Olive Belle Lowell

Olive Belle Lowell Green River- Olive Belle Lowell, 69, died on Thursday August 21, 2014 at the Banner Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix Arizona, after a sudden illness. She was a long time resident of Green River, Wyoming She was born July 19, 1945 in Lovell, Wyoming, the daughter of Elwood M. Porter and Jean E. Porter Wheeler. She attended schools in Otto and graduated from Basin High School with the class of 1963. She married Ralph E. Lowell on June 4, 1968 in Salt Lake LDS Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah. She had been a teacher with Sweetwater County School District #2 for 34 years, retiring July 2003. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was also a member of the Wyoming Education Association, TOPS, Mayflower Society, and the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Her interests were sewing, camping, traveling, visiting relative and friends, walking and reading. Survivors include her husband Ralph E. Lowell of Springfield, Ohio; sons Von T. Lowell and wife Kelly of Springfield, and Jared Lowell and wife Cherie of Harriman, Utah; brother Elwood Porter and wife Wendy of Harriman; sisters Loretta Norman and husband Louis of Phoenix, and Valeria McNiven of Sandy, Utah; grandchildren Mckayl Lowell and Tryston Lowell; step grandchildren Samantha and Connor Wise; 3 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Levi Porter, nephews Scott McNiven and Lane Norman. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon Friday August 29, 2014 at the Green River LDS Stake Center, 120 Shoshone in Green River. A viewing will be held from 6-8 pm Thursday, August 28, 2014 and Friday one hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will take place in the Riverview Cemetery, Green River.