Clara Arbella "Bea" Harvey Gifford Bowles

January 3, 1930 - August 27, 2014

CLARA ARBELIA “BEA” HARVEY GIFFORD BOWLES passed away August 27, 2014 of congestive heart failure. She was born January 3, 1930 in Heber City, Utah to James M. Harvey and Edna Bennion Harvey. After her mother passed away, she was blessed with a step-mother, Gerta Carpenter Spendlove and gained two new step-sisters, Beverly and Connie and a step brother Myron. She married Wayne Elias Gifford in January 1948 and together they had seven children and divorced 18 years later. She later met and was married to Robert Bowles for 40 years. She was preceded in death by her parents Wayne and Robert, her two sisters Jeanine Baker and Sharon Payne and two of her sons Dennis and Kenneth. She is survived by her daughter Marsha (John), step daughter Louise, and sons Dallas (Cynthia), Stephen (Teresa), Howard (Sonja) and William (Cynthia) and her brother Stan (Dawn) and step brother Myron (Paulette) and step sisters Beverly and Connie. She is also survived by numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 11:00 am, Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at the First Ward of the Sugarhouse Stake, 768 South 800 East, Salt Lake City, Utah with a viewing prior to services from 9:45 to 10:45 am. Interment will be at the Elysian Burial Gardens, 1075 East 4580 South, Salt Lake City, Utah. The family wishes to thank Avalon Valley, IHC Hospice and Bristol Hospice services for the wonderful care she received.