Elsie LaNett Brailsford Aston

Elsie LaNett Brailsford Aston, age 97 of Orem, Utah, passed away peacefully on January 28th, 2025. Born August 18th, 1927, to Bert Brailsford and Augusta Percinda Hill Brailsford in Springville, Utah. Preceded in death are her parents, her sister Vea Mae Neal, sister Lila Margene Davies, brother Bert O Brailsford, brother William Hill Brailsford and brother James Vernard Brailsford. Husband LaVerl William Aston, son Paul Bert Aston, and son Michael LaVerl Aston. 

She loved working outside as a child picking fruits, cherries, raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, and apples. She even thinned beets. She was given money and she used it to buy books and clothes for school. She graduated from Springville Senior High in May of 1945. She worked for Eddington Cannery in Springville during the summer and after graduation at the Troy Laundry in Provo. She started Roller skating in Spanish Fork where she met the love of her life, our Father LaVerl William Aston in 1946. They married on October 10th, 1947, had 4 children in Utah, then moved to California and had 1 more. She worked at Kentucky Fried Chicken there for 9 years before working and retiring at Naugles, a fast-food Mexican-American restaurant. 

She raised her children and they both moved back to their home state of Utah to retire in 1986. They had a lovely garden and gave away many fruits and vegetables to their neighbors and friends after canning peaches and juicing grapes as well. She was a friend to everyone and always saw the good in all people. She never forgot a birthday and you could always count on a card being sent your way. She loved quilting, lunch, and bingo and volunteered for many years at the Orem Senior Center. She has 10 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. There are at least 31 nieces and nephews. She taught us all the old ways of gardening, canning, and preserving, an art that will never be lost. Making everything homemade, helping others and always being kind. She loved being outside taking care of her grapes, apples, peach trees, and flowers. She loved all of her family, friends, and neighbors. 

A viewing for family and friends will be held on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, from 12:00-1:15 pm at Wheeler-Sundberg Funeral Home 495 South State Street, Orem. A graveside service will immediately follow at 2:00 pm at Eastlawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, 4800 Eastlawn Drive (650 North), Provo, Utah. After the burial, there will be food.

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For those unable to attend the services in person, they can be viewed via YouTube Live, on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXqqewCtSiQ