Peggy Braithwaite

My mother-in-law passed away a few weeks ago & I wasn't quite sure how to "blog" about it, but I did want to post how much I love & admire her.  She was great!  Always busy and doing something for someone else.  She was not the typical mother-in-law, she never gave advice, she didn't meddle, she just lived a great life by EXAMPLE!

Some of the things I will miss from Grandma Peg:  Caramels at Christmas (she showed me how to make them when she came out to visit a few years ago), Fattiman's (luckily she taught Brad how to make them), Homemade Dinner Rolls (she tried to help me make these), Baby Quilts, Caramel Chocolate Covered Pretzels, Talking about the JAZZ, & her grandchildren's Baseball Games.

In her funeral program they included an insert of words that described her.  Here are just a few of them that I agree with:  Hot Bread Maker, Champion, Giver, Example, Trusting, Competitive, Fun Loving, Worker Bee, Honest, Industrious, Mile a Minute Talker, Yackity Yack, Total Jazz Fan, "I don't care for that", Compassionate, "Hello-Hello", Missionary, and Young at Heart.

I am truly blessed to have had her in my life.

Peggy Lou Braithwaite

1924 ~ 2009

Peggy Lou Hansen Johnson Briathwaite, 85, died peacefully surround by her loved ones on Sunday, October 25, 2009. She was born on May 9, 1924 in Benjamin, Utah to Edmund and Della Humphries Hansen.

She married Kenneth Johnson on December 22, 1943 in Provo, Utah. They were later sealed in the Manti Temple on December 14, 1957. Together they had 12 children. Kenneth died on May 5, 1967. She then married Max Braithwaite in October of 1973. She welcomed his children, Mick, Tim, and Janice Gull into her life and family.

Mom grew up in Benjamin where she spent her early years, and when she was 12 years old her mother passed away and she moved to California for a few years to live with her older sisters. During her high school years, she returned to Benjamin and graduated from Spanish Fork High School.

After her marriage to Kenneth, she joined the Army and was proud to serve her country during World War II.

The time had finally come for her and Kenneth to start their family. To their marriage they were blessed with 12 children, Kathleen Memmott (deceased) Robert, Dennis (Sandra), Darrell (Charlott), Sandra Brown (Michael), Pam Bingham (Allen), Paula Tilley (Alan), Scott (Kaye), Pat Nelson (Jim "Shoe"), Greg (Kathleen), Brad (Bobi), Blake (Carrie), and Karla Jarvis (Joe). She has 65 grandchildren and 86 great-grandchildren.

Mom was a true homemaker, who loved and served her family and countless others. She served in many callings in both ward and stake positions. She was also a faithful visiting teacher for many years. She was called to serve as a missionary in the Arizona Tempe Mission and also loved serving as a Temple Worker in the Provo Temple where she served for over 10 years.

Mom loved anything that involved her family. You could find her at blessings, baptisms, dance review, ballgames of any kind, graduations, 31 games or a good video just to name a few. She was also an avid Jazz fan, and loved her Spanish Fork Dons Baseball. She truly understood the role of Mom and Grandma.

Mom enjoyed making quilts (especially baby), baby bibs, caramels and fattigamans that each family received countless of. Each new baby received a new quilt and everyone always received a Christmas package with the caramels and fattigmans.

Preceding her in death were her husbands, Kenneth and Max, her daughter Kathleen, and a grandson Jode Chase Bingham.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday October 29, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Spanish Fork 3rd Ward Chapel at 360 North 650 West in Spanish Fork, Utah. There will be a viewing Wednesday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Walker Mortuary, 187 South Main in Spanish Fork and Thursday morning at the church from 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to the service. Interment will be in the Spanish Fork City Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the American Cancer Society or the Perpetual Education Fund.

As a family we are grateful for the care from Vista Hospice, especially Nancy, Sue, and Dr. Garner, Dr. LeRoy and Cindy, but most of all her 7th son, Dr. Steven Wallentine who she truly loved. Thank you all, for the sweet care you gave our Mom.