SMITH, Esther Julia

1928 - 2010  (82 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	SMITH, Esther Julia
  Birth	4 Nov 1928	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Gender	Female
  WAC	15 Jan 1948	SLAKE
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Death	23 Nov 2010	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Burial	27 Nov 2010	Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I2768	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	SMITH, Joseph Bailey ,   b. 9 Aug 1870, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United Statesd. 31 Jan 1944, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 73 years)
  Mother	HEIDEL, Martha Frieda ,   b. 7 Jun 1889, Plauen, Zwickau, SACHSEN, Germany Plauen, Zwickau, SACHSEN, Germanyd. 9 Nov 1963 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1923	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F1489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  !Obit: Esther Julia Smith 1928 ~ 2010 Esther Julia Smith died on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 of natural causes. She was born November 4, 1928. Esther was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She had a strong testimony of the gospel and a great love for the Savior. She is a direct descendant of Samuel Harrison Smith (her great-grandfather) who is the brother of the prophet Joseph Smith. Esther was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Bailey Smith and Martha Heidel Smith; brother, Ralph; sisters, Cumorah and Marion. Esther has two living brothers, Hyrum Smith (Alene) and Raymond Smith (Ruth). She also has extended family of many nieces and nephews. She started work at an early age. She worked for First Security Bank and Zions National Bank for 17 years. She also worked for the LDS Church Genealogy Department (Evaluation) for almost 30 years. She served an LDS mission in the Southern Far East in Hong Kong and Taiwan. She had various church assignments as an ordained temple worker in the Salt Lake Temple, Ward and Stake Sunday School Secretary, Gospel Doctrine Teacher, Genealogy Teacher and Stake Missionary. She also did extensive temple extraction for the Bountiful East Stake. Esther was a friend to all. She was generous and loving to all who knew her. She was an expert in being able to decipher many languages in her genealogy work with the church. She had a special connection with the Lord in answering her many prayers. She will be sorely missed by all who knew her. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, November 27, 2010 at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main where a viewing will be held one hour prior to services. Interment-Bountiful City Cemetery. Online guest book at www.russonmortuary.com.