4 Oct 1938 – 13 Mar 2011
Wife of Wesley Ernest Kleinworth
Funeral Address by Daughter Kay Noble
On Earth, she was a wonderful mother, and she knew how to take care of all eight of us. She had a very beautiful spirit, and personality. I enjoyed being around her, because I knew that I could talk to her, and laugh at her cute little ways.
She had a great love of the Gospel, and learning secular things. We always knew that she would get up at 5:30a.m. everyday to study the scriptures, math,etc. We would often talk about the things that we learned from the scriptures. She”feasted upon the words of Christ”, and it filled her with great joy.
She enjoyed beautiful music and listened to classical, Glenn Miller, and KAHM every morning. I could always count on hearing her radio in her room, and listening to her play her music on her piano or organ. She had stacks of music, and lots of reading material around her. She was true to this schedule, and she would do this for three hours every day. She would do this, until she had to take my brothers to work.
Momma would use her talents in the community, for Chino Valley School, and in Church. She played for “Interfaith Socials”, and for the Church for thirty five years. I wanted to play just like her! She gave me my piano lessons, and she loved to hear me play the piano as well.
She used her love of children in her community, and worked full time in an elementary school as a teacher’s assistant. Our Mother did that job for ten years, and she also worked for a little boy named Tim. I was often amazed on how she wouldn’t be home until 9:30p.m. or 10 p.m. a couple times a week.
My Mother, had six of us kids at home for awhile. She had one miscarriage, but she never let it get her down. She had three mentally disabled sons, and three girls. She took care of their medicines, feeding, bathing them, and taking them to work everyday. Two of my brothers (Karl and Boyd) have epilepsy, and David has hypertension, along with his handicap.
She would often ask us a hundred questions on how our children were doing, and we would laugh at her extreme interest in our lives. Before my sisters and I got married, she would ask our husbands a hundred questions.
At least, she did my husband, Preston, since we were engaged for nine months. So think of how many questions that she could fit in during that time. She didn’t have much of a chance with Mark and Kristin, since they were engaged for a couple of months. We joke around with my mom. She was always able to handle teasing, and she would tease us right back.
I remember coming home from church dances at 1:30 a.m. or 2:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning. Just like clock work, my mom would be in our rooms asking us how our evening went at the Dance, and who we danced with. We had to remember all of their names!
I remember the deep love that she had for our father. She would sit with him every night watching T.V., and reading books(while waiting to bed with him), and then would fall asleep. She would often wake up after an hour, asking Dad what the show or movie was about, and what year it was made.
Since my Dad’s chair was just by the trash can, my mom would put something in the trash while giving my dad a kiss at the same time! They were married since June 26,1965, and they remained faithful to each other the whole time.
I will always remember my mother’s great love for all of us, and the soothing touch of her hand. She was always loving, and I think that she touched a lot of peoples’ lives, through her diligence, patience, love, and service. She followed our Savior to the the very end of her life, and she will follow Him for eternity. She will always be my mother, and I can’t wait to be with her for eternity(just like everyone else in my family).
We know that death is a part of life, and that no one can escape it! But our Savior was resurrected, and because of Him, we can be resurrected, too. I know that Jesus Christ, and Heavenly Father is taking care of her. My Mom is now with her parents’, who she has missed for a long time!
I know that she is not in pain, and that she can rest! We can carry on without her, and but yet remember her in our hearts. Each day, we can talk to her in our though, look at her pictures, think about her in our prayers, and in the Temple. She is still a wonderful person, but just in a different place, where nothing can harm her , and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, my Savior, Amen.
Chino Valley Cemetery, Chino Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona
