Arla V Stevens

Arla Stevens

North Salt Lake/Richfield

Arla V Bay Stevens, age 87, passed away on December 29, 2016 at the Gables Assisted Living in North Logan. She was born July 19, 1929 in Koosharem, Utah to Edwin Lawrence and Myrtle Payne Bay. She was a long time resident of Sevier and Davis counties.

Arla was raised a country girl enjoying all kinds of animals and plants. She sought opportunities to be in nature from camping, hunting and fishing to keeping a beautiful yard with large gardens full of flowers and vegetables. She enjoyed her family and writing their history in poetic form.

Arla met and married David Kenneth Stevens on October 17, 1946 in Richfield.　They raised four children to be strong, respectful and to enjoy life.　He preceded her in death April 17, 2016.

She enjoyed sewing and craft projects with her sister and she worked as a janitor on temple square and other businesses and also in the school lunchroom to help support her family.

Arla sold Avon products for many years. She claimed this was her best excuse to visit with all her friends and neighbors. She also enjoyed her time with her grandchildren and loved tending and participating in their school and life activities.

Service was a very important part of Arla’s life. She served in the Primary organization of the LDS church in nearly every position from the time she turned 13 until she was nearly 60 years old.

Arla enjoyed being a member of DUP, a member of a photography club in Camelot, and in writing and helping direct many road shows in various LDS stakes where she lived. Her lifelong hobby was reading and writing poems about her family. She kept a record of the books she read and was found reading until just a few days before her death.

We would like to thank Gables Assisted Living in North Logan and Encompass Hospice for their loving care of our mother.

Arla is survived by her son Darwin Kregg Stevens (Barbara Weeks); daughters: Jolene (David) Huddleston and Suzanne Marie (Paul) Anderson; daughter-in law, Cindi Werner; grandchildren: Rebecca Jolene (Spencer) Smith, Karina Marie Huddleston, Michelle Celeste (Hunter) Shepherd, Jamie Anderson, Trevor (Shanae) Anderson, Dannie (Bryan) Willardson; great-grandchildren: Ellie, Carson, Xoe, and Sierra.

Arla was also preceded in death by her parents; son, Marlin Kenneth Stevens; son-in-law, Robert Brian Irsik; brother, Duane Bay; and sister, Myrna Loy Jenson.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 12:00 Noon in the Magleby Mortuary Chapel, 50 South 100 West, in Richfield, Utah, where friends may call after 11:00 a.m. Burial will be in the Richfield Cemetery. Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com