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AnnaBeth Larson Gillman
27 Mar 1920 – 11 Nov 2017
| Birth | 27 Mar 1920 |
| Death | 11 Nov 2017 |
| Cemetery | Orem City Cemetery Orem , Utah County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | Annie Duckett Hundley on 13 Nov 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185189904 |
Bio
AnnaBeth Larson Gillman 1920 - 2017 ❦ Early Life: AnnaBeth was born March 27, 1920, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, to Louis Leonard and Leah Margaret Thornton Larson, the second of their six children. She attended Granite High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. She played the piano for the Boy's Glee Club and was a member of the Girl's Pep Club. When she was in seventh grade, she met her eternal sweetheart, Wendell Walker Gillman, who was in the eighth grade. At age ten, AnnaBeth started working in her grandfather Thornton's Drug Store in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She was given various duties to do: stocking the shelves and her favorite, driving her Dad's car to deliver prescriptions to the elderly customers. ❦ Life's Work | Service | Interests: On January 12, 1946, AnnaBeth and Wendell were married and later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. They were blessed with three children: Louis Wendell, Christine and Kevin James. She worked for S. H. Kress & Company and the Federal Reserve Bank in Salt Lake City. AnnaBeth received the World War II Honoree, Civilian on the Home Front award when she worked at the Remington Arms Plant in Salt Lake City making .30 and .50 caliber bullets for the military. Being an accomplished pianist, she took great joy in teaching hundreds of children to play the piano. She also taught music at Franklin School, a school for mentally challenged children in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her husband, Wendell, served his country by serving thirty years in the United States Army, retiring a hero as a Command Sergeant Major at Ft. Wainwright, Alaska. As a result, AnnaBeth presided over all NCO wives. She was in charge of planning numerous parties and events which many military dignitaries attended and she was adored as the First Lady of all NCO wives. AnnaBeth loved being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and serving people. She served in the Primary, Young Women presidency, as a stake and ward Relief Society president, and her favorite calling, stake and ward organist. Her greatest joy was her family. She loved attending sporting events, musical concerts, and church activities that her grandchildren and great grandchildren participated in throughout her life. She was a member of the Allegro Chorus in Salt Lake City. She enjoyed clogging and tap dancing and was a member of the Golden Heart Tappers that performed on many occasions in Fairbanks, Alaska. When she was sixty-five years old, she found a love for art and became an accomplished artist with oils. She also loved to create beautiful ceramics. AnnaBeth Larson Gillman, of Hyde Park, Utah, passed away peacefully on November 11, 2017. She was 97. ❦ Survived By: Her son, Louis (Nancy) Gillman; daughter, Christine (Darrell) Murphy; 11 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; 13 step-grandchildren; and sister, Leah Gene Rostomily. ❦ Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Wendell Walker Gillman; son, Kevin James Gillman; her parents; brothers: Max, Stanley and Leonard; sister, Kathleen; and twin great grandsons: Carter Callis and Bennett Darrell Murphy. ❦ Obituary: © 2017 | Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary ❦ Services: Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary ❦ Interment: Orem City Cemetery Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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FAMILIES ARE FOREVER MARRIED JAN. 12, 1946
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