Celia P. Bailey

Celia Poppleton Bailey died Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Terrace Grove in Logan Utah. She was born June 30, 1919 in Wellsville Utah, the youngest of nine children, to William Riggs and Annie Larsen Poppleton.
She married Reese Bailey on April 30, 1941 in the Logan LDS Temple. He passed away July 6, 1991. They were the parents of four children.
Celia was a lifelong resident of Wellsville and attended elementary and jr, high in Wellsville and graduated from South Cache High School in Hyrum Utah.
Being a farm girl, Celia worked alongside her brothers and sisters in the hay fields. She also spent many hours thinning, hoeing and topping beets.
After her children were raised Celia went to work at Sunshine Terrace. She worked there for 30 years and made many dear friends with her co-workers and the residents. These friends were always very special and dear to her.
Celia was a member of the Wellsville 3rd Ward, and had a strong testimony of the gospel. She held callings in the Relief Society, Mutual, Sunday School and Primary, where she enjoyed serving. She also spent many hours working with friends on the Old Folks Committee preparing meals for ward members. She enjoyed genealogy work and made each of her children a genealogy book.
Celia loved spending time on Friday's with her friends where they enjoyed lunch, visiting together and going on rides in the car. Thank you to those friends who made it possible for her to go and enjoy that time together. She enjoyed life and her association with people. Her greatest joy was when her family, friends, and neighbors would come and visit her in her home. She loved to cook and her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were the recipients of her famous sugar cookies with pink frosting, chocolate cake, puffed rice balls, homemade candy, and wonderful homemade bread which she made and shared weekly. She also loved doing handwork and spent many hours making quilts, crocheting afghans, baby blankets, hot pads and embroidery work.
Reese and Celia enjoyed spending time together during the summer in Blacksmith Fork Canyon. They would park their trailer in their "regular" spot and spend a few days each week enjoying the peace and quiet of the canyon. She is survived by her children: DeAnn and Jerry Haslam, Wellsville UT; Paul and Becky Bailey, Mt. Sterling UT;
Lana and Jerry (deceased) Simmonds, Trenton UT and Mark and Polly Bailey, Kaysville UT. She also leaves behind 14 grandchildren, 25 (plus 1 on the way) great grandchildren and 9 (plus 1 on the way) great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Reese; her parents; four brothers: William, George, Roy and Marvin and four sisters: Clora, Leola, Carrie, and Verda and son-in-law Jerry Simmonds.