Barbara Love Obituary

Barbara Bowen Love Barbara Bowen Love, 81, passed away February 19, 2005 at her home in the loving arms of her husband after a valiant battle with cancer. She was born November 4, 1923 in Farmington, Utah to Grant R. and Guinevere Lucy Jensen Bowen, the second of their eleven children. She was raised in Salem, Idaho and graduated from Sugar City High School. While attending Ricks College, she met her sweetheart, William Hall Love. They were married December 29, 1948 in the Idaho Falls Temple. She graduated from BYU with a degree in education and taught elementary school for nineteen years in the Shelley, Idaho school system. After retirement, she and her husband moved to Orem, Utah where they have made their home for the past twenty two years. Barbara was an active member of the Orem Women's Club serving as secretary. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served faithfully in numerous callings. She served in the Provo Temple for ten years and the Mount Timpanogos Temple for two years. One of the highlights of her life was serving with her husband on a Family History Mission to Maine. She lived a life of unselfish service to her family and others. Survivors include her husband, William Love of Orem; her four children, Janice (Joe) Gordon, American Fork, W. Kirk (Sandy) Love of Pleasant Grove, Kyle (Claudia) Love and Kelvin (Kim) Love both of Orem; five sisters, Guinevere (Homer) Taylor of Rexburg, Idaho, Norma Pieper, Salt Lake City, Doralee (Don) Rydalch, Sugar City, Idaho Suzanne (Hilton) Critchfield, Oakley, Idaho, Kay (Howard) Parkinson, Sandy, Utah; and five brothers, Grant Morrell (Norma) Bowen, Idaho Falls, Lyle (Jacqueline) Bowen, Idaho Falls, Reed Bowen, Colburn, Idaho, John (Pam) Bowen, Rexburg, Idaho, and Dwight Bowen, Salt Lake City, 25 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents. Funeral services will be held in the Orem 2nd Ward Chapel, 80 S. 280 E., Orem, on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. Friends and family may call Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary, 495 South State St., Orem, and also Thursday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at the ward chapel. Interment will be in the Fielding Memorial Park Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho with graveside services, Friday, February 25, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. Our family wishes to thank Dr. Brian Tudor and his staff for their good care of our mother and grandmother and a special thank you to Vista Care Hospice and Dr. Victor Dean for their kind support. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.sundbergolpinmortuary.com.