Bette (Butler) Nordquist Obituary (2014)

Bette Jean Butler Nordquist, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister, passed away unexpectedly of heart failure on November 5, 2014, and returned home to be reunited with her father and mother. As a child, rheumatic fever caused damage to her heart which her physician predicted would give her only 35 years to live but she doubled that number, blessing our lives until she turned 72 years of age. She was born September 26, 1942, in Tooele, Utah, to Warren J. Butler and Josephine Bolinder Butler, living most of her life on Center Street in Grantsville, Utah, near her extended family. He married Lanny F DuClos Sr. on August 14, 1959, in Tooele, Utah. They had four children together, later divorcing. She married the love of her life, Donald Nordquist, February 14, 1987, in Grantsville, Utah, with their marriage later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They shared 27 wonderful years together. Bette loved people and had many special friends with whom she socialized and neighbors whom she served. Her greatest joy was her family. Many happy memories of dinners in her home and loving words spoken by her will live on in our hearts. She was a talented poet, artist and cook. She played piano and some violin. Music was a family heritage and she received special joy singing with her musical siblings. She enjoyed fishing and camping with Don and spending time in North Dakota with his family, and at White Rock with hers, especially for the family Deer Huntersâ€™ Ball. Gathering genealogy was a passion she pursued and shared, creating family history books for siblings and children. She had a strong testimony of her Savior, served in many callings in the LDS Church, and was a Family History missionary on Temple Square. Bette was employed by the Tooele Army Depot for 32 years, retiring in 1995 at a level GS13. She is survived by her husband, Donald Nordquist and four children; Lanny (Andrea) DuClos, Cindy (Robert) Larsen, Sabrina (Bret) Andersen, Rebecca (Phillip) Medina; five stepchildren; Randy (Ann) Nordquist, Tyrone (Patty) Nordquist, Brenda (Scott) Malimanek, Tammy (Greg) Hentgef, and Becky (John) Mueller; 22 grandchildren, and 31 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by siblings; Richard (Cindy) Butler, Donnie (Connie) Butler, Marsha (Joe) Rupp, Debra (Sam) Mardanlou, Gary (Julie) Butler, and Dawna (Mike) Moser. She was preceded in death by her parents. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. in the Grantsville Cherry Street Stake Center. A viewing will be held from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. prior to the service. Interment is in the Grantsville Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were by Tate Mortuary. Bette was a gracious, caring, tenderhearted, and dignified woman who will be missed by her many special friends and especially by her family and her favorite pet, Oscar. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Bette Jean (Butler) Nordquist please visit our Sympathy Store.