Marion Anderson Ballif

LOGAN, UTAH ? Marion Anderson Ballif, 98, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2007 at the Sunshine Terrace in Logan.
She was born at Centerville, Utah, October 4, 1908, a daughter of Clarence D. and Libby H. Rich Anderson. She married Karl G. Ballif on May 28, 1936 in Provo, Utah, this marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple.
She graduated from Logan High School and Utah State University with a major in English and Speech. She attended University of California at Berkley, the University of Utah and the University of Idaho at Moscow. She taught school in Idaho for six years and in her later years completed certification to teach ?Exceptional Children? and taught in Park City, Salt Lake and Logan.
While living in Preston and Whitney, Idaho, her husband, Karl, farmed and worked in the Franklin Co. Farm Bureau office as Insurance Agent, and Marion was secretary and publicity director and was in charge of the Farm Bureau Radio Programs at KPST, Preston. She was the State Chairman of The Talent Find and Talk Meet, and wrote scripts for the Farm Bureau Youth Programs presented on the radio.
Marion was a state officer in American Association of University Women, a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Honorary Teachers Society, Iota Chapter, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Active in Fine Arts Circle and P.T.A. Upon retirement, she received various awards from Utah American Pen Women for drama, poetry and essays, and wrote featured article in the ward newsletter.
After retirement, she and her husband traveled extensively and especially enjoyed Washington D.C. and archeological sites of South and Central America, spending their winter months in the southwest.
She was an active member of the LDS Church, she had served in stake and ward teacher training programs, in drama, speech and literature and served in all the auxiliaries. She was a member of the Northwood Ward.
Marion is survived by two sons, Karl C. Marilyn Ballif of Las Vegas, Nevada and James D. Crystal Ballif of Stanardsville, Virginia; four grandchildren, Trevor and Frank Ballif, Charlottesville, Virginia and Teresa Moody and Spencer Ballif of Las Vegas, Nevada and eight great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home, 162 East 400 North, Logan. Friends and family may call on Thursday from 11:30 to 12:30 prior to services. Interment will be in the Logan City Cemetery. Condolences may be extended to the family online and www.nelsonfuneralhome.com .