Greta Godfrey Workman

July 11, 1932 - December 10, 2024

On Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, Greta Godfrey Workman, of Lovell, Wyo., passed away at her daughter’s home near Otto, Wyo. She was 92 years old. 

Greta was born in Cowley, Wyo., on July 11, 1932, to Dick and Alda Godfrey. She attended and graduated from Cowley High School. She was active in speech and drama. She led the high school band as the drum majorette. She attended Denver Business College. 

Dancing was the social activity of her generation. She met Preston Duncan Workman at a dance. They were married March 20, 1954, in Billings, Mont. They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple in 1980. They were married for 58 years. After marriage they lived in Cowley, Manderson, Sheridan, Greybull, Worland, and Billings, before settling in Lovell for the next 60 years. 

They had two daughters, Marla and Trudy. Greta and Pres enjoyed square dancing, bowling, water skiing, and playing tennis as young adults. They were involved in the early days of Lovell’s melodramas and variety shows. She worked as a secretary for the Forest Service for many years. Later, she attended Northwest Community College in Powell and Eastern Montana College in Billings where she graduated with high honors. She then taught English, speech, and drama at Lovell Middle School for over 20 years. After retirement, she and her husband had the joy of serving as family history missionaries, and as workers in the Billings, Mont., Temple. They also enjoyed spending many winters in Quartzite, Ariz., and reconnecting with their extended family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Erastus Dudley “Dick” Godfrey and Alda Dale Peterson Godfrey; her husband, Preston; her daughter, Trudy; and her brothers, Dudley “Dick”, William “Bill”, Sidney, Dean, and Gene.

She is survived by her daughter, Marla (Norman) Winters; siblings Dennis Godfrey and Sharon Blackburn; grandchildren; Amy (Matt) Gardner, Patricia Casey, Cliff (Meredith) Winters, A. Ryan Cohen, Rachel Winters, Victoria (Brandon) Willis, Cozette Winters, Scott (Stephanie) Winters, Lisa Winters; 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandson.

Arrangements are being handled by Haskell Funeral Home and Bishop Michael Hendershot.

Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, at the Lovell Stake Center, with visitation the hour before. The burial will be in the Cowley cemetery.