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Effie Anderson
Effie Christina Bean Anderson, age 91, passed away Nov.
28, 2001, in Payson, Utah.
She was born Mar. 24, 1910, in Levan, Utah, to Martin
C. and Christina Johanna Christensen Stephensen. She married
Mont G. Bean May 17, 1929. He died July 13, 1963. They were
later sealed in the Manti LDS Temple. She married Andrew
Anderson Mar. 4, 1971. He died Sept. 13, 1977.
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. She
enjoyed working in her yard.
She is survived by her children, Leola Stewart of West
Valley, Merle B. (Jim) Downey of Benjamin, Gordon R.
(Teresa) Bean of St. George; 22 grandchildren; 81
great-grandchildren; and 25 great-great-grandchildren;
brothers, Arlin (Nellie) Stephensen, and Meril (Myrtis)
Stephensen. She was preceded in death by brothers, Lavern
and Clem Stephensen; sister, Lucille Stephensen; 4
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Dec. 1, 2001, in the Nephi
5th Ward. Interment in Vine Bluff Cemetery Nephi, Utah.
Nona Smith
Nona Stevens Smith died in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 2
2001, from complications following a stroke. She was
ninety-three.
Nona was born in Ferron, Utah, Mar. 28, 1908, to
Eleazer Stevens and Annie Caroline Swenson. She spent her
childhood years in Ferron.
Nona graduated from Carbon County High School in 1927,
just three months after her father was killed in a snow
slide. That July she began working for Mountain States
Telephone Company as a telephone operator. She later became
a Telephone Company State Instructor. She worked for the
Telephone Company 35 years, becoming a supervisor, retiring
in 1963.
Nona married James Walter Smith May 25,1956, their
wedding solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. They were
married twenty-seven years. They resided in Nephi, Utah, in
James's childhood home. James passed away Jan. 4, 1984.
An active member of the Church of Jesus Christ, Nona
served as Ward Primary President, Stake Primary President,
and Ward Relief Society President. She was a member of
Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
Nona didn't have children, so she became "second
mother" to twenty-seven nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 12 noon, Wednesday, Dec.
5, 2001, in the Nephi Stake Center, 251 North 100 West.
Friends may call Wednesday prior to services from 10
a.m.-11:45 a.m. at the church. Interment will be in Vine
Bluff Cemetery Nephi, Utah.
George Burridge
George Thomas Burridge, age 70, died Nov. 23, 2001, of
heart and lung complications in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was
born in Castlegate, Utah, Dec. 1, 1930, to Theol Lorenzo and
Jane Wanda Christison Burridge. His father died when Tom was
2. He was reared in Nephi, Utah, near his grandparents,
Parley Pratt and Harriet Jane Adams Christison.
He married Sandra Lee Heath Apr. 24, 1955. Their
marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple April
1, 1963.
Tom was a member of the Utah Highway Patrol,
1954-1984. He and Sandra, raised their family for 23 years
in Brigham City, Utah. They moved to Price, Utah, in 1979
when he achieved the rank of Lt. and became Zone Commander
of Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan Counties. He was a past
President of the UHP Retired Association.
Tom was a member of the Utah National Guard for 40
years. He served in Korea 1950-1952 with Btty S, 145th Field
Artillery. He achieved the rank of Command Sergeant Major
and retired as the first Commandant of Region V Military
Academy at Camp Williams, Utah, 1990. The family moved to
Riverton, Utah in 1984.
Tom loved sports, hunting, and fishing. He played on
volleyball, bowling, basketball, baseball and softball
teams, mostly as first baseman, pitcher and coach. He sang
in a quartet. He loved golfing.
For the past seven years he served as a Court Security
Officer for the U.S. Marshall's Service at the Frank E. Moss
Federal Courthouse in Salt Lake City. Prior to that time he
served on a Federal Grand Jury for eighteen months.
Tom was serving as first assistant in High Priest's
Group at Elm Meadows Ward, North Riverton LDS Stake.
Tom is survived by Sandra; six children, Tom Jr.
(Debbie), Melissa, Jonathan (Toni), James, Jennifer
(Anthony) Chavis, Timothy (Marissa); 17 grandchildren; 4
great-grandchildren; sisters Jayne Springer of Salt Lake
City, Barbara Strong of Stansbury Park, Kathryn Neuwald of
San Rafael, California. He was preceded in death by two
infant sons, David and William; a granddaughter, Kristen;
brother, Theol Jr.; sister Elaine Orme and parents.
Funeral Services were held Nov. 28, 2001, in Riverton,
Utah. Military and graveside services were held at the
Brigham City Cemetery.
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