She remembered visiting teaching with her great-grandmother when she was just four and remembered how nice people were and that you got treats. Her mother was a Relief Society president when she was just 9 years old and when the Palo Alto building was the only one between San Francisco and San Jose. She recalled singing #317 - Sweet Is the Work (Women) when they divided the Palo Alto wards in 1956.
She spent some of her married life in Fresno and when her husband passed 18 years ago, she made the choice to return to her great friends in Palo Alto. Now she has made the choice to go to where her 2 daughters are so she can be cared for.
There were two things that Nettie wanted tell us:
- The value of the Relief Society sisterhood here.
She told us a few funny anecdotes of taking bread in hand to a sister's house and being met by the reply "my mom's in the shower" then a brisk wet hand grabbing the bread and saying "I was in the shower" before the door shut. A similar story was of a hectic household that she visited and when she arrived the mother grabbed her car keys and didn't return until after dark! - She also wanted to share that Joy is in the soul.
Nettie was born with a joyous spirit and feels joy in the Gospel and she knows that life is wonderful.
We will miss the joy that our dear Nettie brought to all of us but know she will spread it where ever she goes.
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