She was born August 3, 1909 in Fruita, Utah a daughter of Isaac Martin and Julia Ellen Cook Behunin. She married George M. Alvey, Dec. 28, 1933 in Richfield, Utah. The marriage was later solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple. She was a member of the Mt. Timapnogos 2nd Ward where she had been active the Relief Society.
She was a talented seamstress and interior decorator. She enjoyed gardening. She was a granddaughter of Isaac Cutler Behunin who was sent by Brigham Young to colonize the Capitol Reef area.
Surviving are her husband of Orem; one son and one daughter. Leon B. Alvey, San Francisco, Calif.; Mrs James (Yuvonne) Nixdorf, North Ogden; two grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Also surviving are three brothers and three sisters, Matthew Behunin, Bluffdale; Otto Behunin, Salt Lake City; Leland Behunin, Orem; Lila Miller, Sacramento, Calif.; Oma Petrillo, Pinebrook, N.J.; and Iva Mulford, Kearns. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Maureen; six brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Myers Mortuary Chapel in Ogden, with Bishop Guenter officiating. Friends may call at the mortuary Wednesday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Interment in the North Ogden Cemetery.
(Information has been gathered from several sources, so some of it may not be correct)
She was born August 3, 1909 in Fruita, Utah a daughter of Isaac Martin and Julia Ellen Cook Behunin. She married George M. Alvey, Dec. 28, 1933 in Richfield, Utah. The marriage was later solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple. She was a member of the Mt. Timapnogos 2nd Ward where she had been active the Relief Society.
She was a talented seamstress and interior decorator. She enjoyed gardening. She was a granddaughter of Isaac Cutler Behunin who was sent by Brigham Young to colonize the Capitol Reef area.
Surviving are her husband of Orem; one son and one daughter. Leon B. Alvey, San Francisco, Calif.; Mrs James (Yuvonne) Nixdorf, North Ogden; two grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Also surviving are three brothers and three sisters, Matthew Behunin, Bluffdale; Otto Behunin, Salt Lake City; Leland Behunin, Orem; Lila Miller, Sacramento, Calif.; Oma Petrillo, Pinebrook, N.J.; and Iva Mulford, Kearns. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Maureen; six brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Myers Mortuary Chapel in Ogden, with Bishop Guenter officiating. Friends may call at the mortuary Wednesday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. Interment in the North Ogden Cemetery.
(Information has been gathered from several sources, so some of it may not be correct)
Family Members
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Angela Behunin Woolsey
1905–1968
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Jesse Behunin
1906–1910
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Matthew Erval Behunin
1907–2001
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Otto Cleve Behunin
1911–1998
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Elzada Behunin Grendahl
1913–1993
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Mary Jane Behunin Ray
1914–1978
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Joseph Martin Behunin
1916–1989
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Leland Elijah Behunin
1918–2008
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Ada Ray Behunin Smith
1921–1989
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Ivie "Iva" Behunin Mulford
1925–1995
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Oma Dorothy Behunin Petrillo
1928–1995
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