Charlene Virginia Ibey Liddiard Obituary (1933

I have left this frail existence, I have laid this mortal by. I finished my mortal journey on January 18, 2025, just 10 days short of my 92nd birthday. It’s all okay, I have started my journey in eternity. I was born on January 28, 1933, in beautiful San Diego, California to Willard Ibey from Cardston, Alberta, Canada and Virginia Gidney Ibey from Brigham City, Utah. They met in Idaho, got married and moved to Southern California. Both of their families had relocated to get out of the cold and snow. This made for a fun childhood with both sets of grandparents and lots of cousins. My children tell me I could have been on a poster for the typical 1940s California girl. I was raised a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and always had a testimony. When I was 16, my parents and I moved to Eureka, California (in Northern California) for my dad’s job. We would have the missionaries over for dinner and there was one tall, curly-headed blond from Provo, Utah, Kenneth ‘Dick’ Liddiard, who caught my eye. We used to touch hands in the dish water! After his mission, he had me come to Provo to meet his parents and he proposed. We were married on January 30, 1950, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple with just my mother and our friends Leon and Bonnie Stubbs in attendance. We settled in Provo and life was very different for this California girl. My mother-in-law taught me how to make bread, can fruit, and raise chickens. I taught myself to sew for my daughters. It was an adjustment. My husband was a bricklayer so winters were lean, but we survived and he built us a beautiful brick home in south Provo. We were blessed with 8 children over a 24-year span. They are wonderful and seven of them have married an equally wonderful partner. They survive me and are Craig (Gwen) Liddiard, (Gwen passed away in 2022), Nannette (Kelly) Peterson, Robyn (Larry) Nesbitt, Cathy (Rick) Page, John (Angie) Liddiard, Janalee (Kevin) Barnes, Terri Lyn (Brad) Cobb. Our youngest, David, never got a chance to marry. He preceded us in death 28 years ago in a car accident. My posterity includes 27 grandchildren and 46 great-grandchildren. My children are jealous of my joyful reunion with their dad, Dick, who has been gone 24 years, my son, their favorite, David, gone 28 years, my granddaughter, Lynzi Nesbitt, gone 23 years, my two grandsons, Joshua and Ethan. I am also having a reunion with my parents, my 2 brothers, my in-laws and countless ancestors whose life impacted their posterity as I hope mine will influence my posterity. A farewell and funeral will be held at 12:00 p.m., Thursday, January 30, 2025, at the LDS Chapel, 114 South 400 West Orem, Orem, Utah. The family will receive friends from 10:30-11:45 am prior to services. Interment will follow in the Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed to my family at www.bergmortuary.com. My life had its ups and downs, but was filled with singing, music, and laughter. My family and I would like to thank Spring Gardens Senior Living, and Maple Creek Hospice for their loving nursing care during these final two months. My last week was full of love from children and grandchildren. Until we meet again!!