Ardeth Greene is a member of the Canadian contingent that came to Brigham Young High School. She grew up in Glenwood, Alberta, Canada, a small farming town. She came to B.Y. High in Provo for her senior year of high school in 1948-1949.

An inspirational speaker and writer, she often says, "We come unto Christ through our earnest prayers." This is our way to reconnecting with our heavenly home. God has innumerable blessings that he is willing to give us "conditioned upon our asking."

"Sometimes we are homesick because we are away from our heavenly home," says Sister Kapp. She often tells about leaving her small Canadian town of 250 people -- 300 when the college students were home -- when she came to attend B.Y. High. She was young and scared and homesick, so she placed an international call to her hometown.

"Our phone number was #3," she recalls. When the operator answered, she recognized Ardeth's voice and was able to tell her that her parents had gone to the temple. She urged Ardeth to call back in a couple of hours, but Sister Kapp said she didn't need to because she had "called home". She encourages her listeners to "call home" frequently through prayer and reading the scriptures.

After graduation, she earned a BA at the University of Utah, and an MA in Curriculum Development at BYU.

Ardeth served as a teacher at the Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah. She was also a member of the Church Curriculum Planning Committee as well as a board member of the Church Educational System. She enjoyed a long career in education.

She was an instructor for Mountain States Telephone Company, a teacher in the Davis County school system, and a writer and instructor in the College of Utah Network for Instructional Television series.

At BYU she was an instructor in the College of Education, coordinator of student leadership development, and chaired the Advisory Committee on Women’s Concerns. She received the Honored Alumni Award from the BYU College of Education.

She has served on the Board of Directors at the Deseret News Publishing Company.

She is the former Young Women's General President (1984-92).

Ardeth and her husband, Heber B. Kapp, have served in the Canada Vancouver Mission (1992-1995). Later they served as president and matron of the Cardston Alberta Temple.

She was a member of the Board of Trustees for Southern Virginia College. She was a member of Board of Directors for Utah Youth Village, and Deseret Book Company.

Ardeth G. Kapp has written a total of 13 publications, all published by Deseret Book, and a 14th is in progress. Some of her more recent titles include: Lead, Guide, and Walk Beside; The Temple, Our Home Away from Home; What Stripling Warriors Learned from Their Mothers; Rejoice, His Promises are Sure; Better Than You Think You Are; and The Joy of Believing. She is a frequent speaker for Deseret Book's "Time Out for Women" program.

Because Brother and Sister Kapp have no children, they have been able to counsel and comfort those struggling with infertility issues. She quotes 2 Corinthians 1:4, which says "...we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." She says that sometimes it takes "twenty or thirty years before we understand" the reasons for the things that happen.

She teaches the Gospel Doctrine class in her ward, and every Monday reads to third graders at a local elementary school. She says her fun comes from watching their faces light up when they learn something new.

Ardeth is a cousin of brother and sister Wayne Beaves and Medra Beaves, both members of the BYH Class of 1950.