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Beverly Clair Smith Berntsen(purple is her favorite color) My amazing Grandma. I think about her a lot. She was very special to me and we were very close. I remember shopping with her the most and going to craft fairs. My grandpa would push her wheelchair and I'd sit on her lap we'd cruise shops. I felt so cool that my grandma had such a sense of style even though she was in a wheel chair shed bling out her jewelery and makeup. She always looked gorgeous to me. I remember her buying me a ballerina dancer at a minature show I still have it. We'd always dress up and act like ladies. Write stories and illistarte them.We'd always make centerpieces for every meal it didnt matter if it was mac n cheese. She loved parties and fabric beautiful things. She inspired me to become an event planner. She always focused on the details. I love her and miss her horribly. I feel like shes one person who really really got who I was. I hope she'd be proud of me today. She truly makes me proud. I'd give anything to go shopping with her. Beverly was born 9 July 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Theo Ellsworth Smith and Vera Clair Herndon Smith. She married her sweetheart E. Farnes Berntsen in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on 4 June 1948. Survivors include her husband; sister, Vera (Ray) Emerson, Los Angeles, CA; children, Marilynn Berntsen, Salt Lake City, UT; Mark F. (Gayle) Berntsen, Rexburg, ID; Katie (Tim) Flanigan, Great Falls, VA; Suzy (Quentin) Price, Loveland, CO; Eric S. (Patty) Berntsen, No. Ogden, UT; 30 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Theo B. (Joyce) Smith and three young granddaughters. Beverly celebrated life, no matter what the hardship. She worked as a child and young woman to help support her family during the Great Depression, studying at night. At sixteen she survived cancer, and considered the rest of her life a bonus. We will remember her fine cooking, decorating, desiging and loving aura.
She worked in many callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints including Relief Society President, Primary and MIA. She was advisor to Kappa Nu Chapter of Lambda Delta Sigma at the U of U, and was known as "Mrs. Farnes" to all the Boy Scouts she loved so much.
Beverly was President of Hamilton Elementary and Roosevelt Jr. High, where she organized many amazing activities. She attended East High School and later the U of U.
She performed modern dance with the Shirley Ririe Group and also performed in ballroom dance groups. At thirteen she began acting in theater groups and continued to love theater all her life. She loved sewing, designing, making miniatures, doll collecting, and story telling. She was a voracious reader. Beverly loved family, Kelly's Grove, Parties, America and the American Flag. Don't you think this woman was amazing! I sure do.