Norma Spencer (1930-2014)

Norma Spencer Beckstrand
Aunt Norma
Born:	2 Jul 1930 Montpelier, Idaho
Died:	6 Mar 2014 Lehi, Utah
Father:	Seymour Horne Spencer
Mother:	Sarah Sophronia Quayle
Siblings:	Helen Jean Spencer Robert William Spencer Norma Spencer Beth Spencer Margaret Joan Spencer
Married:	16 Jun 1948 Salt Lake City, Utah
Spouse:	Gordon Lynn Beckstrand
Children:	David Gordon Beckstrand Scott Beckstrand Gary Lynn Beckstrand

Obituary

The Deseret News, Thursday, March 12, 2014:

Norma Spencer Beckstrand

1930 ~ 2014

Our feisty, dynamic, wonderful wife, mother, and friend Norma Spencer Beckstrand passed away peacefully at her home on March 6, 2014. Norma was born on July 2, 1930 to Sarah Sophronia Quayle and Seymour Horne Spencer in Montpelier, Idaho. She grew up in Fillmore, Utah. From the day she was born, Norma hit the ground running. Before graduating from Millard High School in 1948, where she was co-valedictorian, she was the first Utah Girls' State Governor.

Norma married the love of her life, Gordon Lynn Beckstrand, on June 16, 1948 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They were always on the move, Norma working numerous jobs providing the financial resources necessary for Gordon to obtain his degrees, touching countless lives wherever they lived: Meadow, UT; Castle Dale, UT; Ithaca, NY; Madison, WI; Logan, UT; Richfield, UT; East Lansing, MI; Fort Collins, CO; Washington DC; Mogadishu, Somalia; Cairo, Egypt; Leeds, UT; Alpine, UT; and Lehi, UT.

Norma loved working as a realtor and assisted the LDS Church in purchasing the first mission home for the Lansing Michigan Mission in 1973. One of her greatest desires was to earn her college degree, which she did at age 55, with honors, from BYU in University Studies.

Norma spent her life serving others. She directed, managed, and produced innumerable community and church productions such as "Oliver" and "The Stingiest Man in Town." She served in the LDS Young Women's program for 42 years; culminating with her 7th time as ward Young Women's president at the age of 72. She and Gordon served four LDS missions together: Co-Directors, St. George Member Locator Center; Guides, St. George Historical Sites;Coordinators, St. George Temple Baptistry; Missionaries, St. George Temple Visitors' Center.

Robert William Spencer (1927-2010)

Robert William Spencer
Uncle Bob
Born:	9 Mar 1927 Montpelier, Idaho
Died:	28 Dec 2010 Ivins, Utah
Father:	Seymour Horne Spencer
Mother:	Sarah Sophronia Quayle
Siblings:	Helen Jean Spencer Robert William Spencer Norma Spencer Beth Spencer Margaret Joan Spencer
Married:	8 Sep 1952 Salt Lake City, Utah
Spouse:	Audrey Janette Sparks
Children:	Janet Kay Spencer Terri Lynn Spencer Robert Craid Spencer Laurie Ann Spencer Kelly Jean Spencer Sara Elizabeth Spencer

Obituary

SerinaCare Funeral Home:

Robert William Spencer

(March 9, 1927 - December 28, 2010)

Ivins, UT - Robert (Bob) William Spencer, age 83, passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2010, at his home in Ivins, UT. He was born March 9, 1927, in Montpelier, ID, to Seymour Horne and Sarah Sophronia Quayle Spencer. Bob married Audrey Jeanette Sparks on September 8, 1952, in the Salt Lake Temple. After losing his mother at the age of nine, Bob’s father moved his young family to Fillmore, UT, where Bob and his sisters spent the remainder of their childhood. He served in the military with an honorable discharge and later served a mission in Toronto, Canada. Bob attended BYU for two years and also attended the University of Utah for one year. Bob and Audrey made their first home in Salt Lake City and later moved to Bountiful. He was a member of the LDS church and actively served in many positions, including twelve years as an ordinance worker in the Salt Lake Temple.

Bob started playing the trumpet in dance bands at the age of fourteen. He also played the trombone and enjoyed singing. He loved his profession as a part-time musician and continued to play and sing most of his life. His work as a manufacturer’s representative required a lot of travel. In order to be home more, Bob consulted with his family and decided to purchase laundromats.

He is survived by: his loving wife, Audrey; 5 daughters, Jan (Doug) Weaver of Grand Junction, CO, Terri Tchernoivanov of Gilbert, AZ, Laurie Spencer of Salt Lake City, UT, Kelly (Mike) Angus of Roosevelt, UT, Sara (Bryce) Cook of Mesa, AZ; son, Craig (Donna) Spencer of St. George, UT; 12 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; and 3 sisters, Norma (Gordon) Beckstrand of Alpine, UT, Beth (Doyle) Robison of Highland, UT, and Joan (Claire) McKee of St. George, UT. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Helen Spencer Whatcott.

Sarah Sophronia Quayle (1899-1936)

Sarah Sophronia Quayle Spencer
Grandma Spencer
Born:	13 Mar 1899 Dingle, Idaho
Died:	8 Jun 1936 Montpelier, Idaho
Father:	William Quayle
Mother:	Elizabeth Ann Dayton
Siblings:	William Earl Quayle Sarah Sophronia Quayle Ella Quayle Norma Norene Quayle Genevieve Quayle Joseph Dayton Quayle
Married:	13 Mar 1925 Salt Lake City, Utah
Spouse:	Seymour Horne Spencer
Children:	Helen Jean Spencer Robert William Spencer Norma Spencer Beth Spencer Margaret Joan Spencer

Sarah Sophronia Quayle was born March 13, 1899 in Dingle, Idaho to William Quayle and Elizabeth Ann Dayton. She was the second child, the first daughter, of six children. There were four girls and two boys. Her older brother, William Earl Quayle died when he was 21 on September 6, 1918. And her only other brother, the baby of the family, died when he was only a month old in July 1908. Sophronia’s nickname was “Phron.” She was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on August 22, 1908.

Sophronia went to Paris High School for two years after graduating from the eighth grade. But when her family moved to Montpelier, Idaho, she refused to go to high school there so she got a job in Mose Lewis’ Dry Goods store. She was engaged to Roland Rudd at this time.

She then went to Salt Lake to study vocal with Professor Lund. He was the director of the Tabernacle Choir at this time.

She then went on a mission to California when she was nineteen. She broke her engagement while serving her mission.

Sophronia married Seymour Horne Spencer March 11, 1925. They had five children: Helen Jean born 17 February 1926, Robert William born 9 March 1927, Norma born 2 July 1930, Beth born 30 August 1932, and Margaret Joan born 22 May 1936. All these children were born in Montpelier, Idaho.

Sophronia Spencer died June 8, 1936, just two weeks after Joan was born, in Montpelier, Idaho. She was buried June 11th in Paris, Idaho.

The following are excerpts of letters from members of her family sharing their memories of their sister and mother:

Martin Wood (1818-1864)

Martin Wood
Martin Wood
Born:	24 Feb 1818 Independence, Ohio
Died:	14 Sep 1864 Evanston, Wyoming
Father:	Henry Wood
Mother:	Esther
Siblings:	Martin Wood
Married:
Spouse:	Esther Ursula Egglestone
Children:	Harriett Wood

Story of Martin Wood
by
Kathleen Ann McIntyre

Martin Wood was the father of Harriett Wood Woolf. 

Harriett Wood Woolf married Absalom Woolf. Harriet Wood Woolf was the first wife of Absalom Woolf. His second wife was Lucy Ann Hembleton Woolf. After coming west with the pioneers, they were asked by Brigham Young to settle the Hyde Park, Cache County area. 

Martin Wood is the ancestor of Alice Marie Johnson McIntyre, the mother of Kathleen Ann McIntyre and Grandmother of Jordan Aaron Nicolaides. 

Martin Wood, father of Harriett Wood Woolf, was a member of the Seventeenth Quorum of Seventies. He was the first missionary to be called out of Milville, Cache County, Utah on a foreign mission. Because of ill health, he was transferred to the Eastern States Mission leaving England in April 1863. He never returned home, however, as he died in an accident while crossing the plains with a company of emigrants.

The following was copied from the diary of Henry Ballard, father of Apostle Melvin J. Ballard, September 10, 1864:

Wayne Ashby Robison (1918-2003)

Ashby Robison
Uncle Ashby
Born:	29 Aug 1918 Fillmore, Utah
Died:	4 May 2003 Fillmore, Utah
Father:	Aaron Wayne Robison
Mother:	Fern Ashby
Siblings:	Wayne Ashby Robison Harold Raymond Robison Franklin Duane Robison E Doyle Robison Richard Ashby Robison
Married:	14 May 1942 Salt Lake City, Utah
Spouse:	Marjorie Brunson
Children:	David Ashby Robison Racquel Robison Lorenzo Brunson Robison Nathan Navasie

Obituary

The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, 8 May 2003:

Wayne Ashby Robison

 8/29/18 ~ 5/4/03

Wayne Ashby Robison, 84, left this life for a better one on Sunday, May 4, 2003; at the Fillmore Medical Center where he had been for a week, following a stroke.

He was born August 29, 1918 in Fillmore, UT, to Aaron Wayne and Fern Ashby Robison.

Ashby married Marjorie Brunson on May 14, 1942. They are the parents of David Ashby (deceased), Racquel Williams (Alan), and Lorenzo "Ren" (Kelly). They have four grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Ashby had four brothers: Harold Raymond (deceased); Franklin Duane (Evadeen); E. Doyle (Beth); and Richard A. (Joleen, deceased, and Mary). They also had an Indian placement foster son, Nathan Navasie, who lived with them for about four years.

He served a mission in Minneapolis from 1939 to 1941, and a Senior Couple mission with his wife Marjorie, in Nashville, Tenn. from May 1984 to Nov. 1985. He served in Bishoprics, Stake Presidencies, two Temple missions, as Hospital Administrator, Coordinator of the Extraction program, County Commissioner, and much more. A man of impeccable integrity, loving his fellow man and always willing to do anything asked of him, he was loved by all who knew him.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, contributions to the missionary fund be made.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 10, 2003 at 12:00 noon at the Fillmore LDS Stake Center. Visitations will be held Friday, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Olpin Southern Utah Mortuary and also Saturday at the Stake Center, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., prior to the service.

Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on 5/8/2003.