DeAnna Packer

Our loving mother passed away on January 24, 2015. Christ said, "blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." Mom saw God in everyone and everything around her. She lived life joyfully. She chose faith and happiness in a world of uncertainty and pain, and she shared those hopeful gifts without restraint. She was born in Salt Lake City to Darrel and Bertha Welling. In their home she learned to embrace and truly live the teachings of Jesus Christ. Gifts of faith, love, optimism, good humor, and creativity were cultivated bearing fruits of friendship, trust, respect, deep admiration, and abiding love. She was a natural leader and an inspired teacher. In 1959 she married her sweetheart R. Dee Packer. Dad's strengths were the perfect compliment to Mom's. Their fifty-five years of partnership, and the strength of their mutual commitment to each other and to the Savior are gifts beyond price to their posterity. Mom adored her seven children, her twenty-eight grandchildren, and her eight great grandchildren. She found nobility and divinity in motherhood. Her musical gifts and domestic talents enriched her home and community. Her open mind and thirst for learning fueled a lifetime of meaningful conversations and endowed her with a wealth of wisdom. Her eye for the beauties of nature elevated her thoughts and moved her to her knees in daily thanks. Her love for Jesus Christ and her deep devotion to His teachings made her, truly, "an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." Mom, we commend you to His trusted care.

DeAnna is cherished by her husband Dee, her children: Julie (Terry) Miller, Mark (Julie) Packer, Brenda (Chris) Haertel, Brent (Tonya) Packer, Michael David Packer*, Roger (Andrea) Packer, Lori (Wes*) Truman; her brothers Duane, Gene, and Harold Welling; and many other dear family members and friends. *deceased

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at the Mueller Park Stake Center, 1800 E. Mueller Park Rd., Bountiful. Family and friends may call at Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 N. Main Street in Bountiful, on Tuesday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and Wednesday at the church from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Interment at Bountiful City Cemetery.

Online guestbook and directions are available at www.russonmotruary.com.

Mom asked that in lieu of flowers you please love and share with one another and those in need.