This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boardman, McKinney, Weight, Laws, Lindsay, See, ATobler, Rellis Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QAw.2ACIB/736 Message Board Post: The Daily Herald Provo, UT September 5, 2001 Elna Boardman Weight Laws Elna Boardman Weight Laws, age 92, passed away August 29, 2001 in Plano, Texas at the home of her daughter. Born in Provo, Utah May 19, 1909 to Robert Miles Boardman and Sara Frances McKinney. She married Reed LeRoy Weight on October 21, 1932 in the Salt Lake Temple. He was killed in 1934 in a "Dream Mine" accident five months after the birth of their son, Jay Reed Weight. Married Marvin Richards Laws on May 30, 1947. Marvin was a widower with 6 children and she lovingly took on the job of being their mother also. Elna and Marvin later had two more children together. Marvin preceded her in death in 1976. An active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she served in the church Scouting programs for many years. She was known for her warm and welcoming heart, artistic quilts and wonderful food. She provided charity through Relief Society, The American Red Cross, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and as a Grandmother at Franklin School and the State Mental Hospital. She taught so many so much. Survived by 8 of her 9 children, Duane Marvin (JoAnn) Laws, Lamar Richard (Kimberly) Laws, Jay Reed (Brita) Weight, Joan Laws Lindsay See, Joyce Laws (Clifford) Tobler, Jay Ronald (Dianne) Laws, Marva Laws (Jay) Rellis, and Thomas Dean Laws. David Paul (Carol Ann) Laws died in 1978. She leaves behind a large posterity of 56 grandchildren, 148 great-grandchildren and 42 great-great-grandchildren. One sister, Mary Ferguson, also survives her. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 8, 2001, at 2 p.m., in the Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 E. Center Street, Provo. Friends may call Friday evening, at the Mortuary from 6-8 p.m., or Saturday, one hour prior to services. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.