14 May 2012

Death info on Della Nyberg

Della Frances Taylor Nyberg was one of Vera's younger sisters.
Photo from the personal album of Clayton Huber

According to these obituaries, the following dates apply:
BIRTH: 11 May 1911- Chester, Sanpete, Utah
DEATH: 25 Feb 2002- Vernal, Uintah, Utah
She was 90 years old when she died.

Obituary:
SOURCE: Uintah Basin 2002, Mar 5, p.?
Obtained through the Uintah Co. Library Archives Dept.
 Obituary transcribed:
D. Nyberg
Della Frances Nyberg, age 90, passed away February 25, 2002 in the Uintah Care Center.  She was born May 11, 1911 in Chester, Utah to Roy and Roxa Anderson Taylor the tenth of twelve children.  Her family moved to the Uintah Basin in 1916.  Their first year they lived in Hayden 1/2 mile north of the Hayden Cemetery.  She married George Dennis Nyberg on May 5, 1927.  It was later solemnized in the Salt Lake temple on June 10, 1960.  George died on June 24, 1959.  Della worked as a teachers aid for the Uintah Co. School District in Whiterocks, Lapoint and Todd Elementary.  She took many classes at Utah State University.  She was the house mother for the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity at the University of Utah for 2 years.  She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of the Lapoint and the Uintah River wards, serving as Relief Society President, Relief Society teacher and Sunday School Coordinator.  She loved to do temple work and genealogy work and write history.  She served an Indian Mission in Whiterocks.  She sang in choirs and was ward representative of the Stake History Book.  From then to now 75 years in the Uintah Basin.  She was Librarian in the Uintah River Ward.  She went to the temple often.  She was the President of the Lapoint Cemetery Board for many years.
She is survived by her sons, Eugene (Gene) Nyberg of Lapoint, UT; John Alan Nyberg of Mesquite, Nevada; brother, Sherm Taylor of Grand Junction, CO; sister, Doris Ross of Vernal, UT; 11 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, 23 great great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents, daughter, Loa Nyberg Hoopes; daughter-in-law, Beulah Taylor Nyberg; brothers and sisters, Roy TAylor, Rex Taylor, Ralph Taylor, Martin Taylor, Cora Hayward, Zelma Jensen, Vera Huber, Earldean Taylor and Leslie Taylor.
Funeral Services will be Saturday, March 2, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. in the Lapoint Ward Chapel.  Friends may call at Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary Friday evening from 6-8 p.m. and at the Chapel one hour prior to the services.  Burial will be in the Lapoint Cemetery, under the direction of Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary.

Obituary:
SOURCE: Vernal Express 2002, Feb 27, p.?
Obtained through the Uintah Co. Library Archives Dept.
 This reads exactly the same as the one transcribed above.

Headstone:
Headstone located in the Lapoint Cemetery, Lapoint, Utah
Photo taken by me, July 2012.

As Della passed away in the last 50 years, her death certificate will not become publicly available until around the year 2052.  When it is available I will post it here.

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