Early Life: Vivian was born on January 5, 1920, in her grandparent’s home in Leavenworth, Kansas, to Hubert Kenneth and Cora Charlotte Hicks Hodson. Her father was in the United States Army stationed at Fort Leavenworth. When Vivian was three years old, she and her parents moved to Provo, Utah, where they lived with her paternal grandparents in her father’s childhood home. At five, she and her mother relocated back to Kansas during the great depression. Her father later found work at a pipe plant and brought the family back to Provo where her brother Melvin and sister Bernice were born. She grew up in Provo and attended Provo City schools graduating from Provo High School in 1938.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: Upon graduating, she went to work for her uncle in the Walgreens Drug store at the soda fountain. This is where she met Howard M. Betts. They were married Easter Sunday, March 24, 1940. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on August 24, 1967. Vivian and Howard raised four children: Rosalie, Merianne, Howard Kenneth (Kenny) and William Edwin (Eddy). In 1954, they purchased their first house in Provo, Utah. Two years later, they bought a brand new home in Orem, Utah, where she has lived for the past 60 years. She loved crafting: painting, crocheting, knitting and sewing just to name a few. She wrote poetry and was very skilled. She belonged to a craft club and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She loved people and made many friends in her life. The people closest to her always said she never had a problem making friends and keeping them for years. Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Vivian Maxine Hodson Betts left this mortal life on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. She was 96.
Survived By: Her living children, 15 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren will all miss her dearly.
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Howard; her daughter, Rosalie; and her parents.
Services: Lakeridge 8th Ward Chapel
Final Rest: Payson City Cemetery
Obituary Published By:
© Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 29 March 2016
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Life's Work/Service/Interests: Upon graduating, she went to work for her uncle in the Walgreens Drug store at the soda fountain. This is where she met Howard M. Betts. They were married Easter Sunday, March 24, 1940. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on August 24, 1967. Vivian and Howard raised four children: Rosalie, Merianne, Howard Kenneth (Kenny) and William Edwin (Eddy). In 1954, they purchased their first house in Provo, Utah. Two years later, they bought a brand new home in Orem, Utah, where she has lived for the past 60 years. She loved crafting: painting, crocheting, knitting and sewing just to name a few. She wrote poetry and was very skilled. She belonged to a craft club and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She loved people and made many friends in her life. The people closest to her always said she never had a problem making friends and keeping them for years. Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Vivian Maxine Hodson Betts left this mortal life on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. She was 96.
Survived By: Her living children, 15 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren will all miss her dearly.
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Howard; her daughter, Rosalie; and her parents.
Services: Lakeridge 8th Ward Chapel
Final Rest: Payson City Cemetery
Obituary Published By:
© Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 29 March 2016
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Early Life: Vivian was born on January 5, 1920, in her grandparent’s home in Leavenworth, Kansas, to Hubert Kenneth and Cora Charlotte Hicks Hodson. Her father was in the United States Army stationed at Fort Leavenworth. When Vivian was three years old, she and her parents moved to Provo, Utah, where they lived with her paternal grandparents in her father’s childhood home. At five, she and her mother relocated back to Kansas during the great depression. Her father later found work at a pipe plant and brought the family back to Provo where her brother Melvin and sister Bernice were born. She grew up in Provo and attended Provo City schools graduating from Provo High School in 1938.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: Upon graduating, she went to work for her uncle in the Walgreens Drug store at the soda fountain. This is where she met Howard M. Betts. They were married Easter Sunday, March 24, 1940. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on August 24, 1967. Vivian and Howard raised four children: Rosalie, Merianne, Howard Kenneth (Kenny) and William Edwin (Eddy). In 1954, they purchased their first house in Provo, Utah. Two years later, they bought a brand new home in Orem, Utah, where she has lived for the past 60 years. She loved crafting: painting, crocheting, knitting and sewing just to name a few. She wrote poetry and was very skilled. She belonged to a craft club and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She loved people and made many friends in her life. The people closest to her always said she never had a problem making friends and keeping them for years. Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Vivian Maxine Hodson Betts left this mortal life on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. She was 96.
Survived By: Her living children, 15 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren will all miss her dearly.
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Howard; her daughter, Rosalie; and her parents.
Services: Lakeridge 8th Ward Chapel
Final Rest: Payson City Cemetery
Obituary Published By:
© Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 29 March 2016
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Life's Work/Service/Interests: Upon graduating, she went to work for her uncle in the Walgreens Drug store at the soda fountain. This is where she met Howard M. Betts. They were married Easter Sunday, March 24, 1940. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on August 24, 1967. Vivian and Howard raised four children: Rosalie, Merianne, Howard Kenneth (Kenny) and William Edwin (Eddy). In 1954, they purchased their first house in Provo, Utah. Two years later, they bought a brand new home in Orem, Utah, where she has lived for the past 60 years. She loved crafting: painting, crocheting, knitting and sewing just to name a few. She wrote poetry and was very skilled. She belonged to a craft club and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She loved people and made many friends in her life. The people closest to her always said she never had a problem making friends and keeping them for years. Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, Vivian Maxine Hodson Betts left this mortal life on Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. She was 96.
Survived By: Her living children, 15 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren will all miss her dearly.
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Howard; her daughter, Rosalie; and her parents.
Services: Lakeridge 8th Ward Chapel
Final Rest: Payson City Cemetery
Obituary Published By:
© Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 29 March 2016
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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