An Elect Lady
On a beautiful spring day, May 13, 2015, our beautiful, loving matriarch, Elva Pennock Pearson, passed away peacefully after her 100 year sojourn on this earth. She was born into the loving family of James Ernest Pennock and Hannah Driffill Pennock on Feb. 17, 1915 in Devil's Slide, Utah. She spent her happy childhood and early adulthood right in the middle of Salt Lake City where she graduated from South High School. She married her sweetheart, David G. Pearson, in the Salt Lake Temple on Aug. 6, 1940. They raised their family of seven children in Taylorsville, Utah. She was very active in the LDS Church and held many positions over the years. She had a firm testimony of the Gospel. She was a loving, gracious and generous person who loved people and they loved her. Her large family, including her extended family, was her greatest joy. She will be greatly missed by all of us, but her legacy of love and kindness will ever be in our memories. She is preceded in death by her husband, daughter, Diane Roeller, and 3 grandsons, John Pearson, Chris Pearson, and Jeff Morgan. Her survivors include Beth Ann (Kent) Smith, David Gary (Linda), Carolyn (Terry) Rose, Stuart (Linda), Scott (Allison), and Merrilee (Don) Forsyth along with 39 grandchildren, 88 great grandchildren, 10 great great grandchildren and numerous in-laws, nieces and nephews. She will be honored at a memorial service to be held on Tues., May 19, 2015 in the Taylorsville 1st Ward located at approx. 1355 W 4800 S, Taylorsville, UT at 12:00 noon with a viewing preceding from 10:30-11:30 am. A viewing will also be held at McDougal Mortuary, 4330 S Redwood Rd on Monday night from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. The family would like to thank Intermountain Hospice - Laura, Angela, Bonnie and Katie for their kind, tender care, and especially her children, Stuart and Linda, Carolyn and Merrilee for the many days, weeks and years of dedicated, loving service to our dear mother.
What a wonderful memorial service that we had for Grandma. She was an amazing person and she will be missed. Our family is beautiful partly because of her!
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