Norma Ashton dies, wife of LDS authority

Published: Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 12:08 a.m. MST
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Norma Bernston Ashton, 89, wife of deceased LDS Church General Authority Marvin J. Ashton, died Feb. 18, 2007, in Salt Lake City.

Mrs. Ashton held many positions in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including serving on the Relief Society General Board from 1968 to 1974. She and her husband traveled together to numerous countries during his tenure on the church's Quorum of the Twelve.

Mrs. Ashton was born in Salt Lake City in 1917. She graduated from the University of Utah, where she was valedictorian. She and Elder Ashton were the parents of four children.

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