be held Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 2 pm at the Kays Creek Stake Center, 2680 E. Cherry Lane, Layton, UT.  Family and friends are invited to honor and remember Ora at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 N. Fairfield Road on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 from 6-8 p.m. and from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the church.

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