Dear Dad,
We watched as you wore yourself out serving our Savior and family. We watched as you bore grief and great trials with a never-ending Faith and Trust in Heavenly Father's will for you. "Faith on a daily basis", and "Change your thinking, change your life", will forever be ingrained in my heart whenever I think of you... 
Your example of endurance, humility, and love, and your testimony of the Gospel of our Savior, Jesus Christ, lives on in my heart.  Thank you Dad!

John Foster Walden

July 15, 1931 ~ September 26, 2013 John Foster Walden, age 82, passed away peacefully in his home September 26, 2013.  He was born July 15, 1931 in Denver, Colorado, the oldest child of John William Walden and Faye Evelyn Hostick Walden.  He had a very active childhood and loved to fish and hunt. According to his mom, his family enjoyed many meals of trout, duck and venison. He developed an interest in photography and even had a dark room set up in the basement.  He played the clarinet in the school orchestra and loved to play baseball and basketball.  Other hobbies included astronomy and butterfly collecting. John and his family were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during WW II.  In his early 20’s he served a full time mission for the church in the South States Mission where he learned Spanish and had many life changing experiences.  He attended Brigham Young University and earned his Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. It was there that he met Janice Leavitt, whom he married in the Saint George LDS Temple November 25, 1960.  He then attended the University of Utah and earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work. John and Janice are the parents of eleven children, with ten living (one stillborn).  His family was the joy of his life and he dedicated himself and all his resources to them his entire life.  He was beloved of his grandchildren and great grandchildren. John worked hard to support his family.  As a social worker he worked in various positions and in 1980 worked at the Utah State Prison until he retired in 1993.  His favorite job as a social worker was working for the LDS church Indian Placement Program for several years.  He often spoke of that period of time and fondly remembered his many experiences and the many special people he met during those years. John enjoyed many years of serving in his church in various callings.  His favorite and most sacred service was in the LDS Timpanogos Temple. John is survived by his wife Janice, His brother William, and his ten children: Anne, Rosalie, Lynette, Michael, Jennifer, Jonathan, Sara, Teresa, Maria, and William.  He was preceded in death by his parents, his younger sister Patricia, and his son Samuel. Funeral Services will be held Thursday October 3, 2013 at 11 a.m.  in the Cedar Hills 1st Ward Chapel, 4345 West Cedar Hills Dr., Cedar Hills, Utah.  Family and friends may attend a viewing from 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. prior to the services. Interment will be in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery under the direction of Olpin Family Mortuary, Pleasant Grove.