Elizabeth Farnsworth Jackson

Elizabeth (Betsy) Farnsworth Jackson, 63, died on January 13, 2022 in Salt Lake City, Utah, from two forms of aggressive cancer. Daughter of Dean S. and Miriam Y. Farnsworth, Betsy was born on February 14, 1958, in Salt Lake City. She was raised in Hunter (West Valley City) and graduated from Cyprus High School in 1976. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Child Development from Brigham Young University, shortly after her marriage to Bryan D. Jackson in 1980. She was the mother of eight children and grandmother of twenty-five children, whom she adored. She provided daycare for numerous children over many years, operated her own preschool, and taught kindergarten and first grade at Valley Crest Elementary. She was heavily involved in the education of her own children, serving in the PTA and as a helper in many of their classrooms over the years.

She was a talented manager and loved by her co-workers in her various jobs. She was employed by Salt Lake County, Granite School District, Temple Square Hospitality in the historic Lion House, and Carpenter Paper (Imperial Dade).

Betsy enjoyed gardening, which she learned from her father, sewing, NASCAR, and serving children and youth in her many years of church service. From her mother she learned a love for music and theater. She had a beautiful singing voice and was a lead in high school and community musicals. She enjoyed singing in her church choir. She played the piano, guitar, and the local country music station. Her quick wit was always used to bring peace and perspective to any chaotic situation she found herself in. She greatly enjoyed traveling to visit her grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband, Bryan D. Jackson, and her children Elizabeth (Burke) Tervort, Mary (Chris) Hunt, Miriam (Adam) Winterton, David (Kristine), Thomas (Madison), William (McKenzee) and James (Chelsea).

She was preceded in death by her daughter Sara, grandson Cameron Hunt, and her parents.

She will be interred in the American Fork Cemetery next to her daughter and grandson.