Hester Elizabeth Brimhall passed away peacefully at the age of 95, surrounded by her five children in her home in Winslow the afternoon of Thursday, April 16, 2015. A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 o’clock tonight (April 24) at Greer’s Mortuary, located at 316 W. Second St. Winslow. Funeral services will follow on Saturday, April 25, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 205 W. Lee St. in Winslow (the corner of Lee Street and Warren Avenue. The viewing will begin at 10 a.m. in the Relief Society Room, followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m. All are invited. Hester will be buried by her husband later that afternoon at the Taylor Cemetery.
Hester was a Winslow resident for 77 years. She was born Dec. 31, 1919, to Joseph Vernon and Armelda Damron in Thatcher, Arizona.
She met Vaughn Lorenzo Brimhall as his dance instructor at Gila Valley Junior College. They were married Nov. 25, 1939. They are the parents of five children, Richard Logan Brimhall, Marsha Evonne Phelps, Brenda Dee Thompson, Sylvia Ann (Jody) Nielsen and Amber Smith. Hester’s descendants are her five children, 34 grandchildren and 89 great-grandchildren.
Hester was well known by Winslow residents as she taught dancing there for some 50 years at her VonLogan School of Dance. She, with her husband, was also regional dance director for Northern Arizona for the Young Men’s and Young Women’s program of her church. She also served many years as The Winslow Mail society editor for our local newspaper.
