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    1. [IDFRANKL ] Dorothy Jensen Gayman (1923-2002)
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gayman, Jensen, Grow Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/402 Message Board Post: The Herald Journal, 01/28/02 OGDEN, Utah — Dorothy Jensen Gayman, 78, left us to be again with her eternal companion, Haroldean, at a local care center on Friday, Jan. 25, 2002. She was the fourth of six children born to Wilmer C. and Isabel Grow Jensen in Huntsville, Utah, April 1, 1923. She attended school in Huntsville and Ogden, Utah, graduating from Weber High School in 1942. She had also attended Weber College and the Ogden Business College. She had worked as a receptionist for the Weber County Commission and as a Reserve Librarian at Weber College. Dorothy was married to Haroldean Gayman Sept. 5, 1952, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple by President David O. McKay. They moved to Preston, Idaho, after their marriage where she became a homemaker and long-time secretary at Utah Power and Light Company. Active in the church for most of her life, she taught in the Sunday School and Primary from age 16 to age 60. She was secretary to three bishops in the Preston 7th Ward doing correspondence, publishing the weekly bulletins and preparing pamphlets for ward members. She and Harold served on the Genealogy Committee doing research on family and serving as examiners of the four-generation sheets for many years. She had been a visiting teacher most of her adult life. Dorothy enjoyed working in the community, an active member of the Daughter of the Utah Pioneers and a Pink Lady at the Franklin County Care Center, organizing birthday parties for residents. Harold died Jan. 12, 1988, in Preston. Dorothy was also preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Keith Jensen and Douglas Jensen. Surviving are sisters, Beth (William) Gibson of San Antonio, Texas; Joan (Dwayne) Pace of Wanship, Utah; and Kathryn (Richard) Ensign of Huntsville; and 16 nephews and nieces. Funeral services will be held at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002, at Larkin and Sons Mortuary. Friends are invited to visit with the family Tuesday from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Burial will follow at the Franklin, Idaho, Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers contributions to your chapter of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers are suggested.

    01/28/2002 11:25:37