Ina (Sanford) Bird

Ina Sanford Bird, 94, passed away Friday, January 13, 2017, at her home. She was born to Frank J and Flossie Veneta Painter Sanford August 3,1922, in Springville where she lived her entire life. She attended Springville schools and BYU. She married Dean A. Bird November 18, 1942, in the Salt Lake Temple.

She served in many church callings including ward Primary president, ward and stake Young Women president, ward and stake Relief Society president; taught Relief Society lessons for 32 years, served a mission with her husband in Iceland, and served as an ordinance worker in the Provo Temple for 14 years. She worked for several years as school lunch secretary. She was a member of the "We Readers" book club and enjoyed writing poetry.

Surviving are her husband, Dean, her children, Janet (Mark) Clarke, Jack (Lynn) Bird, Garth (Bonnie) Bird, Vonda (Bruce) Louthan, Benson (Denise) Bird, Gena Bird, Marlon (Denise) Bird, 33 grandchildren, 109 great-grandchildren, 9 great-great-grandchildren and a sister-in-law, Clara (Gene) Averett. She was preceded in death by siblings, Lucile (Hugh) Heath, Barbara (Dee) Hatch, Dee (Denise) Sanford, Ruth (Frank) Brinton, Lavern (Max) Larsen, Carl (Dixie) Sanford, and Glen (Vonda) Sanford.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 18, at the Kolob Eighth Ward Chapel, 400 East 800 South, Springville, at 11:00 a.m. Viewings will be held at 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Wheeler Mortuary, 200 E 200 S, and preceding the services Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at the church. Interment will be at the Springville Evergreen Cemetery.