Lila Alice (Collier) Caldwell

Lila Alice Collier Caldwell was born September 24, 1930, in Vernal, Utah. She was the 5th child of Walter and Elizabeth Southam Collier. She passed away on Monday, October 30, 2023. She graduated from Uintah High School in 1948, where she excelled in drama, debate, and extemporaneous speech. After graduation, she attended Brigham Young University. On February 14, 1951, she married her high school sweetheart, Keith B. Caldwell, in the Salt Lake Temple. They were the proud parents of 4 children: Keith B. Caldwell, Jr. (Rahnena), Kathy Winn (Terry), K. Mark Caldwell (Connie), and Kay Lynn Holmes (Mark). Lila was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served in many capacities, including Ward and Stake Primary president and Young Women president, Ward Relief Society president, and Stake Relief Society counselor. Lila and Keith served as missionaries in the Nebraska Omaha Mission and in the Salt Lake City Family History Mission. After returning home, they served as ordinance workers in the Vernal Utah Temple. Lila is survived by her children; sisters-in-law Sherry Caldwell Monson (Don) and Kathleen Caldwell; 19 grandchildren; 65 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great- grandchildren with 1 more on the way. She is preceded in death by her husband, Keith; parents; brother, Lloyd Collier; sisters, Nellie Farnsworth (Warren), Wanda Richards (Benjamin), and Winnie Evans (Arden); brothers-in-law Kenneth, Owen, and Terry Caldwell; grandchildren, Janessa Caldwell and James Holmes. Funeral services for Lila will be held Saturday, November 4, 2023, at 12:00 noon at the Glines Stake Center, (78 South Aggie Blvd, Vernal, Utah). Friends and family may call Friday, November 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home and Saturday prior to the services from 10:45-11:45 a.m. Interment will be in the Maeser Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Phillips Ashley Valley Funeral Home.