G.G. (GiGi)

G.G. (GiGi)

My Great Grandmother (G.G. for short) passed away on March 30, 2012. The funeral was today. She had a long, productive, and good life. At the time of her death, she was 100 years and 10 days old. Wow! Not many people live to be that old. I don't know how she did it. She even lived through the great depression.

Here is a copy of what was written in the obituary that was published in the Deseret News on April 4, 2012.

Fonda Rigby Pulley Wilhelmsen

1912 ~ 2012

Fonda Rigby Pulley Wilhelmsen returned to her Heavenly Father on March 30, 2012. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday with many family and friends wishing her well. She was born March 20, 1912 in Bern, Idaho, the daughter of John T. and Eliza Rebecca Kunz Rigby. Fonda loved people and enjoyed giving them grandma hugs.

She is survived by six of her 10 children, Arden (Carole) Pulley of St. Louis, MO; Harvey (Dixie) Pulley of West Jordan, UT; Karl (Virginia) Pulley of Petersboro, UT; Stephen (Cynthia) Pulley of Taipei, Taiwan; Adrynne (Walton) Muir of Boulder City, NV; Camille (Mark) Crookston of South Weber, UT; 52 grandchildren, 182 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-great grandchildren. Preceded in death by children: Jeanette Pulley Anderson, Melvin John Pulley, David Arthur Pulley, William Seth Pulley; her husbands, Orion Sylvester Pulley and Niel Wilhelmsen; her parents; and 11 brothers and sisters. Her faithful dedication to the Lord, genealogy and temple work typified her life.

The family thanks the staff at Community Nursing Service for their timely and caring assistance. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Funeral services will be held Friday, April 6, 2012 at 11:00 AM in the LDS chapel at 1401 South Weber Drive, South Weber, Utah with a viewing from 9:30 to 10:45 AM. Interment will be in the Logan City Cemetery at 3:00 PM the same day.
As Grandma would say, "Bless You."

The funeral was beautiful, and many people attended. Through the whole funeral, all I felt was peace and joy. I know that it was my great grandmother's time to go. I know that she has accomplished what she was sent here to do, and in order for her to continue progressing, she had to move back to the other side of the veil separating this earthly existence from a heavenly existence.