FERN CONDIE GOLLAHER
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Fern Condie Gollaher 1927 ~ 2010 Fern Condie Gollaher, loving mother and grandmother passed away peacefully on April 3, 2010.Fern was born on the 13th of October 1927 in Downey, Idaho to George LeRoy and Alice Martin Condie. She was one of five children. She was married in the Salt Lake Temple on August 17, 1948 to Max Gilbert Gollaher. They were married for 60 years and their marriage was blessed with six children. In her early years, Fern attended school in various small towns in southern Idaho doing so well she was able to skip the 8th grade. She completed her high school education at North Cache High School where she was the valedictorian of her graduating class. She was the first in her family to attend University (Utah State) where she met Max in 1947 and whom she married the following year. Following completion of Max's education, the family moved numerous times as new career opportunities were presented. They lived in Afton Wyoming, Alamo Nevada, Oakley Idaho, Melba Idaho, Paris Idaho, Roosevelt Utah, Cottonwood Heights and Sandy Utah. In each place she made life-long friends and raised her family in the church. She loved serving in the church, especially the Young Women's and Primary. Following Max's retirement in 1987, she served a mission with her husband in Preston, England where they touched the lives of many people. Fern had a very successful career as a homemaker and mother. Her family was her life! She was happiest when she had her family around her. She instilled in them a great love of family, the gospel, the beauties of nature, and performing a task beautifully. She loved to bear her testimony, sing songs to grandchildren, prepare beautiful meals, bake bread and make black licorice. Her parents, siblings, daughter, Tauna, and husband precede her in death. She is survived by five of her children (Greg, Brad, Marty, and Scott Gollaher and Shaunalie Fotheringham), 22 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. She will be sorely missed for now but she promised to be there to welcome all of us when our time comes to join her in eternity. Thank you mother for your incredibly deep love and kindness for all of us. We hope your reunion with your loved ones on the other side is as sweet as you were anticipating. Friends may call at the Cannon Mortuary, 2460 East Bengal Blvd (7600 South) on Sunday evening April 11 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and one hour prior to the funeral service. Funeral services will be held on Monday April 12, at Little Cottonwood 20th Ward (1160 E. Vine Street-about 6000 S.) at 11:00 a.m. Interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in Deseret News on Apr. 8, 2010
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Fern Condie Gollaher 1927 ~ 2010 Fern Condie Gollaher, loving mother and grandmother passed away peacefully on April 3, 2010.Fern was born on the 13th of October 1927 in Downey, Idaho to George LeRoy and Alice Martin Condie. She was one of five children. She was married in the Salt Lake Temple on August 17, 1948 to Max Gilbert Gollaher. They were married for 60 years and their marriage was blessed with six children. In her early years, Fern attended school in various small towns in southern Idaho doing so well she was able to skip the 8th grade. She completed her high school education at North Cache High School where she was the valedictorian of her graduating class. She was the first in her family to attend University (Utah State) where she met Max in 1947 and whom she married the following year. Following completion of Max's education, the family moved numerous times as new career opportunities were presented. They lived in Afton Wyoming, Alamo Nevada, Oakley Idaho, Melba Idaho, Paris Idaho, Roosevelt Utah, Cottonwood Heights and Sandy Utah. In each place she made life-long friends and raised her family in the church. She loved serving in the church, especially the Young Women's and Primary. Following Max's retirement in 1987, she served a mission with her husband in Preston, England where they touched the lives of many people. Fern had a very successful career as a homemaker and mother. Her family was her life! She was happiest when she had her family around her. She instilled in them a great love of family, the gospel, the beauties of nature, and performing a task beautifully. She loved to bear her testimony, sing songs to grandchildren, prepare beautiful meals, bake bread and make black licorice. Her parents, siblings, daughter, Tauna, and husband precede her in death. She is survived by five of her children (Greg, Brad, Marty, and Scott Gollaher and Shaunalie Fotheringham), 22 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. She will be sorely missed for now but she promised to be there to welcome all of us when our time comes to join her in eternity. Thank you mother for your incredibly deep love and kindness for all of us. We hope your reunion with your loved ones on the other side is as sweet as you were anticipating. Friends may call at the Cannon Mortuary, 2460 East Bengal Blvd (7600 South) on Sunday evening April 11 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and one hour prior to the funeral service. Funeral services will be held on Monday April 12, at Little Cottonwood 20th Ward (1160 E. Vine Street-about 6000 S.) at 11:00 a.m. Interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery.
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