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Yetta Karen Peterson Pierson

May 13, 1940 — February 24, 2010

East Garland, UT – Our dear wife, mom, grandma, sister, and friend, Yetta Karen Peterson Pierson, 69, passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 24, 2010, in East Garland, Utah. Yetta Karen was born May 13, 1940, in Tremonton, Utah, to Lorenzo F. and Dorris S. Peterson. She spent most of her life in East Garland. She graduated from Bear River High School and worked at Thiokol after graduation. On July 17, 1959, Yetta Karen married her high school sweetheart, Reed Pierson, in the Logan LDS Temple. She was able to quit work to become a full-time mom. They are the parents of Becky Hodge, Suzette and Brad Stevenson, and Wes and Kari Pierson. She loved her 14 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Yetta Karen was a member of the LDS church and served in many callings, including Primary President, Secretary and Relief Society Secretary. She loved to go with her husband to sporting events and horse races. She loved hummingbirds, her flower garden, and greatly appreciated Lee, Bernice, and Lani for providing beautiful flowers the past two years. Yetta Karen will be greatly missed by her husband, children, grandchildren, and brother, Cleland Peterson, as well as many other family members and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, son-in-law, Layne Hodge, grandson, Trent Stevenson, and brother, L. Francis Peterson. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 26, 2010 at the East Garland LDS Ward, 4375 West 15600 North, Fielding. A viewing will be held Thursday, February 25, 2010 from 6:30 to 8:30p.m. at Rogers and Taylor Funeral Home, 111 North 100 East, Tremonton and Friday from 12:30 to 1:40 p.m. before the funeral at the church. The family would like to thank IHC Hospice, especially Carol, Mavis, Camille, Jen, and Sean. Her children would like to express their love to their dad for the unending love and care he took of their mom over the past several years and to the many special friends who stopped by to visit.
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