
Eldora Venema Gibson
August 13, 1931 - January 8, 2019Service Information
Viewing January 13, 2019 at 6:00 - 8:00 PM
4300 West 4715 South, Kearns, Utah
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ViewingJanuary 14, 2019 at 10:00 AM
4300 West 4715 South, Kearns, Utah
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Funeral Service January 14, 2019 at 11:00 AM
4300 West 4715 South, Kearns, Utah
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Eldora Venema Gibson
Eldora Venema Gibson, age 87, of Kearns, Utah, passed away peacefully on January 8, 2019 surrounded by her family. As she left mortality, she was welcomed by her parents, brother, and precious daughter, Abbie.
Eldora was born on August 13, 1931, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Albert and Loveina (Naismith) Venema. She grew up with one older brother, Ronald. She graduated from West High School a year early and began working in a bank as a bookkeeper. After some encouragement from the relatives of Roy Ralph Gibson, she began writing to him while he was on his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After his return and time for a courtship, they were married in the Salt Lake City Temple on April 13, 1953. Shortly after their wedding, they purchased a home in Kearns, Utah, where they resided for the rest of her life, despite her husband’s regular attempts to show her other homes. Roy and Eldora had 5 boys and 3 girls, losing their sweet Abbie due to birth defects at 3 months old. Within their 8 children, they have seen 5 Eagle scouts ranks, 1 young womanhood medallion, 5 returned missionaries, and all 7 adult children have been through the temple.

Eldora spent much of her life in service of her Heavenly Father teaching children in primary, youth in Mutual, women in Relief Society, and both men and women in Sunday School. She enjoyed visiting her sisters in the gospel through visiting teaching. Eldora also held a love of music that she instilled in her children, grandchildren, friends, and church congregation through piano lessons, playing the organ during church services, leading the choir and church congregation in singing hymns of praise.
Eldora is separated for a time from her loving husband of 65 years, Roy; her children Royce (Dawn), Kent (Janelle), Laine (Julie), Ladora (Steve), Rodney (Marian), Jerry (Michele), and Maureen (Scott); and a marvelous posterity of 44 grandchildren, 53 great grandchildren, and 3 great-great grandchildren.
Eldora’s family expresses gratitude to the many healthcare providers who cared for her during the last few years of her life. Her daughter, Ladora, deserves special recognition for providing years of in-home care and support so Eldora could remain in her home.
Viewings and funeral services will be held in the Kearns East Stake Center, 4300 W 4715 S. A Sunday evening viewing will be held from 6 to 8 pm. On Monday, January 14, 2019, a viewing will begin at 9:30 am and end at 10:40 am. Funeral Services will follow at 11 am. Interment will be at the Valley View Memorial Park located at 4335 W 4100 S.
Professional funeral services provided by Affordable Funerals and Cremations.
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My heart and prayers go out to all of you. She was a very special woman with a heart of gold. I remember one summer that my mom (Linda Brower) got called last minute to go with the young women to camp. She was scrambling to get me ready to take with her, even though I was way to young to be going with the young women to camp, Sister Gibson pulled up to drop off Maureen to go to camp, and my mom told her about having to take me along. Sister Gibson immediately said no way, we are going to our vacation home this week and I’ll take Karen with us. So instead of having to be with all the older girls at camp, I got to go with the Gibson’s and all their grandchildren, who were my age, to the vacation spot for the week. Sister Gibson always treated me like one of her own whenever I was around. I loved her dearly and will miss her.
We are so sorry for your loss Laine.
So very grateful to have been touched, loved and befriended by this wonderful woman. Thanks for sharing her with me.
We will miss you Auntie Dorie
I am writing this note to say how sorry I am that you lost your loved one in death. My heart hurts knowing that you have to go through such a thing. It is truly comforting to know that our Creator in these troublesome times assures us in Psalms 34:18 that “God is near to those that are broken at heart; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves.” Our Creator too feels hurt to know you are suffering, is why he gives you such a wonderful hope of a resurrection right here on earth for your dead loved one. Acts 24:15 says: “and I have hope towards God, which these (men) themselves also entertain, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and unrighteous”. jw.org
My thoughts are with all of you. She was an influence in my life, like all of you, always there. I know now what a gift those years were.