Connie Mae Talbot Maughan

Preston, Idaho Connie Talbot Maughan Our cherished wife, mother, and grandmother, Connie Mae Talbot Maughan passed away on February 12th, 2008 at her daughter's home in Springville, Utah of natural causes. Connie was born to Frank Wall Talbot and Bertha Mae Engelke of Lewiston, Utah on the 21st of November, 1924 in Fairview, Idaho. She graduated from North Cache High School in 1942 and from the Budge Memorial Hospital three-year nursing program as a registered nurse. She joined the Cadet Nurses' Corps during World War II. She married Webster Cooper Maughan on the 21st of June, 1946, in the Logan Utah Temple. During the early years of marriage, Connie and Webster lived in Wellsville, Utah and Blackfoot, Idaho where she practiced nursing. Connie loved her work as a surgical, hospital, and office nurse. In 1957 the family moved to Preston, Idaho where they made their home for the next fifty years. The final years of her life were happily spent living in Springville, Utah with husband at the home of their daughter Diana Guinn. Connie was known for her influence in the community. She organized the Pink Ladies, was active in the Ladies Golf Association, enjoyed the Literary Club, the Art Guild, and served on the Preston Library Board for several years. As a nurse, Connie taught prenatal classes for the hospital. As an active member of the LDS Church, she loved teaching and served many years on the Oneida Stake Relief Society Board. She taught teacher training classes, marriage classes, served as a Primary President, was director of the Spanish Extraction Program, and served in the Extraction Program for over twenty years. Connie and Web served as leadership and proselyting missionaries in the Washington, D.C. North Mission. Connie loved oil painting and won blue ribbons at the County Fair. She was a good homemaker and had the privilege of entertaining LDS General Authorities in her home while her husband was in the Stake Presidency. As children, we will miss mom's quick whit, unconditional love, and her appreciation of life. "Mom, thank you for your testimony, wisdom, and teachings. We love you." Connie was preceded in death by both of her parents, and her brother Ronald D. Talbot. She is survived by her husband, Webster, and their six children, one foster daughter and their spouses: Kristin Burrup, Diana (Duanne) Guinn, Saralee (Lance) Garner, Jon (Linda) Maughan, Jeffrey (Kim) Maughan, Peter (Shirley) Maughan, and Lena (Bob) Buck, her sister Barbara (Donald) Benson and brother Frank Joseph Talbot, thirty-one grandchildren, and thirty-one great grandchildren.Special thanks to all the medical care and assistance Connie received. Services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at noon in the Preston North Stake Center at 310 North State Preston, Idaho. Friends may call Saturday at the stake center from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Interment will be in the Wellsville, Utah Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.webbmortuary.com