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Gladys Gardner

On Wednesday evening, April 9, 2025, Gladys Gardner, 84, peacefully passed at the Country Care Center in Farmington, Utah.   Gladys was born on March 19, 1941, in Afton, Wyoming, to Wallace Ivan Gardner and Gladys Bennion Gardner.   She was the ninth of ten children.

Music lessons began very early, and she progressed rapidly finding practice at the piano more agreeable than washing dishes.  Gladys began long years of service in music for her church at the age of eleven by becoming the Sunday School organist in the Afton North Ward.   She was called numerous times to accompany family, friends, school, and church performances.

With education receiving high priority, Gladys chose to attend Utah State University after her high school graduation in 1959.   She acquired a dual major in Food and Nutrition-Dietetics and Home Economics. She worked for the Utah State Board of Education as a nutrition specialist which included being a consultant for the National School Lunch Program. She also served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Southwest Indian Mission.

Her family was very important to her.   She spent many hours doing Genealogy work.  She loved having family reunions, camping, and family get-togethers. Her life was an amazing celebration of service to family, friends, neighbors, and countless strangers.

Gladys is survived by one sister-in-law, Shirley Gardner, Afton, Wyoming, and a great number of nieces and nephews, and their families.  She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings.   The family is grateful for the tender care given by the Country Care Center and Ovation Hospice.

Funeral services for Gladys Gardner were held on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. in the Afton Stake Tabernacle.   Friends and family were invited to attend a viewing prior to the services from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the Afton Stake Tabernacle as well.   Interment will be at the Afton Cemetery.

Addie Weeks

Addie Lee (Hamblin) Weeks passed peacefully on March 22, 2025, just four days before her 85th birthday. She was surrounded by the love of her family and caregivers following an extensive battle with dementia. Addie is most recently preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Joseph William Weeks, Jr. who passed on January 28th of this same year. Their passings were not only a real life version of The Notebook, but their lives will have a lasting impact on everyone they left behind. She was the final daughter to pass away of nine girls born to William Clark and Bernice Hamblin; thus ending the family name. What a great reunion must be taking place in heaven!

Addie was born a coalminer’s daughter on March 26, 1940 in Rock Springs, WY. She attended school in Rock Springs and graduated in 1958. She married the love of her life, Joseph William (Bill) Weeks on November 1, 1960. She had two children, William Joseph (Bill) on September 25, 1961, and Karen Jo on September 24, 1963.

Addie’s whole life revolved around her family! Her son shared that for his mom, it was always ‘family first.’ He remembers when there were three pieces of apple pie left for dessert, and suddenly, Mom didn’t really like apple pie and passed on her serving. Her daughter remembers her fierce devotion to being a mom and her loyalty and commitment to having her kids’ backs. She taught her children how to be a loving parent and grandparent and live life to the fullest.

Her four grandchildren and their spouses are grateful for their grandmother’s constant and felt presence in their lives throughout childhood and into their lives as adults. Grandma Weeks was always at the center of all family life, orchestrating the fun activities and creating beautiful lifelong memories. As the matriarch of a strong family, she taught through her actions about selflessness, kindness, charity, and love. Addie’s love for her family had no bounds, and she ensured that those she loved felt it and knew it. The generations of grandchildren and great grandchildren will forever be impacted by her and her example of how to live fully, truly, and kindly.

While her true life successes were her family, Addie mastered many skills and achieved significant accomplishments throughout her life. She took up golf to defray the impact of the empty nest years, and she became quite good. She won a number of Club Championships at her home in Star Valley Ranch, WY, and she accumulated multiple hole-in-ones! She made homemade Halloween costumes, stuffed animals, doll clothes, quilts, and just about anything she put her mind to. She gave these beautiful handmade treasures to everyone she loved. Addie’s skilled cooking and baking brought friends and family to her kitchen over the years, and her recipes are spread across the country in use to this day, though no one can craft a loaf of cherry bread just as Grandma could.

Addie was a widow for only 54 days and truly wanted to join her husband. During her life, she suffered the loss of her father, William Clark Hamblin; her mother, Bernice McWilliams Hamblin; eight Sisters, Elda, Ruth, Bernice, Norma, June, Viola, Marge, and Carol. She also lost several brother in laws, nieces, nephews, cousins, and many dear friends.

Surviving Addie are her son, William Joseph (Bill) Weeks and wife, Therese Yerkovich; daughter, Karen Price; oldest grandson, Daniel (Danny) Joseph Weeks and wife, Ariel; youngest grandson, Darin Dean Weeks and wife, Chelsey; oldest granddaughter, Kristeen (Krissy) Jean Schumacher Beitel and husband, Stuart; youngest granddaughter, Amanda (Mandy) Jo Palermo and wife, Julia; and eight grandchildren – Lucas, Declan, and Ansel (Danny); Liam and Cadis (Darin); and Brooks, Scarlett, and Ruby (Krissy).

A joint celebration of life will take place on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at Bill and Addie’s home on Star Valley Ranch at 227 Hillside Way, Thayne, Wyoming from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Lunch will be provided at 11:30. Please RSVP here (https://pp.events/billweeks).

Becky Clatterbuck

Rebecca “Becky” Kate Stumpp Clatterbuck passed away on April 18, 2025, in Washington Terrace, Utah, after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. She was the sixth daughter born on the sixth day of the sixth month in 1936 in Osmond (Star Valley), Wyoming. Many people think the number six is unlucky, but Becky rather liked it. Becky was the ninth child and was born at home to William “Bill” Stumpp and Leah Jeanette Tippets Stumpp. She had 13 siblings and outlived all but one.

Becky was raised and attended school in beautiful Star Valley, Wyoming. While in high school, she developed a talent for and love of typing and shorthand, which helped lead to various jobs at banks, Hill Air Force Base, and the IRS. She also enjoyed bookkeeping and was very good at it. Becky attended BYU and Salt Lake Community College.

She loved to play ping-pong at the USO (United Service Organization) which hosted recreational and social activities to help young servicemen integrate into the community. There, she met and fell in love with a handsome young man from Virginia, Jimmie Lee Clatterbuck. They were married on June 27, 1958, in Elko, Nevada, and were later sealed in the Logan Temple on their fifth anniversary. She had a strong belief in eternal families and looked forward to seeing her loved ones who had passed on before.

Becky spent many years as a dedicated stay-at-home mom who managed the household and cared for her family. She had a great love of reading, square dancing, and ballroom dancing (at which she and Jim excelled).

Becky and Jim have three daughters, Connie (Duane) Hull, Hooper; Patti (Brett) Roberts, South Ogden; Cheri (Kent) Bingham, Washington Terrace; 9 grandkids, and 25 great-grandkids.

Becky is survived by her husband of almost 67 years, Jimmie Clatterbuck; their daughters and their families; her sister, JoAnn Bragg; two sisters-in-law, Lillian Stumpp and Frankie Stumpp; and brother-in-law, Jack Miller. She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, Leah (Ted) Houskeeper, Creva (Vaughn) Davis, LaWana Luke (Wayne) Croxford, Ida Stumpp, Dick (Bonnie) Stumpp, Ruth (Harold “Red”) Blackmer, Dwain (Lillian) Stumpp, Robert Stumpp, Kay Hobbs (Ray) Shurtliff, Gloria (Jack) Miller, Steve (Frankie) Stumpp, and Alma Stumpp.

Becky was very loved and will be greatly missed.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 25, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd.  Friends may visit with family on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the mortuary. Interment, Afton Cemetery, Wyoming.

Condolences may be shared at: www.lindquistmortuary.com.

Florence Seegmiller

Florence Porter was born on March 6, 1929, in Smoot Wyoming. Her parents are Wilford Austin Porter and Alice Elnora Johnson. When Florence was born, she had two older brothers, Max Wilford and Melvin J., and three older sisters, Eva, Della Mae, and Irene Louise. Florence was the center of attention for almost two years and then her sister, Betty Jean, was born. Her brother, Lynn Austin was born seven years later. Sometime later, the Porter family would move to Forrest Dell, which was named by her grandfather, Wilford Woodruff Porter.

Florence loved school. She said that when she learned to read, a whole new world opened up to her.  When she entered Star Valley High School, she  had many friends and was active as a cheerleader, student body officer, and a twirler. This was where she met William Fred Neuenschwander. He was the same age, and they started dating. They were both just eighteen years old when they were married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on September 9, 1947.

After she was married, Florence worked for the Bell Telephone Company as a telephone operator. On June 15, 1950, the Korean War began, and Fred enlisted in the Air Force. After basic training, wives could join their husbands. Florence and Fred lived in Wichita Falls, Texas; Rantoul, Illinois; Mountain Home, Idaho; and Great Falls, Montana; After a two-week furlough, Fred left to serve in England. He was in England for eighteen months. During that time, Florence took classes from the University of Wyoming. She bought a piano and took piano lessons. She had lost her seniority with the telephone company but was able to get a job working there again. After Fred came home from England, they would live in Portland, Oregon. He was discharged from the Air Force in February of 1956. They were anxious to get back home to Star Valley. And moved into an apartment above the family business.

On February 28, 1957, Florence and Fred had a baby daughter, who they named Alice after Florence’s mother. After Fred’s father died in 1961, Fred and Florence bought the business, Salt River Oil and Motor Company, which included retail and wholesale gas distribution, car dealership, and apartments. Florence worked as the bookkeeper

Florence was a beautiful seamstress. She entered and won blue ribbons on many clothing items in the Lincoln County Fair. She knitted beautiful sweaters.

Alice graduated from high school in 1975 and went to Brigham Young University where she met and married James Robert Johnson. Fred suffered a heart attack and passed away on August 17, 1978.

After Fred’s death, Florence worked for Gephart Store in Afton and Star Valley Senior Citizens Center doing their bookkeeping.  Then she moved to Provo, Utah to be near Alice and her growing family. She held various jobs which included BYU Independent Study and the Federal Land Bank.

Florence met William Garth Seegmiller, and they were married on July 31, 1981. They made their home in Covered Bridge Canyon in Spanish Fork, Utah. In 2003, Florence and Garth sold their home in Covered Bridge Canyon and moved to St. George, Utah. Garth passed away on December 25, 2009. Florence lived with her daughter Alice in Oregon and Utah for the past twenty years

Florence served in many callings in the church including Relief Society President and counselor, Stake Relief Society, Primary teacher, Young Women’s President, Chorister, Choir director.

After moving back to Utah Florence published her life history, “My Journey of Happiness.” She also wrote histories of her two husbands.

Florence was dedicated to living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She loved the Temple and had a strong testimony.

Florence celebrated her 96th Birthday on March 6, 2025. After her birthday, her health quickly declined, and she passed through the veil early in the morning of April 12, 2025. She is survived by Alice Neuenschwander Johnson (James Robert), six grandchildren, and fifteen great-grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her husband, William Fred Neuenschwander; second husband, William Garth Seegmiller; parents, Wilford Austin Porter, and Alice Elnora Johnson Porter; and siblings, Max Wilford Porter, Melvin J. Porter, Eva Porter Nyberg, Della Mae Porter Gibbons, Irene Louise Porter Collins, Lynn Austin Porter, and Betty Jean Porter Pendleton.

Funeral services were held in South Jordan, Utah on April 18, 2025, and interment was at Bedford, Wyoming Cemetery on April 21, 2025.