Yolo-El Dorado County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....BECKSTROM , Elva Mae August 31 2002 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/ca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy B. Perazzo pbperazzo@comcast.net August 7, 2004, 9:56 pm "The Davis Enterprise," Wednesday, September 4, 2002 Elva M. Beckstrom Elva Mae Beckstrom died peacefully on Aug. 31, 2002, in Placerville. She was 81 years old. She was born on Nov. 22, 1920, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the fourth child of Brigham Fielding and Laura Selinda Bringhurst Duffin. The family moved to Santa Paula in 1927 where she attended local schools. Upon graduation from Santa Paula High School, she attended Ventura Junior College, majoring in music. On June 21, 1941, she married her sweetheart Reid J. Beckstrom, in the Salt Lake City Mormon Temple. The couple lived in Inglewood where she became a homemaker and enjoyed participating in musical activities and singing in a girls' trio. Their first two children were born during this time. In 1947, following the end of World War II, she and her husband moved to Coalinga where two more children were born. In 1961 her family moved with her husband's career to Davis. After her children left for college, she worked as an admissions officer at UC Davis. In 1981 her husband retired and they settled in Somerset, where they built their own home and cultivated beautiful gardens. In 1991 she joined with her husband in establishing the El Dorado Stake Genealogy Center in Placerville. During this time she was able to trace her ancestors back to the early 1500s. She was active in several organizations in the LDS church, PTA, Girl Scouts and other civic and community activities. She loved singing and dancing and performed in various musical productions throughout her live. She was a talented artist and seamstress, an excellent cook, and loving wife and mother. She made many friends and faithfully supported her husband and children in all their activities and endeavors. She loved life, had an easy laugh and enjoyed people of all ages and from all walks of life. She was particularly fond of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was much loved and will be missed by all who had the good fortune to know her. She especially appreciated the care and kindness of her dear neighbors, her compassionate doctors, and the staff at Marshall Hospital during her last days of life. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Ralph Bringhurst Duffin; a sister, Laura Marie Cosby; and two grandchildren. She is survived by her beloved husband, Reid, to whom she had been married for 61 years; a sister, Ellen Lucille Revill of Simi; a brother, John Gilbert Duffin of Henderson, Nev.; her children and their spouses, David and Linda Beckstrom of Snohomish, Wash., Elaine and Harold Cluff of McCall, Idaho, Jan and Erin David Bigler of Provo, Utah, and Karen and Aaron Niepoetter of Bloomington, Ill.; 17 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren. Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial service at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel, 3275 Cedar Ravine Road in Placerville. A viewing will be held at noon prior to the service. Additional Comments: Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/obits/gob1107beckstro.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb