From Calgary Herald (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - August 15, 2018:
Beth Tanner Spackman passed away peacefully on August 11, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the age of 91 years. Edna Beth Spackman (known as "Beth") was born March 16, 1927 to Nathan Eldon and Sara Isabelle Merrill Tanner, the fourth of five girls. At the time of her birth, her family was living in Hillspring, AB, but she was born in the hospital in Cardston. Her family moved to Cardston when she was very young. When she was 10, her family moved to Edmonton where she lived until she married. Beth earned her first university degree with a B.Sc. from University of Alberta in Home Economics. She taught school in Athabasca for one year before she married. After her marriage, she completed her second degree in Education.
Beth married Grant Spackman in the Cardston, Alberta temple on July 28, 1949. Their union has produced eight children, 35 grandchildren, and 60 great-grandchildren, with three more babies on the way. After their university life in Edmonton, they lived in Estevan and Regina, SK, and then 40 years was spent on an acreage south of Calgary. Beth embraced her role of homemaker with zeal. Their home was filled with love, laughter and prayer, hard work, diligence and a deep love of the Lord. Her cooking and family dinners were legendary, especially her mouth-watering multi-grain bread (which her father declared "the best bread in the world!") She was an excellent seamstress. Her love of music enveloped their home. Her incredible intellect blessed the lives of all those with whom she came in contact. Beth was an extraordinary teacher. For years, she worked diligently to keep her mind nimble, from daily crossword puzzles to reading the scriptures in English, Icelandic, French and Spanish and frequently memorizing passages. Beth took excellent care of her physical body and expected everyone around her to do the same. She exercised every single day. When at their much-loved summer home in Waterton, she would hike almost every morning before breakfast, usually to Bertha Falls (5.2 km round trip.) She hiked the Crypt Lake hike (17.2 km round trip) at the age of 79. At the age of 81, she climbed the Carthew-Alderson Trail (20.1 km.) Her self-discipline and tenacity are legendary.
Beth's life was defined by constant service. Her work ethic and intellect combined with her pure love for the Lord and her fellow beings had the effect of changing countless lives. She served as ward and stake Relief Society President. Beth and Grant served four church missions together: New Zealand Christchurch Mission as mission president (1983-1986), Iceland as counsellor to the Denmark Copenhagen mission president (1992-1993), Toronto Temple (1996-1997), and Phoenix, Arizona in the Mesa temple visitor center (2001-2002.) Beth and Grant loved to attend the temple, and Beth was blessed with the health to be able to attend weekly until she passed away. Her last day in the temple was one week before her passing. She was filled with joy at being together with all her children and their spouses in the Calgary temple.
Beth is survived by seven of her eight children: Larry (Flora) Spackman of Calgary, AB, Kathy (Wendell) Cahoon of Sandy, UT, David (Camilla) Spackman of Calgary, AB, Bill (Colette) Spackman of Calgary, AB, Hugh (Penny) Spackman of Santa Barbara, CA, Carl (Tracy) Spackman of Phoenix, AZ and Michael (Jennifer) Spackman of Boise, ID; 35 grandchildren and 60 great-grandchildren, her sister, Helen Tanner Beaton of Medford, OR, and many more family and dear friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Grant Lawrence Spackman, her son Thomas Spackman, grandson Michael Spackman, great-granddaughter Kaitlyn Leishman, her parents N. Eldon and Sara Tanner, and her sisters Ruth T. Walker, Isabelle T. Jensen, and Zola T. Rhodes.
A Viewing will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Foothills Stake Centre (30 Everstone Blvd. SW, Calgary) on Friday, August 17, 2018 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service will then be held at the same location on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. with a viewing before the funeral at 10:30. Interment will follow at Mountain View Memorial Gardens.
Beth Tanner Spackman passed away peacefully on August 11, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the age of 91 years. Edna Beth Spackman (known as "Beth") was born March 16, 1927 to Nathan Eldon and Sara Isabelle Merrill Tanner, the fourth of five girls. At the time of her birth, her family was living in Hillspring, AB, but she was born in the hospital in Cardston. Her family moved to Cardston when she was very young. When she was 10, her family moved to Edmonton where she lived until she married. Beth earned her first university degree with a B.Sc. from University of Alberta in Home Economics. She taught school in Athabasca for one year before she married. After her marriage, she completed her second degree in Education.
Beth married Grant Spackman in the Cardston, Alberta temple on July 28, 1949. Their union has produced eight children, 35 grandchildren, and 60 great-grandchildren, with three more babies on the way. After their university life in Edmonton, they lived in Estevan and Regina, SK, and then 40 years was spent on an acreage south of Calgary. Beth embraced her role of homemaker with zeal. Their home was filled with love, laughter and prayer, hard work, diligence and a deep love of the Lord. Her cooking and family dinners were legendary, especially her mouth-watering multi-grain bread (which her father declared "the best bread in the world!") She was an excellent seamstress. Her love of music enveloped their home. Her incredible intellect blessed the lives of all those with whom she came in contact. Beth was an extraordinary teacher. For years, she worked diligently to keep her mind nimble, from daily crossword puzzles to reading the scriptures in English, Icelandic, French and Spanish and frequently memorizing passages. Beth took excellent care of her physical body and expected everyone around her to do the same. She exercised every single day. When at their much-loved summer home in Waterton, she would hike almost every morning before breakfast, usually to Bertha Falls (5.2 km round trip.) She hiked the Crypt Lake hike (17.2 km round trip) at the age of 79. At the age of 81, she climbed the Carthew-Alderson Trail (20.1 km.) Her self-discipline and tenacity are legendary.
Beth's life was defined by constant service. Her work ethic and intellect combined with her pure love for the Lord and her fellow beings had the effect of changing countless lives. She served as ward and stake Relief Society President. Beth and Grant served four church missions together: New Zealand Christchurch Mission as mission president (1983-1986), Iceland as counsellor to the Denmark Copenhagen mission president (1992-1993), Toronto Temple (1996-1997), and Phoenix, Arizona in the Mesa temple visitor center (2001-2002.) Beth and Grant loved to attend the temple, and Beth was blessed with the health to be able to attend weekly until she passed away. Her last day in the temple was one week before her passing. She was filled with joy at being together with all her children and their spouses in the Calgary temple.
Beth is survived by seven of her eight children: Larry (Flora) Spackman of Calgary, AB, Kathy (Wendell) Cahoon of Sandy, UT, David (Camilla) Spackman of Calgary, AB, Bill (Colette) Spackman of Calgary, AB, Hugh (Penny) Spackman of Santa Barbara, CA, Carl (Tracy) Spackman of Phoenix, AZ and Michael (Jennifer) Spackman of Boise, ID; 35 grandchildren and 60 great-grandchildren, her sister, Helen Tanner Beaton of Medford, OR, and many more family and dear friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Grant Lawrence Spackman, her son Thomas Spackman, grandson Michael Spackman, great-granddaughter Kaitlyn Leishman, her parents N. Eldon and Sara Tanner, and her sisters Ruth T. Walker, Isabelle T. Jensen, and Zola T. Rhodes.
A Viewing will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Foothills Stake Centre (30 Everstone Blvd. SW, Calgary) on Friday, August 17, 2018 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service will then be held at the same location on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. with a viewing before the funeral at 10:30. Interment will follow at Mountain View Memorial Gardens.
From Calgary Herald (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - August 15, 2018:
Beth Tanner Spackman passed away peacefully on August 11, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the age of 91 years. Edna Beth Spackman (known as "Beth") was born March 16, 1927 to Nathan Eldon and Sara Isabelle Merrill Tanner, the fourth of five girls. At the time of her birth, her family was living in Hillspring, AB, but she was born in the hospital in Cardston. Her family moved to Cardston when she was very young. When she was 10, her family moved to Edmonton where she lived until she married. Beth earned her first university degree with a B.Sc. from University of Alberta in Home Economics. She taught school in Athabasca for one year before she married. After her marriage, she completed her second degree in Education.
Beth married Grant Spackman in the Cardston, Alberta temple on July 28, 1949. Their union has produced eight children, 35 grandchildren, and 60 great-grandchildren, with three more babies on the way. After their university life in Edmonton, they lived in Estevan and Regina, SK, and then 40 years was spent on an acreage south of Calgary. Beth embraced her role of homemaker with zeal. Their home was filled with love, laughter and prayer, hard work, diligence and a deep love of the Lord. Her cooking and family dinners were legendary, especially her mouth-watering multi-grain bread (which her father declared "the best bread in the world!") She was an excellent seamstress. Her love of music enveloped their home. Her incredible intellect blessed the lives of all those with whom she came in contact. Beth was an extraordinary teacher. For years, she worked diligently to keep her mind nimble, from daily crossword puzzles to reading the scriptures in English, Icelandic, French and Spanish and frequently memorizing passages. Beth took excellent care of her physical body and expected everyone around her to do the same. She exercised every single day. When at their much-loved summer home in Waterton, she would hike almost every morning before breakfast, usually to Bertha Falls (5.2 km round trip.) She hiked the Crypt Lake hike (17.2 km round trip) at the age of 79. At the age of 81, she climbed the Carthew-Alderson Trail (20.1 km.) Her self-discipline and tenacity are legendary.
Beth's life was defined by constant service. Her work ethic and intellect combined with her pure love for the Lord and her fellow beings had the effect of changing countless lives. She served as ward and stake Relief Society President. Beth and Grant served four church missions together: New Zealand Christchurch Mission as mission president (1983-1986), Iceland as counsellor to the Denmark Copenhagen mission president (1992-1993), Toronto Temple (1996-1997), and Phoenix, Arizona in the Mesa temple visitor center (2001-2002.) Beth and Grant loved to attend the temple, and Beth was blessed with the health to be able to attend weekly until she passed away. Her last day in the temple was one week before her passing. She was filled with joy at being together with all her children and their spouses in the Calgary temple.
Beth is survived by seven of her eight children: Larry (Flora) Spackman of Calgary, AB, Kathy (Wendell) Cahoon of Sandy, UT, David (Camilla) Spackman of Calgary, AB, Bill (Colette) Spackman of Calgary, AB, Hugh (Penny) Spackman of Santa Barbara, CA, Carl (Tracy) Spackman of Phoenix, AZ and Michael (Jennifer) Spackman of Boise, ID; 35 grandchildren and 60 great-grandchildren, her sister, Helen Tanner Beaton of Medford, OR, and many more family and dear friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Grant Lawrence Spackman, her son Thomas Spackman, grandson Michael Spackman, great-granddaughter Kaitlyn Leishman, her parents N. Eldon and Sara Tanner, and her sisters Ruth T. Walker, Isabelle T. Jensen, and Zola T. Rhodes.
A Viewing will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Foothills Stake Centre (30 Everstone Blvd. SW, Calgary) on Friday, August 17, 2018 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service will then be held at the same location on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. with a viewing before the funeral at 10:30. Interment will follow at Mountain View Memorial Gardens.
Beth Tanner Spackman passed away peacefully on August 11, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the age of 91 years. Edna Beth Spackman (known as "Beth") was born March 16, 1927 to Nathan Eldon and Sara Isabelle Merrill Tanner, the fourth of five girls. At the time of her birth, her family was living in Hillspring, AB, but she was born in the hospital in Cardston. Her family moved to Cardston when she was very young. When she was 10, her family moved to Edmonton where she lived until she married. Beth earned her first university degree with a B.Sc. from University of Alberta in Home Economics. She taught school in Athabasca for one year before she married. After her marriage, she completed her second degree in Education.
Beth married Grant Spackman in the Cardston, Alberta temple on July 28, 1949. Their union has produced eight children, 35 grandchildren, and 60 great-grandchildren, with three more babies on the way. After their university life in Edmonton, they lived in Estevan and Regina, SK, and then 40 years was spent on an acreage south of Calgary. Beth embraced her role of homemaker with zeal. Their home was filled with love, laughter and prayer, hard work, diligence and a deep love of the Lord. Her cooking and family dinners were legendary, especially her mouth-watering multi-grain bread (which her father declared "the best bread in the world!") She was an excellent seamstress. Her love of music enveloped their home. Her incredible intellect blessed the lives of all those with whom she came in contact. Beth was an extraordinary teacher. For years, she worked diligently to keep her mind nimble, from daily crossword puzzles to reading the scriptures in English, Icelandic, French and Spanish and frequently memorizing passages. Beth took excellent care of her physical body and expected everyone around her to do the same. She exercised every single day. When at their much-loved summer home in Waterton, she would hike almost every morning before breakfast, usually to Bertha Falls (5.2 km round trip.) She hiked the Crypt Lake hike (17.2 km round trip) at the age of 79. At the age of 81, she climbed the Carthew-Alderson Trail (20.1 km.) Her self-discipline and tenacity are legendary.
Beth's life was defined by constant service. Her work ethic and intellect combined with her pure love for the Lord and her fellow beings had the effect of changing countless lives. She served as ward and stake Relief Society President. Beth and Grant served four church missions together: New Zealand Christchurch Mission as mission president (1983-1986), Iceland as counsellor to the Denmark Copenhagen mission president (1992-1993), Toronto Temple (1996-1997), and Phoenix, Arizona in the Mesa temple visitor center (2001-2002.) Beth and Grant loved to attend the temple, and Beth was blessed with the health to be able to attend weekly until she passed away. Her last day in the temple was one week before her passing. She was filled with joy at being together with all her children and their spouses in the Calgary temple.
Beth is survived by seven of her eight children: Larry (Flora) Spackman of Calgary, AB, Kathy (Wendell) Cahoon of Sandy, UT, David (Camilla) Spackman of Calgary, AB, Bill (Colette) Spackman of Calgary, AB, Hugh (Penny) Spackman of Santa Barbara, CA, Carl (Tracy) Spackman of Phoenix, AZ and Michael (Jennifer) Spackman of Boise, ID; 35 grandchildren and 60 great-grandchildren, her sister, Helen Tanner Beaton of Medford, OR, and many more family and dear friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Grant Lawrence Spackman, her son Thomas Spackman, grandson Michael Spackman, great-granddaughter Kaitlyn Leishman, her parents N. Eldon and Sara Tanner, and her sisters Ruth T. Walker, Isabelle T. Jensen, and Zola T. Rhodes.
A Viewing will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Foothills Stake Centre (30 Everstone Blvd. SW, Calgary) on Friday, August 17, 2018 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service will then be held at the same location on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. with a viewing before the funeral at 10:30. Interment will follow at Mountain View Memorial Gardens.
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