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Roma Christensen Henrie, 91, peacefully passed away on Friday, March 22, 2019 in Delta, Utah.
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A viewing will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 29, at Greer’s Mortuary, located at 316 W. Second St. in Winslow and from 9 to 9:45 a.m. prior to the funeral services that will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, at the Joseph City LDS Church, located at 8181 Westover St., in Joseph City. Burial will follow at the Joseph City Cemetery.
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Roma loved growing up in Oak City. It was a small town where everyone knew everyone and they all played together. One of her fondest memories was hiking to Rocky Ridge and having picnics. She loved swimming, softball and playing up the canyon. She attended the Oak City School until High School and then graduated from Delta High.
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Roma met Keith R. Henrie while attending BAC (now Southern Utah Univ.) in Cedar City, Utah. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on June 17, 1948. They raised nine “favorite” children. Keith R. farmed and worked at the sawmill in Panguitch, Utah. They moved their family into a small three room house, which Keith expanded as the family grew. Roma was famous for her dinner rolls and banana bread. She loved raising her children around family where they had many cousins to play with. In 1967 they moved to Espanola New Mexico and Keith worked at the Saw Mill.
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In 1971 the family moved to Winslow Arizona. Roma was kept quite busy with her large family. Roma was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served in many church positions. Roma and Keith spent many hours on the Navajo Reservation working with the members there. Roma loved to read and kept a journal. She loved embroidering, quilting and plastic canvas crafts. Her plastic canvas notebooks are spread around the world. She left each of her daughters hand embroidered quilt blocks of the 50 states. Her and Keith tied may quilts under the trees at Harts Canyon where they loved to camp.
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Roma raised many grandchildren and children besides her own. Everyone was welcome in her home. With declining health, Roma moved to Joseph City with Karen and Nelson for seven years. She spent her last two months near her childhood home in Utah.
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She is survived by her children, Ballard and Pat, Bevan and Fay, Karen and Nelson Miller, Neil and Robin, Bradley and Chris, Chris and Brent Blake, Eugene and Janelle, Janice and Evan Baker, and Joyce and Tom Piper; sister, Hazel Humpherys; brother-in-law, Robert Spong. She has 52 grandchildren, 64 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
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Roma is preceded in death by her husband, Keith Ray Henrie; parents, Willard and Genevieve Christensen; brothers, Richard, Blaine and Grover Christensen; sister, Ardella Spong; son-in-law, Tom Piper; and three great-grandchildren.
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