Beth Louise Kroll Atherley was born on February 3, 1924 to Afton J. Kroll and Margareta C. Vieweg. Mom lived to the age of 96, when she passed away peacefully on December 21, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mom graduated from Granite High School in Salt Lake City and worked for a while at Hill Field in Ogden, during WWII. She met Donald C. Atherley at Hill Field and was married on June 27, 1945. They later had their marriage solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
If you asked mom what her greatest joy was, she would say her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Mom spent a lot of time reading, sewing and gardening. The yard was always full of flowers and vegetables.
Each year she would bottle fruit, put up jam, and make lots of Christmas cookies and candies to share.
Mom is survived by her son David Atherley (Colleen), and her daughter Jan Atherley. Grandchildren, Nathan Atherley (Tawni), Nana Lamb (Allen), Shelly Gill (Clark), Ryan Neff (Wendy), Kristina Arnold (Jeremy), 6 Great-Grandchildren and 2 Great Great Grandchildren.
Preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother, Jim and sisters, Emily, Beverly and Lois.
Services will be held Monday, December 28, 2020 at 11:00AM at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary, 3401 Highland Drive, SLC, Utah. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service on December 28, 2020 from 10:00 to 11:00AM. Interment will be held at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. To view the service live, visit www.facebook.com/wasatchlawnmemorial.