Jeanne Wylie Hersom Gaudio Obituary (1934

Jeanne Wylie Hersom Gaudio our mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away on January 19, 2018 at the age of 83. She was born on November 2, 1934 in Hebron, Nebraska to Helen and Raymond Wylie. Later she moved to California with her family, where she met Eugene Hersom. They married on November 7, 1954 and had 4 children. After Eugene’s death on May 5, 1973, she went to work for the Boy Scout office in Santa Ana, California; where she met her second husband Al Gaudio “Big Al”. They were married on July 29, 1975 in Hawaii. He had 6 children. They were later sealed in the Mount Timpanogos Temple in 1996. In May of 1977, she and Al moved to Orem, Utah where they bought a boot and shoe repair shop. Al ran the shop and Jeanne went to work at the Boy Scout office in Provo. She was working as the eagle secretary where she processed over 26,000 eagle applications. Because of this, she was known by many boy scouts as the “Eagle Lady.” Due to a decline in Al’s health, she had to take an early retirement to take care of him until he passed away in March 2004. She moved in with her daughter in October 2007 where she lived until her passing. Al and Jeanne together had over a century of service in scouting. When they met, they each had collected 50 elephant items. They continued to collect during their 29 year marriage and ended up with some 3,000 elephants. Jeanne loved to knit, which she could do without looking as she started to knit at the age of 5 years old. She was fondly referred to as being a “knit whit” by Al. She enjoyed doing her genealogy long before she became a member of the LDS church. Neighbors called her the best “Dry Mormon” until she was baptized in July 1989. She is survived by their children, Ray (Karen) Hersom of Orange, CA; Jeff Hersom of Sandy, UT; Chelley (Marty) Hunsaker of Payson, UT; James (Sharon) Gaudio of Manteca, CA; Larry (Donna) Gaudio of Spanish Fork, UT; Alice Gollwitzer of Provo, UT; Dave (Paula) Gaudio of Corona, CA; and Gino Gaudio of Salt Lake City, UT; 25 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands, Eugene Hersom and Al Gaudio; sons, Jerry Hersom and Richard Gaudio and her brother, Russ Wylie. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 26, 2018 at the Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 East Center Street, Provo, Utah. Friends may call from 10:00-10:50 a.m. prior to services. Interment is at the Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed at www.bergmortuary.com.