Arlene Archibald

Arlene Halling Archibald age 82 peacefully passed away 30 Jan. 2014 with her family nearby, after battling Parkinson's Disease for ten years.
Arlene was born 10 Oct., 1931, in Mantua, Utah, to Wilford & Cora Gertrude Jensen Halling. She had eight brothers and sisters. She attended Box Elder High School, graduating in 1949.
She met a handsome soldier at the local Mantua gas station while he was filling up his Harley 64. She married Marloe Leavitt Archibald, Jan. 25, 1952, in the Logan Temple after he had returned home from the Korean War. While Marloe was attending USU, she worked as a switchboard operator & with the post office. After Marloe graduated from USU they moved to Wellsville where they have resided for 58 years.
Her life was blessed with four wonderful children. She was a full-time homemaker & mother. She enjoyed baking, sewing, quilting and having family parties. She loved having family dinners in her home and at the homes of family and friends.
She was a life-long member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She served in Primary, Relief Society, & Cub Scouts. Arlene & Marloe served in the Tampa Florida Mission and served in the Logan Temple as an officiators for 12 years.
She was a gifted, artistic woman who expressed her creativity through clothing design, quilting, oil painting and creating a beautiful home for her family to enjoy. She was generous in sharing her time and talents with her friends and neighbors. Her home was open to others which included two Navajo students as part of the Indian Placement Program.
She was preceded in death by a son, John, daughter Ann, granddaughter, Gina, her Mother, Father & six siblings.
She will be greatly missed by her loving husband, son David (Beth) Archibald of Providence, daughter Zina (Norman) Dayley of Providence, 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at noon on Monday, Feb. 3, at the Wellsville 8th Ward chapel, 200 South 49 West, Wellsville Utah. A viewing will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, Sunday Feb. 2 and a family viewing the following morning from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Condolences may be shared online at www.allenmortuaries.net .
The family would like to thank the many friends, neighbors and ward members for their kind care and concern. Thanking Dr. Salisbury's office, Right at Home Services and Sunshine Terrance, Logan Regional Hospital for their fine care.