This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rosser, Atkinson, Nash, Palmer Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/371 Message Board Post: The Standard Examiner, Wed, Dec 26, 2001 WASHINGTON TERRACE -- Martha Atkinson Rosser, 83, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2001 at Ogden Regional Medical Center of causes incident to age. Martha was born November 13, 1918 in Franklin, Idaho, the eldest child of Lester and Laura Nash Atkinson. After graduation from high school, she moved to Salt Lake City for employment. She married Fred Palmer of Ogden, in 1940. He was killed in an automobile accident in 1942. Martha married Wilbur "Bill" Rosser in 1943, , a soldier stationed at Bushnell General Army Hospital in Brigham City. In 1947 they moved to "Q" Court in Washington Terrace, then on 5000 South where they built a small house on an acre of sand. This was home for 53 years, where many great gardens and memories were made. Bill died in March of 1990. She worked at Hill Air Force Base retiring in 1973, with most of her years in vehicle operations as a maintenance scheduler. Martha loved the Gospel of Jesus Christ and was active all her life. She served in many positions and especially enjoyed working with the young girls in M.I.A. and Relief Society. She attended the Ogden Temple as often as she could. She was an active member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and had a deep love for her pioneer heritage. She was an attendant to the DUP Queen at the Days of "47 Rodeo in 1999. Martha always had a cheerful word and a smile for everyone. She had a kind heart and helped many in need. Her life was devoted to family and friends. She had a quick wit and a sense of humor that she maintained until the end. She had a love for life and loved the outdoors with all its natural beauty - sunsets, sunrises, mountains, hiking, camping, sight seeing and traveling. She loved her grandchildren and nurtured them as her own - always ready to help whenever possible. They will always love and remember their "Nan". Martha"s family wishes to thank the staff of Apple Village, Manor Care and Ogden Regional Hospital for their tender loving care. Many new friends were made, especially at Apple Village in Layton. Surviving are one daughter, Jean (Richard) Bingham, Layton; two sons, David (Sylvia), Kaysville; Stephen, Ogden; daughter-in-law, Donna Bush, Riverdale; 15 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She loved her many friends of the Washington Terrace and Ogden areas. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, two sisters, both husbands, and one granddaughter. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Lindquist"s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd Friends may call at the mortuary on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Interment, Lindquist"s Washington Heights Memorial Park, 4500 Washington Blvd.