Ronda Thurston Hyde

Ronda Thurston Hyde, our beloved mother, sister, grandmother, and friend passed away on February 3, 2011. Ronda was born October 12, 1929, in Hyde Park, Utah. She is one of five children born to Orma Adella Christensen and Orion James Thurston. She married Vooris Rosel Hyde on December 17, 1947, in the Logan LDS Temple. Together they made their home in Hyde Park where they raised three girls. As a girl, she learned to be thrifty and became skillful at canning, gardening, sewing, and cooking which she continued throughout her life. Ronda spent countless hours in charity work. She knitted, crocheted, and sewed many items for family and friends. She is especially known for her beautiful, knitted baby sweaters. She served as a Relief Society president twice and accepted other church callings with dedication. Her favorite assignment was teaching Sunbeam children. All the children loved her. She enjoyed genealogy and continued to serve when she was ill by doing Family Search Indexing and had indexed over 37, 000 names. Ronda worked at the Herald Journal, in the Cache County Recorder's office, and then was an abstractor at Hickman Land Title Company for nearly 40 years where she cherished many friendships. One of her colleagues stated that Ronda knew all the workings of the business.
Throughout her life, Ronda faced many challenges and taught her family how to endure with faith and courage. We honor and revere her for the legacy she left. She is survived by her daughters, Paula Hyde, Hyde Park, Janice Craig Downs, South Jordan, and Sheila Potter, Roosevelt, and by a brother, Leo Saundra Thurston, Bountiful, and a sister, Portia Garth Anderson, Hyde Park, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother, Thirol Thurston, and sister, Camille Perkes, As a family, we wish to thank Dr. Michael Stones and other doctors, hospice, family, and friends for their support and compassionate care of Mom. Funeral services will be on Saturday, February 12, 2011, at 1:00 PM in the Hyde Park 9th Ward Chapel on Center Street. A viewing will be held Friday, February 11, from 6-8 PM at the Nelson Funeral Home, 162 E 400 N, Logan, and at 11:30-12:30 prior to the funeral. Interment will be in the Hyde Park Cemetery.