Carma A. Beus |
| Posted 2009-01-29 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Sedona Red Rock News, Sedona, Arizona Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003 Carma A. Beus, 72, a resident of Sedona, died Dec. 14. Born in Salt Lake City, she graduated with a bachelor's from Ricks College and an master's in English from Utah State University. She taught high school English in Idaho and college freshman English in Utah and Arizona. Moving to Flagstaff, Arizona with her family in 1962, she became active in the quilters guild, began her own custom hand-quilting business and taught quilting classes for Northern Arizona University and for Yavapai College in Grand Canyon, Williams, Flagstaff and Sedona. She was a lifetime active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving as a stake Relief Society president for five years and as a missionary in Hawaii with her husband for two years. She also served as organist, choir conductor and piano teacher, blessing many lives with her skill and love of music. She moved to Sedona in 1994. Mrs. Beus is survived by her husband of 50 years, Stanley Beus; her mother, Donetta Albrechtsen of Salt Lake City; daughters Rebecca Cardon of Flagstaff, Marcia Redd and Michele Beus of Phoenix, Jennifer Ruiz of Bakersfield, Calif.; son Sterling Beus of Roswell, N.M.; five sisters; two brothers; 17 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be Saturday, Dec. 20, from 9 to 9:45 a.m. at the Sedona chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 160 Mormon Trail. There will be a funeral service at the church on Saturday at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. in Flagstaff's Citizens Cemetery. Arrangements are through the Norvel Owens Mortuary in Flagstaff, Ariz. The family is grateful for the assistance provided by hospice. |
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