Charlotte (Mid) Mildred Allen Larsen

Charlotte Mildred (Mid) Larsen, age 93, died peacefully on April 30, 2017 in Bountiful, Utah, surrounded by her children and the caregivers who loved her.

Mid was born August 12, 1923 to Frank William Allen and Edna Blanche Wyatt Allen in Garfield, Utah. She graduated from Granite High School in 1942, and she attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City before marrying Sterling Barton Larsen in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on May 20, 1944, where Sterling served as an artillery officer in the Army. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on May 20, 1958.

Mid is predeceased by her husband of nearly seventy years, Sterling, and by her parents and dear brother Murray Francis Allen and wife Wanda. She is survived by her daughter Lynne (Ron) Nolte; sons Bart (Kathy) Larsen and Allen (Leann) Larsen. Grandchildren: Sam (Stephanie) Larsen, Nathan (Angie) Larsen, Sara Larsen (Chris Wood), Erin Larsen, Kathleen Nolte (Reed Caldwell), Michael Larsen and Marianne Nolte (Trever Bruhn). She is also survived by 14 great-grandchildren.

Mid grew up in a town that no longer exists–Garfield, Utah. It was a smelter-owned town on the southern shores of the Great Salt Lake, where her father worked as a machinist and her mother taught school. The depression years were a time of scarcity and frugality, but also of adventure and freedom. Mid was a tomboy who loved climbing fences, sliding down coal chutes and riding her bicycle (one shared with Murray). The family moved to Salt Lake City in 1936, and she graduated from Granite High School in 1942, where she was co-editor of the high school year book.

Mid graduated from high school during World War II, and she quickly found work, first as a bicycle courier, then at the war defense plant in Salt Lake City. Later, after Sterling had shipped overseas to the China, Burma India Theater, Mid joined Wanda, in Santa Barbara, California, where they worked on the naval base at Port Hueneme until the conclusion of the war. These were purposeful years, and she was proud to be part of the war effort at home. After the war, she and Sterling started a family while living in Salt Lake City, and later made their home in Bountiful, Utah.

Mid was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; and she understood from her own upbringing that honest and good people can be found in all walks of life, and in all faiths. She practiced her religion through compassion, tolerance, generosity and service to others. She volunteered as a docent at the Beehive House in Salt Lake City for over 20 years, and she volunteered for 24 years as a member of the USU Extension Homemaker's Council, giving workshops, seminars and leadership training throughout Davis County. She worked in the Relief Society, and she was always available to share her sewing and her cooking skills. She was beloved for her humor, her resilience, her fabulous cooking, and her child-like sense of wonder and fun.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 12, 2017 at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main. Friends may call at 10:00 a.m. prior to the service. Interment at Bountiful City Cemetery.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Grant Christian, Symbii Home Health and Hospice, and especially, Waikoloa Assisted Living for their loving care and support.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Mid’s name to a charity of your choosing.