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Show Open house to honor Vetta Madsen The hobby she has enjoyed most was that of reporting funerals which she did for many years, before the recorders were used. She always wrote a tribute for the family of the deceased. Other hobbies include quilting, embroidery, reading and following news and political events through the media. She also began taking piano lessons from a granddaughter grand-daughter at the age of 83 and now one of her greatest pleasures is playing the church hymns for her own, and her families enjoyment. She is the mother of four children, Richard A. Madsen, Provo and L. Kay Madsen Orem, with whom she now resides; Mrs. Mark (Beth) Zohner, Idaho Falls; and Mrs. Henry (Kathleen) Chai, Spring Lake. Mrs. Madsen has 20 grandchildren grand-children and 30 greatgrandchildren, great-grandchildren, f The children of Vetta A. Madsen ; invite friends and relatives to honor j their mother on the occasion of her J 90th birthday. An open house will honor Mrs. Madsen on Saturday, Feb. 22, from 7-9 p.m. at the Vineyard Ward Chapel at 800 South Geneva Road. The family requests no gifts. Mrs. Madsen was born Feb. 22, 1896 in St. George to Dollie Young and Alva Don Alger. As a child she lived in Eureka and Provo. After attending BYU, Mrs. Madsen worked as a legal secretary for many attorneys in Provo and Salt Lake City. She also performed secretaries duties for the Knight Investment Co., the Provo Reservoir Reser-voir Company and other businesses for many years. She served as a deputy county clerk in Utah County for two years and did court reporting for the city and district courts in Provo at a time when shorthand was used j instead of machines. She married Leonard Madsen on April 18, 1923 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. After their marriage, they lived in Provo and Vineyard. He died Aug. 2, 1970. Mrs. Madsen has been active in the LDS Church and has served as a Primary president and Junior Sunday School supervisor in the Vineyard Ward. She was also the first secretary of the Orem West Stake Sunday School, and has been active in the Relief Society. She has always been involved in civic work and served as president of the Lincoln High School PTA and the Vineyard Elementary School PTA, and participated as Vineyards Red Cross chairman. In 1965, after 11 years of service with the Utah County Welfare Department, Mrs. Madsen retired and received a commendation award signed by Governor Calvin L. Rampton. At the time she retired, she was supervisor of the secretarial department and was a property investigator. |