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Mildred Barthel
MILDRED BARTHEL
Mount Vernon
Mildred Louisa Vanderbeek Barthel, formerly of Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon, retired to Logan, Utah, in March 1995, and died July 24, 2014, in Logan. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Mount Vernon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Burial: Mount Vernon Memorial Cemetery.
She was born in Detroit, Mich., on Aug. 24, 1924, but lived her childhood years in Washington, D.C. She married John Paul Barthel on Sept. 21, 1946, in Washington, D.C. After joining the LDS Church, their marriage was solemnized at the Salt Lake Temple in 1967.
Both Milly and John graduated from Western Maryland College in Westminster, Md. After receiving his medical training at the University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, John and Milly decided to move to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to raise their family.
While living in Iowa, Milly was active in community affairs, especially with the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Women's Auxiliary, and community theater, as well as several poetry groups. She was a member of PEO in both Iowa and Utah and in 1982 was chosen Iowa Mother of the Year by American Mothers Inc. She served many years on the AMI National Board in various leadership positions and assisted in writing parenting lessons for AMI Magazine for 12 years.
She held numerous callings in the LDS Church in Cedar Rapids, Mount Vernon, Iowa, branch, and in Bridgerland Park First Ward in Logan. Her last time to serve was at Pioneer Lodge.
Her best thinking, whether it was a poem she was working on, or a family relationship she was pondering, was done while working on a baby quilt to give to an unknown child in some foreign orphanage, AMI quilt drive, CAPSA, etc. Hundreds of quilts were made and given in the process of 30 or more years. She was happiest when busy this way of feeling useful.
She is survived by her brother, Herbert Byron Vanderbeek; and children, Christy DenBeste (Daniel), Catherine DeMoss, Thomas Barthel (Amy), Brian Barthel (Stefanie), John David Barthel (Delores) and Priscilla Barthel.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Paul Barthel; a son, James Arthur Barthel; her parents; and her brother, James Vanderbeek.
She also is survived by 23 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.
A memorial fund in Millie's honor has been established.
Online condolences: www.morganfuneral choices.com.
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