Mary Fern HEPWORTH

1897 - 1987  (89 years)

• Name	Mary Fern HEPWORTH
  Birth	9 May 1897	Grover, Unita, Wyoming
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	KWC5-TQD
  Death	27 Jan 1987	West Point, Davis, Utah
  Burial	7 Feb 1987	Syracuse, Davis, Utah
  Notes	Mary Fern Hepworth Washburn 89, died Tuesday, Jan 27, 1987 at her home in West Point, UT of causes incident to age. Services were held Saturday, Feb 7, 1987 at the West Point Stake Center. Interment was under the direction of Lindquist's Clearfield Mortuary in the Syracuse City Cemetery. She was born May 9, 1897 in Grover, WY to George W. and Camara Thurman Hepworth. She married Earl Lee Washburn May 17, 1938 in Cross Village, MI. The marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died July 6, 1974. Reared in Grover, after her marriage she and her husband moved to Garberville, CA for 12 years. She returned to Star Valley for six years and resided in West Point for the last 27 years. A Star Valley High School graduate, she also graduated as a registered nurse form Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City. She worked in Cross Village MI as a nurse for two years and as a midwife in Star Valley for many years.She was active in the LDS Church, served as Relief Society president and teacher in various organizations for over 25 years. Surviving are three sons and four daughters; Lloyd Washburn, Eaton Rapids, MI; Dallas Washburn, MT, Morris, MI; Gordon "Jack" Washburn, McKinleyville, CA; Mrs Duane (Doris) DeYoe, St. Johns, MI; Mrs Alvin (Gladys) Schiller, Brutus MI; Mrs Lester (Francis) Waldron, Riverdale, MI; Mrs Darrel B. (Beatrice) Gardner, West Point; 57 grandchildren; 129 great grandchildren and 16 great great grandchildren.Also surviving as three brothers and two sisters; George William Hepworth, Salt Lake; Rulon Delos Hepworth, California; Homer M. Hepworth, New Mexico; Mrs Dom (Alta) DeMarco Erie, PA; Mrs Bernard (Alice) Simpson, San Jose, CA. She was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.
  Person ID	I6430	Main
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	George William HEPWORTH,   b. 20 Sep 1872, Oxford, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 15 Mar 1955, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Camera Besella THURMAN,   b. 22 Sep 1877, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah d. 23 Jan 1909, Grover, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1894	Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  George and Camera Thurman Hepworth Family George William Hepworth (1898) sitting on the lap of his father, George William Hepworth (born 1872, son of Edmund Hepworth & Eliza Sant); Mary Fern Hepworth (1897) standing in front of her mother, Camera Besella Thurman. Photo taken by the Thomas H. McBride Brothers Photo Studio. This info comes from Shannon Gowans, daughter of George William Hepworth (1898).