Glenda Myrel Bussell Daughtrey passed away peacefully at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah on Monday, October 29, 2013 from complications of a stroke. At the time of her passing she was 86 years old, and resided in Pleasant Grove, Utah.
Glenda was born March 22, 1927 in Portales, New Mexico; the oldest daughter of Charlie Thomas Bussell and Mary Mavis Cranford. She married Guy Darrell Daughtrey III on November 13, 1949. She graduated from Richmond High School in San Francisco, California in 1945, and later received a BA in Psychology from Eastern New Mexico University. She resided in Texas, New Mexico, California, and for the last 24 years, in Utah.
She had a lifelong love of gardening, and continued raising a large garden, pruning her fruit trees, and supplying neighbors and family members with cherries, apples, apricots, and vegetables until the week before her death. While living in Texas, she worked as a mental health specialist, and also worked to find new and productive strains of cotton. She loved to learn, was an avid reader, and spent many wonderful hours with her neighbor ladies in their book club, and attending local lectures and educational presentations. She was an amazing mom, and the best grandma in the world!
She was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She served in the Cali, Columbia Mission at age 59, and served in many callings in the Church, including Relief Society President, Gospel Doctrine Teacher, Temple Worker, and most recently, as a Primary Teacher who loved her class as much as they loved her. Glenda's and Guy's marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple in 1976.
Glenda was preceded in death by her parents, and by her husband Guy, who died in 1972.
She is survived by two sisters, Francis Judah (Floyd), and Belma Cloud (Allen), and her children Guy, Dana Gardinier (Clayton), Jay, Holly Crump (Stan), and David (Doe). She has 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Her Funeral will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at the Timpanogos First Ward Building, 322 East 500 North, Pleasant Grove. Glenda will be buried in the Olton Cemetery, in Olton, Texas, next to Guy. Local arrangements are by Ramage Funeral Directors.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.olpinmortuary.com.