This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stevenson, Smart, Briggs Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/373 Message Board Post: The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, December 27, 2001 LOGAN- Our beloved mother, Florence Ethel Smart Stevenson, age 87, passed away Dec. 25, 2001, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Logan, Utah, of natural causes. She was born Nov. 15, 1914, in Archer, Idaho, the second daughter of Henry Edward and Florence Briggs Smart. She spent her early years in Grantsville, Utah, and Archer, Idaho. She graduated as valedictorian from Jordan High School in 1933. She also attended LDS Business College in Salt Lake City, Utah. She worked at Kress' Department Store and Utah Poultry before she served a mission in the Texas/Louisiana Mission. She married Merlin Dalley Stevenson on April 3, 1940, in the Salt Lake Temple, and to this union was born six daughters and two sons. They spent their married years on a farm in Dayton, Idaho, where all their children were raised and taught to work. She was active in all the auxiliaries of the LDS Church, serving as President, Counselor, or a teacher. At age 14, she began her great interest in genealogy work and research which continued her whole life. She was West Side High School District secretary in Dayton, Idaho for 17 years. She is survived by LaJeane (Thomas E.) Lewis, Pleasant View, Utah; Carol (Darald R.) Austin, Preston, Idaho; David M. (Cherie) Stevenson, Bluffdale, Utah; Sharon (E. Reed) Perry, Logan, Utah; Kay (Monte C.) Moser, Whitney, Idaho; Garth E. (Robin) Stevenson, Dayton, Idaho; Raelene (Denis R.) Jepsen, Franklin, Idaho; 29 grandchildren, five step grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren, 18 step-great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband; by a daughter, Donna, her parents; a step-mother, Selma; her sister, Estelle S. Matson, and by grandsons, Brian J. Perry and Gary M. Moser. Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday, December 29, 2001, in the Clifton Idaho First Ward Chapel with Bishop Reed Nelson conducting. Friends and family may call Friday from 6-8 p.m. at Webb Funeral Home, 109 E. Oneida, Preston, Idaho, and Saturday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in the Dayton Cemetery.