May Vereen Morris John (Birth 31 May 1903/Death 13 Mar 1994)
May Vereen John
BOUNTIFUL – Ut. – May Vereen Morris John, 90, died Sunday, March13, at the Bountiful Nursing Home, in Bountiful, Utah, of complications resulting from pneumonia.
She was born May 31, 1903, in Portage, Utah, to David William and Susannah Green Morris, one of ten children. She married Thomas Asael John October 19, 1921, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died January 16, 1976. They farmed in Portage, north Washakie. Woodruff and Cherry Creek during their married life.
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she served as president and counselor in the Relief Society, as a counselor in the Primary, as a Young Women teacher and as president of the Ward Choir.
She had a beautiful singing voice and used it to bless the lives of friends and relatives throughout her life. She participated with several singing groups, and also enjoyed cooking, sewing, gardening, and her family.
She is survived by three sons and three daughters and their spouses: Asael Mardell and Betty John, Clinton, Utah, Dennis and Myra Jean John, Malad, Idaho, Lynn Morris and Betty Mae John, Layton, Utah; Meda and Robert Sharp, Bountiful Utah; Vona Mae and Levi L. Dunn, Murray, Utah; Darlene and Loyde Porter, Lakewood, Colorado; one brother and one sister: Joseph Cloyd Morris, Portage, Utah; and Lavona Utita Lamb, Plymouth, Utah; 24 grandchildren and 58 great grandchildren.
A viewing will be held Friday, March 18, from 6-8:00 p.m. at the Benson Horsley Funeral Home in Malad, and one hour prior to services Saturday in the Portage Ward Church with son-in-law Lowell Dunn conducting. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 19, at 12 noon in the Portage Ward. Interment will be in the Portage Cemetery.
May Vereen Morris John
BOUNTIFUL – In loving memory of May Vereen Morris John, 90, of Malad, and former Portage resident, who died Sunday, March 13, at the Bountiful Nursing Home in Bountiful, Utah of complications resulting from Pneumonia.
She was born May 31, 1903, in Portage, Utah, to David William and Susannah Green Morris, one of ten children.
She married Thomas Asael John, October 19, 1921, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died January 16, 1976. They farmed in Portage, north Washakie, Woodruff, and Cherry Creek during their married life.
She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, where she served as president and counselor in the Relief Society, as a counselor in the Primary, as a Young Women teacher, and as president of the Ward Choir.
She had a beautiful singing voice and used it to bless the lives of friends and relatives throughout her life. She participated with several singing groups, and also enjoyed cooking, sewing, gardening, and her family.
She is survived by three sons and three daughters and their spouses, Asael Mardell and Betty John, Clinton, Utah; Dennis and Myra Jean John, Malad, Idaho; Lynn Morris and Betty Mae John, Layton, Utah; Meda and Robert Sharp, Bountiful, Utah; Vona Mae and Levi L. Dunn, Murray, Utah: Darlene and Loyde Porter, Lakewood, Colorado; one brother and one sister, Joseph Cloyd Morris, Portage, Utah; and Lavona Utita Lamb, Plymouth, Utah; 24 grandchildren; and 58 great-grandchildren.
A viewing will be held Friday, March 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Benson-Horsley Funeral Home in Malad, and one hour prior to services Saturday in the Portage Ward Church with son-in-law Lowell Dunn conducting. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 19, at 12 noon in the Portage Ward. Interment will be in the Portage Cemetery.
A special thank you to the nurses and staff at the Bountiful Nursing Home for their loving care and concern for our mother.
Vereen John
Vereen Morris John, 90, of Malad and former Portage resident, died Sunday, March 13, 1994 in Bountiful, Utah. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 19, at 1 p.m. in the Portage, Utah LDS Ward Chapel. Friends may call at the Benson-Horsley Funeral Home in Malad on Friday evening, March 18, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and on Saturday at the church from 11:30 a.m. to12:45 p.m. A complete obituary will appear in a later edition of The Idaho State Journal.
