William “Bill” Gilford Christley, 85, died at home on Friday, December 1, 2006. Bill was born at home in Salem, Virginia on September 7, 1921 to William Gilford and Ivy May Ferguson Christley. He was the fourth of five boys and the seventh of nine children.

He met Ella Theora Schofield while she was serving in the Eastern Central States Mission for the LDS church. After she was released he followed her home and they were married in the Logan Temple on August 14, 1945.

They returned to Virginia where their first two daughters were born. In 1948 they moved to California where Ella’s parents lived and their third daughter was born in 1951. They moved to Grantsville, Utah where five of Bill’s siblings and their families lived. Their son and fourth child was born in 1953.

They moved to Cache Valley in 1955 and lived first in Logan and then Richmond. Ella passed away on her birthday in 1991 and Bill learned to cook and take care of his home.

Over the years, Bill held many positions in the Church and was a volunteer at the Logan LDS Temple.

He retired in 1983 after working 25 years for Western General Dairy (Cream O’Weber).

He is survived by his children Judy (Pat) Christiansen, Logan; Donna (Sherm) Roper, Las Vegas; Janice (Paul) Rowberry, North Logan and Robert (Zonna) Christley, Smithfield. He has nine grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. He is also survived by an older brother, A. F. “Pete” Christley in Virginia and his younger brother Grant Christley in Missouri.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 in the Richmond City Creek Ward Chapel, 150 South 100 East, Richmond, with Bishop Kim Braegger conducting. Friends may call at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 E. Center, Logan, on Tuesday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 PM and at the church on Wednesday one hour prior to services. Interment will be in the Richmond City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at Allen Mortuaries.