Virginia Bateman Cannon

Virginia Bateman Cannon, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, left us on May 24, 2009 to be with her Lord and Savior. As we mourn her absence, we are assured of the heavenly embrace she is receiving, and her happy reunion with her parents, husband, and sister, Margaret.

She was born on November 4, 1922, in Midvale, Utah. She was the 3rd of 8 children (6 sisters, 1 brother) of Orrel Greenwood and E. Allen Bateman. She spent most of her life in Logan, Utah, graduated from Logan High School and Utah State University. She resided in Logan at the time of her passing. She met her sweetheart, Norman Steffensen Cannon in New York City where her family resided for a time, and where he was a student. While he was a serviceman, they were married civilly on March 7, 1944, in Langley Field, Virginia, and sealed for eternity in the Logan Temple on July 14, 1944. She is survived by her 4 sons: Scott (Claudia), Kennewick, WA; Brad (Sue Ann), Idaho Falls, ID; Jeff, Logan, UT; and Kyle (Lesa), South Weber, UT: 20 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and 6 siblings (Grace, Alice, Richard, Jean, Janet, and Kay).

Her many interests, skills, talents (including knitting, quilting, needlecraft such as hardanger, cooking, baking, singing, reading) showed her keen mind, and love of detail and beauty, and of people and ideas. She was humble and unassuming, and served faithfully in many callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, including ward Relief Society President, but most importantly as a visiting teacher. She performed many quiet acts of service. Her example, and kind and patient ways, and skills as a listener (she was never too busy to listen) will be greatly missed by many.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, May 30, 2009 in the Logan 25th Ward Chapel, 325 Lauralin Drive in Logan. A viewing will be held on Friday evening from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center Street in Logan, and prior to services from 9:30 to 10:30 AM at the church. Interment will be in the Logan City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.allenmortuaries.net

The family wishes to express their thanks to helpers at Sunshine Terrace, Cache Valley Assisted Living, Intermountain Hospice, Logan Regional Hospital, and Dr. Stones.

In lieu of flowers, donation can be made to the Norman and Virginia Cannon Scholarship Fund at Utah State University.