This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Castleton, Howard, Pack Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qg.2ADE/295 Message Board Post: The Deseret News, July 21, 2002 Hilda Jane Castleton, 105, passed away peacefully July 19, 2002 in Tre-monton, UT. She was born April 28, 1897 in Bountiful, UT, the oldest child of Thomas Joseph and Hattie Pack Howard. She was raised in the Big Horn of Wyoming as part of the last colonization com-pany called by the church. She married Harold James Castleton on Oct 10, 1917 in the Logan LDS Temple. They were the parents of five children and spent their lives in Malad, Garland, and Logan. Hilda was a devout member of the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and filled leadership positions in every women's auxiliary. She and her husband served as full time missionaries in the Eastern States Mission and in the North Indian Mission. They also served for many years as officiators in the Logan LDS Temple. She was an avid student of the gospel, and a gifted artist whose paintings are treasured by numerous family members and friends. Our mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother is survived by Ralph (Emelyn) Castleton, Costa Mesa, CA; daughter-in-law, Mary Allen (Devon) Price, Ogden, UT; Merle (Ben) Call, Bountiful, UT; Louise (Bryce) Ericksen, Beaver Dam, UT; Mary (Raymond) Hall, Cedar City, UT; brother, Lorin Pack Howard; and over 157 descendants spanning five generations. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1982; son, Stanley (Mary) Castleton in 1946; a granddaughter, Jane Ericksen in 1951; and many other relatives. Services for this great woman, who traveled by covered wagon and jet airplane, and who witnessed history in three centuries, will be in the Logan Fifth Ward Chapel, 502 E. 300 N, 12 noon Tues. July 23, 2002. Friends may call Tues. 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the church. Interment, Malad Idaho City Cemetery. Her family expresses heart felt appreciation to the staff at Bear River Valley Care Center for their thoughtful care given since 1998. Family suggests donations be made to the missionar! y department of the church.