She was fourth in a family of six children: Anna Mary, James Christian Jr., Airreal, (Ora), Delvid and Colleen. When Ora was 2 years old the family moved to a farm in Stockton, Idaho, west of Cleveland. She often said that her years at the Stockton place were the happiest, most carefree years of her early life. She started first grade in the living room of her own home because the Stockton school had burned down.

When Ora was 12 her family returned to Cleveland. She attended school in Wilson, graduated from the eighth grade and completed two years of high school.

Ora always enjoyed school, and was an excellent student. She fondly remembered receiving a 100 percent score on her eighth grade final exam in math. The summer following graduation she helped her parents and brothers by plowing, harrowing and drilling with three head of horses, which she harnessed herself, and doing cooking, gardening, housework, canning, etc.

Ora was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She enjoyed participating in Sunday school, church and Mutual, and was always pleased to give a talk, be in a Mutual play or give a reading.

Ora had a great love for her oldest sister, Anna. After Anna married George L. Johnson and settled in Stock Valley, about four or five miles west, Ora would walk or ski over to visit. She helped tend the two little red-headed boys (Cliff D. and Charlie L.), born to Anna and George, and loved these nephews as if they were her own. After Anna died, George hired Ora to tend the boys and help his mother with chores and housework. Ora and George were married in Logan, Utah, January 2, 1936. They had three children: Madge, Anna Lou and Jack.

Ora became an essential part of Stock Valley Ranch and was involved in all aspects of making the ranch a success, including herding and lambing sheep, pitching hay to feed cattle and sheep, and milking cows. She enjoyed being a mother and working alongside her husband.

The ranch was a great gathering place for many people, and Ora loved providing for their comfort and preparing meals and treats. When snow conditions became too severe to enable the Johnson children to attend school, Ora moved with the children from the ranch house to a Preston home each fall. It was hard for her to be separated from George, but she strongly believed in education and was glad to make the necessary sacrifices.

Her hobbies and interests included traveling, sewing, crocheting, reading, quilting, cooking, canning, attending movies, fishing and family gatherings. She had said that the people most influential in her life were her sister, Anna, her husband, her mother, her mother-in-law, and her Aunt Lily Nielson. Her greatest sorrow was her sister Anna’s death.

Ora was preceded in death by her husband, five grandchildren, one great-grandchild, three brothers and one sister. Survivors include three sons, Cliff D. (Alice) and Charlie L. (Diane) of Treasureton, Idaho, and Jack V. (Cassandra) of Laie, Hawaii; two daughters, Madge Porter (Larry) and Anna Lou Blanchard (Gary) of Pocatello; one sister, Colleen Kingsford (Verl) of Layton, Utah; 26 grandchildren, 68 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.