OBITS: The Spectrum 24 Oct 2005; St. George, Washington co., Utah

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Mae Lucile Williams Earl Nelson

BOUNTIFUL - Mae Lucille Williams Earl Nelson "Grandma with the Glasses", 86,
died October 20, 2005, of natural causes. Born June 29, 1919 in Provo, Utah,
to Samuel William and Rebecca Overlade Williams, she was raised in a home
where music was the family business. She attended BYU where she met Leland
Joseph Earl from South Weber, Utah. They were married on June 17, 1940 in
Farmington, Utah. Marriage later solemnized in the LDS, Salt Lake Temple.
After Leland's death in 1990, she married Carl Erwin Nelson in 1992 in St.
George, Utah. They shared the next eight years together until his death at 98.
She is survived by her two daughters and their husbands, Deanna and Marty
Ehman of Bountiful, and Elaine and Gary Beck of Glendora, California, nine
grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. During World War II, Leland was
assigned by the Navy to San Diego, California. The family followed him to
California where they lived for 44 years, residing in San Diego, Inglewood and
San Gabriel. Mae loved to serve. She was an exceptional Grandma and loved her
family very much. She served as Relief Society President, on the
California-Utah Women's Board, Board Member of the Harold B. Lee Library at
BYU, Pasadena Stake Mutual Marrieds Leader and member of the BYU Club. She
traveled extensively throughout the states and Europe and passed her love of
travel on to her family. She will be missed. Thanks to the Inn on Barton Creek
for the love and warmth she has felt there for the last 4 years.

Viewing, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Sunday, October 23, 2005, at Russon Brothers
Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, Bountiful, Utah. Funeral, 11:00 a.m. Monday,
October 24, 2005, at the Bountiful 54th Ward, 550 North 1200 East, Bountiful,
Utah with a viewing prior to the funeral from 9:45 - 10:45 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the LDS Humanitarian Center.

Originally published October 24, 2005