Feb. 1, 1924 - May 27, 2015
Date of Service: Jun. 2, 2015
Letta Mae Speer Bailey, 91, of Rupert, Idaho, passed away May 27th, 2015, in Burley, Idaho.
She was born February 2, 1924 in Rupert, Idaho to Fred Walker Speer and Emma Larcena Jackson Speer. She married Norman Roderick Bailey on February 11th 1942 in the Logan, Utah temple. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served in many capacities in her church but her greatest love was teaching the youth.
Letta moved with her family multiple times when growing up, attending Heyburn, Bellevue, Gannett and Pioneer schools in Idaho. She labored beside her parents carving out a living during the depression in the new developing Magic Valley. At age twelve, she took over the housework cooking large delicious meals for family and laborers on an old wood stove as well as tending her baby sister while her parents working in the hayfields. She mossed ditch with her father earning a man's wages at the age of 14. She loved to dance and had a beautiful singing voice as well as a love for the beauties of nature. She was known for her lovely flower gardens, and vegetable gardens. She will be remembered for her sunny outlook on life and her great love and devotion to her family. She was a wonderful wife, caring mother and grandmother. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
She is survived by her husband, Norman Roderick Bailey, and children, Ronald Fred (Mary) Bailey, of Sandy, Utah, Denise (Bailey) Davis of Polson, Montana, Susan (Davis) Bailey of Rupert, Idaho , Vaughn Speer (Joni) Bailey of Heyburn, Idaho, Leta Renae (Mark) Neilson of Bigfork, Montana, and Gina Bailey Voss of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and 26 grandchildren and several great grandchildren as well as her sisters, Myrtle Lois (Jack) Thomson of Heyburn, Idaho, and Shirley Lee (Jay) Clinger of Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was preceded in death by her younger brother, Bert Earnest Speer, sister Neta Marie Moldenhauer Ramsey, her parents, Fred Speer and Emma Jackson Speer Spurgeon, her step-father, Roy Spurgeon, and her sons, Norman Kent Bailey and Parley Chad Bailey.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday June 2, 2015 at the Heyburn LDS 1st Ward Building. Viewing for family and friends will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. Monday June 1, 2015 at the mortuary. Services are under the direction of Hansen Mortuary.
Funeral Service
Date of Service: Jun. 2, 2015
