Juliet (Julie) Jensen Maathuis was born October 26, 1915 in Twin Groves, Idaho, which is near St. Anthony, to Wilford Leo Jensen and Georgia Maughan, the second of ten children.
She passed peacefully away on April 11, 2014 in Salt Lake City at the age of ninety-eibht.
When she was very young, the family moved to Burton, near Rexburg, Idaho, where she was raised. She graduated from Ricks College with her teaching certificate, then taught school in Winder, Idaho, near Preston, for four years. She worked a short time in California and then returned to Idaho to teach school in Burton and was even the Principal for a year during WWII.
She served a summer mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington state. Her companion had a cousin in the Army Air Corp at a base nearby who would drive over on their P day to take them grocery shopping, etc. Juliet and the cousin, Cornelius (Matt) Maathuis, began corresponding when she returned to Winder. They were married on November 2, 1945 in the Logan LDS Temple after the war ended.
The Air Force took them first to Southern California and then to Fort Worth, Texas, where they lived for nine years. Their daughters, Arlena, Phyllis, and Christine, were born while there. In 1955, Matt retired from the Air Force and they moved to Burton, Idaho to be near family and attend Ricks College. The college was changed from a four-year to a two-year school about the time they arrived, so in 1957, they moved to South Salt Lake where Matt could finish his degree at the U of U.
Julie was a devoted mother, member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, friend, mentor, 4-H Leader, DUP member, ward and stake Relief Society leader, Visiting Teacher, Mutual, and Primary teacher over the years. She was last called as RS counselor at the age of seventy-five.
She always put others needs before her own. She visited the lonely and shut-ins. She enjoyed traveling and made many trips to visit family and church history sites from California to Colorado to Illinois to the East Coast. Her trip of a lifetime was a two week trip in Europe in 1990.
She is survived by daughters, Arlena Camp, Phyllis (Bill) Hall, and Christine (Steve) Taylor; twelve grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; brother, Stanley (Mary Jane) Jensen; sister, Zola (Walt) Mullins; and sisters-in-law, Mona Jensen and Edna Jensen. Preceded in death by her husband, parents, and siblings, Mildred (Lorin) Johnson, Loy Jensen, Heber Jensen, Quincy (Aleen) Jensen, Loa Jensen, Grey (Delores) Jensen, and Dewey Jensen.
Zij is getrouwd met Cornelius Maathuis.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 2 november 1945 te Logan, Verenigde Staten, zij was toen 30 jaar oud.Bron 1
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