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In Memory

Goldie Hirschi (VanDyke) - Class of 1940

We are saddened by the sudden loss of our dear wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend, Goldie Hirschi VanDyke, on Sunday, March 27, 2011, but we celebrate in her life, her love and her goodness.

Goldie was born in Geneva, Idaho on February 21, 1922 to Christian and May Widmer Hirschi. Mom lived life actively.

She married her eternal companion, Allan D. VanDyke, in the Salt Lake Temple on October 28, 1954 and shared so many great memories in their life together. They loved skiing, golfing, traveling, ballroom dancing, playing the organ, serving in the temple, and spending time with family. 

Mom worked hard. She spent eight years as a civil service employee and then finished a degree at the University of Utah in order to pursue her true passion, teaching children. 

Mom loved teaching. She loved the energy and enthusiasm of working with the 2nd grade children at Oak Hills Elementary. She taught for twenty-three years. She and Dad then spent time traveling the world and seeing the sights. She loved and was loved by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and was very much the "doting grandma." 

Mom was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. From the time she was fifteen, Mom served in the church in various callings. She and Dad served a Stake Mission for eighteen months as Extraction Workers, followed by seven years of service in the Salt Lake Temple as Ordinance Workers. To quote Mom, "I consider my temple service as my salvation."

She will be missed by her husband, Allan; children, Gloria (David) Vance, Stephen (Becky) VanDyke; sister, Joyce (Karl) Anderson; sister-in-law Lois Hirschi; fourteen grandchildren; thirty-five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Christian and May Hirschi, brothers, Ferris Hirschi, Harvey Hirschi, and Don Hirschi, and great-grandsons, Jared Vance and William Vance. The sweet sounds of family were like music to her ears and hugs and kisses were food to her soul. 

 
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, April 1, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. in the Bountiful Forty-First Ward Chapel, 165 South 1000 East, Bountiful, UT. Friends and family may call on Thursday, March 31, 2011 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Bountiful Forty-First Ward Building and again on Friday from 9:30-10:30 a.m.at the Church. 
Interment at Leavitt's Aultorest Memorial Park, 836 36th Street, Ogden, UT.