Virginia Fikstad Grow

Borghild Virginia Fikstad Grow, 90, passed away from
natural causes at Logan Regional Hospital, Sunday,
April 23, 2006.
Virginia was born September 17, 1915 in Salt Lake
City, Utah, to Axel Laures and Eliza Albertina Thorup
Fikstad. She was the 2nd of 3 daughters.
She married Harry Theodore Grow, May 6, 1936, in
Heber City, Utah. Harry died January 4, 1971.
She attended LDS and South High Schools, graduating
from South High School. Virginia lived her life
gracefully while overcoming many hardships and the
handicap of deafness. She loved the beauty of the
earth and had the special gift of seeing beauty
everywhere. She was a giving and loving Mother, an
expert seamstress, gardener, and creative designer.
She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and served in the Young Women’s
M.I.A., the Relief Society, and as a “Block Teacher”.
She maintained her Bountiful home and beautiful yard
through her 88th year.
Virginia is survived by one son, Ronald David (Dru)
Grow, of Longmont, Colorado, and three daughters, Dawn
Marie (Clark) Butler, of Gilbert, Arizona, Chalyce
(Dale) Siler, of Logan, Utah, Cheryl (Homer) Rathbun,
of Lake Oswego, Oregon, 16 grandchildren, and 21
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters,
husband, one granddaughter, Tiffany Dawn Butler, and
one great-granddaughter, Sara Elizabeth Grow.


“Her children shall rise up and call her blessed”


A viewing will be held Friday, April 28, 2006 from
7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East
Center Street in Logan. At her request, there will be
a graveside service, held at the Bountiful Memorial
Estates Cemetery, 1640 East Lakeview Drive, in
Bountiful, Utah, on Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 12:00
PM.
A guestbook may be signed at www.allenmortuaries.net