Fay Stringham

Fay Stringham, 90, passed away on March 13, 2018, at Legacy House in Logan. Fay was born in Taber, Alberta, Canada, on October 4, 1927, to Evan Probert Stringham and Leah Wilde Stringham. The family lived there for approximately two years, then moved to Lethbridge, Alberta. Three years later they moved to Welling, Alberta, where Fay grew up and attended local schools for eleven years. She finished high school at the Olds School of Agriculture in Olds, Alberta. After high school, she moved to Calgary, Alberta, to study art and bookkeeping. Following completion of her course work she worked at various jobs in Southern Alberta including work for Southern Stationers store in Lethbridge and an import/export company in Calgary and Coutts, Alberta. From October 1954 to January 1957, she filled a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to Tonga where she taught at the Liahona High School.
Upon her return from Tonga, she again worked in Alberta until 1961 when she emigrated to the U.S. and enrolled at Utah State University. She worked her way through the university by working in the Registrars office and graduated with a teaching certificate, majoring in art. After one year in that profession, she decided that teaching was not her “thing” so went back to school and learned to be a key punch operator. She finished her working career as a key punch operator in the computer center at Utah State University. Her working days were shortened by a stroke which occurred in January of 1989.
Fay has always been interested in art. She has painted, and given away, many of her original landscape paintings. That skill has carried over into the many quilts and crocheted afghans she has made.
Fay has been active in the Church all her life. In addition to her mission, she has had various responsibilities in the wards where she has lived. But her most significant contribution, to the family as well as the Church, has been her dedication to family history work. She has compiled numerous family histories and spent long hours on genealogical research. In her recent years, her favorite hobby has been puzzles. She was good at it.
She is survived by her brother, Glen (Margene), Millville, Utah, and their children Glenene (Richard Robertson), Gary (Valerie), Dwight (Sherri), Denene (Byron Loosle) and their families.
Funeral services will be held at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center, Logan, Utah, on Saturday, March 17, at 11:00 a.m. There will be a viewing from 10:00 to 10:45 prior to the funeral. Condolences and thoughts may be expressed to the family online at www.allenmortuaries.net .
We wish to thank the staff at Legacy House and Encompass for the kindness and the wonderful care they have given to Fay.