Deseret News April 2006

Virginia F. Grow 1915 ~ 2006 Borghild Virginia Fikstad Grow, 90, passed away from natural causes at Logan Regional Hospital, Sunday, April 23, 2006. Virginia was born September 17, 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Axel Laures and Eliza Albertina Thorup Fikstad. She was the second of three daughters. She married Harry Theodore Grow, May 6, 1936, in Heber City, Utah. Harry died January 4, 1971. She attended LDS and South High Schools, graduating from South High School. Virginia lived her life gracefully while overcoming many hardships and the handicap of deafness. She loved the beauty of the earth and had the special gift of seeing beauty everywhere. She was a giving and loving mother, an expert seamstress, gardener, and creative designer. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in the Young Women's M.I.A., the Relief Society, and as a "Block Teacher". She maintained her Bountiful home and beautiful yard through her 88th year. Virginia is survived by one son, Ronald David (Dru) Grow, of Longmont, Colorado; and three daughters, Dawn Marie (Clark) Butler, of Gilbert, Arizona; Chalyce (Dale) Siler, of Logan, Utah; Cheryl (Homer) Rathbun, of Lake Oswego, Oregon; 16 grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters, husband, one granddaughter, Tiffany Dawn Butler, and one great-granddaughter, Sara Elizabeth Grow. "Her children shall rise up and call her blessed" A viewing will be held Friday, April 28, 2006 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center Street in Logan. At her request, there will be a graveside service, held at the Bountiful Memorial Estates Cemetery, 1640 East Lakeview Drive, in Bountiful, Utah, on Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 12:00 p.m.