Virginia Bateman Cannon, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend, left us May 24, 2009, to be with her Lord and Savior. As we mourn her absence, we are assured of the heavenly embrace she is receiving and her happy reunion with her parents, husband and sister, Margaret. She was born Nov. 4, 1922, in Midvale, Utah. She was the third of eight children (six sisters, one brother) of Orrel Greenwood and E. Allen Bateman. She spent most of her life in Logan, Utah, graduated from Logan High School and Utah State University. She resided in Logan at the time of her passing. She met her sweetheart, Norman Steffensen Cannon, in New York City, where her family resided for a time and where he was a student. While he was a serviceman, they were married civilly March 7, 1944, in Langley Field, Va., and sealed for eternity in the Logan LDS Temple on July 14, 1944. She is survived by her four sons: Scott (Claudia), Kennewick, Wash., Brad (Sue Ann), Idaho Falls, Idaho, Jeff, Logan, Utah, and Kyle (Lesa), South Weber, Utah; 20 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren; and 6 siblings, Grace, Alice, Richard, Jean, Janet and Kay. Her many interests, skills and talents, including knitting, quilting, needlecraft such as hardanger, cooking, baking, singing, reading, showed her keen mind, love of detail and beauty and of people and ideas. She was humble and unassuming, and served faithfully in many callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including ward Relief Society president, but most importantly as a visiting teacher. She performed many quiet acts of service. Her example, kind and patient ways and skills as a listener (she was never too busy to listen) will be greatly missed by many. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2009, in the Logan 25th Ward Chapel, 325 Lauralin Drive, in Logan. A viewing will be held Friday evening from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center Street, in Logan, and prior to services from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church. Interment will be in the Logan City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.allenmortuaries.net. The family wishes to express their thanks to helpers at Sunshine Terrace, Cache Valley Assisted Living, Intermountain Hospice, Logan Regional Hospital and Dr. Stones. In lieu of flowers, donation can be made to the Norman and Virginia Cannon Scholarship Fund at Utah State University.
Published in Logan Herald Journal from May 27 to June 10, 2009