Mildred Nielson

Greenwich-Utah - Our beloved Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother and Great-Great-Grandmother is dancing again with her eternal companion Newel Nielson for Christmas. Alta Mildred Sorenson Nielson, age 94 of Greenwich Utah, passed away December 22, 2013 in Richfield. She was born February 6, 1919 in Salina, Utah a daughter of Ole Vest and Alta Vella Brown Sorenson, and the youngest of eight children. Mildred grew up in Blackfoot Idaho, Springville, and Greenwich, where she attended school in the little red school house and graduated from Richfield High School, class of 1936. She married Newel A. Nielson, March 28, 1940 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Mildred and Newel were married for 67 years until he passed away on December 31, 2007. Mildred was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she served in many positions including Sunday School Teacher, Secretary, Primary Teacher, Young Women’s, Stake Relief Society, and was a Visiting Teacher all of her life. Mildred and Newel served three missions at the Manti Temple and together spent hundreds of hours doing family history and genealogy work. They worked extraction for the LDS Church and researched names and grave sites at the Koosharem Cemetery finding many unmarked graves and put headstones or markers on them, cataloging them for future generations. She loved to write histories and stories and helped compile the books “Our Own Sevier” and “Grass Valley History”. She loved making quilts, gardening, serving others and spending time with her wonderful husband and family. She is survived by her children: Dan N. (Evelyn) Nielson, Maxine (Thomas) Talbot, Paul M. (Elva) Nielson, all of Greenwich; DeAnna (LeRoy) Matthews of Hurricane; Jewel Jones of St. George; foster daughter; LaVerne (Casey) Watchman of Crownpoint, New Mexico; 31 Grandchildren; 101 Great-Grandchildren; 20 Great-Great-Grandchildren; sister-in-law Wilmoth Nielson, Salina. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ole Vest and Alta Sorenson; two great-grandchildren, Mason Nielson and Tony Talbot; brothers and sisters; Ralph B. Sorenson, Elbert V. Sorenson, Virgie Rice, Blanche Christensen, Ada Bagley, Lucille Hanchett, and Samuel Clyde Sorenson. The family would like to thank the Staff of the Richfield Care Center for their kind and loving care of their mother for over the past six years. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 28, 2013 at 12:00 Noon in the Koosharem LDS Ward Chapel, Friends may call for viewing at the ward chapel in Koosharem Saturday morning from 10:00 to 11:30 prior to the services. Burial will be in the Koosharem Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.