Our dear beloved mother, Geneva Higginbotham Woodbury Klc returned to her Heavenly Father for a happy reunion with her loved ones on the other side on February 9, 2015. Mom quietly passed away of natural causes at home.
Geneva was born June 16, 1924 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Geneva Ione Higginbotham and Elias Lambert Woodbury. She graduated from West High. During World War II, she joined the Navy WAVES which changed her life forever. It was during this time that she met and fell in love with John Klc, Jr. from Perth Amboy, N.J. They were married December 18, 1945 in Seattle, Washington and sealed November 9, 1949 as an eternal family in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
She loved teaching the Trekker boys in Primary, working in the Young Women's program, and singing in the ward choir. She also enjoyed bowling, crocheting, watching Jazz basketball on TV, and listening to the Bees baseball on the radio.
Geneva and John were the original owners of Jeanie\s Smoke Shop.
Geneva is survived and lovingly remembered by her seven children: Nancy (James) Dawes; Beckie (Karl) Penman; Mary Jane (Randy) Swalberg-currently serving a mission in Brazil; Thomas John (Dorothy) Klc; Geneva Kay Burgoyne; B.J. (Brian) Fullmer; and Gary Elias (Karen) Klc; 35 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; sister, Naomi Grange; and sister-in-law, Jean Klc of Avenel, New Jersey. Geneva was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John Klc, sisters: Irita Parker and Mary Alice Woodbury; brothers: Elias Lambert Woodbury, Jr. and Thomas Frank Woodbury and two grandsons, Logan and John Klc.
Many thanks of gratitude are extended to Gary and Karen Klc and Kay Burgoyne for their tender loving care they gave her especially during the past several years.
A viewing will be held on Friday, Feb.13, 2015 from 6:00‚8:00 pm at the Larkin Mortuary 260 East South Temple. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday Feb.14, 2015 at LDS Foothill Sixth Ward, 2215 E. Roosevelt Ave. at 11:00 am with a viewing one hour prior. Interment: Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. Please leave online condolences for the family at www.larkinmortuary.com.
As a memorial to our beloved mother, please gather your family close, hug them, and tell them how much you love them.
