Individual 1688: Aileen Worthen

Individual Record 1688

Name} Worthen, Aileen

Family History} Hancock

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Race} White

Sex} Female

Birth: Date} Fam 17 Jan 1920

Place} Glenwood, Sevier, Utah

Marr.: Date} Fam 25 Dec 1941

Place} Saint George, Washington, Utah (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 12 Oct 2004

Place} Provo, Utah County, Utah

Burial: Date} Exa 16 Oct 2004

Place} Orem City Cemetery, Orem, Utah County, Utah

Grave Marker} Yes

Source 1}	740 = Obituary
Source 2}	741 = Obituary
Source 3}	936 = Family history
Source 4}	1043=IGI
Source 5}	1523=Cemetery rec
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Parents: } Vernon Worthen & Lorna Perkins
Relationship No.} None

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Occupation 1} School teacher
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Religion/Church} Latter-day Saints

Spouses: First} Walker, Junior LeRoy (Roi)
Total Number of} 1

Notes: Aileen was born in 1920 in Glenwood, Utah, and was the first of four children. After a year in Glenwood her family moved back to St. George. Aileen spent the rest of her youth in St. George. Her father taught school there for 41 years.

Aileen attended Dixie Junior College and graduated from Brigham Young University. Later she took additional courses at BYU and USU for enjoyment and for teacher re-certification.

Aileen began teaching school in Rockville, Utah. As they only hired single female teachers back then she had to get permission from the school superintendent to get married. He agreed if she would finish the year. She married Roi Walker on 25 Dec 1941 in St. George. She continued teaching in Rockville while Roi returned to construction work in the Ogden/Hill Air Force Base area. Their union was sealed on 19 May 1942 in the St. George Temple. Years later she taught school in Logan, Utah, and in Japan.

Music was always a vital part of Aileen's life. She accompanied her father as he sang, played xylophone solos, played piano in dance bands, played drums and tympani in college bands, attended operas, and engaged in family sing-a-longs in cars and at home.

For most of her life Aileen served the LDS Church in special callings at various locations in the U.S., Japan, France, and Germany. Leaving children and grandchildren was difficult, but Roi and her completed an 18-month full-time mission in Western Australia in 1987 and 1988. In addition, she was an officer in the PTA, the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and the Orem Women's Club.

Aileen passed away early in the morning of 12 Oct 2004. She was 84¾ years old.

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Time of Death} early in the A.M.

Fraternal/Social} see Notes

LDS: Baptism} Fam 17 Jan 1928

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