Jennie Guercio Barton Obituary (1931

Our loving mother, sister, grandmother, and aunt, Jennie Guercio Barton−a longtime resident of Orem, Utah−passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 87. Jennie was born in Bingham Canyon, Utah on February 5, 1931, the daughter of Francisco and Carmella Fata Guercio. Jennie graduated from Provo High School in 1949. She met the love of her life working at the 24 Hour Cafe in Provo, Utah, and married Frank B. Barton on March 19, 1954. As a young mother she worked at First Security Bank. She later worked at Geneva Elementary as a lunch lady. She enjoyed spending time with family, camping, cooking and baking cakes, going on road trips, and loved her coffee and Diet Coke. Jennie loved to go gambling; in fact she would get on a hot streak and ask Frank for “just another twenty honey.” Jennie loved to attend her kids’ and grandkids’ sporting events, spending numerous hours at the ball park. Jennie is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Frank Burtchell Barton; siblings, Mary Frame (Georgio), Paul (Tressa), Victor (Victor), Margaret Wilkinson (Ray), John (Maurine), and Julie Roberts (Robert). She is survived by brother, James (Helen); children, Kenneth (Joyce), Tony (KayeLyne), and Randy (Kayce); grandchildren, Alisha Peart (Monty), Jeremy (Neva), Chelsey Judd (Josh), Cheyanne Solorio (Christian), Cody Ashby, several great and great-great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at 12:30 p.m., Monday, December 3, 2018 at the Timpanogos Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Orem, 500 North State Street, from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. prior to services. Condolences may be expressed at www.bergmortuary.com.