Glenna Stowell Call's Obituary
Glenna Stowell Call, our angel mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend passed away peacefully on January 1, 2014 at the age of 81. Glenna was born on September 13, 1932 to Brigham Earl Stowell and Macy Ellen Green, in Duncan, Arizona. Glenna lived in Duncan, Arizona until she graduated from high school and moved to Provo, Utah to attend Brigham Young University. There she met Arnold Bowen Call. They married on March 19, 1953 in the Salt Lake City, Utah Temple. The couple moved to Colonia Dublan, Mexico where they raised their children. In 1980, Glenna’s husband, Arnold, passed away. Following Arnold's passing and the raising of her children, she served a mission in the Mexico City, Mexico temple. Waldo Call was the acting Temple President. Her sister-in-law, Fulvia Law, and good friend, Rinda Robinson, served as her companions. In 1994, she married Ara Om Call (Arnold's older brother) and moved to join him in Provo, Utah. In 2005, Ara passed away. Glenna remained in Provo, Utah until her death. Glenna willingly and diligently served in a variety of callings. As a result, she was blessed to have a great knowledge of the gospel and a love of the scriptures. She shared her talents and great love of music with the communities in which she lived. As a BYU student, she recorded several records with college friends. As a mother, in Colonia Dublan, Mexico, Glenna taught piano lessons, and helped to create community musical programs such as Oklahoma. Later in life, she served as a temple worker and played the organ in the Provo, Utah temple. Glenna’s musical talents included a beautiful singing voice, the ability to play the piano by ear, and to transpose individual pieces of music into beautiful medleys. She also played the trumpet and french horn. Aside from her music and daily service to others, Glenna loved ice cream, red roses, and enjoyed reading. Her friends and family would add to her list of talents and kind acts, her famous cinnamon twists, hot rolls, pies, and enchiladas. Glenna Stowell Call leaves to her posterity her righteous example, a love of Heavenly Father and the Savior, a testimony of prayer and of the scriptures, and a challenge to “Hold Tight” to the iron rod, that her family might be together forever in the eternities. Glenna resided in Provo, Utah at the time of her passing. She is preceded in death by her first husband, Arnold Bowen Call, their children: Maciellen, Laurelie, Bowen, and Norman (Noreen Ruud); her second husband, Ara Om Call; her parents, siblings: Winnafred (Infant), Glade Stowell, and Arleen Swensen. Glenna is survived by her children Juliana (Stuart Steele), Marion (Lynda Goodman), daughter-in-law Noreen (Rocky Ruud), Clarence (Cory Graves), Adrian (Lisa Anderson), Kristine (Ryan Worthington), 33 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren, who affectionately call her "Grandma-Great." Glenna is also survived by her brothers Rendo (Velda) and LeRoy Stowell, sisters-in-law Helen Stowell, Fulvia Law, Vesta Brown, Ruth Evans, and brother-in-law Eran (Kay) Call. She is also survived by Ara Call's family, whom she loved as her own.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am, Friday, January 10, 2014 at the LDS Chapel at 4295 North Canyon Road, Provo, UT where viewings will be held Thursday, January 9, 2014 from 6-8 pm and Friday prior to services from 9:45-10:45 am. Burial will take place in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico on Saturday, January 18, 2014. A viewing will be held at 11:00 AM at the Dublan LDS Church.
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