Bessie Coleby

Bessie Coleby, born Bessie Maria Gowing, returned to the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on January 27,2013. She was born March 23,1920 to Jasper and Florence Walker Gowing in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. The second of four children she spent her growing up years near the sea where her father fished for a living. She came from a deeply religious family and was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of twelve. It was at church she met and set her cap for her future husband Leslie Coleby. Soon after the marriage their only daughter Marion was born and not long after that the little family was separated by World War II. Leslie volunteered for the Royal Army and was shipped off leaving Bessie and her little daughter to return to living with her parents. Seven long years later the war ended and the family was once again reunited. The Coleby's moved to Ipswich where Leslie went to work installing flooring. They had a comfortable and good life in England but when their daughter married an American serviceman they decided to follow her to America. They arrived in Pocatello Idaho in 1958 and quickly set up housekeeping. Leslie and Bessie were sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple where they also spent 31 wonderful years working as officiators. Bessie loved the holidays, decorating her home all year round. She spent many hours in her garden her flowers were her pride and joy. Bessie is survived by her sister Winifred Gardner, Kessingland, Suffolk, England , her daughter and son in law Marion and Gary Munsee, Pocatello. 4 Grandchildren Jolene (Douglas) Clinger, American Falls, Lisa Munsee, Pocatello, Todd Munsee, Pocatello, Craig (Janet) Munsee, Philomath, Oregon 11 Great Grandchildren, and 2 Great-great-grandchildren. She was proceeded in death by her husband Leslie Howard Charles Coleby, her parents Jasper and Florence Walker Gowing, two siblings Jasper and Lily, and two great-great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at the Fremont Heights Ward LDS Chapel, 1455 Gwen Dr. A visitation will be held from 6 pm to 8 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013, at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. 4th Ave, and also one hour prior to the funeral at the church. Burial will follow services at Mountain View Cemetery. Video Tribute: Visitation Webcast: var so = new SWFObject("http://funeralrecording.com/_swf/jwplayer.swf","mpl","607","386","9"); so.addVariable('bufferlength','30'); so.addVariable("plugins", "gapro-1"); so.addVariable("gapro.accountid","UA-2599882-1"); so.addParam("allowscriptaccess","always"); so.addParam("allowfullscreen","true"); so.addParam('flashvars','&file=20130201_161833468_BessieColeby.flv&streamer=rtmp://webcastonline.com/videorecorder'); so.write("player");