Josephine Gwendolyn Lund Vest, 91, of Providence, Utah, died Monday, May 3, 2004 at the Logan Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Gwen was born on December 30, 1912, in Salt Lake City, Utah to A. William and Josephine Brown Lund.

She married H. Grant Vest in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple on October 20, 1933. They resided in Vernal, Utah and then moved to Logan, Utah in 1948. In 1952, Gwen received her BS from Utah State University. In 1953, Gwen and Grant moved to Denver, Colorado, where Gwen began her 25-year career as an elementary school teacher in the Cherry Hills School District. After retiring in 1977, she was a substitute teacher in the Denver public schools until 1999, when she moved to Providence, Utah. At the time of her death, she was volunteering in the Providence Elementary School.

She was devoted to the gospel of Jesus Christ and served in many capacities in the LDS Church, especially enjoying being the chorister in Primary. In her later years, she served as her ward music chair, and in Providence, she enthusiastically served as a visiting teaching supervisor. Gwen was active in many civic and service organizations including Delta Kappa Gamma and Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. She lived independently in her home in Providence where she enjoyed gardening and attending local cultural events.

She is survived by her three children, Grant (Gayle) of Providence, Utah, Ann Lobb (Gary) of Chatsworth, California, and Jolyne Hatch of Naperville, Illinois; 13 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Her husband, Grant, died in 1972, in Denver, Colorado.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 7, 2004, at 12:00 noon at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center Street, Logan, Utah. There will be a viewing Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m. and one hour prior to the services. Interment will be in the Providence Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the Utah State University Foundation, the Gwendolyn Lund Vest Scholarship Fund, 2800 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322-2800.