Iris Beatty Fredericks

Iris Beatty Fredericks, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away peacefully November 18, 2008 due to complications of old age.
She was born January 12, 1923 to Archie Edmond Beatty and Mary Isabelle Stewart in their home in Toquerville, Utah. She lived in several places as she grew up including Toquerville, Pintura and Cedar City, Utah. She attended grade school in Pintura and later she attended Hurricane High School. After High School she graduated from Branch Agricultural College in Cedar City, Utah. While in Cedar City she met her future husband, Adrian Barclay Fredericks, who was a cadet stationed there taking flying lessons during World War II. They were married in the St. George Temple on April 25, 1946.
They moved back to Long Island, New York where Adrian worked as an airplane mechanic and worked on precision parts for the space program. While in New York they raised 3 children...Adrian, Judith, and Terry. When her 3 children went to college at BYU and Ricks College, she worked at Doubleday Book Company to help pay for their education. She served faithfully in her church callings. She worked in the MIA as a teacher, in Primary as secretary, teacher, and president and in Relief Society as visiting teacher, homemaking teacher, counselor, and eventually president.
In 1972, they moved to Orem, Utah to be close to their children who were settling down in Utah. Iris enjoyed many camping and fishing trips with their family. She and Adrian loved to travel and visit the National Parks and historical sites. She was a very skilled and accomplished seamstress and also very good at crocheting, knitting and needlepoint. Many family members and friends were recipients of her talented creations. Her selfless love, devotion and sweet spirit will be sorely missed. She will always be remembered for her positive attitude and optimistic spirit that sustained her through her lifetime.
Iris is survived by her brother, Lavon Beatty of Cedar City, UT; her sister, Evelyn Foster of SLC, UT; and her 2 sons: Adrian (Carol) Fredericks of Woodland Hills, UT, and Terry (Jolene) Fredericks of Spanish Fork, UT and 17 grandchildren, and 39 great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Archie and Mary Beatty; her sisters, Isabelle Beatty, Pearl Bolander, Zelma Beatty, and LaJean Lamph, her brother William Beatty, her husband Adrian and daughter Judith (Kent) Barlow.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 22, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. in the Cascade 4th Ward, 1051 E. 200 N. Orem, Utah. There will be a viewing held at the church at 10:00 a.m. prior to the services. Internment will be at the Orem City Cemetery.