Adelia (“Dee”) Hall Rushforth, 90, passed away unexpectedly on November 22, 2008. She was born March 5, 1918 in St. George, Utah as the oldest child of Orson Charles Hall and Philena Pickett Hall. She served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was stationed in San Francisco, California, where she met her husband, Thomas Stevenson (“Steve”) Rushforth, and where they were married on December 9, 1944. After the war, they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they made their home in Kaysville and later in Fruit Heights. Dee was preceded in death by her husband and a son, Kent, as well as by her sister Verle Baumann and her brothers Orlo and Julian Hall. She is survived by: her sister Eldene Stewart; her children (and their spouses), Dennis Rushforth (Gail), Sandra Rushforth, Layne Rushforth (Sharon), and Sharla Hunt (Franklin); Glenda Miller; 17 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and numerous friends. Her life was one of compassion and service as a mother, a citizen of the community, and in various callings in the Church. At various times in her life, she was a teacher at Dixie High School and at Layton High School, a member of a curriculum committee for the Church, a docent at the Church History Museum, a leader in various Church positions, and an active member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
Friends and family may visit from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, November 28, 2008 at the Lindquist Mortuary, 400 N. Main St., Kaysville, Utah and again from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 29, 2008 in the chapel for the Fruit Heights 3rd Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 170 N. Mountain Rd., Fruit Heights, Utah. Funeral services will follow at 11:00 a.m.
Updated November 22, 2008 9:20 PM
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