Wilma Grace Flanders Zeyer Obituary (1932

Wilma Grace Flanders Zeyer died peacefully at the age of 82 on June 6, 2015 in her home in Provo, Utah. She was diagnosed with cancer in February 2015. Wilma was born November 14, 1932 in Mayetta, Kansas, the 7th child and only daughter of Claudius Washington Flanders and Grace Hambleton Flanders. She married Erwin Frederick Zeyer in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 26, 1953 and gave birth to 3 girls and 3 boys between 1954 and 1964. The death of her beloved husband on February 26, 1985 left Wilma a widow for 30 years. As a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wilma dedicated her time and resources to serving her family and others. During her many years of service, she completed a temple mission at the Chicago, Illinois temple and has been an ordinance worker and frequent patron in the Provo, Utah temple. Wilma’s surviving family members include the youngest of her 6 brothers, Fred, and her 6 children, Stephanie, Jacqueline, Angelia, Timothy, Rodney, and Monte. She has 22 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and 5 of her brothers, Charles, Reid, Nyal, Allen, and Bryan. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 13, 2015 at the Murray City Cemetery, 5490 South Vine Street, Murray, Utah. Condolences to the family may be extended at www.bergmortuary.com. In lieu of sending flowers, please contribute to LDS missionary, humanitarian aid, or perpetual education funds.