BETH WINKLER Heth, the third of five children of Ernest and Venetia Proctor Winkler, was bor March 23. 1909. in Mt. Pleasunt, Utah. She wits raised mainly in Ogden, Utah, where ber father worked in the Regional Office of the U.S. Porest Service. She loved to read and devoured every book she could find. She was a very petite and attractive girl, and had many close girl and boy friends in the neighborhood. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on February 2, 1919, shortly before her 10° birthday, She was credited with getting her mother to be baptized, also. Her sister, Ella, said, "When Beth was baptized, she told Momma she couldn't be baptized linless she was, s¢ mother and Beth were baptized at the same time into the Church.” Following high school, Beth attended Weber Academy in Ogden and was elected student body vice president. She was active in drama and played the lead role in the school play. She was chosen Acom Queen (similar to Homeco queen), und min her popularity g mushroomed. While at Weber, she caught the eye of a bashful young athlete, Raymond Price. Beth had also noticed this sandy-haired young man herself, Each year the school held a wirl’s choice dance, As an officer, she felt a responsibility to lead out and announced she would get Kay Price to the dance. (He didn’t date or dance at the time.) Ray wrote in his brography that it wasn't all Beth's doing because he had a plan and had made s special effort to learn the path she followed on her way home so its to be sure they met. Ray wrote in his biography, “She had a special smile, and everybody liked her. When she smiled, it looked like she close her eyes. d But, | found out later, they wer not closed: e she didn't miss a thing!” Following Weber, Beth attethe nded University of Utah for most of one year, and carned her Junior High Schoo! Teaching Certificate and was nam the ed Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. She rettourn Ogden and ed taught in the junior high schools. Beth and Ray were married October |, 193), in the Salt Lake Temple following Ray's graduation from the U of U. They honeymooned trave toling the Great Basin Experiment Station of the U.S. Forest Service (located several miles up Ephraim canyon in central Utah) where Ray was then employed, They spent winters in Ogden, where their first son, Richawas rd, born in 1936. The following winter, they moved to Washington D.C.. where Ray continued his work with the Forest Service and the next year attended Yale University, They rented a small apartment for $55 a month. Ray wrote, “All was well except an older couple in the basement apartment below us complained about Richard's scurrying about on the Moor, To alleviate the matter, Beth put Richard in house slippers, and made it a point to take him out for # walk before and atter his nap, On Sundt ays, took him out to Yale Bow! where he could rant to his heart's content.” Beth gave birth to her second son, Gifford, on February 26, 1941. During this time, she served as a Counselor in the Primary and in the Relief Society, as well as teaching literature in the Relief Society. In July 1942, they moved to Tucson, Arizona, where Ray was appointed Acting Director of the Southwestern Forest amd Range Experiment Station. Luter, he was appointed Director. Beth served in many church leadership positions and as Richa andrd's Gifford’s “homely room mother” almost continually while the boys were in grade school, In 1953, Ray's office was transferred to Fort Collins, Colorado, so the farnily moved. Richard attended Colorado A.M. in Fort Collins. Gifford was in seventh grade. Beth was her sons” avid supporter. Richard recalled, “Mother was a stickler for detail. She encouraged participation, achievement, study, reading, cleanliness, honesty, truth, concer for others, music, literature, church activity. She required of us the best effort possible in any undertaking, gloried in our successes, and helped us recognize our limitations and accept any failures afler a maximum effort. She instilled in us the importance of family and helped us build testimonies of the Gospel.” Because Ray traveled extensively, Beth frequently served as both father and motherto her sons. In 197}, after Ray's retirement, Beth and Ray moved to Washington State when Ray was called to be President of the Washington Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Beth served as his faithful companion as she had done during the years Ray had served as stake president in Colorado. The missionuries loved her! Despite her many commitments and her outward appearance of good health and positive attitude, Beth suffered privately from a chronic and limiting arthritis which ultimately necessitated her having hip surgery. They moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 4, 1974, following their mission. Ray died April 2%, 1985, just as he and Richard and Giff were preparing to give Beth a blessing prior to her planned hip surgery. Thus, her surgery was delayed until October, Approxemately 10 days following her surgery, she also died, October 30, 1985,