Betsy Long

Betsy Wyatt Long passed away on Friday, July 20, 2012 at the age of 81 surrounded by her family. She was born into this world on November 14, 1930 in Tyhee, Idaho to James L. and Janette Wyatt, and lived most of her early years in Wellsville, Utah. She married Jay L. Long November 5, 1951, and they were sealed together in the Logan LDS Temple.
They lived most of their married life in Bountiful, Utah, in the same house, the same ward, and the same stake for over fifty years, until her passing. This house is the home where their four faithful children all grew up together under their mother’s sweet influence, went to the same schools, and were all married and sealed to special companions in the Salt Lake Temple.
To everyone who knew her, she was a great example of charity, the pure love of Christ, and integrity. She loved everyone with a full expression of that love as she dedicated her whole life in serving her Heavenly Father.
Betsy had served in most of the ward and stake women’s auxiliaries in the LDS Church, as well as in the Salt Lake Temple with her husband two days a week for thirteen years, where she was the main sister supervisor on Tuesday evenings during her last years there.
She was released from her position in the temple in 1994 after health complications brought about a drastic change in her lifestyle and that exhilarating association in the temple with the finest women on earth. It was a dramatic change, as she always wished she could be about helping others at will.
However, her fragile health has now quit altogether and relieved her of her heavy earthly burdens as the time came for her to return to her Father in Heaven, and she has done so with that wonderful sweet smile still on her face, leaving the impression that “all is well”.
Betsy leaves behind her husband, Jay, of sixty years; four children: Mary Ellen Barss (David), Richard Long (Carolyn), Patricia Foster (Peter), and Lisa Vandegrift (Rob); 18 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.
The family members wish to express their deep gratitude for the wonderful support she has received from everyone, especially the members of her ward and those she served with in the Salt Lake Temple and the Bountiful Utah Temple, until she was called back to her home on high where she now resides, free from all infirmities and worldly cares. The family would also like to thank the staff at the North Canyon Care Center, and Rocky Mountain Hospice for their dedicated services to our mom.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 26, 2012 at the Bountiful Utah 10th Ward, 1145 North 200 East. A viewing will be held Wednesday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main, and Thursday morning 9:45-10:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment-Bountiful City Cemetery. As she would say, “All is well! All is well!”