- Date Of Birth: April 23, 1934
- Date Of Death: January 6, 2020
- State: Utah
Lora Smithson Opp Braithwaite passed away January 8, 2020. She was born April 23, 1934 in Neola, UT to Ulah Viola Wall and Nephi Smithson Jr. She grew up in Neola, UT, but spent most of her life in Sunset, UT. She graduated from Union High School and attended LDS Business College. She married Ronald Opp on June 5, 1953 and was later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they have three sons, and two daughters, and enjoyed 45 years of marriage until his passing. She then married Wallace Braithwaite on April 1, 2000.
Lora was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and served in primary, young women’s, relief society and as a ward missionary. She was an avid genealogist. She also enjoyed being an active member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She worked in the school lunch program and at Utah Woolen Mills. She loved to draw and paint. She was a very devoted wife, mother, grandmother and loved to make and share paper dolls with her grandkids. She would play games and purposely lose so her kids and grandkids would win. She also enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping, playing cards and games with her family and friends.
She is survived by her husband, Wallace; her children, Ronald (Debbie) Opp, Teresa (Vann) Larson, Leslie (Son Cha) Opp, Tamara (David) Jensen, and Dennis (Pam) Opp; 26 grandchildren; and 40 great grandchildren. Brothers, Rulon Smithson, Carl Smithson; and sister, Elaine Youngberg.
She was preceded in death by her husband Ron; parents; brothers and sisters, Afton, Ulah, Wayne, Ruth, Byron, Jenett, Amy; a grandson, Daniel Jensen; and daughter-in-law, Palmira Rivera Opp.
