Beth Stauffer

Beth Stauffer, 94 of Safford passed away May 31 at her home. Funeral Services will be conducted Monday, June 8 at 10 a.m. in the 20th Street LDS Chapel. Friends may call on Sunday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Caldwell Funeral Chapel and 1 hour prior to services at the Church. Interment will follow in the Gila Valley Memorial Gardens. Elizabeth Beth Low Stauffer age 94 entered into eternal rest at her home in Safford, Arizona on May 31, 2009. She was born March 23, 1915 in Beaver, Utah the second daughter of Arnold James Low and Althea Tolton Low. As a young child Beth moved with her family to Sea Cliff, California then to Long Beach, before returning to Beaver where she graduated from Beaver High School in 1931. She attended Branch Agriculture College (Southern Utah University) in Cedar City, Utah for three years, and later transferred to Utah State Agriculture College (Utah State University) in Logan, Utah. She worked in the library and met her future husband Delmar Bailey Stauffer. In 1937 she graduated from USAC with her Bachelor of Science Degree in Library Science. She was married on 7 June 1940 in Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On July 1, 1940 Beth and DB moved to Willcox, Arizona where DB taught school. While in Willcox their only daughter Delsa Beth was born. In January of 1944 her husband joined the Army and Beth and her daughter moved to Beaver, Utah to live with her parents. Beth worked in the bank until her husband returned. The family moved to Safford for a year and then moved to Milford, Utah where their son Bailey Low was born. The family returned to Safford, Arizona where her two sons, James Christian and Miles Ivery were born. She began employment at Doyle Cluff Motors where she was the office manager. During this time she continued her education by attending classes at Arizona Universities. The library was her love and she was able to go to work for the Safford School District in 1967 as the Junior High librarian until she retired. She continued to live in Safford with her husband where they raised sheep. Beth served in many calling for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many thanks to her care givers that made her life comfortable in her last years. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two sisters, her brother and a Grandson Shayne Delmar Bland. She is survived by her children Delsa & (Jim) Demlow , Bailey & (Eileen), Chris & (Monica), Miles & (Denise), 13 Grandchildren , and 21 Great Grandchildren.