Frances Adell Trinnaman Christensen Obituary (1943

Frances Adell Trinnaman Christensen was born 22 July 1943 in Lehi, Utah the second child of Homer James Trinnaman and Frances Duffield Gilbert Trinnaman. She was a loving, obedient child and loved reading, music and playing the piano. Adell attended school in Lehi and graduated from Lehi High School. She attended Snow College and Brigham Young University where she received her degree in elementary education and library science. She was an elementary teacher and a school librarian when she met and married LaVoy Elmon Christensen on 11 June 1971 in Lehi, Utah. Adell was endowed in the Salt Lake Temple on 7 September 1972 where she and LaVoy were later sealed. The marriage brought an immediate family to Adell with two small boys Kenneth and Barrie. Adell embraced motherhood and was later blessed with the birth of two more children, Bryant and Joanne. Throughout their life together, Adell was a devoted companion and wife. They resided in Bountiful, Price, Hiawatha and Orem where Adell found joy in service to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in participating in genealogical research. After several years of challenging health issues, Adell passed from this life on 23 March 2020 in Bountiful, Utah. In the words of her son Kenneth, “She was a wonderful woman. She went out on her own terms even at the end.” Her husband LaVoy preceded her in death on 7 January 2016. Adell is survived by four children: Kenneth Christensen (Salt Lake City), Barrie Christensen (Glendive, Montana), Bryant Christensen and Joanne Christensen (Roundup, Montana); nine grandchildren, three brothers: Tom (Sharlene) Trinnaman (Pleasant Grove, Utah), Frank (Janis) Trinnaman (Alpine, Utah) and Jay (Terri) Trinnaman (Alpine, Utah) and two sisters, Elaine (Tom) Cole (Fallbrook, California) and Jean (Jerry) Hatch (Eagle Mountain, Utah). The family wishes to thank the staff of dedicated caregivers at North Canyon Care Center for their kind and respectful care during the past few years. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 27, 2020 at the American Fork City Cemetery, 26 West 600 North, American Fork, Utah. Condolences may be extended to the family at www.bergmortuary.com.