Vauna Barton Hegerhorst was born August 22, 1923 in Preston Idaho to Walter K. Barton and Jennett Smith Barton. She passed away September 16, 2014, at the home of her daughter, Carolyn Andrus in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was the eighth child of ten children (Flora Hansen Seager, Glenn S. Barton, Louise Chase, Walter K. Barton, Ruth Call, Cliff S. Barton, Donna Mockli, Jeannette Drury, and Helen Bodily). She graduated from Preston High School in 1941 and attended Brigham Young University. She worked for an insurance company as a claims adjuster and also as a telephone operator during World War II.
She married Fred Henry Hegerhorst February 6, 1947 in the Salt Lake Temple. They are the parents of Carolyn Andrus (Heber) Idaho Falls, Keith B. Hegerhorst (Gail) Highland, Betty Jean Pearson (Karl) Lehi, Dale F. Hegerhorst (Kathy)Saratoga Springs), and Cindy Colton (Gregg), Alpine.
She was an accomplished violinist, playing for Utah State University Orchestra while still in high school and Brigham Young University Orchestra while in college. She loved doing accounting and bookwork for the family business. She was a seamstress, making men’s suits and clothes for her family.
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, residing in Orchard 6th Ward in Bountiful, Utah. She served in many callings: Stake and Ward Librarian, Relief Society and Sunday School Secretary, Family History and Extraction, Ward missionary, Visiting Teacher, and also a Cub Scout Den leader for many years. She served a mission on Temple Square with her husband, giving tours to millions of visitors. She also worked in the Bountiful Temple as an ordinance worker.
She is survived by two sisters, Jean (Ron) in Drury Boise Idaho, and Helen Bodily in Farmington, Utah. She dearly loved her thirty grandchildren, and her sixty-one great grandchildren.
The funeral will be Monday, September 22, 2014, at the Orchard 6th Ward building, 3600 S. Orchard Drive, Bountiful, Utah. The viewing will be held Monday from 9 to 11am. The funeral will begin at 11am.