Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Service

"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. 

All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

~ Helen Keller

RAMONA BOBO CHRISTENSEN BUTLER 

 

Ramona Bobo Christensen Butler passed through the veil on October 26, 2023, after a long battle with cancer.

Ramona was born on April 20th, 1944, in Washington D.C. to Artie Bobo and Virginia Young Bobo.  She was the oldest of 5 children.  Ramona married David Reid Christensen in 1961 in Huntsville, Alabama.  Their marriage was later sealed in the Idaho Falls, Idaho temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Ramona and David had four children and for the next 40 years they moved every three to four years from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, and back again retiring in Yorktown, Virginia.  David passed through the veil in 2002.

In 2004, Ramona moved to Payson, Utah to facilitate the care of her mother.  In 2006, she took up quilting and discovered a hobby she loved and enjoyed sharing with others. Her greatest gift was helping others, such as hemming temple pants for men and being the first to volunteer to take food to someone in need. Ramona was a friend to all that knew her.

In 2010, she married Kenneth David Butler and they embarked on an adventure. They discovered the United States by going on day trips, long bus tours, and cruises to Hawaii and Alaska. They also served two missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the first in Nauvoo, Illinois and then to Martins Cove, Wyoming. They also served as ordinance workers in the Provo and Payson, Utah temples.

Ramona is survived by her best friend and soul-mate, Ken Butler; her four children, Gayle Christensen Weaver of Toano, Virginia, Carol Christensen Stoner (William) of Providence Forge, Virginia, Lynn Christensen Steele (James) of Payson, Utah, and Reid Morley Christensen (Erica) of St. Augustine, Florida; her 18 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren; her brother Johnnie Y Bobo (Diana) of Herriman, Utah, sisters Kathy Bradley of Murfreesboro, Tennessee and Eleanor Holt (Steve) of California.  She is preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, her sister Linda Lue Deaven, and one great-granddaughter Emma Rose MacAllister.

The family wishes to thank Rocky Mountain Hospice Care for their kind service and consideration. And the “Thursday Threads” for their never-ending friendship and love.

A Celebration of Life/Viewing will be held Sunday, October 29, 2023, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Walker Funeral Home, 587 South 100 West, Payson, Utah. Condolences may be offered at www.WalkerMemorials.com.