Ida Griffin1918 ~ 2011
Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother slipped away from this mortal existence very peacefully into the arms of her heavenly family who had preceded her in leaving this life. Her beautiful voice has joined the choirs in heaven and her paintings will decorate heavenly homes. Her crochet work will win many more blue ribbons. We will greatly miss you mom and grandma. We feel empty without your presence. We love you. Ida Bair Griffin was born on September 20, 1918 in Alpine, UT to Clyde and Birdie Lee Hall Bair, and passed away peacefully in Sandy, UT on September 24, 2011. Ida served an LDS mission in Billings, Montana in 1971. Ida was married and sealed to Stanley Gates Griffin in the Salt Lake LDS temple on September 20, 1973. Ida was a very talented woman. She was an avid oil painter and singer. She appeared on many television shows in her younger years and belonged to the Singing Mothers group through the tabernacle choir. Ida was also offered a position from Walt Disney Studios in the early days when she was only 14 years old because of her artistic abilities. Ida had many talents including crocheting, knitting, and making dolls. Ida worked in the LDS distribution center sewing garments for many years. Ida is survived by daughters Geraldine Bailey (Larry), Neva Colleen Winther (Joseph), Patricia Johnson, son David Gamingasco, brother Elvin, and many grandchildren and many more great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Stanley Griffin, daughter Joy Lee Smart, twin sister Clyda, and 3 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Union Ft. 2nd Ward 7155 S. 540 E Midvale, UT on Friday September 30, 2011 at 12:00 noon. A viewing will be held the same day at 11:00am. Burial will take place at Elysian Burial Gardens.
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| 5 generations - feb 2005 |
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| my sweet great grandma in 2008 |
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| we love you grandma! |
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| the last time we saw her was june 2011 |
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| she's still got it - crochets perfectly! |
She was a spunky little thing and so full of life! After we moved to Mesquite, everytime we went to visit she would cry when we'd leave and she'd always say she wouldn't see us again (she's been saying that since my dad went on his mission way back when)... Such a silly grandma! She's in love with Nick cuz he reminds her of an old dance partner or love interest - she always had the biggest smile when she saw him.
I love you Grandma and I'm really going to miss her. She has left a great legacy for us to follow!
A few things I want to remember about grandma:
- she could yodol so well
- she was always painting something or doing a portrait of someone
- she always tried giving us something (a doll, toy, something she made) when we came to visit
- her smile was contagious
- her longer hair
- crying when we'd leave her house
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