This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: AMHhenley Surnames: Wilson, Whittle, Thompson Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.idaho.counties.franklin/2105/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Logan Herald Journal, 06/23/07 Fairview, Idaho - Reva Whittle Wilson was born Feb. 19, 1912, in Fairview, Idaho, as the middle child of 9 children born to William M. and Bertha Thompson Whittle. She had a happy childhood with family and friends in the rural community, riding horses bareback, herding cows to the pasture, swimming in the canal and riding bob-sleighs in the winter. She attended elementary school in Fairview where she sometimes walked to school over fence tops covered in frozen and drifted snow. She graduated from Preston High School during the Great Depression. She married Royal G. Wilson June 7, 1933, in the Logan LDS Temple. They lived 3 years in Lund, Idaho, and then returned to Reva's hometown, where they bought a dairy farm on which they raised their five children. Reva spent many years in the service of her church. She taught in most of the organizations. She was ward Primary President and Relief Society President. She worked in the Stake Primary and served 19 years in the Stake Relief Society, 11 years as a counselor. She often spoke of her experiences driving to her ward and stake assignments in fog and over snowy and icy roads. She extracted names from French and Spanish records for nine years in the stake name extraction program. She and her husband served a mission in the Pennsylvania Harrisburg Mission. She worked in the camp and company organizations of Daughters of the Pioneers and was P.T.A. President of Preston High School. She was the unofficial Fairview historian and did much to complete the Daughters of the Pioneers history of Fairview. She is survived by three sons, Brent Guy Wilson ( Marjorie Gordon), Nyack, N.Y.; Randon Whittle Wilson (Gayle Dunford), Midway, Utah; Kim Royal Wilson (Vicky Shoppe), Salt Lake City, Utah; and two daughters, Pamela Rich (Lyle) and Michelle Hunt (Lynn), both of St. George, Utah. Also surviving are 20 grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, 58 great grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren and one sister, Edie Thompson (Dale) of Lodi, Calif. She was preceded in death by her husband, Royal; her parents, brothers, Leo; Cyril; Perry; Merlin and Boyd, and her sisters, Letha Bronson and Gale Sanders. Services will be held at noon Monday, June 25, 2007, at the Fairview LDS 1st Ward Chapel. Family will meet friends from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Monday at the church prior to services. Burial will be in the Logan Cemetery. Services are under the direction of the Webb Funeral Home. Published in the Logan Herald Journal from 6/22/2007 - 6/29/2007. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.