Henriette Arnita

January 22, 1936 - July 5, 2010

Henriette Saadeh Arnita, age 74, of Provo, Utah, passed away on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. She was born in Birzeit, Palestine on January 22, 1936 to father Hannah Saleeba Saadeh and mother Taspina Tabgha. In 1968, she and her family immigrated to Syracuse, New York where she raised one daughter and three sons. Henriette spent much of her childhood on the hills of Birzeit where she and her family managed more than 50 acres of olive trees and other fruit trees. She was a simple woman with a deep love for her parents and siblings. She would later share that immense, unconditional love with her own family and friends. She is remembered and honored as a kind, pure and virtuous mother who always put others above herself. She is survived by one daughter and three sons: Olga of Lehi, UT, Issa of West Point, UT, Mike of Provo, UT and Rick of Des Moines, Iowa and her 13 grandchildren: Christopher, Jonathan, Matthew, Nathaniel, Andrew, Thomas, Trisha, Aleesa, Cassie, Megan, Evie, Audrey and Ginny. She is also survived by one brother: Karim Saadeh of Jupiter, Florida. She was preceded in death by her husband Emil, parents and her brother, Yousef. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 8, 2010 at the Provo City Cemetery, 610 South State Street, Provo, Utah. Friends may call at Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to services at the cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.bergmortuary.com.