Agnes (Wortley) Aamodt (1919 - 2009)

Born 3 Oct 1919 in Garland, Box Elder, Utah, USA

Ancestors

Died 10 Jul 2009 at age 89 in Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, USA

Biography

Obituary

Agnes Wortley,89, of Harrisonburg, Virginia (formerly of Silver Spring, Md.), passed away on July 10, 2009 at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community. Agnes, the oldest child of Lawrence and Deborah May King Wortley, was born in Garland, Utah, October 3, 1919. She graduated from Holy Cross Hospital School of Nursing in Salt Lake City, Utah then joined the Army Cadet Nurses Corp. Agnes received the Linda Richards Award for most outstanding nurse of the year in 1949. She became an obstetrical nurse at the Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital, Jersey City, New Jersey.

She married Leonard Corbett Aamodt of Salt Lake City, Utah on June 26, 1951. They lived in Manhattan, New York while Agnes continued to work at Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital. They then moved to Provo, Utah where both Agnes and Corbett taught at Brigham Young University, Agnes in the nursing department. In 1956, Agnes and Corbett made their home in Silver Spring, Maryland. She was a devoted wife and mother and served actively in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, particularly in children and youth programs. She continued to volunteer with the American Red Cross.

She is survived by her five children. Agnes is also survived by 35 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Corbett Aamodt, her sisters, Elizabeth Fulmer, Ruth Schneiter, Alice May Buxton, and a brother, Lawrence Wortley.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 11 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 500 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, Maryland with Bishop Timothy Willis officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 a.m. prior to the service. Burial will follow at Norbeck Memorial Park in Olney, Maryland. Arrangements entrusted to the Kyger Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc. in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and to the Hines-Rinaldi Funeral Home in Silver Spring, Maryland. ^[1] (NOTE: Names of living persons redacted.)

Birth

Birth:

Date: 03 OCT 1919 ^[2]

Place: Garland, Box Elder, Utah, USA

Death

Death: Age: 89

Date: 10 JUL 2009

Place: Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, USA^[2][3]

Event

Event:

Type: Dad remarries to Elsie

Date: 03 OCT 1945

Place: Box Elder County, Utah, USA

Event:

Type: Death of Mother

Date: 14 NOV 1928

Place: Garland, Box Elder, Utah, USA

Residence

Residence: Was living here when she died

Date: JUN 2009

Place: Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, USA

Residence:

Date: 1920

Place: Garland, Box Elder, Utah, USA^[4]

Residence:

Date: 1930

Place: Garland, Box Elder, Utah, USA^[5]

Date: 01 APR 1940

Place: Tremonton, Box Elder, Utah, USA^[6]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Olney, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA^[7]

Marriage

Husband: Leonard Corbett Aamodt

Wife: Agnes Wortley ^[8]

Date: 26 JUN 1951

Sources

1. ↑ "Agnes Aamodt." The Washington Times (Washington, DC) 20 Jul 2009. Web. 12 Feb 2017.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB66-82X : 20 May 2014), Agnes W Aamodt, 10 Jul 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ "Agnes Aamodt." The Washington Times (Washington, DC) 20 Jul 2009. Web. 12 Feb 2017.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PC-YD8 : accessed 12 February 2017), Agness Wortley in household of Lawrence Wortley, Garland, Box Elder, Utah, United States; citing ED 10, sheet 6A, line 20, family 105, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1861; FHL microfilm 1,821,861.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH67-FRG : accessed 12 February 2017), Agnes Wortley in household of Thomas E King, Garland, Box Elder, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 2A, line 34, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2414; FHL microfilm 2,342,148.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTWB-Q1Q : accessed 12 February 2017), Agnes Wortley in household of Edgar H White, Tremonton, Tremonton Election Precinct, Box Elder, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-57, sheet 1A, line 10, family 1, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4209.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 September 2020), memorial page for Agnes Wortley Aamodt (3 Oct 1919–10 Jul 2009), Find A Grave: Memorial #76010946, citing Norbeck Memorial Park, Olney, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Karen Bryant (contributor 47325164) .
8. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPF-HN7P : 26 October 2016), Agnes Wortley Aamodt, Washington DC, United States, 20 Jul 2009; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Washington Post, The, born-digital text.

Notes

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Wortley-170 was created by Neil Hartwell through the import of Harold William Hartwell Family Tree.ged on Nov 18, 2014.